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for those on hold, wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. are there callers in the queue? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> chair: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> on the motion, vice chair safai? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair: aye. there are three ayes. >> chair: great, thank you. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation and thank you, ms. moran, for your work. >> thank you. >> chair: madame clerk, is -- let's do item 8 and then we can go back to item 2. can you please call item 8? >> item 8, resolution authorizing the establishment of a small business emergency financial relief program to be administered by the office of economic and workforce development, oewd, and authorizing the director of oewd to enter into one or more funding/loan agreements with the california rebuilding fund, l.l.c. in an amount not to exceed $2 million to facilitate the origination of

for those already in the system, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. are there any callers in the queue? >> operator: there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: great. public comment is closed. thank you for that. supervisor safai, was there anything more i know you wanted to hear? it sounds like at least for myself and supervisor mar, we're okay with the approach and amendments. i know we don't have any questions or concerns about these but there may be some in the future where we may want to have -- there may be some more questions that come up. >> supervisor safai: yeah, that's fine. i guess, because i know we have so many things ahead of us, and we always have very full agendas, there's value in reviewing on a case-by-case basis, but very infrequently, when it comes to rent abatement do we have any reason to oppose the department and look to those guidance situations. i think it's pretty understandable in this instance, not in other years, but in this instance, based on the covid crisis, you know, the remaining nine, if they come up in the

please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. ms. pena, are there any callers in the queue for item 4? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> chairman: thank you. public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. madam clerk, roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes, on that motion -- >> i'm sorry. i was trying to raise my hand. i wasn't able to use my -- >> chairman: supervisor safai. >> before the vote, can i make some comments, and i do have some questions for d.p.h. was trying to let public comment and b.l.a. speak first. chair, i know you have a lot of experience and conversations about this particular topic. i know a number of these programs are in your district. and, you know, when i first came into office, one of my biggest pushes was to audit the department of public health's mental health services. that took the b.l.a. and the controller to complete that work. we spent a specific amount of money on mental health services for our unhoused

for those already in the queue, please wait until the system has been unmuted. are there any callers for item 5? [inaudible] >> chair haney: okay. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. i want to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: thank you. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. always good to see you, deanna. thank you. madam clerk, will you please call items 6 and 7 together. >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read] . >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these items should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 187-364-0346, then press pound twice. for those of you who have not already done so, press star, three, and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted before you begin your comments. >> good morning, chair haney, supervisor safai, and supervisor mar. my name is cindy heavens. i'm a project manager with the mayor's office of housing and

dial star 3 and when the system message reads, your line has been unmuted. this is your time to speak. for those on hold, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. sfgov tv has a standing 45 second delay for viewers watching live. we will take that 45-second pause to allow assistants to catch up and callers to dial in. that 45 seconds begins now. the 45-second pause has ended and our moderator will notify us if there are any callers in the queue. >> thank you, secretary. looks like we have six callers on the phone line, zero of which have entered into the public queue. you must dial star 3 now if you want to join public comment for this specific agenda item. we will wait 5 more seconds and then close public comment for this agenda item. board secretary, there is still no callers in the public queue at this time. >> secretary: thank you, moderator. hearing no further callers. public comment is closed. >> president follansbee: thank you. so let's move on to agenda item number five. >> secretary: agenda item 5 is the president's report and t

please unmute the first caller. ed >> the caller has been unmuted. good morning, caller. >> it is my understanding that the caller has been disconnected. are there any other callers in the queue? for item number one. >> there are no other callers in the queue. >> president: i want to make a motion to recommend the item to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. can we have roll call? >> clerk: vice chair safai on that motion. >> aye. >> member mar? >> aye. >> chair haney? >> aye. >> there are three aye's. >> all right. that will go to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. thank you so much. madam clerk, please call item two. >> resolution two designating agencies qualified to participate in the 2021 annual joint fundraising drive for officers and employees of the city and county of san francisco. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 187 355 1611 and press pound twice. if you have not already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will

