City and County of San Francisco Tuesday, July 09, 2019

>> okay.

, good afternoon -- okay, good

afternoon.

I'm sorry, what?

Okay, good afternoon.

Welcome to the July 9th, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors.

Madame Clerk, please call the role. >> thank you, Mr. President.

[Roll Call] Mr. President, you have a quorum

>> thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, will you

please join me in the pledge of allegiance.

[Pledge of allegiance]

Okay. On behalf of the board, I would like to acknowledge the staff of san francisco government

television, lawrence and

alexander and jesse who record each of our meetings and make

the transcripts available to the

public online.

Madame Clerk, are there any communications? >> yes. We received a communication from the office of supervisor catherine stefani who

anticipated being out of town today and requested to be excused from this meeting.

>> colleagues, can I have a motion to excuse supervisor stefani from the meeting?

Motion made by supervisor ronen

and seconded by supervisor safai without objection, supervisor

stefani is excused.

So, Madame Clerk and colleagues,

before we move on, I would like to do something a little bit different today and introduced to you a new segment to

highlight the work of our city departments that are sometimes

overlooked.

Today we will have a short clip

from what's next san francisco,

or what's next S.F., produced by

our emmy award-winning team at san francisco government T.V.,

featuring the department of

recreation and park and they're

wheelchair basketball program.

Can we roll the clip? >> I got the hang of it a little

bit from the first time. I never left the court.

I just fell in love with it and any opportunity I had to get out

there, you know, they didn't

have to ask me twice. That is where you can always find me, on the court. [

] >> thank you to some generous support for sports and

recreation, we have been able to

purchase approximately 12 athletic wheelchairs.

This grant provides a really

expensive tool to facilitate basketball, specifically.

Behind me are the amazing golden

skate war -- golden state road

warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive

basketball teams in the state.

Led by its captain, chuck gill, it was a national pair olympian and is now an assistant coach on

the U.S. National team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco.

This is the main hub of the bay area which, you know, we should definitely have these resources

here. Now that that is happening, you know, I am looking forward to

that growing and spreading and

helping spread the word that these resources are here for everyone.

I think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied to be able

to see and to try this sport and

to appreciate just trying different things. >> people can come and check out the chairs to use them any time we have openings, but also friday evenings from 6:00 P.M. Until 8:00 P.M., it will be wheelchair basketball. We will make sure the floor is available.

That way people can no that other people can come into play at the same time. >> we always try to meet people where they are at regardless of any difference in ability.

We offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusionary programming, but this is the

first time we have ever had our own equipment and that enables us to do some important things. [

] >> thank you.

Thank you.

You know, we often times are

here to critique, criticize, or

to try to get our departments to

be more aware of issues that

come from our home districts and throughout the city and we

forget on a daily basis that our departments actually do a lot of positive things. I want to take the opportunity to maybe do this once a month

where we have these short

segments.

I hope that you will provide some suggestions and some of the departments that you would like to see. I think it is important for the

public to know how our tax dollars are being spent.

Okay? So, thank you.

Let's go to our approval for the

meeting minutes.

>> yes, approval of the June 4 th, 2019 board meeting minutes. >> colleagues, today we are

approving the minutes from June 4th, 2019.

Are there any changes to these meeting minutes? Seeing none, can I have a motion to approve the a minute -- prove

the minutes as presented? Made by supervisor walton and

seconded by supervisor fewer. Motion to approve without objection, these minutes will be

approved after public comment.

Madame Clerk, let's go to our consent agenda and call items

one through five. >> items one through five are

considered routine, a single roll call vote will occur, otherwise discussion of an item will occur only if a member severs it to be considered separately. >> okay.

Colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the consent

agenda?

Seeing no names on the roster, Madame Clerk, please call the role.

>> on items one through five...

[Roll Call]

>> there are ten imacs. >> okay.

Without objection these ordinances are passed on first reading unanimously.

Madame Clerk, please call the next item. >> item six is an ordinance to call and provide for special election to be held in the city

on tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 for the purpose of submitting to the san francisco voters a proposition to incur bonded debt

of this city in the amount of $620.5 million to finance the construction and seismic retrofitting of multiple facilities for earthquake safety and emergency response pursuant to california government code

section 43607 and 608.

This item requires a vote. >> okay.

Colleagues, can we take this

item same house, same call? Without objection, this

ordinance is passed unanimously. Madame Clerk, please call the next item.

>> item seven is an ordinance to

appropriate approximately $12.2 million in public utilities commission funds to

appropriate to but $1 million from airport airport commission funds to d. Appropriate and re

appropriate 304,000, approximately from the port commission funds and pursuant to

charter section 9.113 subsection

c., this ordinance requires a 23

rd vote of all members for the 12.1 million in public utilities commission

appropriations approval, 200 and 83,004 airport -- airport commission reappropriation

approval and 139,000 in port commission reappropriations.

>> Chair Peskin:   okay -- >> okay. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call?

This ordinance is finally passed

Madame Clerk, please call item number 8.

>> item eight is an ordinance to amend the ministry to code to establish the cooperative living -- living opportunities for mental health loan fund and the mental health program to finance

the acquisition of residential

properties operated as communal

housing for people with chronic mental illness and/or substance use disorders. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call?

Without objection -- oh, I see

supervisor safai. >> sorry, you are moving so fast

I almost missed it. Colleagues, I am in support of

this amendment, this legislation today.

I think it is very thoughtful.

I wanted to add my name is a cosponsor, but just speaking to

the sponsor of the legislation, I wanted to add one small piece

of language on -- I am proposing

an amendment on line 23, page 5 that would add the ability that there would be an appraisal of

the property done before any

purchase of the property, so that would just be four words

after the word -- start with the program regulations shall address matters such as programs and fund administration, public

and competitive processes to

apply for loans, compliance with

applicable laws and regulations, appraisal of the property affordability restrictions for

the longest possible term. Those will use the funds underwriting the criteria and transaction processing

documentation and compliance monitoring and enforcement. >> okay.

Any objection?

I see there is a motion put forward by supervisor peskin. >> I think the actual provision

in the code is pursuant to chapter 23 of the administrative code, but I will defer to

council.

>> deputy city attorney. You are correct, supervisor peskin that chapter 23 addresses

appraisal requirements for city purchases of property. This amendment will authorize the department to adopt regulations regarding appraisals

under this program. >> okay. Any other comments? >> while I have the floor, perhaps a relevant section of law that supervisor safai wants to refer to his chapter 23 of the administrative code. He said applicable law, the

applicable law is that chapter.

>> the current ordinance

provides that the department

will adopt regulations regarding compliance with applicable law

and other issues including

appraisals, program

administration et cetera.

So I think supervisor safai's amendment hits the mark.

>> for the President, I get it.

>> is there a second for that? Okay.

If there is no objection, one -- can we take the amendment as

stated? Okay. Motion passes. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call as

amended? Without objection, this

ordinance as amended is passed. >> on first reading, Mr.

President.

>> thank you for the correction. This ordinance is passed as

amended on first reading unanimously. Madame Clerk, please call the

next item.

>> item nine is an ordinance to

amend the administrative code to establish the castro lesbian gay

bisexual transgender and queer cultural district in and around the castro neighborhood and to

affirm the sequel determination.

-- the sequel determination.

>> colleagues, can we take the same house, same call? Without objection this ordinance is finally passed.

Madame Clerk, please call items ten through 12 together.

>> okay.

