safai: okay. great. i don't have any additional questions right now. we'll give miss taylor the opportunity to come up and be questioned. if we have additional questions, we'll have you come back up. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: supervisor yee, do you have additional questions? >> supervisor yee: hi, miss taylor. >> good afternoon. i think it's still that. >> i'll just start off with my first general question, which is the role of the police commission in terms of how, you know, did you transform the police department? what is your role in trying to move things? and it's including d.o.j. reform recommendations and forth? thank you, supervisor yee. it's an important question, and i think it goes back to at the end of the day, how are we policing? how we see ourselves at the department, and that is he everything in my opinion. are we warriors or guardians, and the role of the police in my opinion is to be guardians of the public, including forward gans guardians of the public trust. so that should be

>> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, this is san francisco, and the one of the things that you have to pay attention to is the films that are made in san francisco, this is the land of the ohlone. the ohlone lived here for 15,000 years, carbon dated remains and artifacts, and mr. chan, you can make all the faces you want to. you have to study a little bit of anthropology. but since i'm talking about films, we need to look at this industry having in mind what a digital world gives us in terms of opportunities. so you all should partner with those who are favoring this program, which i favor, to create better opportunities for our youth. more in the field of documentaries, one good topic would be the ongoing gentrification. another topic would be the changing skylines. the third topic would be the rampant corruption at san francisco city hall. thank you very much. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment on this item, please come forward. seeing none, pub

supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: ah. i just wanted to say one of the things that i said, and i met with all of the different applicants is one -- i understand that the veteran's affairs commission is a place for there to be a voice and place for them to air their concerns. maybe you choose one or two issues a year that you bring to this body that we can have a conversation about. i had a conversation with some of you about using additional or existing spaces in the city for veteran's or veteran's programming. i know there's a desire to expand some existing housing programs or housing opportunities, access for women in the hospitals that we have and women veteran's. [please stand by] . >> supervisor safai: i don't know of any recommendations for policies that have been brought forward, at least to our body, and it would be helpful to try to understand that work with you better. so that would be my recommendation, i think, and i would echo what supervisor yee and supervisor stefani have said. thank you for your service to

thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, and thank you again for the -- this opportunity. my name is allen sampson. i'm the development director over at hospitality house, and i have actually prepared a one minute and 52 second speech about jose's accomplishments, but after hearing jose speak, you can see that it's very important to speak from the heart, and reminded me why it was important to wade through a long list of muni points to get to this point. i can talk about jose's accomplishments at hospitality house, to working his way to becoming a shelter manager. i can talk about how he inspired the shelter residents, how he built a rooftop garden, how he organized the immigrants during the time when all the fear of i.c.e. from the buffoons of washington came upon us. i can talk about his fight against the industrial prison complex and geocare, but i'm going to talk about something that i think is very important that you might not hear about jose is that he is a phenomenal salsa

thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> how you doing. good morning. i'm here to speak on behalf of the gardeners for san francisco kaiser. my name is clifford pheifer. i'm been with kaiser five years. i was just informed monday that my job would be outsourced. there was no reason given, it was just that it was there are intent to outsource gardener's jobs, and my responsibility there is to keep the outside of the hospital clean, keep the garages clean, picking up drug needles and cleaning feces and other things and planting flowers and things of that nature. so we play a vital, you know, important part to kaiser, but it seems like that doesn't matter. now our jobs -- and it greatly affects me because i have a family, and my kids depend on me. they look to me, and i have two sons in college, and they look for my support. and for kaiser just to all of a sudden one day, and tell us we're going to outsource your jobs, i think it's wrong, and it has a great impact on me and my family. so i do urge you to suppor

safai: can we do that without objection? >> supervisor yee: residency? >> supervisor safai: no, i think that was a mistake. >> clerk: it's not required in this case. >> supervisor safai: can we do that without objection? okay. great. and thank you, everyone for coming out and sharing your story today. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor safai: please call the next item. >> clerk: next on the agenda is item number seven, hearing to consider appointing one member term ending february 1, 2020 and one member term ending february 1, 2020 to the park recreation and open space advisory committee. we have two seats, two applicants. >> supervisor safai: okay. great. are they here? i think these are -- these are both district appointees. is -- is -- huh? oh, are you miss pfeiffenberger? okay. if you could just make very brief remarks, thank you for staying and participating and waiting out this long meeting. >> absolutely. thank you, supervisor safai, yee, and stefani. i'm excited to be here, and i hope that you will consider approving my nomina

thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you, sir. >> next speaker. >> good morning, chair safai, supervisors yee and stefani. my name is ike kwan. i currently serve as president of the san francisco board of utilities commission. i am here to express my strong support for d.j.buchter. he's a very strong leader, and i've known him for years. at the neighborhood level, d.j. pushed for joint southeast community facility commission board meetings along with the c.a.c. and the sfpuc in the effort to capture both the concerns and goals of the residents in the bayview, so that time for me as a rookie commissioner, that time was very important and valuable. it was a chance for me to meet people growing up near a waste water plant. my wife grew up near one in chicago. when the wind shifted, it would ruin your afternoon barbecue. reducing impact is only a start. what struck me about d.j. was his calm, thoughtful demeanor, but underneath, he is driven to rally the community, to effect meaningful change. d.j. listened to all sides and gave attention to his detractors, never taking things personally. thi

supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yes. thank you, supervisor chair tang. it has been brought to our attention that a tentative agreement has been reached in these discussions, so we're going to ask this matter to be continued for one week to allow for the ratification of that agreement, but we want to allow the folks to have an opportunity to speak public comment. >> supervisor tang: all right. thank you. so if there are no questions or comments at this time, we'll open up item six to public comment. >> thank you, supervisors. my name's dennis todd. i'm the principal of teamsters local 853. i want to thank hallcon and you for looking at this so intently. we had reached a tentative agreement. we were in federal mediation last week, and the federal mediator did his job and brought us back to the table. the members will be voting on the 22, and once again, i thank you for all your attention on this important issue. >> supervisor tang: thank you. next speaker. >> i'm tim wayland, chief operating officer, and i concur with dennis's comments. we did resolve this

safai: okay. great. so i think, i will just end before we gavel down, i will end this is a body that is constantly changing. i think what some of the confusion is there were postings back in december. maybe the posting had one reading there. we filled a number of those seats. a lot of folks engaged on this. my office and supervisor yee's office engaged with supervisor kim and they made some strong recommendations for reappointment and putting people forward. i think we should go forward with that. we are happy to engage. as i said, there's opportunities for, believe me, there's opportunities for this advisory committee moving forward. yes? >> i would like to bring your attention back to item 3 and 4. i note there's possibility -- >> supervisor a. safai: can i finish this? >> yes, sorry. >> supervisor a. safai: we will move that without objection with a positive recommendation for the board. >> item 3 and 4, had a committee report and we didn't send it out as a committee report. > supervisor n. yee: let's

thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. is there -- >> good morning, supervisors, supervisor safai, supervisor yee, supervisor stefani, and members of the public. first and foremost let me start off by saying that i'm absolutely elated that i've been nominated by the mayor for the san francisco police commission. my name is deon j.buchter. i've moved family here since i've been here. i'm the first in my family to have received an undergraduate degree, the first in my family to receive a master's degree, and the first in my family to leave the central valley which is where i'm from, down in fresno to come to a major city, the phenomenal city called san francisco. in the time that i've been here, i've worked countless hours alongside many of the people that he sue here in the room developing programs for young people here in san francisco, whether it's workforce development programs or educational programs inside of the schools, i have dedicated my life's work to public service, which is why i think i'd be a phenomenal fit fo

>> supervisor safai: yes, i'm sorry. go ahead. >> so there's been i think the way we've always done outreach and community management. we can all imagine, 6:00 or so, refreshments, posters. i think that reaches some people, but i think we need to be taking a hard look at whether that's the way to do community engagement or whether we can use other personal strategies. the traffic circle at lyon and mcallister at my house, nobody outreached to me half a block from where i am. i don't like it. they've taken out the two stop signs. my two daughters are just starting to walk to school. i find that incredibly intimidating. i had no notification that that was going to be happening, so -- so just thinking about a person like myself, what modes of outreach would have found me? is it an e-mail or something that i could go to, how could we get creative in looking at the difficulty and different types of energy impacted in those different types of outreach, and then, the impact of that, different types of outreach strategies people

thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good day. i'm anastasia from district 8. commissioner richards has integrity and dedicated it his job, keeping core values, affordable housing, and keeping people in their homes at the fore front. he always keeps an open mind as he evaluates every aspect of a project and listens to all sides before making a decision. his thoughtful, balanced approach to development of our city makes him a valuable asset. katherin moore has planning and design expertise that others on the san francisco planning commission don't have. we're lucky to have here. commissioner moore's opinions are grounded and based on san francisco's housing policies. she's held in high regard by city officials, members of the public and fellow commissioner into public policy with us and one thing that i personally have experienced having worked as a legislative aide, there is not much different in a thoughtful basis working with both commissioners. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, s

safai: hold on one second. folks, if you have conversation, you need to go out in the hallway. continue. >> i also want to enhance that the recommendations that we already have in place. >> supervisor safai: got it. so one of the things -- a vast majority -- we haven't really talked about this today. a vast majority of your job will be being involved in disciplinary cases. it's one of the reasons that we have a disproportionate number of people that are attorneys by training that are involved in or that have been involved in the prosecutorial process. have you been involved in disciplinary cases, and how do you think you'll approach that. we'll talk about that a little bit. >> yeah, no. one, it's actually twofold. in my line of work, i've spent a lot of time in disciplinary hearings as it relates to our department. also as an organization, we spent a lot of time working with young men and women and working to get them into the trades. [inaudible] >> -- the process, there should be certain portions of recommenda

i'm chair of the committee safai. to my left is committee members supervisor catherin stephanie an peskin. our clerk today is victor young. helping us from sfgovtv are michael and matt. and before we start, mr. clerk, do you have any announcements. >> clerk: silence all cellphones. speaker cards and copies of documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items will be september 18th unless otherwise stated. >> please call item number 1. >> if you can call item 2 together. >> clerk: item number one and two. item 1 is ordinance of the administrative code to modify the civic design review feed from a deposit of 2,500 plus the time and material cost to a flat fee of $12,800 per project. set a timeline for fee payment described the method for determining fees for projects involving multiple structures and described circumstance that may qualify for waiver or reduction. ordinance of the administrative code to charge a fee for organizing traveling exhibits. >> thank you, mr. clerk. i'd like to hand it over to my

>> supervisor safai: sure. so moved. >> the announcement today, make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speakers cards to be included as part of the file be submitted to the clerk. >> supervisor safai: great. ok. thank you, madame clerk. today, items 2, 3 and 4 are out of order. >> item number 2 is motion appointing supervisor rafael mandelman, term ending june 30, 2019 to the association of bay area governments executive board. >> supervisor safai: great. unless there are initial comments from committee members, i don't know if anyone from the staff is here, but if not, i think -- oh, you are? if you'd like to say something... satisfy >> supervisor mandelman regrets he cannot appear in person. he is created to committing regional solutions to our biggest problems and feels that his service to the association of bay area governments and the bay area air quality management district will allow him to work with leaders across the bay area to solve these problems. he will work with each of thos

thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. we'll reserve our questions until after public comment. please come forward. >> good afternoon. i'm here to support the appointment of dennis richards and kathrin moore. i've lived in san francisco for 30 years. i've seen planning commissions and directors come and go along with land use and aesthetics. i believe that in commissioners moore and richards, we have individuals that can bring a measured, balanced perspective that bodes well for the san francisco of the future. no one can deny the credentials that commissioner moore brings to her role. commissioner richards is tireless in his commitment to the community. both of them are willing to speak up to question and to compromise when it's the best option. the presence on the planning commission assures me there will be accountability to the residents of san francisco for the important decisions being made. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm stephanie peak. i'm here also to support kather

