walton. hopefully by vice chair mandelman and president aaron peskin our clerk is brent jalipa i would like to thank jeanette from sfgovtv fer broadcasting the meeting. mr. clerk. >> a reminder to those in taengs to sill reasons cell phones and electronics. should you have documents to be included as part of the file submitted to myself. public comment will be taken on each item on the agenda. when your item xhg come up and public comment is called line up on the west side to your right and my left along the kurt anxiety not necessary to provide comment i invite to you fill out a sxard leave them on the tray to the left of the doors. you may submit public comment in writing e mill them to myself brent. jalipa @sfgov.org. if you submit comment via e mill tell be forwarded to the supervisors and included part of the official file. you may sends written comments postal service to city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california, 94102. items acted upon today will ap

walton. hopefully by vice chair mandelman and president aaron peskin our clerk is brent jalipa i would like to thank jeanette from sfgovtv fer broadcasting the meeting. mr. clerk. >> a reminder to those in taengs to sill reasons cell phones and electronics. should you have documents to be included as part of the file submitted to myself. public comment will be taken on each item on the agenda. when your item xhg come up and public comment is called line up on the west side to your right and my left along the kurt anxiety not necessary to provide comment i invite to you fill out a sxard leave them on the tray to the left of the doors. you may submit public comment in writing e mill them to myself brent. jalipa @sfgov.org. if you submit comment via e mill tell be forwarded to the supervisors and included part of the official file. you may sends written comments postal service to city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california, 94102. items acted upon today will ap

>> supervisor walton. >> thank you chair ronan. i do just want to thank supervisor safai for bringing up the outreach components because these are conversations i did have with mta. one other concern that i do have, but obviously this is allowed boo ithe state and hopefully we'll see how this goes is the fact supervisor safai could be driving my car and i get the citation. >> sorry. >> that is something that obviously is concerning, but i do think having also a 60 day period where folks will get the opportunity to know and understand, because the ultimate goal is to slow people down and so definitely supportive of this, but do want to make sure that we get the information out appropriately. >> great. supervisor safai. >> one last thing. i would like to see the perspective map for the whole city. i have the locations potentially identified in my district, but i like to see for the whole city once you have that. thank you. >> alright. i think i already made the motion, correct? >> on the motion to recommend, vice chair walton, aye. s

judge walton, by the way, is one of the most experienced and respected judges in this country. he's a republican appointee. you cannot accuse him of being an ideolog or a political player. i think he's a powerful message singer for a powerful message. >> it was very powerful message indeed andrew, what challenges will judge version face enforcing the boundaries in this gag order? >> i think as soon as judge merge, sean has really put to the test of trying to enforce what will be an inevitable violation of the gag order. he's going to have some very, very tough decisions to make. he can of course, impose sanctions, monetary sanctions, and fines on trump for violations of the gag order but ultimately, if that doesn't prove effective you end up at the potential of incarceration. >> and that is very, very >> hard place for the judge to be. nobody wants to put a defendant in custody before they've been convicted and certainly not when that defendant is running for public office. that's the highest office in the land. >> it will provoke >> an onslaught of of motions and appeals and l

supervisor peskin. >> on this motion, vice chair chan seconded by member walton. takes member supervisor peskin from attending today's meeting. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member melgar. >> aye. >> member walton. >> aye >> chair chan. >> aye. >> we have 4 aye's with member peskin excused. call item one. >> item number one, an ordinance appropriating 500,000 of general fund reserves to the san francisco puc. for inspect unless and research on sea level rise and groundwater impact fiscal 2023. to 2024. madam chair yoochl thank you and want to reminds the public this item was continue friday left meeting due to an amendment we changed the fiscal roar to the current year. and we had discussion about funding source buttil turn had over to supervisor walton to help us lead us through and indicating when he would like to do with this item today. and perhaps make the motion. and go to the public comments. >> thank you, chair chan. il be brief. i want to appreciate the committee for the continuance in regards to the date change. and also to allow us time to have di

