supervisor safai. >> thank you, chair. and supervisor chan. one thing i think is super important this may be i'm not a lot of people experience is and a lot of folks i think need the service and representation are seniors. a lot of time it is later in life than i are in the surrounded by family. but yet they are age nothing place in the situations and without the right guidance and the right individuals to talk to they can get confused not know everything this is going on. i think this is know important aspect and you e louded it as an immigrant myself when people are dealing with language barriers is be intimidates. to have rep centation. i understand some of the thing this is might seem repetitive to some of the representatives from the industry but i know this it seems as though this is i modest request for the ability to have conversations and conifer about changes in the over all environment where people are living and i know this can be disruptive to anybody regardless of whether than i are a tenant or not. i think that this strikes a ba

supervisor safai. thank you and with that i would well toik move this to full board with recommendation a roll call, please. there was an amendment. make the motion to amend. roll call. >> and on that motion, to amend the resolution reduce not to exceed amount. vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. 3 aye's >> the motion pass and i would like to move this as amended to full board with recommendation. >> on that motion to forward this to the positive recommendation as amended vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> 3 aye's. >> thank you it passes. mr. clerk item 3. >> item 3 is a resolution approving amendment 3 to the agreement between maitri and department of public health hospice services for residents of san francisco increase the agreement by 4.5 million not to exceed 14.1 million. extend the term by 4 years a total term july first of 15 through march first of 27 and authorize dph amendments or modifications of the cont

item 2 with amanda. >> good morn chair chan supervisor mandelman and safai a.m. amanda lopez a project manager for the mayor's office of housing and communal development. i'm hire 2.9 million funds reserved for the program in may of upon 2017 released support the financing of 5 ticks ticks natoma by mission economic development agency. approved by the soma stabilization fund committee in 2020. located in district 6 natoma is a 3 story 5 unit building. >> 55656 natoma completed rehad been due to the housing accel rirt fund. the retab the project completed of the san francisco funds upon loan and funds other costs including reserve and closing costs. fordability restrictions for the life of the property. importantly 566 in tomah prevent displacement of long-term residents. if anies of natoma will result in permanent afford at and preservation of 5u nits long-term households. i'm available for questions along with danielle cruz. thank you. >> thank you. >> chair chan. will item 2 is a release of up to 2.9 mission from budget and finance reserve funded by the soma co

supervisor safai. thank you. chair. echo the words you have. the more we can resmile put this recycled water projects throughout the city i continuing is important for a lot of the city owned properties. i one thing we heard through the budget process the cost water for the public entities. and i don't know if you spoke to this b i'm imagining this cuts down the zoo's cost of the water that they have to out lay and/or the others like rec and park, other facilities does this cut cost water they use and the service charges they have with the puc? >> thank you. supervisor safai. yes. we believe we are not only saving the water but the cost impacts would be not as much to d. like rec and park who is involved in this project. >> can you explain that. if they use recycled water is there the same level charge to the agency versus if than i are getting fresh water? >> i have paul or water resource manager who can address that more. >> this would be great. this is the budget committee you are out laying a capit

supervisor safai >> thank you for stepping forward this . is extremely important body.nd advises us with a lot of direction when it come to the areas around addiction and employment and i than is stuff you have been wing on and a number of qualified trained individuals there those are 2 of the things i care beeply about and dorse and he others do as well. just making that a top priority. is important to mow. i appreciate you stepping forward and look forward to working with you. >> thank you. why thank you supervisor safai and appreciate your leadership on these issues as well. no one on the roster, thank you for your time. mr. clerk, can we open up to public comment? >> members of public had wish to speak and joining person line you believe to speak. for those remote low on the public call in line press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue continue to wait you have been unmute exclude this will be your queue to comment. there is nobody for public comment at this time and nobody on the call in line. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public comment on item 2 i

