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one of those innovators, sam walton. so sam walton, who is responsible for wal-mart, it's appropriate, perhaps, that we're in memphis because there are a lot of these innovators that were did important work in memphis. sam walton took a lot of ideas that other people had, and he made them work in context that a lot of other people thought was crazy. so when he was recruiting in the 1960s or 1950s, in 1960s, he would he would somebody who worked as an executive at a discount chain or something like that and say, hey, do you wanna come work for me? and then they would go to their boss at whatever discount they worked for and said, hey, i'm going to go work with this. walton and they say, fine, ruin your life. he's crazy. he thinks that discount retailer is going to work in the middle of nowhere, etc., and then, lo and behold, now here we are, is regularly at the top of the fortune 500 and they have, to coin a phrase, a lot of people to save and live better. what's the harm that wal-mart has caused, in your view, on that? t
one of those innovators, sam walton. so sam walton, who is responsible for wal-mart, it's appropriate, perhaps, that we're in memphis because there are a lot of these innovators that were did important work in memphis. sam walton took a lot of ideas that other people had, and he made them work in context that a lot of other people thought was crazy. so when he was recruiting in the 1960s or 1950s, in 1960s, he would he would somebody who worked as an executive at a discount chain or something...
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on the motion to continue, vice chair walton walton. i supervisor sapphire. i sapphire chair dorsey. no. dorsey. no the motion to continue passes with chair dorsey dissenting and committee. great thank you, mr. clerk. and on item number one, charter amendment, minimum police staffing and five year annual funding requirement. as amendment moves to the full board on a 2 to 1 vote. it's not moving to the board. it's continued to move to the continued until next week. my apologies. thanks. the matters continue to our november 6th rules committee meeting as amended. thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call item number two? yes item number two is ordinance amending the administrative code to require the chief of police to adopt a foot and bike patrol strategy for the police department and to require the police commission to hold annual hearings regarding community policing and foot and bike patrols. thank you, mr. clerk. and this item is chiefly sponsored by supervisor safai, who spoke to it last week. but supervisor, do you want to anything you'd like to say abou
on the motion to continue, vice chair walton walton. i supervisor sapphire. i sapphire chair dorsey. no. dorsey. no the motion to continue passes with chair dorsey dissenting and committee. great thank you, mr. clerk. and on item number one, charter amendment, minimum police staffing and five year annual funding requirement. as amendment moves to the full board on a 2 to 1 vote. it's not moving to the board. it's continued to move to the continued until next week. my apologies. thanks. the...
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and to vice chair walton for their work on this. i will say that you know often i mention my past work you and i are both supervisor chan influenced by time won't spent in verse roles in the city attorney's office i was involved in cases that had debarments. usually for the city i think it is important had your legislation recognizes is -- it may not be the city directly. this is paying the price but indirectly. i think that it is very important. especially when one krrz the people who are met often vulnerable to wage, theft and benefit thefts the crimes against workers. than i are often in vulnerable positions. this is where having the weight of the city and the threat of i debarment, which is you are not able to do business with the city and county of san francisco anymore this is something that can have an affect i want to be added as a cosponsor. these cases with office and labor in the city attorney's office were closest to my heart because and it was a fight for people to understand why this is bad. it was in the high profile
and to vice chair walton for their work on this. i will say that you know often i mention my past work you and i are both supervisor chan influenced by time won't spent in verse roles in the city attorney's office i was involved in cases that had debarments. usually for the city i think it is important had your legislation recognizes is -- it may not be the city directly. this is paying the price but indirectly. i think that it is very important. especially when one krrz the people who are met...