Item ten through 12, item ten is a resolution to determine and

declare that the public interest and necessity demand affordable housing improvements and related costs necessary to be financed through bonded indebtedness in

an amount not to exceed approximately $600 million, to

authorize the 50% pass-through

of the property tax increase to residential tenants under chapter 37 of the administrative code and to adopt the requisite findings. Item 11 is an ordinance that

calls for and provides a special election to be held in san

francisco on tuesday, November 5 th 2019 for the purpose of submitting to the san francisco voters a proposition to

incur the $600 million of bonded indebtedness for affordable housing improvements into -- and to adopt the appropriate findings. Item 12 is the motion to urge

the mayor's office of housing and community development to

update and amend the 2019 general obligation affordable housing bond report to reflect

the increase to the bond amount

update allegations of proposed funding and proposed amendments on prioritized issues pursuant to the california government

code section 43607 and zero eight. Item ten and 11 require eight

votes. >> thank you.

As you know, in anticipation to this vote this morning, we had a

little press conference rally

out in front of the city hall steps.

I want to think all the supervisors who attended the event because this really shows

that we are working very closely with the mayor, not only the

mayor, but also the community in

presenting this bond measure. As you know, we started this

discussion a few months back

with a 300 million-dollar bond -- housing bond measure.

Eventually people all agreed

that we needed to grow it.

The needs are much greater and

much too great for us to not make it larger then the 300 million. I think with the urging of many

of the members on the board of

supervisors and with the mayor

agreeing that we finally grew it to 600 million, and that is a

good thing.

Because of your efforts and your staff's efforts, we are going to

be able to do a lot more than we had anticipated. Because of this, with the input

of the board members, we have

been able to secure funding to address the housing needs in

neighborhoods that have not seen any net new affordable housing

for many, many decades, and we

have seen even more investment

in supportive housing for those

with chronic mental illness.

We also have a callout for a very important population, housing for our public school

educators and staff.

I am most proud of us seeing the diverse cross-section of the

community partners who came

together to help form this bond. With the help of our four

incredible community cochairs,

malcolm and others, they were able to engage in a robust discussion about the bigger

picture. Housing is a public infrastructure issue.

It is a public health issue, it

is a social equity issue. Our roads, our parks means

nothing if there are no residents here to enjoy them. We need to invest in ensuring existing affordable housing

stock, but also bring in units

that will be available to those

who need it most.

For the first time ever, and I'm

so excited for this, there is a dedicated conversation about our aging population. Nearly half of our seniors

cannot even qualify for

affordable housing because they

are on fixed incomes. We also have seniors who feel trapped in homes that they can

no longer maintain, but are

unable to move out because of scarce options. Only 12% of the housing in the

pipeline for affordable housing was dedicated for seniors.

Now we have 150 million in this bond to reverse this trend.

In addition, this bond measure

emphasizes that while we must invest in public housing units and build more extremely

affordable units for our low income residents, there is still a growing need for our middle

income households.

If we want to keep our workforce and new families in san francisco, we must do more to

support these residents, too. The need will continue to be there after this bond, but we

will be bringing 2800 units

online.

This is not a small feet.

It shows that we can -- it shows what we can do when we roll up

our sleeves and put our brains together.

That is what we intend to do. After this board approves this

bond measure, it will be in the hands of the voters in san francisco. I hope we can keep this momentum

going strong. The mayor and the board of

supervisors, who don't always

agree on everything, but for

this one, this one particular issue, we're coming together to make sure this bond passes overwhelmingly and I want to

think you for being with us

every step of the way. I would say, let's take the goal

and let's get this done.

Colleagues, I can see there are other supervisors who would like to make some comments.

Supervisor mar? >> thank you. I just wanted to briefly acknowledge and commend mayor

breed and President And your

staff and all the members of the affordable housing working group

for all of the work that you brought in on this incredibly important bond measure. I would like to add I'm very

pleased that it includes the

importance of geographic balance

of the criteria and allocation

of affordable housing dollars to prioritize projects in district four and other districts that haven't received their fair share of affordable housing over

the years.

I also wanted to highlight that

from all of the input that I received from my constituents in

district four, also very pleased that there is allocations not

only for the different A.M.I. Levels for affordable housing,

but specific populations that are a high priority including

seniors and our educators. Finally, I just wanted to also

comment that I think we can all agreed that while this is an

incredibly important measure to

move forward and $600 million of

new investment is supported by housing, that, you know, it is clearly not enough.

And all the difficult discussions that happened through the affordable housing

working group and among board

members about how to allocate that pie highlights the need for

us to continue to look at other revenue streams or revenue sources so we can truly address the affordable housing crisis at

the scale that it is and really something that is affecting, you

know, all districts and all communities here in the city.

I look forward to further work with colleagues on the board and

other stakeholders at looking at

other revenue proposals that we

can come up with and finally I would like to be added as a cosponsor.

Thank you.

>> thank you, supervisor mar. Supervisor ronen?

>> yes, thank you.

this is so exciting. Congratulations to all of a

sudden and especially to you, supervisor yee for fighting so

hard to double the quantity of

this housing bond.

This is absolutely essential to create the affordable housing

that we so desperately need for our working families. People exiting homelessness, seniors, and people with disabilities. I really wanted to take a moment to talk about the immediate impact that this will have on

district nine. The mission, as you all know is

continuing to be ground zero for displacement and I certainly, as

a supervisor for the district,

felt the organ -- urgency of the crisis every day. I was determined this bond would keep the pipeline of affordable housing development going and it

will with two projects that

haven't broken ground yet. We will also use a portion of this bond to help and the crisis of people living on our streets

by dedicating funds for acquisition of small scale cooperative delivering just

living spaces.

I wanted to thank you, President

Yee because not only did you pay

so much close attention to

having -- making sure that all of our individual priorities were included in this bond, but

you brought us a mayor and the community all together.

I think it is really a testament to your fierce and elegant

leadership and I am just so excited about it. Thank you so much and let's go

win this thing. >> supervisor haney? >> thank you. I also want to echo my

congratulations and gratitude to you for your leadership in bringing us together and representing us so well in this process. I know we had a conversation early on and we both agreed,

well, if there's anything we can

do to make this bigger, let's do it. So I really appreciate you and mayor breed and all the members of the committee for seeing that

through and doubling the bond in

terms of its size from where it was first proposed. I really appreciate that because

as supervisor mar said, "

this process I think we realized how much need there is and how urgent this funding is, and how, you know, if we can have twice as much that we would still feel like we have a long way to go. I want to appreciate your leadership and mayor breed's leadership and our controller

who I know, every time I see him

I say goodbye. They were able to do that.

It is really exciting because

this will mean that hundreds of

more people, thousands of people

will have a place to call home, a stable and affordable place to

call home, and it is an extraordinary thing, and life changing for so people.

There are a number of projects in district six that are shovel ready that we -- that will be able to be built if this bond passes.

I know we will do everything we can to make sure it passes in

November, but this is one of those issues where as the district that has seen the large

majority of a lot of the housing being built in the past, I'm very excited to see housing be built throughout the city as a

result of this bond and the commitment to geographic equity

and our shared commitment to the board is very exciting.

I want to know there was a lot of work done to make sure we maintain our commitment to union labor and prevailing wage and

really partner with labor in this process. I think this was a critical

aspect that we were able to work

through that and educate our housing, seniors, cooperative living, there's so much that is exciting about where we ended up

last thing I wanted to say, we

did have the need to secure additional ongoing funding. Through this process we have

been able to identify where we

would prioritize. I hope that we will put the

affordable housing priority into our bond schedule moving forward

so that, on a regular basis, we have an affordable housing bond

and that we take advantage of things like the jobs housing linkage fee, which is also going

to be coming up soon for us to secure hundreds of millions of more and affordable housing

dollars. Thank you to all of my

colleagues for your work on this I would like to be added as a

cosponsor in this bond and we look forward to getting it passed in November. >> thank you.

Supervisor peskin? >> thank you.

I rise to also affix my name to this obligation bond as a

cosponsor and salute you and

your staff for your work and

concur with the previous members of the board to salute the good

work of the controller.

I want to address one thing.