supervisor safai. >> thank you, both. >> okay. so now we are to our last item number 6. >> yes, item 6 an ordinance amending the planning code require c u authorization for residential how doing developments not maximize density as defined in residential mixed, commercial and residential chanzp transit oriented districts except for mixed districts. firming the determination ceqa and findings consistency under the planning code. members joining remote and wish to comment press star 3 to enter the line. a prompt will indicate you raised your hand. there will be your signal to comment. >> thank you, mr. hellipa. president supervisor peskin would you like to share >> my apologies i'm not ready for this and would like to make a motion to continue to the call of the chair and hopeful low i will get my act together quickly and ask you to schedule it in the not too distant future. why sounds good. let's take public comment on this item. >> in dam chair. those present here wish to comment on the continuance of the item. line and up upon fo

- >> stefani, safai. >> stefani and safai, excuse me, and melgar. the importance of algebra in 8 grade is showing that san francisco does care about education. we had 8 grade-algebra pushed to 9th grade since 2014 and it hasn't produced the results we hoped for. the test scores and the opportunities gap which used to be called the achievement gap has not improved in the time for us to redirect our courts and let the school board know that it is necessary to have algebra back in the 8 grade. i think that is a wise move to put the ballot measure in front of the voters to send a message to the board, to send a message that the voters care and san francisco does care about the education of our youth. thank you again. >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from our next speaker. welcome. >> can i please have the-- >> yes. place it. try to center it. there we go. >> start now? thank you. my name is christine, proud graduate of lowell high school. i would like to point out when i went to lowell high school in 1989, you can see that i had to actually mo

- >> stefani, safai. >> stefani and safai, excuse me, and melgar. the importance of algebra in 8 grade is showing that san francisco does care about education. we had 8 grade-algebra pushed to 9th grade since 2014 and it hasn't produced the results we hoped for. the test scores and the opportunities gap which used to be called the achievement gap has not improved in the time for us to redirect our courts and let the school board know that it is necessary to have algebra back in the 8 grade. i think that is a wise move to put the ballot measure in front of the voters to send a message to the board, to send a message that the voters care and san francisco does care about the education of our youth. thank you again. >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from our next speaker. welcome. >> can i please have the-- >> yes. place it. try to center it. there we go. >> start now? thank you. my name is christine, proud graduate of lowell high school. i would like to point out when i went to lowell high school in 1989, you can see that i had to actually mo

supervisor safai. come back. [laughter] all right >> so with this i would like to make the motion to move this to full board with negative recommendation. and with this, a roll call. >> yes. on this motion, forward this to the full board with a recommendation do noted pass vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. why we have lee aye's >> the motion passes. >> thank you. >> thank you. and let's call item number 5. >> item 5 a resolution authorizing the director. property to execute a third amendment to restated commercial lose with 2, 5 year extension options withvilletory in medicine clinic by the bay. . for the city at 35 onondaga avenue reimbursement total of 2. 9 million for tenant improve am costs. members joining remote and wish to comment press star 3. a prompt will indicate you raised your handled expect when it kcets you have been unmute third degree is time to begin your comments. >> thank you. and i think them is item for supervisor safai would you like to have openi

yalda safai. dr. safai great to have you on.omeless services to get them, you need to have treatment and you need to be clean. is there a possibility of this actually happening? >> this is really tricky because on the one side when someone's plagued with addiction, every money they have, any cent they make goes into feeding their addiction. if we're giving these vulnerable people money we're part of the problem. we're perpetrators basically. on the one hand there's that. on the other hand, if a person's struggling with addiction doesn't have money to get drugs, what's going to happen? crime's probably going to go up. so if you're going to take the money away from people who are struggling with addiction, you have to implement policies to help them. >> trace: fair assessment. i want to move on because last night we were at the debate and interviewed vivek ramaswamy a couple of times. so he said a couple of things that would be very interesting to you. first he said that he was, well, in fact let's just play this and we'll talk to

