unmuting the caller now. . >> hello. this is fred sanchez. i'm the president of protect our benefits. unfortunately, i had computer issues, so the first item i got to hear today was item number 9. i'm confident that all the items before were handled as professionally as well done as the presentation by mitchell and carrie. i'll take the opportunity to say i'm impressed with all the staff at the health service system. i'd like to take the chance to welcome supervisor chan, who, unfortunately, i haven't had the privilege of meeting yet, but i'm sure i will soon. you've got a great group of commissioners and trustees who really understand their fiduciary responsibilities to their membership. you have a wonderful organization, director yant has been very responsive whenever we've had communications or request from members who represents the 35,000 retired city workers. i have nothing but great praise for the retirement system. that's all i have to say. and because i had all these problems with my computer, this is going to be the only thing i'm g

please unmute the first caller. welcome, caller. >> good morning. in my 20 years of watching this, i've never seen a longer airport contract. through the public health examination, and considering the amount of international travel, this contract will lead to more circulation (indiscernable). >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. thank you for your service and the opportunity to speak this morning. my name is patty, and i'm the owner of s.f. parking l.l.c., a latino-owned parking company. i'm excited and honored to be serving as a subcontractor on the curbside management contract program. over the last decade, it has enabled my company to grow. it has allowed me to not only provide amazing union jobs for my community, but has been there when needed beyond the scope of work relationship. for instance, when the mission food hub needed us to pack food items at the onset of the pandemic, s.b. parking immediately jumped in and existed. it is an example of the program working and how in collaboration we were

please wait until you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. do any of the commissioners have changes to the minutes from the july 16th, 2021, meeting? seeing no changes. i will open this up to public comment. speakers will have three minutes. are there any members of the public who wish to comment on item number two? >> madam chair, d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. please let us know if there are any callers. please press star three to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. do we have any callers? looks like we have one in the queue. >> chairman: okay. >> hello, commissioners. this is eric brooks representing our city san francisco and californians for energy choice. just wanted to echo what everyone said at the beginning of the meeting about executive officer goebel that without his important and crucial work, so many of the things that lafco needed to accomplish and even its existence as

john, unmute and rejoin the conversation. john? >> what's different about these nicaraguan deportations is that they were deported to a regime which tortures opponents. and these people have been involved in anti-regime activities, as human rights watch reports, and all sorts of people report. we are supporting people, deporting them and they are being tortured. ... >> yes, that is a huge concern. this is why we have asylum. there is a real concern about not only efforts to deport, to prevent those who are seeking asylum, from staying. or sending them to third countries. and so this is a huge issue. i know that there are immigrate immigration lawyers working tirelessly to challenge these restrictions. and to try to prevent these deportations. in terms of my own work, i would direct you to chapter three and chapter for, why talk about the deportations delirium in the wake of the palmer raids and. the effort to deport. and louis post, assistant secretary of labor, who was trying to prevent deportations and as well as chapter for, whe

please unmute. >> hello, my question is this. going ask about cases that occurred as late as the reagan administration regarding exclusion. one case that i recall reading about is an uraguay professor who was seeking a post at the university of maryland and he was denied entry into the u.s. allegedly because of communist party membership there. and another example i recall also from the reagan years was a woman named norah estorga who was nominated to be nicaragua's ambassador to the u.n., but under pressure from the reagan administration, i believe that she was asked not to assume her post at the u.n. you know anything about those two instances? thank you. >> thank you very much. i'm not familiar with the instances but i'm not surprised. that's what you'll find in chapter 7. i discuss reagan administration's use of the mccarron/walter act to exclude. i go into the intricacies of how they're using these statutes, which statute and provisions they turn to because what they're trying to do is what they're trying to circumvent the p