It is the compromise that then

supervisor tom made to have a 50

-50 pass-through, capture by landlords, have shared by

tenants, were -- indeed it was

raised by the tenants union that that has actually turned out not to be equitable. I wanted to share with all of

you that with the good work of Mr. Rosenfield, I will be

introducing legislation to make that right.

If anybody from the tenant's union is watching, you can join

the forces of labor in

supporting this because we are going to fix that little

technical problem, which is, I

never believed it because we always say that we retire as

much debt as we issue, and

therefore your marginal tax rate should not be going up, and

therefore the past should not be

going up, but it turns out that

is not true, that it is fixable.

It is fixable. That is another thing I wanted

to say is that I just had the

honor of coming from a

ribbon-cutting of our newest affordable housing project with

the mayor who has long been in the making.

I was delighted to be there. Almost 200 units of affordable housing.

Much of it for seniors, but I wanted to reflect on something because the controversy of the

day is the notion that the

bureaucracy and the input is

slowing down the building. i wanted to say for the record,

what is slowing it down is not

community input. Everybody saluted the fact that

neighborhood input made to the project back -- better.

It is the lack of actual funding that is why I am affixing my name to this measure today

because $600 million, over half a billion dollars of the public 's money that we will all pay for it, that we will all

work to get past this November, that is where the rubber hits

the road, that is where we actually build affordable housing. And given that it takes a long time to raise those funds, we

have time to have good community

process and good community input

, so let's not wreck what makes projects better and let's

fund what builds these projects. >> thank you. Supervisor walton? >> thank you.

I just want to add my excitement about the bond and I want to thank President Yee for working

so closely with the mayor's

office, but also with our four

cochairs from community who worked very hard to galvanize community and bring everyone

together.

I want to just say that 600 million-dollar of a bond is

a big deal. I think people should really sit

back and analyse how much $600 million is and how important the resources to

finance affordable housing is.

It is estimated at about $750,000 is what it takes per unit to build affordable housing , and that depends on what type of project and

materials you use, but $600 million is a big deal.

I want to make sure that everybody understands that it

gives us the resources to revitalize our public housing,

the resources to build more

housing for seniors, the resources to have more

marginalized populations, and I think that this is a testament to the prioritization from this

board and from the leadership of the city that we are committed

to building more and more affordable housing across san francisco.

And like supervisor morris stated, this is one thing that

we are finding hard to do and make happen because there is a

lot more work that we need to do

as a board and as a city to

address the issue, but like supervisor peskin, we can have all the land available, we can have -- we can go through all

the process, but after financing , we cannot get the housing built.

So this bond is a great deal.

We need to thank everyone for working together, particularly for the geographic equity.

As we know, a lot of the affordable housing is built in

my district, as well as district six and district nine, and only highlights that because it is important that we continue to

fight for our resources for us to build more affordable housing

across the city so this notion

of people trying to stop the building of housing or trying to

somehow slow down that, you can

see it is actually an unrealistic argument and the board has pushed hard to make

sure that the $600 million was

possible, which didn't start off at $600 million. As we know, it started off it

half the size.

>> thank you. Supervisor safai? >> thank you.

I just want to echo a lot of the statements that were made. I also want to underscore the

fact that I represent a part of

town that there has only been one affordable housing project

ever done, and that is for low-income seniors. We have two phenomenal projects

in the pipeline and we do have two phenomenal projects. One being done by mission housing, the others being done by bridge housing that will bring, for the first time, 260

units of affordable workforce

housing, middle income housing,

affordable in all of the senses of the word. We spent a lot of time in this chamber over the last two and half years as the economy has

been raising, and the price of housing has been raging. To expand the definition of affordable housing, and who benefits from that affordable

housing, we have a down payment

loan assistance in this bond that will help first-time homeowners compete in a market to be able to buy their first

home and stabilize. Thank you supervisor fewer for

pushing so aggressively to add additional funding in there for the acquisition of apartment

buildings for the small program that is in here. Thank you to supervisor walton,

haney, peskin, ronen, and also

fewer and President Yee for pushing for a fund for educator housing. We are doing some very

phenomenal things in this bond

and, you know, there is all -- also times where we stand up and pat ourselves on the back and

say we are doing such a great

job, but really, at the end of

the day, the faster we can get this bond out there, the faster

that we can get this approved

and put it in front of a board, the faster we can construct

affordable housing, the faster

we are saving families and keeping our city divers and keeping the economic diversity

of what makes this city special.

I just want to say a shout out

for parts of the city that have not seen affordable housing

built in them, I'm very excited about that, as well as some of the other categories that we named.

And lastly, thank you, President Yee, thank you were pressing so

hard for a fund that no other group has the ability, there is no other funding source for a

net flow income seniors and low-income seniors will be a big beneficiary of this as we have a

strong aging population. I'm super excited that this bond is going to to have unanimous

support of this body and that we will quickly move this to the

ballot and see it past. Thank you. >> thank you. Supervisor brown?

>> thank you. I want to echo a lot of what

people have said but I also want to thank you for really working with our mayor to get this bond

right and doubling the money. It is not enough. We know that.

we need more money, but it is a good start.

I think when we are looking at building affordable housing, I

have five sites sitting in my

district that have been waiting. Eight of them have been waiting

for over eight years to have affordable housing being built. One is the transitional age to youth housing which we so

desperately need.

I am excited that this is moving through and the possibilities to have, you know, to build affordable housing, but also to buy existing buildings.

I was fortunate enough just a few months ago to buy a building

in haight-ashbury, seven units. They were beautiful apartments

and the people that we saved in

there, a lot of them are seniors a few of them had absolutely

nowhere to go if they lost their place.

For me to be able to buy existing buildings and keep people in the homes and the neighborhoods that they love and

that they have weaved into the fabric of that neighborhood is so important.

So to have a pot of money more

than what we have now to buy existing buildings to keep

people in place is really, that

preservation is so important, but also public housing. This money will be used for public housing, which I think it's really important because we

have to remember that we have a lot of affordable housing within

our public housing and our H.U.D. Housing out there.

I am just really happy right now that with all the combinations,

everyone in this room has been

fighting to make sure that we have a right partnership when we

are looking at the $600 million, and moving forward, I think it will be a lot easier for us because I think we see a pathway , and I just want to

thank everyone. >> thank you. Supervisor fewer? >> thank you.

I just want to say, in the words

of my legislative aide, this is a good thing.

I think this is a really good thing for all of san francisco

and long-overdue. I respectfully ask that pain --

that my name be added as a cosponsor.

Thank you for your leadership. It doesn't happen often, but

when it does, democracy is a wonderful, wonderful thing that we have heard from everybody, that all of us have come

together to work for a problem

that has been hanging over us in

san francisco and we are finally

putting money where our mouth is I want to say congratulations to everyone. Thank you for your leadership

and thank you all, colleagues.

>> I want to add my thanks and congratulations to all who have

gotten us to this point and my preemptive gratitude to all the

folks who have been working so hard between now and November to get it over the finish line.

Great work.

>> thank you for your comments

from all of you. I just want to reemphasize that

there won't be any increasing the tax on the property.

We made sure of that in terms of

how much we could do that, how

much we could actually put on the bond measure.

and a lot of that was the analysis of the controller's office.

Thank you very much. He probably isn't paying attention. He is going to get fired. [Laughter] No, thank you for your work on the bond measure.

[Laughter]

I also want to say that one of

the biggest pushes that we did

was for the capital plan that

the housing piece of this now,

we are actually going to make this be part of the capital plan

it will be -- they will be regular housing bond measures in

the future, and I am glad that

supervisor peskin mentioned that little correction that needed to

be made. It is kind of coincidental. When I looked at it more

carefully today, just at my final reading, this was passed

through with 50%.

And in my mind, I said, I guess that means there shouldn't be any increase, and I stand corrected.