: unmute. hi, everybody. this is will railing and i'm making this comment on behalf of the unincorporated non-profit association. i wanted to start by thanking m.o.d. staff for your engagement as has been mentioned several times today. i was not aware of the extent of that and those discussions, and i really appreciate it. i will follow-up with you on that progress. i'd also like to praise efforts that have been made throughout the crisis by everybody who is on this call, in the emergency program. (please stand by) >> accessible access for all citizens must not be sacrificed in the program. we all use a.d.a. as a shorthand for accessibility, but it's really important to note that these outdoor dining facilities must comply with the a.d.a. standards. both the a.d.a. and the building code must be complied with. there are significant ways in which the building code requires better accessibility than the a.d.a. when an -- a structure is built, building code standards must be met, not just a.d.a. wh

let me unmute the speaker. speaker, you have been unmuted. you have three minutes. >> thank you so much. this is patrick again. shocked that member natoli just acknowledged that apparently the list of projects for the 2019 bond approved by capital planning and board of supervisors has, if i understood correctly, has not been presented to goboc a year and a half after voters passed the bond? did i hear that correctly that you have not seen the list yet? i know you don't have to answer direct questions but i am formally asking that i be e-mailed that list of projects. i'm wondering if they have started naming specific street locations in each of the categories, say for senior housing. what happened to that set aside for senior housing and why haven't any of you members asked what is happening with the senior housing funding. covid cannot be responsible in the entire delay of sharing information with members of the public about what is going on with the $600 million bond that you promised for affordable housing. where's the housing? i noticed on

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please unmute the first caller. ed >> the caller has been unmuted. good morning, caller. >> it is my understanding that the caller has been disconnected. are there any other callers in the queue? for item number one. >> there are no other callers in the queue. >> president: i want to make a motion to recommend the item to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. can we have roll call? >> clerk: vice chair safai on that motion. >> aye. >> member mar? >> aye. >> chair haney? >> aye. >> there are three aye's. >> all right. that will go to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. thank you so much. madam clerk, please call item two. >> resolution two designating agencies qualified to participate in the 2021 annual joint fundraising drive for officers and employees of the city and county of san francisco. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 187 355 1611 and press pound twice. if you have not already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will

please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted.ext caller, please. >> my name is kristy faxon and i am a community partner at community housing partnership. every year we work incredibly hard to keep 1,900 of our most vulnerable san franciscans safely housed alongside our non-profit. every year the cost of this critical work increases. we ask that you base this 3% funding and that you include an additional 3% codb. we are asking that you stand shoulder to shoulder with our heroic staff who come to work every single day even in the face of a pandemic to keep our community safe. please do this improving the increase now and moving forward. show us that this staff and community matters to san francisco. thank you for your time. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> this is tabatha allen with the housing clinic. i support the comments made. thc along with other non-profit organizations are not able to pay fair wages. we struggle to recruit and retain staff because of wages. people are no longer able to live in

please unmute the first caller. ed >> the caller has been unmuted. good morning, caller. >> it is my understanding that the caller has been disconnected. are there any other callers in the queue? for item number one. >> there are no other callers in the queue. >> president: i want to make a motion to recommend the item to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. can we have roll call? >> clerk: vice chair safai on that motion. >> aye. >> member mar? >> aye. >> chair haney? >> aye. >> there are three aye's. >> all right. that will go to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. thank you so much. madam clerk, please call item two. >> resolution two designating agencies qualified to participate in the 2021 annual joint fundraising drive for officers and employees of the city and county of san francisco. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 187 355 1611 and press pound twice. if you have not already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will

taylor are unmuted. they will need to unmute themselves. >> chairman: okay. so, ms. brown. >> i'm here. >> chairman: okay. >> thank you, chair peskin. i want to take full advantage of my time. those children raised us up in long island, new york. when crack hit in the 80s, i fled to i came to california. i have been at usf for 20 years working. i worked in the community that entire time. i worked for every mayor from newsome to currently mayor breed. i wrote the legislation on record right now for san francisco for reparations. it's called the "slavery closure ordinance" me. ronda colters, al williams and the african american historical society wrote the legislation and it was adopted by the city attorney and his law. i also wrote a book that was rated the number one book on black politics. the national organization of black scholars. the national association of black scientists i've been a professor there for political science. i've also headed african american studies at usf. both pieces of literature or research that i've done were put on mayor breed's desk as she

taylor are unmuted. they will need to unmute themselves. >> chairman: okay. so, ms. brown. >> i'm here. >> chairman: okay. >> thank you, chair peskin. i want to take full advantage of my time. those children raised us up in long island, new york. when crack hit in the 80s, i fled to i came to california. i have been at usf for 20 years working. i worked in the community that entire time. i worked for every mayor from newsome to currently mayor breed. i wrote the legislation on record right now for san francisco for reparations. it's called the "slavery closure ordinance" me. ronda colters, al williams and the african american historical society wrote the legislation and it was adopted by the city attorney and his law. i also wrote a book that was rated the number one book on black politics. the national organization of black scholars. the national association of black scientists i've been a professor there for political science. i've also headed african american studies at usf. both pieces of literature or research that i've done were put on mayor breed's desk as she

