thank you, president walton. i don't have any questions at this time. >> president walton: thank you so much. madam clerk mayor, this includes the district 11 topic discussion. this concludes our time with our mayor. we appreciate you coming out and with no questions, madam clerk that concludes our mayoral discussion. do we have any communication? >> clerk: yes mr. president. the member of the san francisco board of supervisors has mentioned by the president, welcome the general public back into this chamber room 250 where the public may attend board's weekly board meeting here in the public gallery and provide public comment in person. for the future, the board will continue to provide remote access for the public to both listen to the proceedings and to provide their public comment via telephone. if you wish to access the meeting remotely you may do so through your television on sfgov tv award winning channel 26er by viewing live stream at www.sfgovtv.org. those attending in person will be allowed to speak firs

thank you, president walton. colleagues, this weekend, there was a huge tragedy in my district that showed a side of the drug overdose epidemic that we don't talk a lot about. we talk a ton about people that are severely addicted to drugs on our streets that are homeless, but we don't talk about recreational drug users. the, you know, young folks in their 20s and 30s who go out to clubs might think they are purchasing a small amount of a recreational drug which in the past while never good for you wasn't deadly to the agree that it is today we don't know for sure but what we suspect that four individuals went out to purchase some cocaine did not know it was lace wednesday fentanyl. came home and took it while one person woke up, the other three never did and they were in their 20s and 30s and had their whole lives in front of them. so i just wanted to shed light for a moment on the other side of this pandemic -- this epidemic. we know that we talk about it in terms of homeless people on the streets and we're work

thank you, president walton. i don't have any questions at this time. >> president walton: thank you so much. madam clerk mayor, this includes the district 11 topic discussion. this concludes our time with our mayor. we appreciate you coming out and with no questions, madam clerk that concludes our mayoral discussion. do we have any communication? >> clerk: yes mr. president. the member of the san francisco board of supervisors has mentioned by the president, welcome the general public back into this chamber room 250 where the public may attend board's weekly board meeting here in the public gallery and provide public comment in person. for the future, the board will continue to provide remote access for the public to both listen to the proceedings and to provide their public comment via telephone. if you wish to access the meeting remotely you may do so through your television on sfgov tv award winning channel 26er by viewing live stream at www.sfgovtv.org. those attending in person will be allowed to speak firs

president walton. and i want to take this opportunity to thank co-sponsor peskin, mar, safai and haney for your support to this legislation. this past january, the chinese chamber of commerce allow many leaders in chinatown and joined by several chinatown organizations asked for them to provide parking in the month of february for the lunar activities. as we know, the chinatown small business have been impacted by not only the pandemic but anti-asian racism. that's the reason i introduced the supplemental and really considering just a lot of challenges that our entire city faced. the supplemental is only really drilling down to the portsmouth square garage for first free two-hour parking with the goal to boost chinatown and their small business during the lunar new year. after that, though, we also heard from supervisor preston who really think that, you know, we also wanted to take this opportunity to encourage people to hop -- back on public transit to celebrate chinese new year. so, with that, we're

thank you, president walton. i don't have any questions at this time. >> president walton: thank you so much. madam clerk mayor, this includes the district 11 topic discussion. this concludes our time with our mayor. we appreciate you coming out and with no questions, madam clerk that concludes our mayoral discussion. do we have any communication? >> clerk: yes mr. president. the member of the san francisco board of supervisors has mentioned by the president, welcome the general public back into this chamber room 250 where the public may attend board's weekly board meeting here in the public gallery and provide public comment in person. for the future, the board will continue to provide remote access for the public to both listen to the proceedings and to provide their public comment via telephone. if you wish to access the meeting remotely you may do so through your television on sfgov tv award winning channel 26er by viewing live stream at www.sfgovtv.org. those attending in person will be allowed to speak firs

