president walton.ues all of you are now aware this year a state law bill 481 authored by our former assembly member now city attorney daved chu went in affect which law requires law enforcement agencies at the local level throughout the state of california to create policies governing their use of military type law enforcement equipment. and -- the san francisco police department by and through the mayor's office introduced legislation to comply with ab481. which was heard by the rules committee on a half a dozen occasions. and the original policy evolved overnight course of those hearings. and we took possible public input in an extraordinarily transparent fashion. along the way, as this was our police department and the board's first time out, the original policy -- and i'm not saying this in a [inaudible] way was -- less than clear and adequate while put up against the state laugh. for instance, in the wide range of policies dealing with everything from long range acutic devices, l-rad to the use of

president walton. >> present. >> mr. president, you have a quorum. >> we are in a unseated -- home land of the original hab stands of the san francisco peninsula -- we recognize we tpweupbt from little and working on their era digs al home land. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledge ... (pledge of allegiance) >> on be half of the board of supervisors i would like to act ol the staff at sfgovtv. we have ms. mendoza recording the meetings and making the transcripts available on-line. madam clerk, the 2:00 o'clock special order. >> the honorable mayor, the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. we have her on-line. >> thank you, madam clerk. welcome to the meeting, madam, mayor. >> thank you, president walton. good afternoon, supervisors. it's election day. i know there is a lot of work to be done. i will be brief. i want to thank the director for running our elections department. so often in the city we talk about the problems we have. this is a opportunity to recognize that our elections run pretty smoot

commissioner walton? will i was going to say if we think we are funding organization for political activities we should make sure that is not the case whether it takes 2 weeks, months or years we need it get to the bottom and not be selective. if we upon 90 political activity in organizations it needs to stop now. whether this happens for them or not, that is -- are you saying let's funds them anyway and may be they have ethic's violations i can't understand why we would have that conversation. >> i'm saying think about it. vice chair peskin. >> not to put a too fine of point on at this time allegations set forth in credible newspapers that the organization does not deny is that may made in writhe representation that contributions to the organization for a political campaign were tax dedeckable in violation of the law that it is a series allegation and they don't deny it. it happened. >> commissioner preston. >> i think again i'm happy to get more information and continue as a courtesy i want to make sure

commissioner walton?i was going to say if we think we are funding organization for political activities we should make sure that is not the case whether it takes 2 weeks, months or years we need it get to the bottom and not be selective. if we upon 90 political activity in organizations it needs to stop now. whether this happens for them or not, that is -- are you saying let's funds them anyway and may be they have ethic's violations i can't understand why we would have that conversation. >> i'm saying think about it. vice chair peskin. >> not to put a too fine of point on at this time allegations set forth in credible newspapers that the organization does not deny is that may made in writhe representation that contributions to the organization for a political campaign were tax dedeckable in violation of the law that it is a series allegation and they don't deny it. it happened. >> commissioner preston. >> i think again i'm happy to get more information and continue as a courtesy i want to make sure it wa

president walton. >> present. >> mr. president, have you a quorum. >> thank you. san francisco board of supervisors acknowledging that we are on the unceded home land of the ramaytush ohlone who are the african-american inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as stewards of this land in accordance with their traditions the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten responsibilities as care takers of this place >> as well as for all people who is reside in their traditional territory. we recognize we benefit from living and working on their traditional home land. we wish to pay respects acknowledging the ancestors, eldand relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. clothes. stand with mow to recite the pledge. [pledge of allegiance]om behalf of the board of supervisor i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv today we have mendoza who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk. do we have communications? >> thank you, mr. president b

president walton. >> thank you. seeing no one here for public comment and on the line public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> madam clerk on the motion to table 38 referral item 39 to land use. can we take that as one motion? >> yes mr. president a joint motion. >> thank you so much. madam clerk. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor ronen. >> yes. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye >> and supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> . there are 11 ayes. >> thank you. without objection the motion to file -- excuse me, the motion to table this hearing and refer item 39 to land use committee is approved unanimously. madam clerk we're coming back to the last three p.m. special order items at the end and now back to roll call for introduction. >> all right. we last left off with supervisor stefani you said submit, correct so the

>> yes president walton. at this time the board of supervisors welcomes public testimony on both public hearing. the first is about the laguna honda hospital strategy and recertification and perfect transfer and relocation plan and the settlement agreement. we are joined from our partners from the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs and lando associates. they both know to jump in and assist any members of the public who needs interpretation assistance. for those that took the time to come down to the chamber to provide testimony please line up on the right hand side. we will begin those that joined us in the chamber and therefore after go to the remote system. so ma'am this is your opportunity to address the board. i am speaking to the members of the public who is in white. please come on up to the podium. we're setting the timer for two minutes and if there are any other speakers who would like to address the board on this issue please come up to the podium otherwise we will immediately go to th