thank you. >> now we have anita pannedia, if you would unmute. go ahead, if you would. unmute. you are now unmuted. but we can't hear you. okay. we are going to move on. john martin's hand is back up. john, unmute and rejoin the conversation. john? >> what's different about these nicaraguan deportations is that they are being deported to a regime which tortures its opponents and all three of these people have been involved in, you know, anti-regime activities and as the human rights watch reports and all sorts of people report, we are deporting people and we are deporting them and they are being tortured. it seems -- >> yes, and that is a huge concern. i mean, this is why we have asylum. there is a real concern about not only efforts to deport to prevent those who are seeking asylum from staying, or sending them to third countries. so this is a huge issue and i know that there are immigration lawyers who are working tirelessly to challenge these restrictions under the trump administration and to try to prevent these deportations. now, in terms of my own work, i would direct you

please unmute the caller. >> hello there, board of supervisors. ya'll need to be fiscally conservative. now, i just don't believe in this because all these homeless people are pooping on the streets. i'm sick and tired of it. i'm sick and tired of all these coddling of services. we need to give these homeless people [inaudible] out of town. yee haw. >> clerk: are there any other callers in the queue? >> mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> chairman: again. a lot of fun callers today. [ laughter ] public comment is now closed. we don't have supervisor mar with us today, but it sounds like we have somebody else who's going to comment on every item. [ laughter ] i don't see any other questions. supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: yeah. mr. chair, just real quick, ms. robertson, are we clear? i was going to ask a question about the retroactive nature. i think you explained it. can you say it one more time or at least say it for the record. >> well, this is retroactive because the state didn't actually approve the extension of whole person care u

you have been unmuted and you may begin your public comment. i believe we have two members of the public in line to speak on this item. >> chairman: first speaker, please. >> howdy there. this is gort or binson and i'm a conservative and a concerned republican here in san francisco. i hold the appointment. she is a [inaudible] go back to mexico. >> chairman: next speaker, please. >> you can hear me okay? >> chairman: yes, we can, mr. pillpell. >> it is. david pillpell. so on this item, i have no opposition to the proposed reappointment. i am concerned that i think there's a typo here somehow. it is the association of bay area governments. they used to be have a general assembly. they certainly have an executive board. i believe this is the appointment to the regional planning committee. so i think both in the short title and the long title, the reference to the executive board should probably be struck and this is simply the reappointment to the a.b.a.g. regional planning committee. probably not a reference to the executive board. i believe tha

if i notice you have not unmute yourself i will ask you to unmute. if you indicate approval by nodding or giving a thumbs up, staff will unmute you microphone. they will not unmute you under any other circumstances. members must have their cameras on and be visible on screen in order to be recognized. again, you will need to unmute your microphone each time you wish to be recognized. during a voice vote you need to unmute yourself so we can hear your response. or a recorded vote you need to unmute yourself to respond to the clerk when your name is called. instead of just saying no, please respond with a sentence similar to, -- this will provide additional time for the voting member to be identified and make visible on the platform so we can record you properly. i now yield myself -- ok. today the budget committee is meeting in the ministerial role. our task is to vote on the recommendation submitted to the budget committee pursuant to the instructions set forth. with the current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022. the budget act of 1974, t

please unmute the first caller. welcome, caller. >> good morning.atching this, i've never seen a longer airport contract. through the public health examination, and considering the amount of international travel, this contract will lead to more circulation (indiscernable). >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. thank you for your service and the opportunity to speak this morning. my name is patty, and i'm the owner of s.f. parking l.l.c., a latino-owned parking company. i'm excited and honored to be serving as a subcontractor on the curbside management contract program. over the last decade, it has enabled my company to grow. it has allowed me to not only provide amazing union jobs for my community, but has been there when needed beyond the scope of work relationship. for instance, when the mission food hub needed us to pack food items at the onset of the pandemic, s.b. parking immediately jumped in and existed. it is an example of the program working and how in collaboration we were serve our community