supervisor safai >> thank you for stepping forward this . is extremely important body.nd advises us with a lot of direction when it come to the areas around addiction and employment and i than is stuff you have been wing on and a number of qualified trained individuals there those are 2 of the things i care beeply about and dorse and he others do as well. just making that a top priority. is important to mow. i appreciate you stepping forward and look forward to working with you. >> thank you. why thank you supervisor safai and appreciate your leadership on these issues as well. no one on the roster, thank you for your time. mr. clerk, can we open up to public comment? >> members of public had wish to speak and joining person line you believe to speak. for those remote low on the public call in line press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue continue to wait you have been unmute exclude this will be your queue to comment. there is nobody for public comment at this time and nobody on the call in line. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public comment on item 2 i

supervisor safai. um -- thank you, h chair chan would be my preference to be in support of this but i'm happy to defer to you on this. i want to express my support near had proposal. appreciate all of benefits that this provides and it is an extension of something this has a tremendous positive impact on san francisco. we heard from home grown resident who is have employment and mall businesses who benefit from and included in the economic benefits it is in the outside benefit its is local small businesses which are still struggling to recover. and provides a path way for aprenticeship and opportunity to organize labor a phenomenonal asset to our assistant district attorney. because it is not just about having labor jobs but having the opportunity to put the people in positions to really be employd and consistently when the economy is recovering i appreciate the work done. we heard from labor, plumbers, guard ins. stage hands. everyone. that was here today on teamster. others everyone. that has benefit

supervisor safai. yes. we believe we are not only saving the water but the cost impacts would be not as much to d. like rec and park who is involved in this project. >> can you explain that. if they use recycled water is there the same level charge to the agency versus if than i are getting fresh water? >> i have paul or water resource manager who can address that more. >> this would be great. this is the budget committee you are out laying a capitol cost but something we heard from the city agencies last year. i mean not last year last budget a couple months ago the cost of water was impactful to their budget. i'm sures what the recycled water does to their over all budget costs. >> good new york i'm paul at director of water resource at the san francisco public utility's commission. recycled water will be the same charge as potable. it will be the ceremony cost fist the zoo. at this point in time we are working with rec and park. and the zoo on the final cost for the recycled water. why is that? i know th

. >> supervisor ahsha safai has asked the police chief to put foot and bike patrol officers in every district to address the san francisco's rising level of crime. the proposed ordinance would require sfpd to build community policing plans for the area that are experiencing areas, rather, that are experiencing the most crime. safai says this will lead to positive interactions between the community and officers. >> every study that has been done shows that crime reduces dramatically. community engagement increases dramatically, and we see a suppression of crime. >> safai will also challenge mayor london breed for her seat in november's 2024 election and a major challenger is entering the race to replace london breed as mayor of san francisco, philanthropist and heir to the levi strauss family fortune, daniel lurie announced his candidacy this morning. >> lurie says that san francisco is facing a crisis of leadership, blaming breed and labeling her as an insider who's failed to tackle the city's biggest problems, specifically crime and homelessness. you can't solve san francisco's prob

why thank you supervisor safai. supervisor walt only >> thank you. clothes today i have one resolution i'm introducing a resolution to accept the final plan of african-american reparation advisory committee. we heard from community about the importance of reparations. and in order to address desparities existed for decades. the committee's report detailed the policy this is lead to the diconspirities and informs uses to who participated and the planning press and details recommendations that will lead to rep rigz to the black community and really a blueprint on how to successful low repair harm. for those who say s footwork can't afford reparation, sf cannot afford to not support reparations. just briefly, on workforce investment board. the chairs was lected at the left meeting. jeanine cutter. and bayview y provided a spot light on the excelsior neighborhood over view of labor market and economic recovery. announced deperrure from the workforce division and the alignment committee continued to meet to further definal a full definition of w force dev

. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani. >> present. >> and supervisor walton. >> present. >> mr. president all members are present >> san francisco board of prierszarc knowledges we are on the unseed home land of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants ever san francisco peninsula. as stewards of the land and in accordance with traditions the ramaytush ohlone near ceded, lost nor forgot respondents as care takers as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests we recognize we benefit from living and wing on their home land wearc knowledgean cestors, eldand irrelevant tifs of the recommend ram community and aif he wering sovereign rights as first peoples. join mow in the pledge. >> [pledge of allegiance]. dom we have communications. >> why this live on sfgovtv channel 26 you may view live stream at sfgov.org the public is welcome to attends in person and the board's chamber. second floor room 250. to uponpate remote low the phone number are on the agenda and streaming on your television or computer screen. if you need assistanc

supervisor safai.ou. chair. echo the words you have. the more we can resmile put this recycled water projects throughout the city i continuing is important for a lot of the city owned properties. i one thing we heard through the budget process the cost water for the public entities. and i don't know if you spoke to this b i'm imagining this cuts down the zoo's cost of the water that they have to out lay and/or the others like rec and park, other facilities does this cut cost water they use and the service charges they have with the puc? >> thank you. supervisor safai. yes. we believe we are not only saving the water but the cost impacts would be not as much to d. like rec and park who is involved in this project. >> can you explain that. if they use recycled water is there the same level charge to the agency versus if than i are getting fresh water? >> i have paul or water resource manager who can address that more. >> this would be great. this is the budget committee you are out laying a capitol cost

why supervisor safai. >> thank you. thank you supervisor walton for leading on this and keep thanksgiving present and in front of us. thank you to the members of community this came out to nip this important conversation. and being per of this historic moment. in the history of our city thank the chairs to -- all of the committee members giving history and put nothing context. people will for get the things and conversations with -- reverend brown i had is there were almost times throughout the history counsel row to right the wrongs of the past employs it pertained to the black community and we consistent low as a nation and city consistent low kept push those decisions and making wrong decision. and supervisor melgar said there are things happening in the city today. as it pertains to all indicators when you look at the graduation rate versus incarceration rate. inphenotype more tellity rate and over doze rate and how we have a population of 5% african-american and 40% population this is african-american homeless and

item 2 with amanda. >> good morn chair chan supervisor mandelman and safai a.m.r the mayor's office of housing and communal development. i'm hire 2.9 million funds reserved for the program in may of upon 2017 released support the financing of 5 ticks ticks natoma by mission economic development agency. approved by the soma stabilization fund committee in 2020. located in district 6 natoma is a 3 story 5 unit building. >> 55656 natoma completed rehad been due to the housing accel rirt fund. the retab the project completed of the san francisco funds upon loan and funds other costs including reserve and closing costs. fordability restrictions for the life of the property. importantly 566 in tomah prevent displacement of long-term residents. if anies of natoma will result in permanent afford at and preservation of 5u nits long-term households. i'm available for questions along with danielle cruz. thank you. >> thank you. >> chair chan. will item 2 is a release of up to 2.9 mission from budget and finance reserve funded by the soma community stabilization fund. they'l

he'll be the third moderate in the race alongside current mayor breed and supervisor safai who will beng us live on the broadcast in the 6:00 a.m. hour. he's going to be talking crime in san francisco also going to be mentioning the importance of getting boots on ground and seeing more officers here. to your point when we talk about oakland who's going to pay for it will be asking supervisor safai about that. by the way x us we should say any questions you'd like us to ask the supervisor. we would be happy to do so. >> that's a hard habit to break. from x to twitter -- >> sorry elon. >>> we need to get to jess a right news jessica right now because we had wet weather this morning. jess. >> we got all the leftovers from the large system that really impacted the pacific northwest. i'm putting emphasis on the leftovers though because we didn't see a lot of rain in the system. just a little bit as it wrung out over the bay area. specifically up in the north bay. so on the contrary we're actually going to start off down in the south bay. live look right now. partly cloudy skies over san jos