walton. >> i like to sever item 6. >> we'll sever item 6, on the balance of the consent agenda we take same house same call, those ordinances are finally passed. passed first reading and resolutions adopted. madam clerk, please read item number 6? resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claims filed by amazon.com sales, inc. against the city and county of san francisco for $448,119.86; the claims were filed on june 26, 2023; the claims involve a refund of payroll expense, gross receipts, and homelessness gross receipts taxes. >> supervisor walton. thank you, i need to recuse to the item due to publishing relationship with amazon. >> madam clerk, i need to also recuse myself from this item as i have with regard two items that specifically involve amazon as my self-employed pension plan as amazon stock. is there a motion to recuse myself and supervisor walton? made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor safai, and why don't we take the roll on that and then i will han

for all the reasons that supervisor walton stated. i hope that we take advantage of this, you know, tool, to do all of the things that we need to do. thank you. and i would like to be a cosponsor too, i think i am already. thank you. >> thank you and with that, let's go to public comment on these two items. >> clerk: yes, madam chair, members of the public who joined us and wish to speak on both of these items, 2 and 3 now is your opportunity to address this committee regarding both of these items. when you begin, i'll start your time. >> speaker: i'm jude, a long time potrero hill resident and active member of lots of neighborhood organizations including executive committee and i'm executive director of friends of jackson park p in other words, a real neighborhood nerd and a green space advocate. and as such, i'm here to support this project. i'm thrilled that this project will create 7 acres of open space and open the water front for the first time in that area in over century. and you've seen how the people have flocked to curren c

and i think really what it speaks to is not judge walton himself just feeling the need to do this. it's the moment that he felt the need that he needed to come out and say what he said last night. la before i let all of you go a trump's attorneys are also appealing the georgia judge's ruling allowing fani willis to remain on the case. they're writing and i'm quoting now from those attorneys provided being a da willis with the option to simply remove wade confounds logic that is contrary to georgia law. and because da willis is disqualified, so too is her whole office. what do you make of that argument from trump's lawyers? >> well, first of all, there's a lot of unknown around this case, even the trial judge, judge mcafee says, i'm operating largely unmoored from precedent, meaning this is brand new territory. so this could go either way. i think trump's team makes reasonable arguments. it's always hard to win an appeal, but really the main two main arguments. first of all, they say judge mcafee found that the da's public commentary, including the speech she made it a church was le

vice chair walton, aye. the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. please call item 1. >> item 1, motion approving/rejecting the president of the board of supervisors aaron peskin's nomination of gilbert williams to the planning commission, term ending july 1, 2026. (clerk of the board) (charter, section 4.105, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the board of supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk of the board. if the board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk, then the nominee shall be deemed approved. transmittal date: february 27, 2024 y like to note the intent to schedule as a committee report for tomorrow board of supervisor meeting. >> thank you mr. clerk. now we'll hear from nominee for appointment, mr. gilbert williams and you have two minutes. >> thank you. good morning rules committee, vice chair walton, supe

supervisor walton, present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you, 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 ha

supervisor walton. >> thank you chair ronan. i just wanted to say thank you to all of the candidates, both the incumbents and also new candidates willing to step up and serve. i don't think people know how much time and work goes into working on commissions here in san francisco, so one, always excited to be people willing to serve and two, excited about the fact that this works out perfect for us today in the math so we don't have extremely tough decision to make today. >> absolutely, and i'll just say that we have a tough time coming up before us. there is a election and in addition to that, there is just a crisis right now on the border where you don't see much difference between the candidates in terms of closing down the border and really going backwards in terms of our responsibility as a global community to grant asylum to people not safe in their own countries, so the work that you are doing is as important as ever and will be going into the future, so thank you so much for taking this on and for serving this important r

walton, aye. there are 10 ayes. >> the motion is approved or is approved-will be approvaled after public comment. madam clerk, do you have communications? >> yes, the san francisco board of supervisors welcomes all persons to attend the meeting in the board legislative chamber within city hall, second floor, room 250 or may watch on sfgovtv channel 26 or view at sfgovtv.org. to submit public comment in writing, send to the e-mail address bos@sfgov.org or to 1 carlton b goodlett place, city hall, room 244, san francisco california 94102. to make a reasonable accommodation request under the americans with disability act or request language assistance, please contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling the number 415-554-5184. thank you mr. president. >> thank you madam clerk. can you please read the consent agend a? >> itedms 1-5 are consent and considered routine. if a member objects a item may be removed and considered separately? >> any member like a item severed?