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vice chair walton walton. i supervisor safari absent chair dorsey dorsey i the motion passes with no objection with supervisor saphire being absent. thank you, mr. clark. without objection, then item number one mayoral appointment historic preservation commission. amy campbell goes to the full board as amended. mr. clark, can we please call item number two? yes. item number two is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending march 1st, 2024. two members terms ending march 1st, 2025, and four members terms ending march 1st, 2026 to the in-home supportive services public authority. we have seven seats with four applicants. however we are. i'd like to note that the administrator has informed me that shannon steneck has is no longer able to serve on this body. great. thank you, mr. clark. uh, the in-home supportive services. public authority is a body required by state law and is responsible for providing assistance in finding personnel for the ihss programs through the establishment of a central regist
vice chair walton walton. i supervisor safari absent chair dorsey dorsey i the motion passes with no objection with supervisor saphire being absent. thank you, mr. clark. without objection, then item number one mayoral appointment historic preservation commission. amy campbell goes to the full board as amended. mr. clark, can we please call item number two? yes. item number two is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending march 1st, 2024. two members terms ending march 1st, 2025,...
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walton. he is a constant communicator for his community and we are grateful for his leadership, advice and nudge to make us do better. and i will tell you he taught us one important thing. progress is in the measured by how tall our buildings are butt depth of our commitment to the community. thank you, supervisor. appreciate your support. and to our mayor. she has been an advocate. if she would not have pushed in ways like today that no one's done we would not be here and a generation of inference france fremantles would not have homes thank you to the mayor and the city staff to keep the project moving we would not be here without and you madam mayor this , housing you are helping help is a commitment to makes san francisco affordable for sxefrn that is awesome. thank you. now as we break ground. and start think burglar transforming the power pleasant we are not just building housing we are generating a new energy that symbolizes hope. resilience and optimism the important commitment we can
walton. he is a constant communicator for his community and we are grateful for his leadership, advice and nudge to make us do better. and i will tell you he taught us one important thing. progress is in the measured by how tall our buildings are butt depth of our commitment to the community. thank you, supervisor. appreciate your support. and to our mayor. she has been an advocate. if she would not have pushed in ways like today that no one's done we would not be here and a generation of...
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we have 2 aye's with member walton excused. that pass. read item 1 >> item 1, a resolution retroactively authorization public hasn't accept and extend a grant 100,000 from purchaser business group for a program calhive behavioral health collaborative july 1 of 23 through january therein of 27. member who is wish to comment press star 3 to enter the line. a prompt will indicate you raised your hand. madam chair. rachel is online? perhaps? >> i'm here. >> grit. >> thank you. welcome. all right. so i can share a bit about calhive. it is i 3 year improvement collaborative focused on integration of behavioral health services and primary care. that is when we are all about, trying to treat behavioral health services as routine medical care by the california equality collaborative it started this past july. we are one of 8 organizations within california serving 650,000 members that have been selected to payment of this collaborative focused on supports us improving how we integrate the services to primary care now. and it will help u
we have 2 aye's with member walton excused. that pass. read item 1 >> item 1, a resolution retroactively authorization public hasn't accept and extend a grant 100,000 from purchaser business group for a program calhive behavioral health collaborative july 1 of 23 through january therein of 27. member who is wish to comment press star 3 to enter the line. a prompt will indicate you raised your hand. madam chair. rachel is online? perhaps? >> i'm here. >> grit. >> thank...
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thank you, chief >> thank you supervisor walton. welcome, chief scott a crazy week thank you for making time >> thank you, president supervisor peskin and supervisor walton. first, thank you at this time board for giving us an opportunity to update and you public on where we are on our reform. a lot of work hen done beaut still have w to dom we had the pleasure of having mr. kirby from [inaudible]. one of our independent review and the california department of just who have an over site per in. we will start the presentation out by allowing mrs. kirby an opportunity to peek for the w we are doing when remain and we will be here for answering what questions you may have or comments you may have after she speaks. thank you. >> good afternoon. i have a power point for the council. the reason we are here to talk about the pregnant way to reform in san francisco. when is collaborative reform. my company and i'm here buzz we were the original per ins to this work by the u.s. department of justice in 2016. at that time, our work we worked
thank you, chief >> thank you supervisor walton. welcome, chief scott a crazy week thank you for making time >> thank you, president supervisor peskin and supervisor walton. first, thank you at this time board for giving us an opportunity to update and you public on where we are on our reform. a lot of work hen done beaut still have w to dom we had the pleasure of having mr. kirby from [inaudible]. one of our independent review and the california department of just who have an over...