>> if you could unmute angela, maybe that would help her. >> okay. i'll go ahead and unmute her. the last time i did, however, i don't think she was prepared, so let's try it again. >> can you hear me? >> hello, yes. >> okay. good. >> hello. angela, can you go ahead and let the public know to go ahead and unmute to speak? >> okay. i don't see any new callers -- actually, i do. give me one second. [speaking cantonese language] >> okay. i'm a household of five people and we have been in s.r.o. for over ten years. so my son always asks me when will i have my own bed? so in the s.r.o.s, it's always pretty crowded. [inaudible] >> seems like the income would be too high for us or the rent too high for us for affordable housing. >> my number comes up, like, really low, 2,000, 1,000 something -- [speaking cantonese language] >> so in this time, when my kids are doing distance learning, it would be really difficult to -- [speaking cantonese language] >> we are hoping that we have more rental subsidy and also more affordable housing opportunities with the rent according to 30% of our incom

please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. mr. chair, there are no callers in the cue. >> chairman: public comment is now closed. thank you for your work on this. it is definitely an exciting thing. colleagues, any questions or comments before we move this forward. it's pretty straightforward. all right. i don't see any. i want to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. madam clerk, roll call vote. >> clerk: vice chair safai? >> aye. >> clerk: member mar? >> aye. >> clerk: chair haney? >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. can you please call item two. >> clerk: resolution approving an agreement with creative bus sales inc for low floor diesel hybrid buses (indiscernable) through a procurement by the state of georgia, for a term not to exceed six years to commence following board approval. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1876060436, and then p

am i unmuted? okay. i have a motion for family that i had mentioned earlier that, really just concerned about making sure that when we do acquisitions, we don't acquire buildings that are already filled from tenants and we can't make room for new tenants. so my motion is for all family acquisitions, we recommend that housing include some larger units, and in any acquisition, that they be at least two thirds vacant so homeless can move in. >> okay. we have a motion. can we have a second? >> second. >> okay. can she rereal it. >> so my motion is for any family acquisitions, we recommend that housing include some larger units, and in any acquisition, that they be at least two thirds vacant so homeless can move in. >> okay. we've got a motion and a second. can we call the roll on this? [roll call] >> so the motion passes. so it's -- member friedenbach, did you have -- >> yeah, just one more motion. i'm going to combine these, even though they're not totally connected. i want to make sure that in our line --

if they can unmute and share. >> hello. this is karen kai. and i am affiliated with hamachi little friends and also on the board of the asian pacific islanders and the national historic preservation organization that focuses on sites that are far too often overlooked within asian american communities nationally. and, i think this is one of the significances of this landmarking. this will actually be the first building in san francisco specifically recognizing japanese americans that will have achieved state, local, and national recognition as landmark quality buildings and thus telling that story and giving the weight of the importance and the significance of our communities of color, marginalized communities indigenous communities that. and i think it is a real tribute to the planning department and the board that the equity efforts that have been taking place are really coming to fruit and specifically i think we all want to thank francis mcmillen and donna graves and the others through those departments who have put this together. they've

for those already on hold, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. are there any callers who wish to comment on items 2 and 3? >> madam secretary, there are no public comment people in the queue. >> all right. public comment on this item -- on these items is closed. colleagues, any other questions or comments? i do not see any. supervisor walton? >> thank you, chair. i just wanted to state that my questions were very similar to yours. i just wanted to state that for the record, and thank you for asking them. >> great, thank you. all right. well, with that i think what we do here is one of these has an actual associated resolution with it, so on item no. 3, i want to make a motion to move item 3 to the

i'll go ahead and unmute and circle back to the next caller back again. caller has been unmuted. all right. there is no more callers. >> chairman: all right. public comment is closed. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you supervisor peskin. i believe this is in further answer of long standing city policies to encourage the provision of clean, green municipal power developed in the city. that are being provided by the developers as part of the projects and would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> chairman: all right. and i will take that on the motion. clerk young, a roll call please. >> clerk: on that motion [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: next item please. >> clerk: next on the agenda is item number two the appointment of james byrne to the police commission april 30th, 2024. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young, colleagues. this is an appointment nomination to the police commission made by mayor breed of james burn who i have had the opportunity to interview and i believe the two of you have had the opportunity to do so as well. i