>> president walton: good afternoon. welcome to the march 22, 2022 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk please call the roll. [ roll call ] mandelman not present. [ roll call ] >> clerk: you have a quorum. >> president walton: thank you so much. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on unceded homeland of the ramaytush ohlone. who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. as well as for all people who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from working on their traditional homeland. we pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone and by affirming their sovereign rights as first people. please stand with me to recite the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on beha

president walton. and i want to take this opportunity to thank co-sponsor peskin, mar, safai and haney for your support to this legislation. this past january, the chinese chamber of commerce allow many leaders in chinatown and joined by several chinatown organizations asked for them to provide parking in the month of february for the lunar activities. as we know, the chinatown small business have been impacted by not only the pandemic but anti-asian racism. that's the reason i introduced the supplemental and really considering just a lot of challenges that our entire city faced. the supplemental is only really drilling down to the portsmouth square garage for first free two-hour parking with the goal to boost chinatown and their small business during the lunar new year. after that, though, we also heard from supervisor preston who really think that, you know, we also wanted to take this opportunity to encourage people to hop -- back on public transit to celebrate chinese new year. so, with that, we're

>> president walton: good afternoon. welcome to the march 22, 2022 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk please call the roll. [ roll call ] mandelman not present. [ roll call ] >> clerk: you have a quorum. >> president walton: thank you so much. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on unceded homeland of the ramaytush ohlone. who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. as well as for all people who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from working on their traditional homeland. we pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone and by affirming their sovereign rights as first people. please stand with me to recite the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on beha

: thank you president walton.to acknowledge supervisor chan and budget committee for making this better. at a moment in time when we are trying to attract non-residents back to san francisco and some of its star attractions, this sends the wrong message. san franciscans free, we can compensate for that by charging non-residents. it feels like we are saying to the folks that we want to attract, you're paying more because san franciscans are paying less. i feel like if we're even going to go down this road, this is not the time to do it. we should all be putting our money where our mouth is. making rec and park whole. i know it feels attractive, but at the same time, we're discouraging people to do precisely what we want visitors to do, visit conservatory of flowers, visit japanese teagarden. i didn't like when it was proposed for the botanical garden and i hope we could consider voting it down today and sticking with what we've got. >> president walton: thank you. i don't see anyone on the roster. madam clerk pleas

president walton? >> president walton: thank you. maybe i should have spoken before supervisor haney because he said everything i want to say. it's important that we do everything in the best interests of our city, those folks that are going to be impacted most, environmentally, job opportunities, and everything it can offer, we need to have those conversations and make sure that everything that's done in our city is done in a responsible manner. madam chair, i would like to move to send this to the full board as a committee report with a positive recommendation. >> chair melgar: thank you. madam clerk? >> clerk: thank you. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair melgar: thank you. madam clerk, please call item 1. >> clerk: item 1 is an ordinance amending the police code to add article 33-o to require owners and covered contractors on certain residential construction projects to maintain a labor compliance bond and to condition release of such bond on specify labor standards compliance for work on the pr

president walton? >> president walton: today, i'm introducing legislation to name [indiscernible] she moved to san francisco in 1966 to raise her three sons and immediately became an active volunteer for the san francisco unified school district. she always stressed the importance of praying daily, getting an education, preparing for a career pathway, and contributing to her community. over 40 years ago, ms. jackson followed her passion and opened polly's kiddie care in visitacion valley. ms. jackson's mentoring style and caring for others expanded to helping families, teens, seniors, neighborhoods, adults, and helping to raise so many children in the visitacion valley community. often, she and her son drew would take holiday dinners to people in the community or to people who needed food throughout the neighborhood. we still celebrate ruth jackson day in june every day in visitacion valley to bring together communities from all walks of life to enjoy southern breakfast, a parade, picnic in the park, a

president walton?esident walton: today, i'm introducing legislation to name [indiscernible] she moved to san francisco in 1966 to raise her three sons and immediately became an active volunteer for the san francisco unified school district. she always stressed the importance of praying daily, getting an education, preparing for a career pathway, and contributing to her community. over 40 years ago, ms. jackson followed her passion and opened polly's kiddie care in visitacion valley. ms. jackson's mentoring style and caring for others expanded to helping families, teens, seniors, neighborhoods, adults, and helping to raise so many children in the visitacion valley community. often, she and her son drew would take holiday dinners to people in the community or to people who needed food throughout the neighborhood. we still celebrate ruth jackson day in june every day in visitacion valley to bring together communities from all walks of life to enjoy southern breakfast, a parade, picnic in the park, and lot