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sapphire i supervisor stephanie stefani i supervisor walton. walton. i supervisor chan i chan i supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor engardio i engardio i supervisor mandelman i mandelman i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor peskin i peskin i and supervisor preston preston i. there are 11 eyes those resolutions are adopted and motions approved. madam clerk, could you please read item 28? item 28 is a resolution urging the mayor and city agencies to inform residents and vulnerable communities of security, transportation and service impacts from asia pacific economic cooperation activity to prioritize city funding towards mitigation of impacts on neighborhood us small businesses and vulnerable communities, and to protect people's rights to freedom of speech and uphold city sanctuary policies. supervisor chan thank you, president peskin and first, i want to thank all the public commenter today for coming out, especially actually our seniors and our seniors who are monolingual. i know it's not an easy track for them to come out here into city hall an
sapphire i supervisor stephanie stefani i supervisor walton. walton. i supervisor chan i chan i supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor engardio i engardio i supervisor mandelman i mandelman i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor peskin i peskin i and supervisor preston preston i. there are 11 eyes those resolutions are adopted and motions approved. madam clerk, could you please read item 28? item 28 is a resolution urging the mayor and city agencies to inform residents and vulnerable...
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thank you, chief >> thank you supervisor walton. welcome, chief scott a crazy week thank you for making time >> thank you, president supervisor peskin and supervisor walton. first, thank you at this time board for giving us an opportunity to update and you public on where we are on our reform. a lot of work hen done beaut still have w to dom we had the pleasure of having mr. kirby from [inaudible]. one of our independent review and the california department of just who have an over site per in. we will start the presentation out by allowing mrs. kirby an opportunity to peek for the w we are doing when remain and we will be here for answering what questions you may have or comments you may have after she speaks. thank you. >> good afternoon. i have a power point for the council. the reason we are here to talk about the pregnant way to reform in san francisco. when is collaborative reform. my company and i'm here buzz we were the original per ins to this work by the u.s. department of justice in 2016. at that time, our work we worked
thank you, chief >> thank you supervisor walton. welcome, chief scott a crazy week thank you for making time >> thank you, president supervisor peskin and supervisor walton. first, thank you at this time board for giving us an opportunity to update and you public on where we are on our reform. a lot of work hen done beaut still have w to dom we had the pleasure of having mr. kirby from [inaudible]. one of our independent review and the california department of just who have an over...
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vice chair walton. >> thank you, chair dorse and he chief scott, thank you for the presentation. i have i few questions. around resources how much money we penned on academies you in? i should say >> find out what page this is. i'm sorry. slide 19 the different categories cost categories of and academy class of 25. what is a full class? historically a full class hen 50. in most rent times we have been within the last couple of months. our academy classes averaged 20 and 25. need a real around we are talking about policy and millions. we would do this and tick the officer that -- gone throughout process and hen approved. we -- the prosecute jection as the years go on to increase this number. and the class hopefully will increase in size. if it will get to 50 that's our goal. how many people moved forward in the next phase and going backgroundses. it becomes a -- truncated gets smaller as that number. start in the december of 27. and just as a side point not on the side some,s we run into. when you go thr
vice chair walton. >> thank you, chair dorse and he chief scott, thank you for the presentation. i have i few questions. around resources how much money we penned on academies you in? i should say >> find out what page this is. i'm sorry. slide 19 the different categories cost categories of and academy class of 25. what is a full class? historically a full class hen 50. in most rent times we have been within the last couple of months. our academy classes averaged 20 and 25. need a...
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thank you, chief >> thank you supervisor walton. welcome, chief scott a crazy week thank you for making time >> thank you, president supervisor peskin and supervisor walton. first, thank you at this time board for giving us an opportunity to update and you public on where we are on our reform. a lot of work hen done beaut still have w to dom we had the pleasure of having mr. kirby from [inaudible]. one of our independent review and the california department of just who have an over site per in. we will start the presentation out by allowing mrs. kirby an opportunity to peek for the w we are doing when remain and we will be here for answering what questions you may have or comments you may have after she speaks. thank you. >> good afternoon. i have a power point for the council. the reason we are here to talk about the pregnant way to reform in san francisco. when is collaborative reform. my company and i'm here buzz we were the original per ins to this work by the u.s. department of justice in 2016. at that time, our work we worked
thank you, chief >> thank you supervisor walton. welcome, chief scott a crazy week thank you for making time >> thank you, president supervisor peskin and supervisor walton. first, thank you at this time board for giving us an opportunity to update and you public on where we are on our reform. a lot of work hen done beaut still have w to dom we had the pleasure of having mr. kirby from [inaudible]. one of our independent review and the california department of just who have an over...