please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. mr. chair, there are no callers in the cue. >> chairman: public comment is now closed. thank you for your work on this. it is definitely an exciting thing. colleagues, any questions or comments before we move this forward. it's pretty straightforward. all right. i don't see any. i want to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. madam clerk, roll call vote. >> clerk: vice chair safai? >> aye. >> clerk: member mar? >> aye. >> clerk: chair haney? >> aye. >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. can you please call item two. >> clerk: resolution approving an agreement with creative bus sales inc for low floor diesel hybrid buses (indiscernable) through a procurement by the state of georgia, for a term not to exceed six years to commence following board approval. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1876060436, and then p

unmute the first caller, please. >> hi. thanks everybody. i amnate. with national union of healthcare workers. i am calling to support this item about conditional use for residential care facilities. we represent mental health clinics for the eph contractor and operate an adult residential care facility. 33 bed facility on broderick street. we were recently involved in some negotiations involving their lease, which was renewed recently. i just wanted to add that it is our experience that this policy has created additional protections that helped safeguard these beds. i think that it will continue to do so. in our experience it totally changes the balance of power with the private property owner here. changes their economic incentives. they cannot quickly flip it. we think, you know, when you look at the data of how this policy is working, it is not just the conditional use permits you guys have already looked at but you should think about deterrent effect that it has with the care facilities that are currently out there. especially in this category wh

so i will unmute them. speaker, please go ahead. you have three minutes for public speaking. >> good morning committee members. this is dr. derrick curr, a whistleblower. 10 years ago, whistleblowers appealed before this committee to approve the whistleblower reports. we requested that the reports include data on the number of retaliation complaints filed with the ethics commission and how many were sustained. we believed that the whistleblower program had a responsibility to inform its clients about the results of their retaliation complaints. we also wanted to draw attention to the fact that the ethics commission had never sustained a whistleblower retaliation complaint. the whistleblower program began reporting this data in 2012. over the past nine years, the public could see how many retaliation complaints were processed and how many were sustained. until now. the current whistleblower report omits the count of sustained retaliation complaints for the first time in nine years. please look at page 16 of the current report. the ta

for those on hold wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. are there any callers in the queue for this item? >> we have three callers in the queue, madam clerk. >> clerk: thank you. please unmute the first caller. welcome, caller. >> caller: hello. can you hear me? hi, i'm gaib gothman, i'm a constituent in district 2. as a renter, i'm urging you to put $136 million of the $634 million of this money into a fund for equitable climate change mitigation and resilience. you know, that it is intended to help us to build back better, and climate is not a niche issue. our health as you can see with the wildfires last year and the big burst of wildfires in the future and this year, you know, it's really affecting all of us and we can use this money to, you know, to do pilot programs and electricification in communities and looking for resilience and also things with job training and other things that, you know, san francisco really becomes a hub for resiliency and maybe even long-term looking at, you know, ending our dependency on fossil fuels by rem

you will hear a prompt informing you your line is unmuted. for those watching on cable channel 26 or through sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak call in now by following instructions on the screen. dial 415-655-0001 enter id1874819510. pound twice and star 3 to be entered to speak. could you let us know if we have any callers in the queue? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> seeing that there are no callers, public comment is now closed. motion to move out of committee with positive recommendations. >> so moved. i also had my name in the chat to be added as cosponsor. >> me as well, please. >> mr. clerk, please call the roll. >> on the motion that this item be recommended offered by vice chair preston. vice chair preston. >> aye. >> peskin. >> aye. >> chair melgar. >> aye. >> madam chair, three ayes. >> the motion passes unanimously. thank you so much. mr. clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> there is no further business. >> thank you so much. we are adjourned. thank you. >> thank you.

am i unmuted? okay. i have a motion for family that i had mentioned earlier that, really just concerned about making sure that when we do acquisitions, we don't acquire buildings that are already filled from tenants and we can't make room for new tenants. so my motion is for all family acquisitions, we recommend that housing include some larger units, and in any acquisition, that they be at least two thirds vacant so homeless can move in. >> okay. we have a motion. can we have a second? >> second. >> okay. can she rereal it. >> so my motion is for any family acquisitions, we recommend that housing include some larger units, and in any acquisition, that they be at least two thirds vacant so homeless can move in. >> okay. we've got a motion and a second. can we call the roll on this? [roll call] >> so the motion passes. so it's -- member friedenbach, did you have -- >> yeah, just one more motion. i'm going to combine these, even though they're not totally connected. i want to make sure that in our line --