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>> yeah, i think judge walton like a lot of judges in the d.c.use has been sort of flabbergasted that so many americans that had a law-abiding life before january 6th actually believe donald trump's lies about the election. judges really love facts, right? that's something that they're very big on, here's the facts and here's what actually happened. and to see so many people just fall for sort of absurd lies that have no basis in logic or reason is really something i think just confounds and confuses them, and that's something they speak out about in court. those comments they make in these court cases, especially in these misdemeanor cases that are just maing their way through the courthouse every day, aren't gathering the type of attention you would get from going on cnn or a national news program. it is something that that will get a much broader audience for it. a lot of these judges have been issuing some of these warnings about the threat to democracy and the threat to the country and what a serious thing january 6th was, and we've seen it

tonight and speak publicly. >> but in a rare interview with cnn, senior us district judge, reggie walton, who is deeply respected and washington's legal circles spoke out against donald trump's latest attacks on social media against a fellow member of the judiciary. >> i think it's important that as judges, we speak out and say things in reference to things that conceivably are going to impact on the process. >> i have a trump-hating judge walton criticized trump for his latest attacks on justice. won were shawn, who is overseeing the former president's criminal trial relating to hush money payments. >> it's very disconcerting to have someone making comments about a judge and it's particularly problematic when those comments our in the form of a threat, especially if they're directed at one's family after my sean imposed a gag order limiting the former president from making statements about potential witnesses, jurors, attorneys, and court staff, but not him. trump has been attacking his daughter on social media, including by name >> we do these jobs because we're committed to the rule o

. >> commissioner walton present. >> we have quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk i think you have a couple of comments for >> location: legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99(depending on your provider) watch www.sfgovtv.org. or watch cable channel cable channel >> location: legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99(depending on your provider) watch www.sfgovtv.org. may watch them on demand. >> phone number: +1 (415) 655-0001 access code: 2664 215 8026 # # to raise your hand, press *3 when public comment is called press star three and do not press it again or you'll be removed from the queue the live operator will allow you to speak. >> channel 26 or 99 (depending on your provider) or may visit the sfgovtv website(www.sfgovtv.org) to stream the live meeting or may watch them on demand. may watch them on demand. may watch them on demand. public comment periods in person or remotely. in-person public comment will be taken first; remote public comment will be taken after.. thank you. >> thank you. madam clerk before calling the

. >> clerk: supervisor walton. >> present. >> clerk: mr. president, all supervisor right side presented. >> we acknowledge that we're on the ramaytush ohlone land. they have never seeded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers of this place as well as for all people who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living on their traditional homeland. by affirming their soverne rights as first peoples. colleagues 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 or announces. >> clerk: yes, mr. president, the san francisco board of supervisors welcomes all interested persons to attend this meeting here in the board's legislative chamber in city hall, second floor room 250 or you may watch the proceeding on channel 26 or view the live stream. to submit your public comm

supervisor walton, present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you, 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 ha

supervisor walton. submit, thank you. supervisor chan. >> thank you, madam clerk, colleagues this morning, we had a very robust discussion as the county of transportation commission about vision zero and i'm grateful to supervisor melgar's leadership on really trying to help us and bring us together a really, a plan of how we can do better and really prioritizing the high jury corridor. and implement a plan to provent, tragic traffic fatalities in our city. so we do look to our city department as the subject matter experts to implement project and advance city priorities. however, from the discussion that we had this morning, and time and time again, we know that in the past five years, we have seen a sharp increase of traffic fatalities without adequate response in the form of implementation of proven infrastructure improvements from the san francisco sfmta. we call for an audit from the county of transportation authority, we understand that the timeliness and fiscal accountability of these improvement but the report sho

