so supervisor stefani, can i entertain a motion? >> yes, i make a motion to send this out to the full board with full recommendations. >> supervisor safai: including a residency waiver? >> yes. >> supervisor safai: for seat two on the small business -- i'm sorry. i'm reading the wrong one, for the ballot simplification committee. okay. without -- no -- without no objection, that item is ordered and moved. congratulations, and thank you for your continued service. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: did you get the full language of the -- >> yes, yes. >> supervisor safai: okay. great. please call item number 6. >> clerk: item 66 is the hearing to appoint one member and one alternate member to the joint bay powers authority. there are two seats and two applicants. >> supervisor safai: we can do it together. okay. with you let's just do this one, yeah, let's do this one first. okay. so miss -- wait, which one -- item number 6, right? >> clerk: item number -- >> supervisor safai: right. so unless there's any initial comments from colleag

we'll take the motion from supervisor stefani first. >> clerk: yes. on the motion to recommend sherise benton, supervisor -- [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there is one aye and two noes, with supervisor yee and safai in dissent. motion fails. would you like to take the second motion? >> supervisor safai: yeah. i think, do you want to say something? i'm sorry. >> just procedurally. since that motion failed, and supervisor yee's motion, can we forward it out to the full board without recommendation. >> supervisor yee: that's not my motion. >> supervisor safai: yeah, that's not what you are -- >> you'd like to take the next one? >> supervisor safai: she was going to make an amendment, and he doesn't want to accept that amendment, so that amendment fails, so we'll just go ahead and take the vote on the item itself. >> clerk: so on supervisor yee's motion to accept commissioner kathleen dooley. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there are two ayes and one no with supervisor stefani in the dissent. the motion passes. >> supervisor safai: okay. thank you. so that item was v

the rest i submit. >> supervisor breed: supervisor stefani? >> colleagues, last night i stood on the rotunda steps with many of you as we celebrated the lunar new year with san francisco's chinese community. president breed made remarks that resonated with me as she mentioned how lucky we are to live in a city so diverse. how our different cultures make our city so vibrant and how all of our communities must be celebrated. as a proud italian-american, i'm introducing an ordinance today to celebrate and recognize everything that the italian-americans have brought to this city and continue to bring. this ordinance will recognize the second monday in october as italian-american heritage day, as well as being known as indigenous people's day. we celebrate the cultures and rights of italian-americans the parade is the oldest in the nation, celebrating its 150th anniversary in october of this year. it's my hope that on this day, the city and county of san francisco can celebrate the rich diversity and contributions of both indigenous and immigrant c

. >> so i see supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: just a quick question with regard to the amendments. i want to make sure, acting chair, are all the amendments that you discussed and supervisor tang, are they in this document? or were there additional amendments made that are not in the document? >> i believe they're all in the document, but the three that i made were to the operative date to repeated recuesals and the addition of 1.158, major donors and then supervisor tang made a series of additional amendments. i believe they're all loaded. i just want to make sure we have everything in writing. >> yes, we've got two different documents. one that supervisor tang has prepared and one that supervisor peskin has prepared. and everything that was mentioned by the two supervisors has been drafted. my office is going to have to put those two puzzle pieces together, but they will fit. >> ok. then with regard to the amendments put forth by the ethics commission staff, are those before us today? i know they're out t

supervisor stefani. our clerk is mr. victor young. i would like to thank sf gov tv, jessie and charles for broadcasting this meeting. do you have any announcements? >> clerk: >> clerk: please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the february 27th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> mr. clerk, can you please call items 1 and 2. >> hearing on the current status of the city's leased owned portfolio within the civic center and update on the portfolio five year plan. item 2, potential three year enewly and amendment of a lease of approximately 27,826 square feet of space at 1390 market street with purchase 1390 market as landlord for use by the department of public health. >> thank you. i think we have a presentation from john updike from the department of real estate? >> thank you, vice chair fewer. supervisor stefani. before i get into the presentation, i want to the last time we gave

supervisor stefani, any other remarks? no. ok. at this time, we had a motion to amend per what supervisor stefani said earlier. can we get a motion on the item as amended. >> motion to move forward with positive recommendation. >> and we'll do that without objection. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. deputy city attorney. oh, to continue the item. >> ok. because it has amendments. i'll make a motion to -- i'll amend my motion and make that a motion to continue. for one week. >> ok. great. we'll -- is that ok? deputy attorney. as amended. >> the motion -- you should make a motion to adopt the amendment and then continue the item one week. >> yes. so, colleagues i heard a motion to amend. there was a second. so we're going to amend it and then we're going to -- we had a motion to continue for one week. all right. thank you. now mr. clerk, items one and two together. >> item number one, hearing on the efficacy of the city's vai cants-abandoned property or did nation and strategies for preventing vacant storefronts. item number two, hearing on th

thank you for joining us today and i'm honored to introduce kathryn stefani and we'll do the swearingn. come on up. (applause) (dog barking) >> okay. ready to go? (swearing in) (swearing in (swearing in) (cheering) >> wow, thank you everybody for being here today. thank you mayor for your confidence in me. this is an opportunity i did not see coming and one i can't pass up. my district needs a supervisor right now and i know the job. i know my community and i know the issues. i know how city hall works. and i am able to hit the ground running. before i spent nine years as a legislative aid in district two, i was advocating for our neighborhoods. the last two years i have been a department head in city hall as your county clerk that gives me a unique perspective on how the laws we pass are carried out and realized outside of the supervisor's chambers. what you don't immediately see on the resume is why. why have i chosen the life of public service, a life that began when my dad dropped me off at georgetown university at 16 years-old to intern for our congressman. i have always had a de