It seems like, I mean in the past maybe people have kept on increasing it and they shouldn't

have, so I would love to lend my

office to help with that.

I think it needs to be corrected >> if I May, Mr. President, our

controller has to do with the

fact that in the old days we did

not pass them through, and as we

were retiring the debt, 100% was passed through and that is what was impacting the baseline for tenants today.

It is a relatively easy fix.

I have actually discussed it with both landlords and tenants, creating a hardship exemption i

think will be expected by all of

the parties.

>> thank you very much for that. Okay, I think this is one of the

few times where we have, on a

piece of legislation, the mayor

and all 11 supervisors as cosponsors and I thank you need

to appreciate what happened.

Thank you very much, my colleagues. Can we take this same house,

same call?

Without objection then the

resolution and everything else is adopted unanimously.

Madame Clerk, I think we need to

go -- I'm sorry. I think this is first reading,

isn't it?

>> yes, the ordinance is being passed on first reading. The resolution should be adopted >> thank you for correcting that

Madame Clerk, can we go to our

2:30 P.M. Commendations?

>> we have four commendations.

Supervisor peskin, brown, walton , and mandelman. >> okay. Supervisor peskin, would you

like to present your commendation? >> thank you Mr. President. I actually really would like to

present this.

This individual I have known for almost 20 years, and when I met

her, she worked for the city and county of san francisco for almost 20 years, which is to say

that Miss O'malley, a new her

under a different name 20 years ago, has worked for the department of public health for 38 years.

During this time, lisa worked as

an environmental health inspector, senior environmental health inspector, and when she

retired a couple of weeks ago,

she retired as the manager of

one of the city's food districts

this is actually some of the toughest work. We honor first responders, we

honor people who do incredible

work like clean our sewers, but

health inspectors have it really

, really tough. Lisa was in charge of much of

the district that we have

represented on and off for the last 20 years. North beach and chinatown.

She was absolutely instrumental in increasing the health and

safety standards within chinatown, outside of chinatown

and I have to say, despite the irrational fear of the

government and health inspectors

in particular, particularly in the restaurant industry, lisa is

incredibly regarded by the community because she

understands the local business

culture, the local culture, the

practices, she is fair, she is patient, accommodating and takes

no shit. I rarely use words like that but that will summarize lisa. She was so thought of in the community that she was invited

to be the grand marshal of the chinese new year parade which says a lot. She always had the sense to call

me to say, I'm shutting down a restaurant in your district and

your phone is about to ring, but I knew everyone would start screaming at me and rose would say she called and did the right

thing. She is a legendary fixture at

the department of public health,

as patient as she is with

ignorant owners, she is equally,

and I mean it, no nonsense when dealing with self-serving operators who intentionally avoid doing the right thing, the

legal thing and the healthy and safe thing.

At 5-foot two and 110 pounds, which is just about my size in

wait, lisa can lisa, where are

you, come on up here.

[Applause] You are a force of nature when it comes to protecting the public.

Here is lisa's infamous win-win question. There are a couple of them.

One is, this is of course, a

hearing with an alleged offender this is lisa.

I am appalled at the conditions in your restaurant. After reading the report and reviewing the photos, how many

days a week are you at your restaurant? The operator says, I am only there a few times a week.

To which lisa says, well, there you are.

How can you be expected to be responsible for a restaurant if you don't commit to be there on a regular basis?

Look at these disgusting photos. Or, alternatively, the operator

says, I am there without fail, to which lisa says, really, you

are there were there every day?

It is negligent.

Look at these disgusting photos. Whatever the operator, the

alleged offending operator

chooses, lisa ensures that the operator admits fault, takes responsibility for the conditions of the restaurant, and most often, lisa and her

team doesn't shut them down.

A little bit of education and they are back on line in a few

hours or maybe overnight when they call people in, and as a

respected manager, she is remarkably, was remarkably, and

I'm sure will continue to be a

remarkably -- will be remarkably committed to her staff that she

mentored, and loved her, and she would bring them all together for lunch is, and occasionally I would have the honor of being

invited. Under her leadership, she was instrumental in establishing the first online food application and the entire state of california and has been recognized by the california council environmental health directors as the winner of the food safety leadership award in

2015, and most importantly, I

have her 100% clean record in my kitchen, which he actually never

inspected.

And after four decades, she decided to enter her retirement last month where she will finally enjoy spending some time

with her family and her newly

born twin grandchildren.

I wanted all of you to know that

I introduced a piece of legislation last week and the

last week before last. It will change the restaurant

rating system to green, yellow, red, which I think the restaurant industry or restaurant owners will appreciate, and lisa, it makes good sense. It is used in many other

counties in the bay area. Lisa, from the bottom of my

heart, I wanted to thank you for

your decades of tireless, mature , and constructive commitment to the people of san francisco and I love you very,

very much and I want to give you a certificate of honor and some flowers, but first, the floor is yours.

>> thank you very much, supervisor peskin.

I appreciate working with you and having you understand the important work that the

environmental health inspectors do every day to protect your public health. They are a great team of

inspectors and we don't just regulate, we enforce and we

empower businesses and therefore empower communities.

It started out and chinatown but

we do it citywide and the inspectors, thank you for the recognition. This isn't really just for me,

it is for the great work that they do every day. Thank you, and think all of you.

[Applause] >> thank you. Before I give you the certificate of honor and these

flowers, I just want to say lisa suffered many epidemiologists

and department heads and survived with valour and honor.

[Applause]

>> thank you. Supervisor brown, please present

your commendation now.

>> thank you.

It sounds like a day of retirement for people who have been in the city a long time. Today I am commending elizabeth

murray who is retiring this month from 38 years of services

to the city and county of san francisco at the war memorial

and performing arts center.

Forty years ago, elizabeth murray began her career of service to the city's arts and

performance community as a

secretary at the louise symphony

hall construction project.

In 1982, she joined the war memorial as executive secretary to the board of trustees an

assistant managing director. She has guided the war memorial

to most consequential -- a long-standing commitment to preserving the war memorial

building has enabled millions of people, as well as the patrons of ballet, opera, symphony, and chamber music to benefit from the historic resource at the heart of san francisco. Over the years, elizabeth has also shaped the structure and growth of the war memorial

workforce, engaging directly with employees in helping them

to develop a sense of occupational pride in their work

she has truly proven her worth

as a leader, as head of the war memorial serving under seven

mayors, wow, seven, and guiding the war memorial through major

capital improvement projects, economic recessions, presiding

over unprecedented periods of growth and success.

The residents of san francisco, as well as anyone who comes to visit our city and as landmarks

are indebted to keep the war

memorial open and available for all. Today we recognize her skill,

her leadership and her vision for the san francisco war

memorial.

And to extend to her the best

wishes as she is entering a well-deserved retirement.

Elizabeth, please come up. >> elizabeth, before you say

something, there is supervisor peskin who would like to make a comment.

>> thank you.

Having been on two tours of duty

with you and your department and

others, I really want to salute to you. I thought that project would

never actually happen despite

been's rosenfield deep commitment to it. Congratulations for getting it done in stewarding that incredible resource for all of these many decades.

>> thank you. >> I am very grateful. I thank you so much.

My job has been a gift to me.

It is a labor of love. I didn't always have a great relationship with band, but I do understand I was persistent and

I did want to get -- I thank you very much.

[Applause]

I lastly, we have supervisor mandelman. Would you like to present the commendations? >> I would pick one of the

privileges is getting to present the demon family and today I want us to honor her.

[Applause]

She was born in chicago, moved to the west coast shortly after. She spent most of her youth in

the bay area, graduating from

high school before earning her bachelor's degree in social work from the university of the pacific.

She met her husband, who when he retired was the longest-serving judge in san francisco history.