commissioner walton? will i was going to say if we think we are funding organization for political activities we should make sure that is not the case whether it takes 2 weeks, months or years we need it get to the bottom and not be selective. if we upon 90 political activity in organizations it needs to stop now. whether this happens for them or not, that is -- are you saying let's funds them anyway and may be they have ethic's violations i can't understand why we would have that conversation. >> i'm saying think about it. vice chair peskin. >> not to put a too fine of point on at this time allegations set forth in credible newspapers that the organization does not deny is that may made in writhe representation that contributions to the organization for a political campaign were tax dedeckable in violation of the law that it is a series allegation and they don't deny it. it happened. >> commissioner preston. >> i think again i'm happy to get more information and continue as a courtesy i want to make sure

we did an update to 12 b, thank you president walton for your leadership and to our city add administrator, carmen chew. but it is time to assess whether it is working. so even though prop 2 ties our hand in terms of contracting specific low. with women owned businesses and minority owned business we can ask the question and collect the data and see whether or not we can do better in terms of our contracting policies and procedures. as you know november is also vet republican's month. in honor of the service member who is risked lives to the country and san francisco is home to 20,000 veterans. through this endeavour. so in the despairrity study i'm requesting how many of the businesses we contract with the veteran owned businesses. has a designation for vet republican surprises that is validated by many municipalities across the state. ours is in the one we don't recognize that i want to look at whether or not we should explore that to take advantage of the system the state already maintains the second thing i'm introduce suggest an all right of inquiry. to department of public work. we a

>> yes president walton. at this time the board of supervisors welcomes public testimony on both public hearing. the first is about the laguna honda hospital strategy and recertification and perfect transfer and relocation plan and the settlement agreement. we are joined from our partners from the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs and lando associates. they both know to jump in and assist any members of the public who needs interpretation assistance. for those that took the time to come down to the chamber to provide testimony please line up on the right hand side. we will begin those that joined us in the chamber and therefore after go to the remote system. so ma'am this is your opportunity to address the board. i am speaking to the members of the public who is in white. please come on up to the podium. we're setting the timer for two minutes and if there are any other speakers who would like to address the board on this issue please come up to the podium otherwise we will immediately go to th

[applause] >> thank you supervisor walton. i would now like to invite eric shaw to say a few words, potrero with the other hope sf project in san francisco would not be possible without the on going support of the mayor and certainly her staff at mayor's office of housing. eric? [applause]. >> thank you very much. and also proud to say i'm interim director of hope sf. i wear 2 hats and proud of both and want to thank and blessed and fortunate in that initiative as well. i'm proud to be here to celebrate the construction of another building of affordable home in potrero hill. it reflects the promise we made to the potrero public housing this no residents be displaced as we transform this to a racially and economically inclusive neighborhood. this is a vision of hope sf to create new possibilities and for a city on aging public housing cites this anies back years and guess back to previous mayors. promise deliver on the vision pass friday mayor to mayor. because while the city and the person in city hall may change the community

[applause] >> thank you supervisor walton.ould now like to invite eric shaw to say a few words, potrero with the other hope sf project in san francisco would not be possible without the on going support of the mayor and certainly her staff at mayor's office of housing. eric? [applause]. >> thank you very much. and also proud to say i'm interim director of hope sf. i wear 2 hats and proud of both and want to thank and blessed and fortunate in that initiative as well. i'm proud to be here to celebrate the construction of another building of affordable home in potrero hill. it reflects the promise we made to the potrero public housing this no residents be displaced as we transform this to a racially and economically inclusive neighborhood. this is a vision of hope sf to create new possibilities and for a city on aging public housing cites this anies back years and guess back to previous mayors. promise deliver on the vision pass friday mayor to mayor. because while the city and the person in city hall may change the community des

commissioner walton. walton present. >> thank you, mr. clerk. i'm going to be excusing commissioner stephanie and dorsey who reached out to me and asked to be excused and i believe you have a public comment announcement. >> i do. for members of the public interested in participating, we welcome nor presence in-person or you may watch channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or stream this live. for those wishing to make public comment remotely, dial (415)655-0001 and when prompted put in the access code and then press pound and pound again. you will be ainl to listen to the meeting in realtime. when public comment is called for the item, press *3 to be added to the queue. when the line is unmuted you will be allowed to speak. when your two minutes are up, we'll move on to the next caller. best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn down distractions around you. ,. speakers will be taken from in-person first and then on line. >> as chair, i am invoking the rules to limit public comments to 30 minutes. please call our next item. >> ite

thank you president walton. i wanted make a few introductions remarks in gratitude for this first ever. special commendation for the native american heritage month in san francisco. a moment us occasion. we are happy to see a beautiful group of first peoples in the board chambers. and with so many other cultural upon communities that are in alliship with the beautiful community. last year the board passed a resolution recognizing november as native american heritage month we can honor native leaders in our community. today's commendations events through the month are opportunity to recognize the contributions of native americans and their long standing histories as first peoples of sudden (and the united states. almost 53 years ago today that the historic occupation offal catraz began november 20 of 69. the longest protest in history lasting 19 months and the occupation served as an international platform to bring visibility to indian determination policies unare the nile treaties and exposing the genocide and e