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sapphire i supervisor stephanie stefani i supervisor walton. walton. i supervisor chan i chan i supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor engardio i engardio i supervisor mandelman i mandelman i supervisor melgar i melgar i supervisor peskin i peskin i and supervisor preston preston i. there are 11 eyes those resolutions are adopted and motions approved. madam clerk, could you please read item 28? item 28 is a resolution urging the mayor and city agencies to inform residents and vulnerable communities of security, transportation and service impacts from asia pacific economic cooperation activity to prioritize city funding towards mitigation of impacts on neighborhood us small businesses and vulnerable communities, and to protect people's rights to freedom of speech and uphold city sanctuary policies. supervisor chan thank you, president peskin and first, i want to thank all the public commenter today for coming out, especially actually our seniors and our seniors who are monolingual. i know it's not an easy track for them to come out here into city hall an
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i member walton walton. i chair ronen i. ronen i. this item passes with three eyes motion passes unanimously. thank you so much. everyone who came out. madam clerk, can you please read item number two? item number two is a hearing on the department of homelessness. apologies. pardon if you can, please exit the chamber silently so we can continue the meeting. yeah thank you. can you please exit the chamber silently so that we're able to continue? thank you. item number two is a hearing on the department of homelessness and supportive housing strategic plan to understand how the department prepares its approach to homelessness as far as available beds in the system, whether permanent or temporary, the number of available openings on the waitlist for each program . how the department maintains its coordinate entry system with the number of individuals awaiting for housing and those who do not qualify for housing and how to impact the strategic plan's implementation action will have on street conditions over the next five years. and. hel
i member walton walton. i chair ronen i. ronen i. this item passes with three eyes motion passes unanimously. thank you so much. everyone who came out. madam clerk, can you please read item number two? item number two is a hearing on the department of homelessness. apologies. pardon if you can, please exit the chamber silently so we can continue the meeting. yeah thank you. can you please exit the chamber silently so that we're able to continue? thank you. item number two is a hearing on the...
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supervisor walton. >> thank you so much president peskin. i just wanted to really repeat what i said in committee and i want to thank for proposing this change and want to be clear that this will not have a negative effect on people with disabilities. not have a negative effect on seniors and not just about the racist and demonizing comments people make when they call in, but for me also about the fact i dont want to represent people from florida or texas and their opinions here in the board of supervisors and people have taken advantsage of that through remote public comment and very unfortunate so 100 percent in support of this and want to make sure people understand, we are not eliminating remote public comment for people who have disabilities and people who are seniors and people not capable of coming into the chambers, so i want to be clear and want to make sure anyone who creates that narrative, everyone understands it is not factual. thank you. >> thank you supervisor walton. on item 46, a roll call, please. >> preston, no. ronan, aye
supervisor walton. >> thank you so much president peskin. i just wanted to really repeat what i said in committee and i want to thank for proposing this change and want to be clear that this will not have a negative effect on people with disabilities. not have a negative effect on seniors and not just about the racist and demonizing comments people make when they call in, but for me also about the fact i dont want to represent people from florida or texas and their opinions here in the...
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seconded by supervisor walton. on that motion a roll call. >> on the minutes supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> supervisor supervisor peskin. >> aye. and supervisor ronen. >> aye. >> there are 10 aye's. >> the minutes will be approved as presented after public comment. could you read the consent agenda. >> items 1-8 are on consent and considered to be routine. if a member objects an item may be removed and considered separate low >> would a members like an item or items severed? a roll call. we will take that same house same call. the ordinances are passed on first reading. finally passed and resolutions adopted. >> next item. >> item 9 referred without recommendation from land use and transportation. an ordinance to amend the planning code to charge zone nothing castro street neighborhood commercial to exclude
seconded by supervisor walton. on that motion a roll call. >> on the minutes supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor walton. >> aye. >> supervisor chan >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor engardio. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> supervisor supervisor peskin. >> aye. and supervisor ronen. >>...