[Applause] They were married one year later

[Please Stand by] >> she conditions with food runners which works to alleviate

hunger by turning over 17 tons of leftover food into 20,000

meals a week for san san franciscans in need. She's best known of a tireless supporter of the local democratic party.

Where she has helped many local candidates get there are start

in politics. Registering voters doing an amazing job of tabling outside

safe ways with jane morrison.

Inside first-degree

.Many of us have fond memories of

the woodland parties she hosted.

In 1976, she was appointed by

mayor george boskoy I remember

where she joined the san francisco landmarks and throughout her years of service

she's fought to preserve and

create open space and expand our urban tree can pee. Today she is the C.E.O. Of her household and keeping her husband and children safe, clothed and happy.

For each of these contributions,

I am proud to honor ina deerman.

[Applause]

Now, she's brought a good chunk

of ashbury heights down with her. Among the folks we have here is

kelly deerman, her daughter.

And colleagues, you May know

kelly as executive director of

the ihsf public authorities since 2014. Prior to that she was President

Of the human services

commission, ran her own small

law practice and in 2008 founded

sf urban C.H.C., a non-profit

buying financial literacy for

low and moderate industry.

I think kelly was going to say a

few words.

>> President Fung:   supervisor peskin.

>> thank you, I apologize for popping up. When you've been on this board

on and off for 20 years.

I remember Ms. Deerman when I

used to go to the planned marks reservation board before it was a commission.

And Ms. Deerman had a profound

sense of figuring out who was cheating and speculating and who was doing the right thing. I've never forget what she said,

I like your blue eyes, I do not like your protect

project and she said

no and brought the rest of that with her. Thank you Ms. Deerman.

[Applause]

>> President Fung:   the floor is yours.

>> thank you. Supervisor mandelman thank you so much for this honor.

My mom and I ask the discussion last night and she said did I have to speak and I said no. I'll do it for you.

I can honestly say on behalf of

my whole family it's probably

better that I am up here.

If you know anything about my mom, her most famous saying is I speak the truth.

I would say for all of us who have lived with her and know her and love her we know it's the case. We also know with my mom, that one thing might get you down but

there's always a reason to get up. Mom proves that everyday by get

being up, standing tall, reading

the paper, reminding us of all the work we have to do.

this honor is very much appreciated on behalf of all of

us and I thank all of our family and friends and colleagues that have come out to join us to support her. She would tell me to stop talking and tell you there was much work to do so please, continue doing it. Thank you so very much.

[Applause]

[Applause]

>> Supervisor Yee:   thank you for

bringing this great set of

people to honor today.

That would conclude our special commodatons.

Let's go to items 21-24.

>> Clerk:   items 12-24 comprise

the special order of 3:00 P.M. For public hearing of persons interested in the decision of

public works dated June 6th, 2019.

Approval a map for a three-lot

subdivision project at 2146 through 2150 union street. Item 22 is 9

the motion to approve

and item 23 is to disapprove the

department's decision and to disapprove the tentative map and item 24 is the motion to direct

the preparation of findings.

>> Supervisor Yee:   these will be continued to next tuesday, July 16th, 2019, with the understanding these items will be continued.

We will now take public comment

on the continuance. Are there any members of the

public who wish to speak on the

proposed continuance of this appeal? All speakers should be allowed

two minutes each.

Seeing no other speakers, public

comment is now closed.

and I will make a motion to continue the items.

>> Supervisor Yee:   are you

making the motion? >> we're going to take a motion

to keep the hearing open and

continue these items for July. Motion made by supervisor peskin

and seconded by supervisor safai. Without objection --

>> we need a roll call.

>> mandelman is not here.

>> Supervisor Yee:   ok. Roll call, please.

>> on the continuance to

July 16th of items 21 to 24 -- [ Roll call]

There are nine AYEs.

>> Supervisor Yee:   this area

will remain open and items 21 to

24 are continued to July 16th, 2019.

Madam Clerk, please call the

next 3:00 P.M. Special order items 25 and 26.

>> Clerk:   I have 25 and 26 comprise the board of supervisors sitting as a

committee as a whole and this public hearing was scheduled

pursuant to a resolution adopted May seventh, 20 2019. It's to consider the subject matter of item 26. Which say resolution to establish renew and expand the property based business improvement district known as the union square business improvement district ordering

the levee and collection of assignments against property located in the district for 10

years commencing with the fiscal year 2019-20. Subject to conditions as fess tied and to

specified and make the appropriate environmental findings.

>> Supervisor Yee:   we're now sitting a as committee of the whole. Colleagues, the purpose of this hearing is to take testimony on

the proposed levee of

assessments of the property and

business improvement.

Pursuant to the board resolution

of intention we adopt it on May seventh, 2019. As described in a management

district plan, the proposed

district would be approximately

620 identified parcels located

on the 27 hole or partial blocks.

Details of the cover area are in the file.

At the conclusion of the public hearing, the department of

elections will tabulate the ballot and report to the board of supervisors.

Members of the public May view the ballot tabulation by the

department of elections on the

basement level of city hall in room 59. The board of supervisors will

either levee the assessments or

approve the establishment of the

district if there's a majority protest.

I'm sorry, let me say that again. The bother of supervisors will neither levee the a sisment. If there's a

assessment.The public testimony will be as

follows, we will first hear from

all speakers in support of the assessment district.

Each district will have -- each speaker will have two minutes. Then we will hear from all

speakers in opposition to the assessment district.

Each speaker will have two minutes.

During the hearing, a property

owner, who has not voted yet, or

wishes to change their vote May

speak with the department of elections staff.

They are at the table just outside of the board chamber and

will provide you with an affidavit and ballot.

After the hearing closes, the ballot will be counted.

Before we begin, supervisor peskin, would you like to make any opening remarks?

>> thank you, President Yee.

I want to acknowledge the burgundy blazer. [Laughter]

More importantly, I would like

to acknowledge the work of

Ms. Flood and the staff at the union square improvement district.

This is created in late 1990s

amid the remarkable controversy.

I had the honor and pleasure of presiding over its first

extension which was approved unanimously by the board.

More importantly, voted by an overwhelming super majority of

the property owners that will

actually pay for the safety and

public realm improvements that continue in the union square area and as that business

improvement district has expanded, it was continued yet

again by my predecessor, supervisor chu. I will not in anyway forecast

the outcome of this election. If there's not a majority vote,

we cannot vote to have this be extended but I am hopeful, if

not confident, that the good work that Ms. Flood and her

staff have done will lead to that majority vote and after the

votes of counted, I will

hopefully be able to be in a

position to extend the time length to the city and county of san francisco.

Thank you for your work.

>> Supervisor Yee:   do you have a word or two to say.

>> thank you. Senior program officer. As the resolution stated this is

a renewal of the union square business improvement district

for an additional 10 years.

I'd like to thank supervisor peskin and his staff who have been nothing but fantastic throughout this renewal.

I would like to command karen

flood, the executive director, den horn as well as hobby silver on a phenom enam outreach effort they did throughout this renewal

and expansion campaign. This would not be possible without the city departments in particular the clerk's office

and the department of elections. In particular, from those

offices I'd like to thank alicia somaro, erika major, john

carole, juan clock, regan wang and alice law for the assistance

on the renewal campaign.

With me today is karen flood who

will be showing you all a brief

presentation on the upcoming

renewal of the bid.

>> thank you so much, chris for that nice introduction and for all your good work in helping us renew this bid.

Good afternoon.

Resident norman yee, aaron

peskin for sponsoring this

legislation and supporting us

and also supervisor haney who also also part in his district and all members of the board of supervisors. My name is karen flood and I'm the executive director of the union square bid and I'm pleased to have this opportunity to present to you today the case

for why to renew the union square bid for another 10 years

and present our plan.

So the union square bid, we're

proposing to renew for another 10 years until 2029.

We are proposing minimal changes

to the current 27 blocks.

Just to round out the borders.