i'm joined by member mandelman, melgar, walton and president supervisor peskin. i would like to thank hsu for sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting mr. clerk? >> thank you. just a reminder to those in attendance silence all device so not to interrupt. should you have documents to be include as part of the file submitted to myself the clerk. public comment taken on the item on this agenda. when public upon comment is called lineup to the west to the right along the curtains and not necessary on provide comment we invite you to fill out a card and leave them on the tray by the doors. >> you may submit it in writing in the following ways. e mail them to myself the budget and appropriation clerk. tell be forward to the supervisors and also include part of the official file. you may sends by u.s. postal to city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244. and madam chair. >> thank you, mr. clerk. and police call item one. >> item one. a hear to receive updates on the 6 month budget status report for fiscal year 2023 to 2024. >> thank you. and today we have michelle

federal judge walton said this tonight about donald trump attacking the daughter of judge juan merchan who will be presiding over the first criminal trial of donald trump on april 15th. >> i am concerned because like i say, we have had judges who have lost their lives or family members have lost their lives

supervisor walton. submit, thank you. supervisor chan. >> thank you, madam clerk, colleagues this morning, we had a very robust discussion as the county of transportation commission about vision zero and i'm grateful to supervisor melgar's leadership on really trying to help us and bring us together a really, a plan of how we can do better and really prioritizing the high jury corridor. and implement a plan to provent, tragic traffic fatalities in our city. so we do look to our city department as the subject matter experts to implement project and advance city priorities. however, from the discussion that we had this morning, and time and time again, we know that in the past five years, we have seen a sharp increase of traffic fatalities without adequate response in the form of implementation of proven infrastructure improvements from the san francisco sfmta. we call for an audit from the county of transportation authority, we understand that the timeliness and fiscal accountability of these improvement but the report sho

(sheriff's department oversight board) thank you, madam speaker and wanted to welcome supervisor walton to the gaoc committee and thank you for these items and i'll the floor is yours. >> i want to say a word of thanks for all your leadership to make sure moving forward greater oversight and transparency with the sheriff's department thank you for your work on that and supervisor walton the floor is yours. >> at the supervisor preston sea want to committee as you know in november 2020 san franciscans supported the independent sheriff's office we received over three-quarters and san francisco oversight board and the office of cyber general submitting quarterly reports to the board of supervisors and today we're introducing resolution to accept that sheriff's department oversight board for 2023 have before you a resolution to accept the sheriff's department oversight board third and fourth quarter and the resolution to accept the sheriff's annual report thank you for the sheriff's department oversight board and work for the reports submitted. >> thank you for the department of police offi

that's federal judge reggie walton, a stalwart conservative appointed by president george h.w. bush and george w. bush to the bench, has faced threats because of his work in handling january 6th defendants and their cases. here's what he had to say in those extraordinary public comments just last night. >> it's very disconcerting to have someone making comments about a judge, and it's particularly problematic when those comments are in the form of a threat, especially if they're directed at one's family. i mean we do these jobs because we're committed to the rule of law and we believe in the rule of law, and the rule of law can only function effectively when we have judges who are prepared to carry out their duties

vice chair walton, aye. motion passes. the matter will be recommended to the board of supervisor as committee report as amened. >> thank you mr. clerk. motion passes. would you please call item number 3? >> item 3, hearing on the status of university of california san francisco's (ucsf) proposed acquisition of dignity health's clinical presence, including but not limited to st. mary's medical center and st. francis memorial hospital, and the impact of the proposed merger on staffing plans and patient care; and requesting the department of public health and ucsf to report. >> thank you mr. clerk. i will pass this portion of the meeting over to supervisor safai. >> thank you chair. thank you colleagues for scheduling this really important hearing today. i called this hearing to address the crucial concerns on the impact of ucsf acquisition of saint mary's and saint francis on staffing and patient care. i thank many workers here today. many nurses and medical staff that came straight-many came straight from work. working nigh