i member safai safai absent chair chan a chan. we have two eyes with member safai absent. thank you. the motion passes and item number two. item number two is a resolution approving the terms and conditions and authorizing the execution of the no cost project. specific maintenance agreement with the state of california department of transportation for san francisco public utilities commission on a commission ongoing maintenance of its proposed improvements at 18 location within caltrans right of way along a six mile section of state road 35 south of state road 92, in san mateo county for the southern skyline boulevard ridge trail extension project subject to board of supervisors approval. 100. the charter members of the public have joined us remotely and wish to comment. press star three to enter speaker line hey promptly indicate that your raised your hand and when the system indicates you have been unmuted, there will be a signal to begin your comments. madam chair. thank you. and today we have mary deacon, project manager from sfpuc. good morning. good morning. board me

supervisor ahsha safai is requesting the city's police chief put foot and bike patrol officers in every district to address san francisco's rising crime. the proposed ordinance would require sfpd to build community policing plans for the areas that are seeing the most crime. safai says this will lead to positive interactions between community members and officers. >> every study that has been done shows that crime reduces dramatically community engagement increases dramatically, and we see a suppression of crime. >> safai will be challenging. mayor london breed for her seat in november's 2024 election on a member of one of san francisco's most prominent families has entered the race for mayor, philanthropist and heir to the levi strauss family. >> fortune, daniel lurie announced his candidacy yesterday. lurie says the city is facing a crisis of leadership . rip blaming mayor london breed . he's labeling her as an insider who has failed to tackle the city's biggest problems, specifically crime and homelessness. >> you can solve san francisco's problems if you aren't willing or able to ch

this is a page of aber bank safai, health and sanitation services . from saturday 4th of shahrivar to tuesday, the officials of the arbaeen headquarters predicted that it would start from saturday 4th of shahrivar, and if we give it to the end of the week, the crowd will increase beyond the borders of the country to go to the arbaeen ceremony, and this almost happened. 430 thousand people have reached 440 people have arrived, and this thursday and friday, the worrying good management of the trip made it so that there is no news of the heavy traffic for now, and along the way along the road that we controlled with a helicopter, and thank god, the traffic was smooth and the people were informed. lead to a selection of the region. last year's arrival statistics, as we got closer to arbaeen day, which was this day, the statistics and one day return to 14,000 people . now, the predictions made by the arbaeen headquarters are that on saturday, the 11th of shahrivar, this number will be high, and the 14th and 15th, at the peak of glory and entering the count

. >> supervisor safai. >> >> supervisor self neil. why present. why supervisor walton. >> present. >> you have a quorum. >> thank you, in dam clerk the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unseed ancestral home land of the recommend ram the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as stursd of this land and with their traditions the ramaytush ohlone have never cd, lost nor forgot their responsibilities as care take exerts all people his reside in their traditional territory. we rescue noise we benefit from living and working on their traditional home land. we wish to pay respects acknowledgingan cest sxors relatives of the recommend ram community and rights as first peoples. join mow in the pledge. [pledge of allegiance] >> in dam clerk do we have communications >> yes. the board away the public to attends this mote nothing person. here in the board legislative chamber in city hall second floor room 250 to participate remote the meeting arias live on sfgov.org channel 26 you may view on www.sfgov.org. the phone

. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani. >> present. >> and supervisor walton. >> present. >> mr. president all members are present >> san francisco board of prierszarc knowledges we are on the unseed home land of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants ever san francisco peninsula. as stewards of the land and in accordance with traditions the ramaytush ohlone near ceded, lost nor forgot respondents as care takers as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests we recognize we benefit from living and wing on their home land wearc knowledgean cestors, eldand irrelevant tifs of the recommend ram community and aif he wering sovereign rights as first peoples. join mow in the pledge. >> [pledge of allegiance]. dom we have communications. >> why this live on sfgovtv channel 26 you may view live stream at sfgov.org the public is welcome to attends in person and the board's chamber. second floor room 250. to uponpate remote low the phone number are on the agenda and streaming on your television or computer screen. if you need assistanc