stefani present. tang present. yee present. madam present, all members are present. >> ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us for pledge of allegiance. i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> thank you, madam clerk. are there any communications? >> there are none to report. >> okay. please call the next item. >> let's see here. item no. 1 is an ordinance to appropriate 1.1 million consisting of a combination of fund balance in the airport forfeiture and asset seizure fund and from other budgets and to reappropriate that to the improvement budget in support of the airport commissions, police training facility, capital projects at the san francisco international airport. >> roll call? >> ronen. supervisor cohen? >> aye. >> supervisor fewer? supervisor kim? supervisor peskin? there are 11 ayes. >> the ordinance passes on the first reading. next item, please. >> item no. is to approve conveyance and acceptance of interest in real property from the state of california department of general serv

supervisor stefani. before i get into the presentation, i want to the last time we gave a real estate portfolio update to this committee it was charmed by carmen chu which tells me we need to do this more frequently. but it's a pleasure to be here today. director of real estate, john updike. background on the data that formed the presentation. the ownership data comes from our facility system of record. that's a joint project between real estate and capital planning. and it's a database that resides on our website and their website and is a realtime snapshot of what the city owns and is available to the public at any time. the leasing data comes from an app that manages the lease hold portfolio. we want to thank the controller's office for their help in aggregating some of this data to help us visualize the status of our portfolio. so first, i wanted to take a 30,000-foot view of what the city owns and leases. so our portfolio city-wide contains approximately 44 million square feet of buildings and land,

supervisor stefani? >> yes. thank you, chair cohen. i am supportive of it and i understand having been the budget aid to chair ferrell for a while, for three years, i understand what what that's like to have a completely packed agenda and i do feel ok with the commitment from the sponsors that if they're to get the other items certified that they will not go forward with a lengthy hearing and i feel comfortable on that basis continuing to next week. but i understand your concerns. >> thank you. so, let's go ahead. there is a motion to continue this item. it's been made by supervisor fewer and seconded by supervisor stefani. could we take a roll call vote. this is a motion to continue this item to the next meeting scheduled fer february 15. >> yes. on the motion, supervisor fewer? >> aye. >> supervisor stefani? >> aye. >> supervisor cohen? >> no. >> cohen, no. there are two ayes, one no and with supervisor cohen? -- cohen in dissent. >> all right. this motion passes. madame clerk, could you please call item seven, please? >> yes. hearin

we're joined by supervisor catherine stefani. any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the february 27 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. >> is thank you very much. can you please call item one? >> item number one, ordinance amending the planning dozed establish the geary-masonic special use district in the area generally bounded by geary boulevard to the south, masonic avenue to the east and assessor's parcel's block number 1071, lots one and four to the north and west respectively. >> thank you. i will defer to supervisor stefani first since this is in her district. >> thank you. you heard this project last week. most important, it allows the number of affordable housing units in the project to go from three to 22. that is more affordable units than the total number of units in the original project. again, these amendments raised the inclusionary from 18% to 23% and broken down as 10% at 55% of the a.m.i., 4% at 80% a.m.i., 4% at 110% a.m.i. and

as promised, stefany is back. political risk a nalyst. stefany is back. political risk analyst. lovely to see you. women are dominating the papers. we have theresa may to begin with. the front page of china daily. in the uk it is all about brexit and it is all about citizens rights. in the uk, when we do leave in march 2019. china daily is more focused on trade and the relationship between the uk and china. exactly. they are looking to have partnership for china's belt and road initiative which is all about infrastructure. they want to see if london is going to keep its position as a top global financial centre. there is a lot of discussion about this. it is pretty normal that the prime minister takes the trade delegation to countries like china oi’ delegation to countries like china or india where they have big business. the processor the same thing. it is true that the united kingdom has acted this up. the uk china relationship seems to be on a better footing since 2015. she is calling it a golden era. it is her first visit as prime minister of the uk. it is very important for

. >> good morning, supervisor fewer and supervisor stefani. this lease is an existing lease. it had a five-year option to review but the division made a decision to enter into a new 3-year lease with additional options because the department of environmental services is intended to move into the new city-owned building on south van ness. the cost rent under the new lease is about $64, almost $65 per square foot. this is determined to be market rate by the appraisal in review in conformance to the administrative code. the first year costs are $1.8 million. if the department stays in the fox plaza lease for the entire three years, it will be $5.6 million over the three-year term. our understanding there is a plan to terminate the lease with notice so that this division can move into the new building and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? seeing none, seeing no public comment, is there a motion on this item? >> i believe there is public comment on 1 and 2. >> supervisor fewer: yes,

as promised, stefany is back. political risk a nalyst. stefany is back. political risk analyst. begin with. the front page of china daily. in the uk it is all about brexit and it is all about citizens rights. in the uk, when we do leave in march 2019. china daily is more focused on trade and the relationship between the uk and china. exactly. they are looking to have partnership for china's belt and road