for those on hold wait until the system indicates have been unmuted. there are no callers in the queue. >> supervisor: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to continue item 1 to the call of the chair. is there a second? >> second, safai. >> supervisor: seconded by safai. madame chair, roll call, please. [roll call] . there are five ayes. >> supervisor: this will be continued to the call of the chair. madame chair called item 2. >> clerk: overview of the department of view of children and youth and their families. members of the public who wish to make public comment dialing 1-415-655-0001 meeting i.d. 187 606 0436 and press pound twice if you have not already gun -- done so and press star 3 to indicate you wish to speak and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comments. >> supervisor: thank you. we have department of children, youth and families here with us to present on behalf of the department. >> thank you. director sue is on her way. there's internet issues so if it's already with you i'll go ahead a

for those on hold wait until the system indicates have been unmuted. there are no callers in the queue. >> supervisor: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to continue item 1 to the call of the chair. is there a second? >> second, safai. >> supervisor: seconded by safai. madame chair, roll call, please. [roll call] . there are five ayes. >> supervisor: this will be continued to the call of the chair. madame chair called item 2. >> clerk: overview of the department of view of children and youth and their families. members of the public who wish to make public comment dialing 1-415-655-0001 meeting i.d. 187 606 0436 and press pound twice if you have not already gun -- done so and press star 3 to indicate you wish to speak and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comments. >> supervisor: thank you. we have department of children, youth and families here with us to present on behalf of the department. >> thank you. director sue is on her way. there's internet issues so if it's already with you i'll go ahead a

>> the caller has been unmuted. i can take the next caller and circle back, if you would like. >> clerk: yes. please. >> caller: good morning, chair haney and members of the committee. i live in the triangle with my wife and 5-year-old daughter. i urge the committee to support "a place for all." while i agree that permanent housing is the ideal solution for all who are homeless, we need to provide an interim solution. letting people sleep on our sidewalks is simply not the solution. in the almost two years i've lived here in san francisco, i've watched people sleep on our street, which is, at minimum, a bi-weekly occurrence. i've spoken to these people and they don't want to sleep on the streets. it is not a good situation for them. it is certainly not a good situation for the families that live in this neighborhood. what "a place for all" proposes is fundamental, it establishes a policy that san francisco will shelter all who will accept it, and there will be a network of safe sleeping sites. i urge you to support

please wait until the system has unmuted and you may begin your public meant. mr. smith, do we have any members of the public at this time? it appears we do not have any members of the public to comment at this time. >> chairman: thank you. mr. young on that motion, a roll call please. >> clerk: yes. a motion to recommend [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: next item, please. >> clerk: yes. next on the agenda is item number two ordinance of employers to waive requirements to report 2020 amending the police code to waive the requirement for employers to report compliance with the fair chance ordinance for 2020 and codify the previous waiver of such requirement for 2019. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. and this item comes to us from our colleague supervisor stefani on her behalf i see mr. mull began. >> good morning supervisors. thank you for this opportunity to present to you all today. i will be exception alley brief. before you today is an ordinance that waives the annual reporting requirements for the health care security ordinance an

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i had to unmute you. >> can you hear me now? >> yes. >> thank you. i have both technical and policy questions for staff and technical questions for the project sponsor. let me start with staff. so am i understanding correctly that the original approval was for growing units. and both version 2 and version 3 of this project is now group housing that has some limit on cooking facilities, is that correct? >> that's correct. the group housing is limited in the facilities by definition. >> okay. and yet the project sponsor described the version 3 as having -- i don't know whether he said full cooking facilities, but something to makes me think there are limitations on them. >> group housing has limited cooking facilities which is a two-burner stove, a refrigerator, and a microphone. the limitation is on the oven and the foreburner stove. that transforms the group unit housing into a dwelling unit. i believe this can provide a little bit more information about exactly which cooking facilities they're proposing in version 3, but to my knowledge it is an ind

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i had to unmute you. >> can you hear me now? >> yes. >> thank you. i have both technical and policy questions for staff and technical questions for the project sponsor. let me start with staff. so am i understanding correctly that the original approval was for growing units. and both version 2 and version 3 of this project is now group housing that has some limit on cooking facilities, is that correct? >> that's correct. the group housing is limited in the facilities by definition. >> okay. and yet the project sponsor described the version 3 as having -- i don't know whether he said full cooking facilities, but something to makes me think there are limitations on them. >> group housing has limited cooking facilities which is a two-burner stove, a refrigerator, and a microphone. the limitation is on the oven and the foreburner stove. that transforms the group unit housing into a dwelling unit. i believe this can provide a little bit more information about exactly which cooking facilities they're proposing in version 3, but to my knowledge it is an ind