commissioner walton?as going to say if we think we are funding organization for political activities we should make sure that is not the case whether it takes 2 weeks, months or years we need it get to the bottom and not be selective. if we upon 90 political activity in organizations it needs to stop now. whether this happens for them or not, that is -- are you saying let's funds them anyway and may be they have ethic's violations i can't understand why we would have that conversation. >> i'm saying think about it. vice chair peskin. >> not to put a too fine of point on at this time allegations set forth in credible newspapers that the organization does not deny is that may made in writhe representation that contributions to the organization for a political campaign were tax dedeckable in violation of the law that it is a series allegation and they don't deny it. it happened. >> commissioner preston. >> i think again i'm happy to get more information and continue as a courtesy i want to make sure it was n

walton says he has been in contact once the sun and he's closely working with san francisco police. investigators say the incident began at this 7.11 where they say the suspect identified as 32 year-old charles short attacked the store employee and a bystander. police arrested short as he was running away from the scene. he is facing charges of homicide assault with a deadly weapon robbery and preventing a victim from calling 9-1-1 an employee who works next door at this auto repair shop did not want to show his identity but says he is concerned about the neighborhood. he now carries a taser. you carry this because that safety >> because i've been not have people write them and says the attack happened back in june of last year. >> let's break. and then we stay in hospital. a couple base. >> we haven't reached that. you have a mostly on my face. i got 4 stitches and the guy got cracked skull. >> supervisor walton says he is working with police and other city departments to prevent violent incidents from happening in the community and to seniors is horrible. >> you know, i is is more

this formerjack�*s store in walton sits in the most deprived constituency in the whole of england.ho are struggling with their food bills. they collect donations and surplus from the food industry and bring it to locations around merseyside. they help feed around 7,000 people a month. all hands on deck over here! when the localjack�*s store closed in walton, robbie's team started to bring their pop—up pantry to the area. it's become the busiest place they serve. most of the customers have actually said to us, "we used to go to jack's because it was discounted food "or cheaper foods." so, i think a lot of the people that used to go there come here now. from your chats with people here, how bad are things right now? i've never seen it this bad in my lifetime. mince or chicken? chicken? enjoy. i would say about 60% of people that come here are in poverty. the wages aren't enough to keep them warm at home and feed them as well. we've had postmen here. we've had firemen here. we've had nurses. and we have loads of pensioners. people actually depend on us now. when we started this about

i would agree with board president walton. there are many opportunities for individuals to change their individual water consumption, but i think it is important to stress that inside san francisco the average person uses 45 gallons of water a day which is much lower then the rest of the bay area. inside the bay area, average people use 90 gallons per day and the state of california a hundred gallons of water per day so san francisco is leading the pack with water conservation. i think what we can bring is we are already seeing inside the neighborhoods people are installing or planting more vegetation that can deal with the dry weather because i think the drought is kind of a part of global climate change and changing environment in california. when we look at the water reservoirs around the state and snow melt available for agriculture from hech hechy the, lawrence lab in berkeley is saying there is less water so they are looking ways to capture the snow melt. what we will start seeing is it will impact the economy and state

president walton always nice to see you. thanks for being one of our advocate, i'm tino i'm from the san joaquin community center. and also speaking on behalf of our executive director patsy tito. it's a great day to come and ask the committee to pass this item. this is the beginning of for our pi community but also for the city and county of san francisco. pacific islanders has been a staple in the visitation valley but other parts of san francisco valley for decades. this is something that is long overdue and will make our pi community. we're asking supervisors milgaard and pes kin to think about what you're about to do today and how this will support and elevate not just the work of the past and present but also the future. and also for the visitation valley as a whole. part of this city, sometimes sometimes goes unnoticed or unheard. we want to build a better future for the communities and this is one of the many ways that we can make it happen together. supporting a community that has been under looked and under represe

to your pointful supervisor walton. president walton. and so -- we need to take a fresh look at this. i think this is what this housing element attempted do. an attempt to say, let's investigate and look at areas of the city that have potential for growth. we might not have the answers we will put proposals forward. i think it is is importantism think it is important to have a conversation about the affordable housing funding. we have done multiple bonds over the years and leveraged that. in the last budget. you fought hard for anticipation the budget committee supportd that in negotiations with the mayor. we have money sitting there for the last effort of prop i on reserve to implement. went through a conversation about what was the words we used for the -- foreplex legislation. i was losing my words what did we call that again. thank you supervisor mandelman. there were fight busy that. fights about the regulation surrounding that and how quickly that could be built. that if it were a bit more aggressive was not as aggressive i would h

[applause] >> thank you supervisor walton. i would now like to invite eric shaw to say a few words, potrero with the other hope sf project in san francisco would not be possible without the on going support of the mayor and certainly her staff at mayor's office of housing. eric? [applause]. >> thank you very much. and also proud to say i'm interim director of hope sf. i wear 2 hats and proud of both and want to thank and blessed and fortunate in that initiative as well. i'm proud to be here to celebrate the construction of another building of affordable home in potrero hill. it reflects the promise we made to the potrero public housing this no residents be displaced as we transform this to a racially and economically inclusive neighborhood. this is a vision of hope sf to create new possibilities and for a city on aging public housing cites this anies back years and guess back to previous mayors. promise deliver on the vision pass friday mayor to mayor. because while the city and the person in city hall may change the community