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and on that motion, member walton walton i. vice chair mandelman mandelman. i chair ronen i. ronen, i. you have three eyes and that motion passes unanimously. thank you. thank you so much. madam clerk, can you please read item number two? item number two is a hearing on the department of health's behavioral health unit system of care, including how contracted out services fit into the system of care, how components of mental health. san francisco fit into the system of care, how jail health services, psych emergency services and supportive and other types of housing fit into the system of care, including all services, both inpatient and out residential treatment programs, housing units, low barrier drop in programs, case management and any other service in a comprehensive list or map with current openings or waitlists related to such program or services. thank you. thank you so much. and before i turn it over to dr. hilary cannons, i just wanted to make a couple opening remarks. first, i wanted to thank so much for working so hard on this presentation. we went through a round
and on that motion, member walton walton i. vice chair mandelman mandelman. i chair ronen i. ronen, i. you have three eyes and that motion passes unanimously. thank you. thank you so much. madam clerk, can you please read item number two? item number two is a hearing on the department of health's behavioral health unit system of care, including how contracted out services fit into the system of care, how components of mental health. san francisco fit into the system of care, how jail health...
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. >> commissioner walton here. >> commissioner williams here. >> all right. we have quorum i believe we already met read the land acknowledgements so we will have done public comment and the. >> 3. approval of the meeting minutes from september 28, 2023. oh, any votes for the absences. >> this meeting for. >> someone can respond- >> (multiple voices). >> oh, in the future. >> the holidays are coming up. >> oh. >> awesome so move on into item three faa. >> 3. approval of the meeting minutes from september 28, 2023. make a motion to approve by commission d'antonio do i have a second? >> second. >> >> all right. seconded by bonnie, commissioner preston. >> all right. >> okay. commission d'antonio yes. >> oh, apologizes have to do public comment first for the approval of the minutes so members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this agenda item 2346r7 please line up at the podium each person has two minutes to speak. >> for the record there are no in-person public comments. members of the public who wish to provide public comment over the phone p
. >> commissioner walton here. >> commissioner williams here. >> all right. we have quorum i believe we already met read the land acknowledgements so we will have done public comment and the. >> 3. approval of the meeting minutes from september 28, 2023. oh, any votes for the absences. >> this meeting for. >> someone can respond- >> (multiple voices). >> oh, in the future. >> the holidays are coming up. >> oh. >> awesome so move...
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supervisor walton, submit. thank you. supervisor chan, submit. thank you. supervisor dorsey, submit. thank you. supervisor engardio, submit. thank you. supervisor mandelman. >> sorry. [laughter] but i will be brief. earlier today i asked the mayor about implementation of sb43 and i do believe that the challenge we will experience with implementation of sb43 is we just don't have the right placements for folks with severe mental illness. there is a lot of conversation in this meeting even about behavioral health needs of had city and plain people who need lock facilities or board and care and those facilities are getting scarceer and scarceer and the need is growing. for the last 3 or 4 years all of us, but i think especially chair ronan behavioral homelessness and health committee have been tracking along with dph their proposal to implement bed study from 2020 and as i have pointed out a number of times, i think [indiscernible] intended for the 2020 bed study to be a point in time analysis of flow, not the end all be all direction to the city in moving for
supervisor walton, submit. thank you. supervisor chan, submit. thank you. supervisor dorsey, submit. thank you. supervisor engardio, submit. thank you. supervisor mandelman. >> sorry. [laughter] but i will be brief. earlier today i asked the mayor about implementation of sb43 and i do believe that the challenge we will experience with implementation of sb43 is we just don't have the right placements for folks with severe mental illness. there is a lot of conversation in this meeting even...
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supervisor walton, present. mr. president, you have quorum. >> thank you madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral 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 peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> yes, mr. president. t
supervisor walton, present. mr. president, you have quorum. >> thank you madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral 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...