We are proposing some enhancements to the following

services which really are based on over 18 months of solid

outreach to the stakeholders in our district.

So namely we're proposing a 20% increase in the clean and safe staff team wages. We think this is really

important to pay a fair wage and keep our staff we are proposing

to increase our members services to 24/7789 this 7. This is the number if they want a rapid response. We're proposing expanded

cleaning and safety services and

in the afternoon and evening hours and we see more pedestrians moving throughout the district and there's a

cleaning and safety during those hours and expansion of our security program. We have 350 cameras on private buildings through out the district. They cover 60% of the district and we're hoping to expand that

to about 100% of the district and to activate the public realm

and our allies, our open spaces and to invite everyone downtown to experience union square and

make the area more beautifulment

to do all this, we're proposing

the increase to 65% to take us

from 3.7 million to $6 million.

It's a big ask but we're really

pleased on petition that we received 50% of the properties

of the weighted assessments and it's incredible and you only

have 30% and we believe that the turnout of the votes today will

reflect that same very high

number so here are our

boundaries and to the east is

kearney and a jagged line at

mayson and taylor.

We're proposing two zones in this reiteration of the bid. The pink in the center is really

the core of our district and we believe this area and based on feedback from our stakeholders,

this area really needs more service. This received calls and incidents throughout the 10 years and this is where there's foot traffic. This is where rent is higher. This needs more services.

We're proposing twice the level of the current service this is

this area. The gray area a 1.5 level

increase to this area. This is the frequency of our cleaning and safety services and

you have the power front in powerpoint in front of you. We're increasing the frequency so our properties get two cleanings a day and we'll

propose four cleanings in the core. The pressure watching twice a

month and every week in the core and so on. Our assessment methodology is

based on a benefits point system

and this is similar to the C.B.D.S and they are here to answer questions.

It's technical. We believe the harder it is to understand it the fairer it is

so believe me and trust me.

It's fair but essentially, it's

based on three factors, sidewalk

front age is 70% of the assessment building. 15% lot size and there's four

types of land uses and condominium properties and

they're all assessed at a

slightly different rate or using different points.

You May more in zone two because you get more service.

A renewal budget brings us to 6 million dollars in

$6 million and we plan to raise another $524,000 which would

bring us to $6.5 million we're

upping this to 64% but this is again the take holders wanted and there's a real need downtown for additional cleaning and safety services. But we're also looking forward

to providing more public realm,

marketing and advocacy to create

continue to have a vibrant and residents to come through in union square and management

admin rounds out the budget at 14%. This slide goes into detail about the cleaning and the

different types of cleaning and the theme cleaning and again upping the frequency and I'll

let you review that on youren.

Here are some of our cleaning embassadors and some of the good

work they did in 2018 and they

picked up 572,000 pounds of trash and this is a lot of garbage and this is about two

large dumpsters that we fill

everyday in union square park. It's a lot that gets picked up. We expect it to get picked up even more going forward. We pick up a lot of needles.

9,000 needles everyday.

And 17,000 graffiti tags and stickers.

Here is a snapshot of the safety

programs and again we hope toen

chance with additional frequency

and I'll height lie here we have one officer 10 hours a day and

it will be a second officer and

we do pay deerly for this and $100 out an how and we plan to

do that and we have a overnight

security patrol to cut down on some of the incidents happening

at night and the drive throughs in our store windows that we're

hoping to prevent going forward as west beck.

Here is our safety team right now. They give out directions all daylong.

They address many quality of

life issues.

From excessive noise to aggressive street behavior.

It's up to the sfpd to enforce

the laws but we provide eyes and

ears for them on the lots and ordinance on the books in san francisco.

Economic impact, union square impacts a union punch.

We represent 3.5% of the land

mass in san francisco yet we are bringing in considerable dollars for the city.

In forecast, we bring in 34% of

the city's generated sales and consumer goods.

13% I think of all of our goods.

27% of the city's tran see ant

and we have workers and daily, monthly rather, we have 4 million visitors.

There's a lot of people moving

through union square everyday. So we've gone above and beyond our management plan over the last 10 years and I'm so proud

of the work that we have done

with launching our union square foundation. It enables us to go above and beyond the clean and safe and provide workforce development through our downtown street theme. There's a representative here

today with downtown streets.

They hire homeless individuals and get paired up with a case worker. We have hired these individuals to our regular crew and we're

proud of the partnership that we have there and another organization we partner with recently is miracle messages and we have outreach workers in union square that go around and

talk to some of the homeless folks to deif they can recorrect them with family members they lost touch with and we have nice

stories of where there have been reconnections and such so we're proud of that work and we hope

to continue more of that going forward. Our place making. We have been working closely with supervisor peskin's office

to see how much more we can activate cam ton, some of these

public spaces to invite people downtown and then encourage them to stay downtown.

To enjoy foods from the food

trucks.

These are our paparazzi dogs. We're so proud of our winter

walk which started as a mitigation effort for the subway construction which is tough on all of us down there. We created this incredible

public pop-up plaza for five

years where we welcomed 2.2 million visitors. We're going to

more on come on that. I am happy to answer any questions you May have.

Thank you so very much.

>> Supervisor Yee:   any questions?

I don't see anybody on the roster.

I guess we will now take a open

public testimony. If you are here in support of

the assessment district, please come up and go ahead and make your comments. You have two minutes.

In support. >> good afternoon, members of the board of supervisors. Supervisor peskin, thank you

very much for being the real

I was on the renewal committee, which as was explained started over 18 months ago.

We did extensive outreach to

property owners, surveys, stakeholders, and held community meetings to find out what people

wanted in the district. Again, this outlined what the

result of that was and got our petition reaffirmed to the property owners. We'll get what they want and they're willing to pay for it

and if the boat

vote comes out as

supervisor peskin thinks it will

go, I ask you to vote yes to

renew the bid. Thank you. >> good afternoon. My name is raymond.

I'm the lead project manager for downtown streets teamment I'm

here today to share our support

of the renewal of the union square bid. They create an inclusive community for all individuals

experiencing homelessness or at

risk of experiencing this and we provide workforce development experience where our team members chose an area and many

of them have chosen union square to beautify the streets picking

up debris and needles and we

work on members gaining employ and housing. Since union square has had us

working with them we picked up

over 200,000 pounds of trash and over 5900 needles and we've been

able to help employ 27 team

members and house 15 team members. A number of those team members

have been hired within the union square bid as well. And all those numbers show the metric lies impact on the community, the personal impact created for our members is far greater. The bid has brought our team members to appreciation lunches,

they invited them to various

events such as tulip day and more.

They have empowered our teams to be a neighbor, friend and family. We support the renewal for the bid and look forward to empowering many more individuals

and the time to come. Thank you.

>> Supervisor Yee:   next speaker.

>> good afternoon.

Members of the board and board

President Yee. I'm the general manager for golden gate and board member of the union square B.I.D. Given what we do, we often

partner with city agencies like

D.P.W., D.P.H. And union square B.I.D. We have constant merchants and

corridor walks to identify

problems and fix them proactively.

With the birds eye view I see,

the staff that I've experienced are very courteous and they work hard.

They provide valuable services to the community. They remove graffiti before they

are spread over the other areas, pressure wash to keep pedestrian and pathway street clean. Pick up trash before it attracts more dumping.

Top off city cans before they are overflowing.

And report abandon waste via 3-1-1.

They also provide job training and permanent jobs for those who want to work. And some have found permanent

housing as you heard before.

It is really the model for other B.I.D.S. Under the leadership of karen,

the renewal will provide

better-paying jobs, expand in

services and will be a 24/7 operation.

They will allow the jam to

continue to flourish. I urge the support from the

board of supervisors for the renewal of the union square B.I.D. Thank you.

>> Supervisor Yee:   next speak

or. >> good morning.