but, president walton? >> president walton: before i respond to dr.thankful and how grateful i am for your leadership over at the human rights commission. >> absolutely. >> president walton: when the mayor and i fought to redirect the resources to the black community and we had conversations about how we were going to do this, i could never have imagined the dream keeper initiative would be the fruits of those conversations and be the fruits of the resources that we carved out. so you and your team at the h.r.c. i want to make sure that you're committed, that you're acknowledged publicly, because this work that happens on the ground really starts from your leadership and starts from what happens at the human rights commission. i think it became real evident in 2020 that we didn't just have a black-people problem in america, but we also had a black-people problem here in san francisco. a lot of times with all the great work we do and we are ahead of the curve in a lot of areas in terms of addressing inequities, in terms of addressing injustice, but mos

president walton? >> president walton: today, i'm introducing legislation to name [indiscernible] she moved to san francisco in 1966 to raise her three sons and immediately became an active volunteer for the san francisco unified school district. she always stressed the importance of praying daily, getting an education, preparing for a career pathway, and contributing to her community. over 40 years ago, ms. jackson followed her passion and opened polly's kiddie care in visitacion valley. ms. jackson's mentoring style and caring for others expanded to helping families, teens, seniors, neighborhoods, adults, and helping to raise so many children in the visitacion valley community. often, she and her son drew would take holiday dinners to people in the community or to people who needed food throughout the neighborhood. we still celebrate ruth jackson day in june every day in visitacion valley to bring together communities from all walks of life to enjoy southern breakfast, a parade, picnic in the park, a

president walton. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin. i'd like to make a motion to remove 'rejecting' and approve the nomination of gabriella ruiz. >> chairman: on that motion, a roll call please, 'rejecting' in the role title and 'rejects' online 16. >> clerk: yes. on that motion, removing 'rejecting' and recommend, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: congratulations. next item please. >> clerk: next on the agenda is item number four, hearing to consider appointing two members alternativelies ending february 23, 2023, to the citizen's committee on community development. two applicants. >> chairman: thank you. i just want to be clear that these are in both cases terms that would end on february 23rd, of 2023 is that correct? >> clerk: yes. >> chairman: okay. with that, we have azalia renfield for seat one and clinton loftman for seat two. both are members of the citizen's committee on community development and applications are set forth and i want to thank them for their service and note that brian chiu from the

>> president walton: second. >> chair mandelman: seconded by commissioner walton. any other comments by commissioners? i don't see them, let's open this item up to public comment. >> clerk: okay. hello, caller, you have two minutes that will begin now. >> caller: thank you, chair mandelman. i will need to correct the record, i haven't been with you for a while. this is very important because i am a user occasionally of the geary line. and i am hoping that it will eventual low be extended out into the second phase, because geary is a very long and small run. and with our space, i think that i have [indiscernible] i don't remember. but that this will help. i think that this will benefit not just geary, but the city and the region as a whole. as i'm a regional user of transportation. and i have used the geary to go to a number of places, including way out on glen derriere. so we want to make this happen, sooner than later. and i think that we should vote for this. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. there are no more callers. >> chair mandelman: all right, public

walton has a silly counterclaim that i'm gonna deal with in due course.a son. >> yes. >> judge judy: teenaged son? >> yes. >> judge judy: how old? >> seventeen. >> judge judy: some time ago, you bought him a car... >> yes. >> judge judy: that was not running. >> yes. >> judge judy: so how long ago did you buy him this non-running automobile? on what date? >> i wanna say around october the 17th. >> judge judy: who did you buy the car from? >> a girl off of facebook named kiera. >> judge judy: what year car? >> a 1999. >> judge judy: 1999 what? >> oldsmobile integra. >> judge judy: and it was listed as a non-running car? >> yes. >> judge judy: so if you paid more than a couple of hundred dollars for this, you'd be crazy. right? >> right. >> judge judy: how much did you pay her for it? >> i paid her 500 for it. >> judge judy: okay. so you gave her $500. she gave you the car.