[applause] >> supervisor safai: please call the next item. >> clerk: mr. chair, would you like to call the next two items because there appear to be duplicate speakers for the -- >> supervisor safai: sure. >> clerk: item four is a motion approving and directing the mayor's reappointment of ike kwon to the public utilities commission for a term ending august 31, 2022, and a motion approving and directing the mayor's reappointment of anson moran to the public utilities commission for a term ending august 31, 2022. >> i want to thank my colleagues and supporters who are here. i also want to thank mayor london breed -- bless you -- for her nomination for my second team in seat two. my name is ike kwon. i live in district four, outer sunset, about a stone's throw from golden gate park with my wife and two daughters and now mom. and i've been here about 11 years. i'm honored to be asked to serve again in seat two. i'll say that my first few years have been like p.u.c. 101. i have been very impressed with the work of the staff, the amount of discipline, the amoun

safai: next speaker? >> hi, good afternoon, supervisors, todd david on behalf of the san francisco housing coalition. we are here today giving our strong support to john bonano. his personal story, i think is really compelling. having found himself homeless at one point and able to get himself healthy, recovering from an addiction and working in the affordable housing world and he was really one of the leading advocates in the city from a pro-housing point of view. he is a strong believer in that we need more well-located housing all levels of affordability. and his commitment to the city, the tenderloin central market area is really, it's incredibly compelling. unfortunately the other candidate we are supporting catherine riserwood had to leave to go to work. that's part of the problem with having these meetings at 11:00 during the week. we are supportive of kathie. i want to read an email from jack gardiner president of the jon stewart company where mr. bonano works. greetings supervisor stefani. i want

supervisor safai, if you can answer that. >> supervisor safai: we've had a lot of conversations about this legislation, working with the department of environment, as well as those in the industry. those are doing the work. 24 months to change the culture. two, if you saw the example that the department of environment gave where they had an apartment building that was generating a significant amount of waste and after they had the facilitator. and they saw the cost savings based on the diversion, they still came out ahead. i think that takes time to change the culture. so we put in 24 months, but also put in the opportunity to appeal depending upon if their cost savings weren't realized, or an opportunity to review the situation after one year. i think any smaller amount of time, you wouldn't have significant change in behavior or impact on the diversion. >> supervisor tang: ok. thank you for that. and then my last question is, just how will outreach be done to these roughly 500 or so buildings, entities, that will be impacted by the legislation? and i'm assuming you'll have conversat

supervisor recology -- safai? >> supervisor safai: i have to tell you, i get so many complaints about caltrain property and the level of maintenance along the freeway. we have 280, interstate 280 and runs the entire length of my district. we have an encampment issue. we have trash issues. we have discarding. we had a pothole that wasn't repaired for over a year entering the freeway. caltrain said it was d.p.w. and d.p.w. said it was caltrain. the level of coordination between the two city agencies, i understand when i called d.p.w. or maintenance issues in the city, they respond. i have had nothing but frustration with dealing with caltrain and properties along the freeway. whatever agreements are going to be finalized here, we need to have -- and this is as supervisor kim said, on a separate note, we need to have a higher level of communication. i appreciate the fact that jeremy is on board and he has been communicating with our department but i need them to step up and do a better job in terms of coordinating. t

. >> supervisor safai: supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: can you share your proposal to close down golden gate park to cars? >> i'm not familiar with that proposal, unfortunately, so i can't speak to it in an "au" authoritative way, but i look forward to reading about that and developing a more opinionated point of view. >> supervisor yee: it's just pretty straightforward. they're thinking of closing it down to cars, basically. >> so not just for sundays, but for the whole week. >> supervisor yee: right, so do you have any thoughts about that? >> as a researcher, the way that i would approach this question is to undertake a more holistic analysis of what that would mean. what would that mean for traffic in the city of san francisco? what would that mean for kind of transportation in the city of san francisco? i think i would need to understand what the impact of that would be and then weigh it against the obvious benefits of access to golden gate park, people being able to walk in the roads, not having to worry about the,