regardless of what type of cases i was handling and unfortunately, that is no longer the case >> walton pointing to past murders of his judicial colleagues, family members, including new the jersey judge ester solace is signed and former chicago judge joan left coase, husband and mother. >> unfortunately, it's a reality that it's not inconceivable that something could happen. it's the reality that we live with, but you try not to let it impact on your day-to-day life >> but even in the midst of these threats walton says the law must endure even though threats may be made against you and against your family, you still have an obligation to ensure that >> everybody who comes into your courtroom is treated fairly, regardless of who they are or what they've done i think it's important in order to preserve our democracy that we maintain the rule of law and the rule, the rule of law can only be maintained if we have independent judicial officers who are able to do their job and ensure that the laws are in fact enforced. and that the laws are applied equally to everybody who appears in our cou

. >> and >> based on the intense response to that interview, senior us district judge, reggie walton clearly struck a nerve it's very disconcerting to have someone making comments about a judge and it's >> particularly problematic when those comments are in the form of a threat, especially if they're directed at one's family judge walton knows from experience, he himself and also his daughter had been the target of threats simply because he's on the >> bench and for him, he told me that it's only gotten worse since he's now overseeing some of the january 6 trials just as an aside here. and for those who are critics of him coming out and speaking, this is a federal judge who is used to dealing with some of the most high-profile cases. >> and his >> 42 years on the bench, he's presided over the trial of then vice president dick cheney's chief of staff, scooter libby, the roger clemens trial arguments ever water guantanamo bay, the mla report. >> he was >> nominated or appointed to his judgeships by republican presidents reagan and both bushes, 41.43. that's who judge reggie walton is >

former colleague, a friend of this show, michael nd due date, lamented that judge walton even had to do what he had to do there, go on television to defend the rule of law and the justices from an ex-president, saying: the nation is witnessing the determined delegitimization s o both its federal and state judiciaries, and the systematic dismantling of its system of justice and rule of law by a single man -- the former president of the united states. never in american history has any person, let alone the president of the united states, leveled such threatening attacks against the federal and state courts and federal and at state judicial officers of the kind the former president has leveled continually now for years. suffice it to say, never in history has any person leveled such attacks and been met with such positivity, acquiescence, and submissiveness by the nation. the threat to the rule of law posed by an ex-president who does not hesitate to target judges and their children is ld where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. former federal judge michael

. >> commissioner walton is present we have quorum. >> thank you madam clerk. >> and thanks for those able to show up and madam clerk i believe public comment on an item, when the item is called, dial '*3' to be added to the queue to speak. do not press *3 again or you will be removed from the queue. >> watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 (depending on your provider) watch www.sfgovtv.org. >> phone number: +1 (415) 655-0001 access code: 2662 182 5815 to raise your hand, press *3 when public comment is called press star three to be added to the queue when the system says your system is unmuted you'll speak. when your 2 minutes are up, we will move on to the next caller. calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. best practices to speak slowly and clearly. >> thank you (clearing throat) madam clerk. >> commissioner ronen is recovery from surgery we wish her a 1350id any recovery and excuse her from the 13wir89 of at the meeting and heard from the 0e9 commissioners they're detailed and requested to be excused from the early part of this meeting and i'm going to do that as w

(sheriff's department oversight board) thank you, madam speaker and wanted to welcome supervisor walton to the gaoc committee and thank you for these items and i'll the floor is yours. >> i want to say a word of thanks for all your leadership to make sure moving forward greater oversight and transparency with the sheriff's department thank you for your work on that and supervisor walton the floor is yours. >> at the supervisor preston sea want to committee as you know in november 2020 san franciscans supported the independent sheriff's office we received over three-quarters and san francisco oversight board and the office of cyber general submitting quarterly reports to the board of supervisors and today we're introducing resolution to accept that sheriff's department oversight board for 2023 have before you a resolution to accept the sheriff's department oversight board third and fourth quarter and the resolution to accept the sheriff's annual report thank you for the sheriff's department oversight board and work for the reports submitted. >> thank you for the department of police offi