. >> commissioner walton. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. madam clerk. colleagues.r indicated he needs to arrive late. commissioner haney will need to leave early. i make a motion to excuse each of them for the portions of the meeting they are unable to attend. is is there a second? >> second by stefani. call the roll on that motion. [indiscernable] that is without objection. >> thank you. madam clerk. could you please call item 2. >> may i make a announcement. >> sure. >> public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 415-655-0001. when prompted enter access code 24928041621. then pound and pound again. when you join you will be able to listen as participant. public comment on an item when it is called dial star 3 to be added the queue to speak. do not press star 3 again or you will be removed from the queue. when your line is unmuted the operator will advise you you have two minutes to speak. calls will be taken in the order received. speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or radios. if you wish to

we know, president of the board of supervisors shamann walton has honored him. we know that people with trying to give him accolades and awards and support, and he doesn't want to be bothered, because many of us know him in san francisco. i remember when i first met jack, when i -- look, i didn't get in that much trouble, to the point where i went to juvenile, but my brother did. i started to get involved in omega boys club because of jack, and i thought honestly, who is this white man coming to the projects just with no fear and getting major respect from everybody in the community, and knocking on the doors and talking to everyone, the parents, the moms, and the community? and it was jack, and i thought not only is he brave, but isn't that amazing to have someone who understands the system working to deal with the challenges of the system? and think about it, at the time when he started doing this work, you know, i've got to say, a lot of, like, my grandmother and that generation, there was somewhat of a level of fear, working with white folks. i just thought

we know, president of the board of supervisors shamann walton has honored him. we know that people with trying to give him accolades and awards and support, and he doesn't want to be bothered, because many of us know him in san francisco. i remember when i first met jack, when i -- look, i didn't get in that much trouble, to the point where i went to juvenile, but my brother did. i started to get involved in omega boys club because of jack, and i thought honestly, who is this white man coming to the projects just with no fear and getting major respect from everybody in the community, and knocking on the doors and talking to everyone, the parents, the moms, and the community? and it was jack, and i thought not only is he brave, but isn't that amazing to have someone who understands the system working to deal with the challenges of the system? and think about it, at the time when he started doing this work, you know, i've got to say, a lot of, like, my grandmother and that generation, there was somewhat of a level of fear, working with white folks. i just thought

>> president walton: second. >> chair mandelman: seconded by commissioner walton. any other comments by commissioners? i don't see them, let's open this item up to public comment. >> clerk: okay. hello, caller, you have two minutes that will begin now. >> caller: thank you, chair mandelman. i will need to correct the record, i haven't been with you for a while. this is very important because i am a user occasionally of the geary line. and i am hoping that it will eventual low be extended out into the second phase, because geary is a very long and small run. and with our space, i think that i have [indiscernible] i don't remember. but that this will help. i think that this will benefit not just geary, but the city and the region as a whole. as i'm a regional user of transportation. and i have used the geary to go to a number of places, including way out on glen derriere. so we want to make this happen, sooner than later. and i think that we should vote for this. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. there are no more callers. >> chair mandelman: all right, public

. >> commissioner walton. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. madam clerk. colleagues. commissioner mar indicated he needs to arrive late. commissioner haney will need to leave early. i make a motion to excuse each of them for the portions of the meeting they are unable to attend. is is there a second? >> second by stefani. call the roll on that motion. [indiscernable] that is without objection. >> thank you. madam clerk. could you please call item 2. >> may i make a announcement. >> sure. >> public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 415-655-0001. when prompted enter access code 24928041621. then pound and pound again. when you join you will be able to listen as participant. public comment on an item when it is called dial star 3 to be added the queue to speak. do not press star 3 again or you will be removed from the queue. when your line is unmuted the operator will advise you you have two minutes to speak. calls will be taken in the order received. speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or radios