>> supervisor ronen: i would like to thank you, supervisor safai for this legislation. it sounds amazing. what an innovative program and a win win for everyone. if you could add me as a cosponsor i would really appreciate that and i want to thank everyone for the amazing work on this. what a great piece of legislation. with that, i will make a motion, sorry. i will wait to make my motion. >> chair mandelman: thank you. i wanted to say some closing things. just for points of clarification >> supervisor safai: think of hospices and nursing homes and senior living centres. essentially what ends up happening is tons of medication goes unused. once they are, they go to a fair party and we need to screen them for additional screening. i want to be clear there is no opioid involved in this program. it is not hard medication. is a kind of thing that people need on a daily basis. my son uses an inhaler. these things are life changing. they are expensive. we don't have the ability to get them. after ghost of the third-party, it goes to the free medical clinic. it is watched and m

supervisor safai had a question or comment. >> supervisor safai: i just wanted to say the opportunity -- i'm glad that supervisor yee's office is going to be looking into our 312 reform. it gives you the opportunity to update your table in terms of what is permitted and not permitted and what is required on the second floor in general. i'm glad this conversation started on ocean avenue. it gives you the opportunity to mirror that and you can expand it across the board to cover many different areas. i'm glad you are taking this on. >> supervisor tang: great. and i join supervisor safai's comments and happy to help district seven with that legislation as well. okay. so, at this point we will open up item six to public comment? seeing none, public comment on item six is closed. i'm happy to chat with audrey on the side later. colleagues, do we have a motion on item six, please? >> supervisor safai: i will make a motion to send this to the board with positive recommendation. >> supervisor tang: we can do that without objection. thank you very much. item seven, please. [reading agenda item

supervisor safai. will submit. supervisor stefani? >> >> supervisor c. stefani: thank you, madam clerk. i would like to close in memoriam for mercedes cerez. she was born to carlos and pillar of barcelona spain. she settled in san francisco around 1952 with her first husband alejandro and raised two sons alex and juan. married second husband paul miller, became loving mother to bob, chris, charlie. they remained inseparatable until her passing. she was a deep supporter of our city's arts and artists and opera company. as a celebrated painter who practiced into her 70's she will forever be remembered for her antiques and collectibles. though san francisco was her home a piece of her heart remaind in barcelona. new sister city partnership, in 2010. she is survived by her partner, her four siblings, step children, grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. my thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends as they celebrate her life tomorrow at saint dominic's parish church. >> clerk: thank you. we will return to roll call introductions with super

. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. paz. i don't think we have any questions, i think we went through it because you were so recently appointed. i think we're happy to support you again. and thank you for the support of your felly commission members. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. do i have a motion in supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: i make a motion to reappoint matt pemberton, and mr. paz, and -- [inaudible] >>. >> supervisor safai: great. we can do that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor safai: next item, please. i want to state for the record that miss rothsubmitted an e-mail in support of her reappointment. today is yom kippur, and she is not able to attend, but she has the full support of the office. and then, we have the other applicant here, mr. rick johnson, if you could come forward. >> i'll make this quick for you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> it's been an interesting 3.5 hours. >> supervisor safai: i'm sorry it's been so long. >> no, it's okay. go

but for the rest of the supervisors, including supervisor safai, apologies. safai. that this is a clear case. if you believe in rent control, you need to vote for this. because in this city, whether you live in the marina, the excelsior, the bay view or the sunset, we have a rent crisis. you aren't for rent control. if you don't value -- vote for our ability as a city of san francisco to have that rent control we need to stop the rents from going up. i want to tell you the story of my friend keith. he has been in his unit for 20 years and he moved in with his girlfriend six months after she moved there. she just died. his landlord doubled his rent. he is moving out of his apartment. every senior has a target on their back because of the costa hawkins. vote yes if you believe in rent control, otherwise, you are making a very clear line that you don't stand for tenants and you do not stand for rent control. at there's only two sides on this. -- there's only two sides on this. >> all that was good. my name is leo. i may bay view hunter's point person. rent control. wel

supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, chair. i really appreciate all the discussion and all the folks coming out. i really think this benefited from coming to committee. i think we did support something in the fall. it was a slightly different piece of legislation and it was through the legislative process. for me as it was on the ballot, i have had a lot of stories of people that have faced eviction. i am not oblivious to the fact that we have a housing crisis. as fernando said, we're working on a conversation about teacher housing and how we can tackle that. three, four members of this committee were on home-sf as well as the inclusionary housing opportunity, so i am in favor of rent control, i do believe this is a healthy conversation. i do also believe that the idea of how it plays out on the ground in terms of single-family homeowners, i know that we have the highest number of owner-occupied homes. a lot of seniors that are actually ageing in place, that rent out some small space do th