please unmute the first caller. welcome, caller. >> good morning. in my 20 years of watching this, i've never seen a longer airport contract. through the public health examination, and considering the amount of international travel, this contract will lead to more circulation (indiscernable). >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. thank you for your service and the opportunity to speak this morning. my name is patty, and i'm the owner of s.f. parking l.l.c., a latino-owned parking company. i'm excited and honored to be serving as a subcontractor on the curbside management contract program. over the last decade, it has enabled my company to grow. it has allowed me to not only provide amazing union jobs for my community, but has been there when needed beyond the scope of work relationship. for instance, when the mission food hub needed us to pack food items at the onset of the pandemic, s.b. parking immediately jumped in and existed. it is an example of the program working and how in collaboration we were

please unmute the caller. >> hello there, board of supervisors.ow, i just don't believe in this because all these homeless people are pooping on the streets. i'm sick and tired of it. i'm sick and tired of all these coddling of services. we need to give these homeless people [inaudible] out of town. yee haw. >> clerk: are there any other callers in the queue? >> mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> chairman: again. a lot of fun callers today. [ laughter ] public comment is now closed. we don't have supervisor mar with us today, but it sounds like we have somebody else who's going to comment on every item. [ laughter ] i don't see any other questions. supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: yeah. mr. chair, just real quick, ms. robertson, are we clear? i was going to ask a question about the retroactive nature. i think you explained it. can you say it one more time or at least say it for the record. >> well, this is retroactive because the state didn't actually approve the extension of whole person care until the spring of this year and at the po

if i notice you have not unmute yourself i will ask you to unmute. ed yourself, give a thumbs up and stuff will unmute you. members must have their face visible on screen in order to be recogniz if you indicate approval by oice vote you will need to unmute yourself so we can hear your response. a recorded vote, you will need to unmute yourself once your name is called. state of i-or no, -- i, or no. -- visible on the platform so that they can record you properly. today, i yield myself -- the budget committee is meeting in -- our task is voting on the recommendations submitted to the budget committee set forth in title to the current resolution of the budget of the fiscal year 2022. the congressional budget act, the budget committee has the role of providing recommendations submitted by committees -- small business, on transportation and infrastructure, veterans affairs, and ways. reporting the bill to the house without any revision. the rules committee has the authority to make substantive changes and reportedly asian bill and amend it to the floor -

when your line is unmuted, that's when it is your turn to begin speaking. when your allotted time is reached, i will announce that your time is up and take the next person to speak. best practice is to call from a quiet environment, speak slowly and clearly, and please announce your name. i'd like to take roll at this time. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance. items 1 a and b for case numbers 2019-013808-cua and var for the property at 4300 17 street. a request for conditional use authorization and variant, and item 2, 2021-001579-cua, at 2715 judah street, a conditional use authorization, is proposed for continuance to october 14, 2021. members of the public, this is your opportunity to make public comment by pressing star, three. okay. seeing no members of the public -- i take it back. go ahead, caller. you have one -- or two minutes. >> i'm opposing this ceo on 2715 judah street -- >> clerk: we're only taking comments on the matter of continuance. [inaudible] >> clerk: si

i have one caller in the queue. >> clerk: let's please unmute the caller. thank you. welcome, caller. you have two minutes. >> caller: thank you. this is christopher mccall. i am the director of pier 24 photography, the museum that they operate on the waterfront. first, mike, thanks for that presentation. i want to start by saying that i speak for the entire pier 24 family when we say we're proud of the work we've done, the exhibitions we've mounted, and the services we have provided to the san francisco community over the last 12years. with your support of this resolution, we'll be able to continue to provide a free art museum for locals and tourists, and, more importantly, the school groups who use our space as an educational resource. i can say for everybody on the staff that we're proud to be part of the port's community. and i want to acknowledge the work that the port staff has done through the last two years of our negotiations. especially michael martin, who has worked tirelessly to get us where we are today, and rona sandler. the last thing i want to say is i