I've been a union square worker for 37 years. It's hell.

i work over cardboard boxes, needles, camping equipment, just

to get to my door. I'm here to voice our support

for the renewal of the union board district. Last year, san francisco welcomed over 25 million

visitors who spent $10 billion here.

That generated $771 million in taxes and fees for the city's general fund.

Many of those visitors are going through union square or the

first time or returning for a repeat visit. It's our front door to the world. San francisco remains inviting

and welcoming to all the

exhibitors. The bid provides extensive cleaning services as well as

public safety with 10 officers and overnight security.

The bid embassador provides

assistance to visitors who need help with wave finding and directions. Without the bid this would not

be provided and we hope you

support the renewal renewal. Thank you.

>> good afternoon, President Yee.

At&t has had a long history with san francisco. Over 100 years. We have thousands of employees that live and or work in the city of san francisco and that's

one of the reasons that at&t

chose to locate our flagship store.

1 powell is smack dab in the heart of the city and union square.

Formerly the bank of italy. it's a beautiful building. We chose it because it's right there at the cable car turn around where thousands of people

pass every single day. With the current problems that we're seeing in that area,

including public safety issues, cleanliness, homeless drugs, mental health issues, sometimes the heart of the city right there in union square can look like a broken heart.

The bid works really hard to mend that broken heart throughout reach to the homeless, coordination with city agencies and all of the non profits that karen mentioned,

continuous cleaning, graffiti cleaning, I cannot imagine how

union square would be without the bid. With retail facing constant

changes and challenges, it has

been a real advocate from public realm improvements to securing grants for public art, marketing, place making, all these things that keep people coming to union square when really people could just shop at

home in their pajamas, I urge

you to vote to keep the bid and

keep it a safe place to visit,

live and work.

You it. >> good afternoon, supervisors. Thank you for your time and sum or the. My name is ton thomas. I love on the board of directors.

For the club donna tell owes association, part of the building at beautiful corner of

the post and mayson.

We took a step of faith 10 years

ago when we said we'll tax

ourselves more money in order to improve our neighborhood.

I did not know what I was getting myself into when karen

and a few others said don we would like you to serve.

I've been serving on the board.

I volunteered to serve on the clean and save committee. If you really want to get involved in the boots on the

ground experience, we have meetings every other month.

Between the sfpd, D.P.W., block

by block, neighbor streets team,

miracle messages and a number of

other people, we're beginning to change people's lives one day at

a time, one life at a time.

I'm excited about the future and so we're going to take another step of faith. For another 10 years.

We appreciate your support for that.

Thank you. >> President Yee, members of the board of supervisors, good afternoon.

My name is richard lighter. I'm a presence

principle and owner of a

breweries and restaurant.

The herbert hotel at 161 powell

and the stratford hotel at 242 powell. I have had the pleasure of

serving on the board of the bid union square bid. It is critical we renew this bid

and it adds a tremendous amount of value to the community and I urge your support. Enough has been said, it's just a positive movement for the city

and in all things good.

Thank you. >> good afternoon, members of the board.

My name is jessica and I'm the

executive director of miracle messages.

Miracle messages is a non-profit organization that helps people experience homelessness

reconnect with their loved ones

and been working with the bid

since October and we've connected 10 people with loved ones that they wouldn't have had

the digital access, digital literacy or emotional ability to reach out.

This has changed lives and through the bid support we've been able to send out two formally homeless community embassadors twice a week to canvas the streets to be a

friendly face and say a kind word to the people experiencing homelessness and offer them the

opportunity to overcome the

emotional shame of the

disconnection that effects them. It's been an incredible partnership and one of the stories that I think you all should know is of the story of a man named wayne who was disconnected from his loved ones for 16 years who is now in housing

in-housing due to the efforts of the bid and the miracle messages. This is a really important service that the bid has allowed us to provide and we love working with the bid and we hope

you support it.

>> hello, good afternoon members of the board of supervisors. My name is michelle and I'm with west field san francisco center.

I will be in zone 1 of the business improvement district and since my time with west

field, which I just

anniversaried 12 months, right off the bat, my vice president who will be speaking next, encouraged me to develop relationships with business improvement district and in that

12 months, they've helped me

create personal and business relationships that helped

develop the experience for our 14 million guests that walk

through our doors every year

through safe and clean efforts as well as advocacy for all

members of the community.

I'm definitely here in support

of renewing the union square bid.

Thank you. >> good afternoon members of the board of supervisors.

My name is leah and I'm the vice President Of shopping center management at west field.

I'm on the board of directors at the business improvement

district and sat on the renewal committee. I'm absolutely in favor of the renewal of the bid. There's not a day that goes by that we don't discuss the safety, security and clean lessness of the square. The bid has and will continue to

be a partner in ensuring that critical services are available

to our residents, tenants, customers, and employees. The renewal's paramount to our future success.

I simply cannot imagine what the

square would be without the bid. Consensus has been reached that approximate partnership must be maintained and that services should be enhanced and a testament to the work of karen

and her team.

Thank you for your time and look forward to seeing you at the

square and shopping at west

westfield. >> good afternoon members of the

board of supervisors, my name is spencer. I'm a citizen of san francisco

and I lived here since 1999.

I reside in district 5.

And I'm the director of business

development for a company called

inpark and a long-term member of

the board of the union square businesses improvement district.

My company manages 15 parking

facilities for the sfmta, the department of real estate and

the board of supervisor

including the fifth emission garage in the union square business improvement direct.

We manage about eight parking

facilities serving valet. As a result of this I've got to spend a significant amount of

time in the union square area and our company gets the opportunity to serve thousands

of union square businesses, moment

hotel guests, citizens and visitors on a daily basis.

When I moved here in 1999, I didn't frequent union square

that much and no offense to

karen and my fellow members, I thought it was shady at the time.

But, over the course of the last

15 or so years, I've seen union square become that destination

that now I want to visit as much

as I can. This transformation didn't happen overnight.

It took a lot of collaboration with the city of san francisco,

departments and the union square B.I.D.

I urge you as members of the board of supervisors to continue your support like you have for

so many years.

Thank you. >> good afternoon, members of the board of supervisors.

My name is amy howl and I represent trinity.

I moved here from the east coast

in 1990 with my sister and the first thing on our bucket list was to go to union square.

The union square I remember gave

me a sense of san francisco.

I really feel that union square

is absolutely part of the world stage. The millions of visitors that

come to union square leave with

an impression they don't forget.

I haven't forgotten mine.

And mine was one of, this is the friendly iest city. People are so nice. I was comparing it to new york where I came from.

I also thought it was a really clean city.

And a really approachable city.

And I couldn't wait to make this my home.

I now have the pleasure of

assisting and managing not just residential communities but

iconic buildings on union square

where we have people come to work everyday. When you come to work everyday u. It's your home.

It's your home away from home. Some of the things that I recognized through the bid, I'm

in support of the union square

B.I.D. Renewal.

The camera network has been inspirational to me and I am mimicking it across other parts of the city. It has stopped crime.

It has been a real aid to our

law enforcement professionals

who need that assistance and

back up.

I think of what the renewal

could offer with extended services into the evenings.

A place for people to find

happiness and comfort and

cleanliness as they enjoy the city that I love so much. I hope that you vote to renew

the bid.

Thank you. >> good afternoon members of the board of supervisors.

My name is kelly powers and I'm

the director of the hotel council of san francisco and we

have members of both hotels and

businesses as part of our partnership. I'm also a member of the union square business improvement district board and I also sit on

their foundation board. First, the two-prong message is

I want to provide today to urge you to support the renewal is the clean and safe partnership that the hotel council has with the union square business improvement district. The main question many organizations ask themselves to understand the power of an organization like the bid, is to

imagine what it would be like without it.

What would that downtown district look like without all

the services that the bid provides?