president walton? >> president walton: thank you so much. i don't have a question. i want to thank the youth commission for being precise and concise and being able to talk about one of your priorities and to provide recommendations. i do have the opportunity to meet with the clerk's office to talk about your priorities as we move forward as well. just again, here to support all of your work and appreciate all of you stepping up and leading your peers. i want to thank you for that. it's important. i love to see it. >> chair haney: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: i want to echo my colleagues appreciation to the youth commissioners for your presentation on the recommendation. i think you guys touched on the really key issue that we're grappling with as a city and your recommendations very much align with my and my colleagues around civic engagement for youth and justice system reform and reentry and transportation needs of youth. really appreciate you including the 29 sunset that's something that been actively involved with. it would help with lowell high school as

walton. and let me just start by thanking doctor parens and her team and director carol, her team and everyone i know has been working very hard around the clock to get the linkage center going. and appreciate their time, taking our officeon the tour and soforth as you've done for other supervisors . i did have questions. i wanted to start , mister president i don't know if we have someone if the mayor is available or someone from the mayor's office who can speak on their behalf . all right. okay. so my question is regarding the decision not to seek to renew or extend the emergency declaration. can you explain the rationale forthat decision ? >> thank you for the question supervisor, tom helena with th mayor's office . director carol mentioned in the hearing the nonrenewal of the declarationdoes not impact the ability to deliver services . as far as what the declaration did allow for and the ability to hire various health officer , and the speed at which that was able to happen, the expiratio

. >> president walton: thank you.ection, this resolution is passed unanimously. >> and we were concerned for these small mom-and-pop businesses that contribute so much to our arts community. >> we are an extremely small venue that has the capacity to do extremely small shows. most of our staff has been working for us for over ten years. there's very little turnover in the staff, so it felt like family. sharky with the small business commission was crucial in pestering supervisor haney and others to really keep our industry top of mind. we closed down on march 13 of 2020 when we heard that there was an order to do so by the mayor, and we had to call that show in the middle of the night. they were in the middle of their sound check, and i had to call the venue and say, we need to cancel the show tonight. >> the fund is for our live music and entertainment venues, and in its first round, it will offer grants of at least $10,000 to qualifying venues. these are venues that offer a signature amount of live entertainment pro

walton. and let me just start by thanking doctor parens and her team and director carol, her team and everyone i know has been working very hard around the clock to get the linkage center going. and appreciate their time, taking our officeon the tour and soforth as you've done for other supervisors . i did have questions. i wanted to start , mister president i don't know if we have someone if the mayor is available or someone from the mayor's office who can speak on their behalf . all right. okay. so my question is regarding the decision not to seek to renew or extend the emergency declaration. can you explain the rationale forthat decision ? >> thank you for the question supervisor, tom helena with th mayor's office . director carol mentioned in the hearing the nonrenewal of the declarationdoes not impact the ability to deliver services . as far as what the declaration did allow for and the ability to hire various health officer , and the speed at which that was able to happen, the expiratio

supervisor walton for district 10. district 1 connie chan. district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar. district five preston filmore. >> haney soma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciat

president walton. thank you for thosecomments supervisor . very much appreciated. and that particular insight.i just wanted to state for the record at least my understanding and the supervisors understanding when there was initial commitment made from the departments and others that there would not be , they would not use or not use theemergency order to reallocate resources . i never heard commitment that there was not , there was not any intent to increase police presence particularly around criminal activity as relates to dealing or other crime that happened on the street. my question to the president, to mister paulino or anyone from themayor's budget office . has there been any reallocation of resources to deal with this most recent increase in police presence and is there any intention to do so and if there were, would you stillkeep a commitment to come back to this body to seek approval ? >> thanks for the question. the funds in the existing budget, there are no new resources and as my colleague

atkins, did he -- >> president walton: we'll come back. do we need to reopen? >> clerk: yes, i just need to call the item. >> president walton: okay, tell him that we need to call the item and my apologies. >> clerk: item number 35 is a closed session for the board of supervisors to confer with the mayor's office and the department of human resources regarding the negotiations with labor and unions representing city employees. the board will now be going into closed session if all of the members of the public could please exit the chamber, we will be closing it up and we'll invite you back in after the . >> president walton: all right. we are now back from closed session z. may i have a motion that the board finds that the board elects not to disclose these closed sessions discussions. >> clerk: on the motion, [roll call] >> president walton: thank you, without objection, we will not disclose our closed session deliberations. madam clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items? >> clerk: no we do not. >> president walton: would you please present the in memoria