the moderator will unmute the next caller. remote viewing is available on sfgovtv and tv channel 26. opportunity to speak during the public comment are available by dialing the number on the screen. the dial-in number is 1-415-655-0001. when prompted, use access code, 146 446 4192. and then press pound and pound again. then you'll enter the meeting on the public call line. add star 3 to be added to the queue. when your system says, you're unmuted, this is your time to speak. those on hold, please wait until you the system indicates you've been unmuted. there is a 30-second delay for those viewing online. our 30-second pause begins now. . our 30-second pause has ended and our moderator will notify us of any callers. >> we have three callers on the line, but zero have entered the queue. you must dial star 3 now if you want to join public comment for this specific agenda items. we'll wait five seconds and then close public comment for this agenda item. . there are still no callers in the public comment queue. >> thank you. hearin

hold until the system indicates you've been unmuted. sfgovtv has a standing 30-second delay for viewers watching online. we will take a 30-second pause to allow the system to catch up. our 30-second pause begins now. our moderator will notify us of any callers in the queue. >> we have one caller on the phone line. zero callers have entered the public queue. a reminder to all callers on the line, you must dial star 3 now if you want to join public comment. we'll wait five more seconds and then close public comment for this agenda item. board secretary, there are still no callers. >> thank you, moderator. public comment is now closed. >> president follansbee: great. again, thank you for the detailed presentation. and as stated, we look forward to the next quarterly report using maybe our own data as our benchmark to look for improvement in all these different categories. so with that, we will close agenda item number 12 and open up agenda item 13. >> secretary: thank you. item 13 is reports and updates from contracted health plan represen

speaker, you're unmuted.r time is now. >> if i'm able to speak all i would say is i'm in agreement with what dana kechima said as well as the staffing department operations. as well as the comments that weren't included that phil ginsburg, the general manager has included. thanks. bye. >> clerk: next speaker. >> hello, my name is gina tovar. i just want to make sure this is not commenting on the last agenda item. >> president: yes. thank you. >> okay. thank you. so i reside in visitation valley and i am a single parent and i have a son who attends arts and tech charter school in san francisco unified. he takes the bus 9r which ends at 2055 avenue at the gold eagles parking lot on sunnidale for the golf course parking lot and so he has to walk from that spot up to manzel and sunnidale where sunnydale ends and that's exactly where the school is. in the evenings, he's not the only one walking that route because there's a lot of people who live along sunnydale and this valley that will take the bus there and ther

>> secretary: i can unmute their line right now, just give me one moment. and project sponsor, you are now unmuted. >> actually, this is came blackstone, the director of external affairs for at&t and eric lents is our project manager and he can give you -- he'll be probably the best person for the project itself. but i'm here as well. >> secretary: this is the number listed for the project sponsor. >> yes. go ahead, eric. >> hi, this is eric lents. i have came blackstone with at&t as she mentioned and we also have raj mathers with hammon edison who concurred the r.o. study so we are all here to answer any questions you may have. >> commissioner: my question is that it appeared from some of the comments that were in the written correspondence that there was a request to consider other locations on the roof that might have less of an impact, an aesthetic impact on the neighbors. did you consider other locations and are there ewe locations on the roof that are feasible? >> so other locations -- so we've only considered this roof top at this time. it's a -- >>

chairman, you said unmute >> i thought i -- can you hear me now, hank? okay. i'm sorry. i said, thank you, ms. ingram. i wanted to recognize dr. cass for her testimony. thank you. >> thank you to the committee for having us today. this is a critically important topic. sammy cass is our youngest son. he was born smaller than our other children at just over 5 pounds. babies lose weight right after they are born but most gain it back in the first couple weeks. when they don't we look for clues to say something might be wrong. when sammy was eight weeks old we found he had a condition called alpha 1 deficiency. this is a recesssively inherited disorder that neither my husband nor i knew we carried. being a doctor and his mom i was devastated. his disease is causing liver damage which in turn was preventing him from gaining weight. we spent the next few months seeing doctors and supporting his needs, watching him closely, aware that a small percentage of babies with this type of liver damage would not get better but would get worse. and would ultimately potentially need a liv