in summary, today, everyone who is on the walk of the survivors of the arbaeen hossein safai ceremony will be successful. he was present and the end of the road reached the end of the road to imam hussain , peace be upon him. i wish i had not participated in his shrine in other years, god willing, today the walk of the survivors of arbaeen was a very good description of the mood , we are starting shihab hosseini in the community . for the first time , i participated in the walk of the arbaeen survivors, and i am in a very good mood those of us who were left behind for arbaeen and did not participate in karbala ma'ali in holy mashhad, here until this year's comparison, the population density of some days of last year in the western borders is about 460. the headline in the coverage of this year's arbaeen news in the national media is to open an existing user account. please come back so that an opportunity will be opened for my friends who can visit easily. an invitation to an early and short-term trip based on the suggestion of the officials of the arbaeen headquarters from the beginn

aber bank safai services page the health of the team of the club that i am, that i am sick, i will comeok at this year's number: 327, 144, 145. all the numbers are high and higher than last year. this is from saturday the 4th of shahrivar to tuesday of this week. at the end of the week, the crowding beyond the borders of the country will increase to go to the arbaeen ceremony , and this almost happened, and as we went, it reached 430,000 people, and it reached 440 people. that's it for now there is no news of that heavy traffic and along the way along the road that we controlled with a helicopter and thank god the smooth traffic was able to guide the people to a selected area. which was this day, the number of one-day suites has returned to 14,000 people, now the predictions made by the arbain headquarters are that on saturday, the 11th of shahrivar 99, this number will be high, and on the 14th and 15th, at the peak of youth, they will return from arbain and enter the country. i want video training in let's see together that there was an increase in this direction it was almost aborted

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at the walk of the survivors of arbaeen hossein safai attended and addressed the love and two ends of the road to imam hossein, peace be upon him , hossein , i have a dream for you. i decided to go to karbala, i decided to come here to show my love to you. in other years, i will participate in china in karbala in front of his shrine. god willing, one day i will have a voice again. today , i participated in the walk of arbaeen survivors . we will arrange for everyone to carry backpacks and one by one samand malek is reading, this year, for the first time, i participated in the walk of the arbaeen survivors. i am in a very good mood. we , the arbaeen survivors, should participate in karbala ma'ali in holy mashhad . here, until the new year, we will go to the side of the road where you are moving, with raised flags. on top of the tents, the tents that are actually called the school, which has been around for 10 days, this school provides services, they give me food , and we get closer. he asks the pilgrims to stop come to their procession, imam sajjad, to serve all the expenses of all th

will play against south korea iran defeated bangladesh 3-0 with the combination of shahsaviri and safai and went to the second round . how did our country's women's national volleyball team perform today in the last match of the asian championship, losing three sets and ending their career by winning the tenth title. azad cup 206 will start tomorrow in russia, let's go elahi, mohammad bakshi, ali mansouri, amirhossein firozpour, abolfazl babalu and amirreza masoumi are the six representatives of iran who did not go to ashkam after the esteghlal and persepolis clubs and the tractor pikan and sepahan clubs due to not complying with the approved budget limit. complaint and as a result of this team's meeting with sepahan, the dutch volleyball arrow made a request for victory against macedonia in the 1962 european championship in the world rankings, and iran dropped one place to the 11th place. according to the agreement with al duhail qatar club officials, al duhail took over the leadership of this team. al duhail is in the same group as persepolis in the asian champions league. also today

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supervisor safai, new business. >> thank you colleagues. thank you president peskin for honoring them. eel i really appreciate the words of supervisor ronen had. one of the themes i will hit some things i'm introducing today and what i think i heard from her in the areas we have tremendous crisis in the city now, we need leadership and leadership from the mayor and a lot of departments in the city are missing the voice. whether un plaza, overdose crisis or what we are talking about today. i have introduced and sent a letter of inquiry to the mayor in particular and hur budget director about the response for law enforcement on retail theft. not trying to trivialize it, there is a lot of debate. i'm talking specifically about the incidents where there is severe violence and been incidents where all is extreme injury. we are submitting the letter today to the mayor, the district attorney, the police chief and her budget director. many know over the last several years i repeatedly requested more resources allocated to suppressing this. it has n