president walton. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin. i'd like to make a motion to remove 'rejecting' and approve the nomination of gabriella ruiz. >> chairman: on that motion, a roll call please, 'rejecting' in the role title and 'rejects' online 16. >> clerk: yes. on that motion, removing 'rejecting' and recommend, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: congratulations. next item please. >> clerk: next on the agenda is item number four, hearing to consider appointing two members alternativelies ending february 23, 2023, to the citizen's committee on community development. two applicants. >> chairman: thank you. i just want to be clear that these are in both cases terms that would end on february 23rd, of 2023 is that correct? >> clerk: yes. >> chairman: okay. with that, we have azalia renfield for seat one and clinton loftman for seat two. both are members of the citizen's committee on community development and applications are set forth and i want to thank them for their service and note that brian chiu from the

walton. and let me just start by thanking doctor parens and her team and director carol, her team and everyone i know has been working very hard around the clock to get the linkage center going. and appreciate their time, taking our officeon the tour and soforth as you've done for other supervisors . i did have questions. i wanted to start , mister president i don't know if we have someone if the mayor is available or someone from the mayor's office who can speak on their behalf . all right. okay. so my question is regarding the decision not to seek to renew or extend the emergency declaration. can you explain the rationale forthat decision ? >> thank you for the question supervisor, tom helena with th mayor's office . director carol mentioned in the hearing the nonrenewal of the declarationdoes not impact the ability to deliver services . as far as what the declaration did allow for and the ability to hire various health officer , and the speed at which that was able to happen, the expiratio

we know, president of the board of supervisors shamann walton has honored him.ow that people with trying to give him accolades and awards and support, and he doesn't want to be bothered, because many of us know him in san francisco. i remember when i first met jack, when i -- look, i didn't get in that much trouble, to the point where i went to juvenile, but my brother did. i started to get involved in omega boys club because of jack, and i thought honestly, who is this white man coming to the projects just with no fear and getting major respect from everybody in the community, and knocking on the doors and talking to everyone, the parents, the moms, and the community? and it was jack, and i thought not only is he brave, but isn't that amazing to have someone who understands the system working to deal with the challenges of the system? and think about it, at the time when he started doing this work, you know, i've got to say, a lot of, like, my grandmother and that generation, there was somewhat of a level of fear, working with white folks. i just thought wow, t

>> president walton: second. >> chair mandelman: seconded by commissioner walton. any other comments by commissioners? i don't see them, let's open this item up to public comment. >> clerk: okay. hello, caller, you have two minutes that will begin now. >> caller: thank you, chair mandelman. i will need to correct the record, i haven't been with you for a while. this is very important because i am a user occasionally of the geary line. and i am hoping that it will eventual low be extended out into the second phase, because geary is a very long and small run. and with our space, i think that i have [indiscernible] i don't remember. but that this will help. i think that this will benefit not just geary, but the city and the region as a whole. as i'm a regional user of transportation. and i have used the geary to go to a number of places, including way out on glen derriere. so we want to make this happen, sooner than later. and i think that we should vote for this. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. there are no more callers. >> chair mandelman: all right, public

. >> second by commissioner walton. call the roll, madam clerk. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> excused. commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner mar. >> aye. >> commissioner melgar. >> aye. >> commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> absent. commissioner walton. >> aye. >> we have nine ayes. the item is approved. >> thank you, madam clerk. thanks everyone. please call item 7. >> i want to thank you and all of your offices and to the entire board for making sometime for staff in this process. thank you very much. >> thank you, director chan. right back at you and your incredible staff. >> item 7. state and federal legislation update. action item. >> good morning, chair and members. can you hear me? >> yes. >> on your agenda you have five bills for action, two for support and three with watch position. i will go through them. i have a brief budget update for sacramento as well. i w