if you could unmute the next caller, please. >> can you hear me?eat. it's david pillpel. just want to recognize this important work. we are blessed to have such important landmarks in the city, and it's a shame we haven't been marking it until this point, but we are doing it now. i share the thoughts expressed by the previous caller about the art institute. i'm sure their financial issues and access can be worked out over time, but i think the important thing for the public is that the mural be preserved and access be provided in an appropriate way in time, and i support this legislation, and thank you all very much. >> clerk: thank you, and that completes the queue, madam chair. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, madam clerk. supervisor peskin, do you want to make a motion? >> supervisor peskin: i would like to make a motion to continue this item one week, at which time i hope to have resolved the issues that i previously discussed. >> supervisor melgar: okay. madam clerk, can you please call the roll on that motion? >> clerk: on the motion

i have one caller in the queue. >> clerk: let's please unmute the caller. thank you. welcome, caller. you have two minutes. >> caller: thank you. this is christopher mccall. i am the director of pier 24 photography, the museum that they operate on the waterfront. first, mike, thanks for that presentation. i want to start by saying that i speak for the entire pier 24 family when we say we're proud of the work we've done, the exhibitions we've mounted, and the services we have provided to the san francisco community over the last 12years. with your support of this resolution, we'll be able to continue to provide a free art museum for locals and tourists, and, more importantly, the school groups who use our space as an educational resource. i can say for everybody on the staff that we're proud to be part of the port's community. and i want to acknowledge the work that the port staff has done through the last two years of our negotiations. especially michael martin, who has worked tirelessly to get us where we are today, and rona sandler. the last thing i want to say is i

when you hear your line has unmuted, that's your indication to begin speaking. you have two minutes. >> good afternoon, commissioners. this is bruce bowen from the delores heights improvement club. i have comments on two items that i believe the commission should take action on in this project. the project now includes significant excavation deep into the required set back. it should not be allowed to cause damage to neighboring properties, including trees. the protection is realized by the minimum of a required 45% rear yard. because of the excavation of the rear yard and the proximity of the neighbor's trees because of letters that you've received on both sides, there is a concern of the mature trees located on both sides of the excavation. i would propose that condition be added to the excavation would include tree monitoring. the second issue is the meager size of the a.d.u. even with a larger a.d.u. as proposed, it is only one-ninth the size of the main unit. when the a.d.u. was originally proposed, it was along with six bedrooms. just as you can with 35 be

wait until you are unmuted to begin your comments. before we pass the show back to you, if we could invite agnes one more time to provide interpretation for the instructions in chinese. agnes if you are there. speaking chinese] >> thank you. i want to start by thanking supervisor safai for calling this hearing and initially back in i think fall of 2019 when this item was first heard and follow up hearing last year. for sponsoring this hearing again to follow up on these important issues today. i also did want to say this issue around creating sub-acute care capacity in san francisco is one that i have been working on prior to joining the board with supervisor safai. it was moving to shut down the last sub-acute care beds and unit in the city at st. luke's hospital several years ago. there was a lot of concern in the community about those patients, mostly very low income, people of color, being forced to transfer to a facility outside of san francisco and in some cases very far out side of the city, south bay sacramento and what that w

i have unmuted your line. you have two minutes. >> hello i am with the organization save california's salon. i wanted to thank you for holding this workshop and wanted to thank peter and chris for their presentation which was great. i wanted to encourage you guys to diversify your water supply and take all the steps necessary to do that. you do have the fate of the salon in your hand. i was very disappointed to hear about the recent lawsuit against the curtailments. san francisco has the storage to protect yourselves so when the fish need water they can get it especially during drought years. we are actually starting an office in fisherman's wharf in about a week and a half from now as part of the indian american cultural district hub. fishing in the native community is part of san francisco's kul culture. it's part of its heritage and ports and industry. i would like to encourage you again to diversify the water supply. thank you again for doing these workshops. >> thank you. next caller. you have two minutes

i will unmute the first caller. caller, i un-muted you, you have been allowed to unmute. >> caller: hi. hello, can you hear me? >> co-chair madrid: yes. you can begin. go ahead. >> caller: good afternoon. my name is william railing, i'm making this call on behalf of accessible san francisco, an unincorporated non-profit association. first a very quick plug for getting the agenda out a little earlier for these meetings. and making them a little easier for people to find. i do calendar all of the mayor's office of disability council meetings, and then struggle to find the agenda every time. so i'm not sure why that is, and i'm sure that it is partly my fault, but whatever you can do to get the agenda out earlier and disseminate it definitely will help to encourage more people to participate in these meetings. my two sort of issues/comments today -- first, after the excellent presentation that the council received on the outdoor dining program, you know, it was made permanent, and i just would like to reiterate that it

wait until you are unmuted to begin your comments. before we pass the show back to you, if we could invite agnes one more time to provide interpretation for the instructions in chinese. agnes if you are there. speaking chinese] >> thank you. i want to start by thanking supervisor safai for calling this hearing and initially back in i think fall of 2019 when this item was first heard and follow up hearing last year. for sponsoring this hearing again to follow up on these important issues today. i also did want to say this issue around creating sub-acute care capacity in san francisco is one that i have been working on prior to joining the board with supervisor safai. it was moving to shut down the last sub-acute care beds and unit in the city at st. luke's hospital several years ago. there was a lot of concern in the community about those patients, mostly very low income, people of color, being forced to transfer to a facility outside of san francisco and in some cases very far out side of the city, south bay sacramento and what that w

if you could unmute the next caller, please. >> can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> supervisor melgar: we can hear you. >> great. it's david pillpel. just want to recognize this important work. we are blessed to have such important landmarks in the city, and it's a shame we haven't been marking it until this point, but we are doing it now. i share the thoughts expressed by the previous caller about the art institute. i'm sure their financial issues and access can be worked out over time, but i think the important thing for the public is that the mural be preserved and access be provided in an appropriate way in time, and i support this legislation, and thank you all very much. >> clerk: thank you, and that completes the queue, madam chair. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, madam clerk. supervisor peskin, do you want to make a motion? >> supervisor peskin: i would like to make a motion to continue this item one week, at which time i hope to have resolved the issues that i previously discussed. >> supervisor melgar: okay. madam clerk, can you p

when you hear your line is unmuted, that is your indication to speak. each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. when you have 30 seconds remaining you will hear the chime. when your dime is reached i will take the next person to speak. best practices call from a quiet location, please mute the volume on your computer or television. roll at this time. president matsuda. >> here. >> commissioner black. >> here. >> commissioner foley. >> here. >> commissioner jones. >> here. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> here. >> commissioner so. >> here. >> commissioner wright. >> commissioner wright. i can see you are here, but i cannot hear you. >> here. >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> very good. first is general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to agenda items your opportunity is afforded when the item is reached. each member may address the commission for up to three minutes. if you would like to submit comments on under general public

if you could unmute the next caller, please. >> can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> supervisor melgar: we can hear you. >> great. it's david pillpel. just want to recognize this important work. we are blessed to have such important landmarks in the city, and it's a shame we haven't been marking it until this point, but we are doing it now. i share the thoughts expressed by the previous caller about the art institute. i'm sure their financial issues and access can be worked out over time, but i think the important thing for the public is that the mural be preserved and access be provided in an appropriate way in time, and i support this legislation, and thank you all very much. >> clerk: thank you, and that completes the queue, madam chair. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, madam clerk. supervisor peskin, do you want to make a motion? >> supervisor peskin: i would like to make a motion to continue this item one week, at which time i hope to have resolved the issues that i previously discussed. >> supervisor melgar: okay. madam clerk, can you p