It would very much look like a different neighborhood without their support. On the community side, the union square business improvement

districts creates a fabric of

excitement, engagement and diversity.

The bid works to incorporate those working to improve their lives like the downtown streets

team and the union square cares program.

They support the beautification efforts such as tree planting.

And they provide fun activities

like the downtown ice rink every holiday season, the winter walk.

We're losing some of the attractions where families can come together and celebrate, shop and celebrate special times of the year. I thank you for being supportive

of the union square business

improvement district.

Thank you.

>> it's a natural reflex to

respond when I see it's

involving business and professional cults pertaining to

tax regulations. You give twitter millions of dollars of tax-free money and

smaller businesses have not been

able to enjoy the freedom of

getting tax-fro billions of dollars and big yun of

billions of dollars.

They have been paying payroll

taxes required by state and federal law.

Twitter and the hi-tech companies have not done anything for low income people, people homeless out on the street. These organizations have been helping people giving them a chance and opportunities to get permanent housing above the

minimum page that is being paid

by city street clean and I agree

with renewing their organization

and I further like to see them

expand and build affordable housing for low income and very low income bracket people. These that come from me by the time they get to you it takes several years for you to wake up and smell the coffee and doing what I propose.

Just like this

600 million-dollar tax by for low income housing. I've been talking to you about this for years and now you are doing something about t I don't want you to wait that long to

take care of this problem here.

These organizations are doing to

help people in low income and

put them to work. I'd like to see you expand and build affordable housing for those very same incomes of

people that you employ. Because you are in position to do so and you can be a leader and they'll follow your lead.

It's hard for them to follow my lead. It took me four and a half years

to get them to stop giving that multi billion dollar tax breaks

to twitter and several other hi-tech companies.

I don't want it to take that long to transact business with you. So I grow agree with them. >> any other speakers that want

to speak in support?

>> Madam Clerk, there's still going to be later public comment. Is that correct? Is there still going to be the later general public comment? >> yes, that's later.

I'm going to speak out --

>> are you going to speak in support of this item?

>> the last negro is playing at

the roxy, it's a brilliant film.

>> anyone else wants to speak in

support? >> it was mentioned earlier that

there are 9,000 needles found on the sidewalks to be picked up every morning.

There are as well 9,000 cases of

blood-born rep titus using those using illicit substances in the city so I believe you can

contribute by eliminating the needle waste program which I

would greatly encourage.

>> Supervisor Yee:   come on up. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

My name is simon chang and I'm

here to represent two buildings

in that area. I'm just talking about the experience of what I have for

those two buildings. To my understanding, your

original intention of the union

square bid was to improve

safety, sanitary, marketing for better business for this major

important area in the city.

Which is also known as the most attractive to tourists and

people for shopping.

However, I don't feel much

improvement for myself.

Especially in the recent years --

>> can you stop the clock.

>> are you speaking in support

of the benefit? >> I have concern but I want to support the area.

I just want to mention my experience. >> go ahead.

>> can I continue? I don't feel much improvement for myself. Especially for the recent years,

my business and my tenants' business activity has been

running down for each year. Many stores in this area has

been closed and vacant for a long time. There are a lot of people around

and getting more and more. Also store thieves and crime in the area.

I'm talking about two buildings

of mine that I know.

People starting to stand, sitting, sleep and wander around in front of my business and

businesses of my tenants. There is peeing and pooping on

the sidewalk and on my property.

Also on the garbage can and runs

into the building area with very

bad smelling, et cetera, et cetera. All these preventing and

discouraging people for shopping attempts. There is foot traffic. >> thank you, sir.

Your time is up. Anybody else?

Anybody else want to speak in support. Seeing none.

Let's go ahead and have anybody

that wants to speak in opposition to the benefit district. You

you have to twins.

>> good afternoon, President And

supervisors and supervisors.

>> yes, once again, this is

other san francisco boondoggle

and created by the inept pay to play politicians that you are.

The bigger picture is you are walking into a buzz saw. You are going to have to pay people to shop in san francisco.

After 20 years of this type of

garbage which is more toxic than nuclear waste, people just don't

come to san francisco.

Thanks to you.

Thanks to your consistent racial politics, you couldn't even run

a bathroom in this city let alone a business.

you can't run a meeting for the general board of supervisors,

that's how bad it is.

Your security here is so whacked out onion what drugs, probably cocaine, I can't sit in the pews

without them harassing me. Officer martin he is,

he is, jackson,

put your legs down.

I'm coming in here to give you a pulse on the street that you are

on your way out and you have

ruined the city. Diversity. The worse city.

The worse city.

Every business, every person I come into contact hates your

sucking guts. Thank you.

>> Supervisor Yee:   any other speaker in opposition? Seeing none.

Public comment is now closed. Supervisor haney.

>> thank you, President Yee. I was able to say this in committee but I'm very

supportive of this renewal and

proud to be -- to represent one small sliver here in district 6.

One thing I didn't get to say in committee is I want to

appreciate you for in concluding

in this renewal an increase in

the clean and safety in wages.

I think especially as we expand and we're put more folks to work

through our bids and through our

D.B.D.S it's really important we're paying minimum wages and

making sure this is a job that

allows people to have security in their own lives as well when they're working so hard to keep us safe. Thank you for in concluding that

and I hope that that is a model

for other bids and C.B.D.S as well.

Thank you for your leadership.

>> Supervisor Yee:   seeing no other on the roster of this hearing has been heard. And is now filed.

We will now adjourn from the committee of the whole and

reconvene as the board of supervisors.

>> Supervisor Yee:   the department of elections will

count the ballots cast and we're return later in the meeting and

come back to item number 26.

Now, we will continue to --

Madam Clerk, can you call item number 13?

>> Clerk:   item 13 is a resolution to receive and approve the annual report for the castro upper market community benefit district for

fiscal year 2017-2018.

>> Supervisor Yee:   why don't we

just roll call.

[Roll call]

>> there are 10 AYEs.

>> Supervisor Yee:   this is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item.

>> item 14 is a resolution to authorization the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute the fourth amendment to the memorandum of understanding with the local agency formation commissioner and to extend the term by one

year for a total agreement of 12 years through 2019-2020 with no change to the total amount not

to exceed $2.1 million.

>> Supervisor Yee:   can we take

this item same house same call.

This resolution is adopted unanimously.

Madam Clerk, please call items 15 and 16 together.

>> Clerk:   items 15 and 16 are

two resolutions that declare the intention of the city to reimburse certain expenditures

from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness to authorization the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development and to submit an application and related documents o the california debt limit allocation committee to permit the issuance of residential mortgage revenue

bonds in an aggregate principle

amount in an amount not to

exceed $48 million for 500

through 520 turning street and 555 larkin street and item 16 an

amount not to exceed 103 million.

>> Supervisor Yee:   I'm sorry, on

item 15, what was the amount you named?

>> Clerk:   of the amount that I

read out, Mr. President, was $48 million.

>> Supervisor Yee:   thank you. Can we take these items same

house same call? Without objection.

These resolutions they're

adapted.

Please call 17 and 18.

>> Clerk:   items 17 and 18 are two resolutions that authorization the director of the mayor's office of housing

and community development to

execute a local operating subsidy program grant agreement

to provide operating subsidiaries for formerly homeless adult households for both agreements a term of 15

years and six months

July 212,019th to December 31st, 2034.

An agreement with 275 10 the

street associate L.P. For

services at bishop swing

community house. for $5.5 million and for item 18, a grant agreement with

mayson street housing associates

lp for services at 149 mayson

street apartments and 149 mayson

street in an amount not to exceed $18 million.

>> Supervisor Yee:   can we take these items same house same call without objection.

They're adopted unanimously.

>> Clerk:   item 19 to conduct four performance audits in

fiscal year 2019-2020 and to amend the audit performance

scheduled for 2018-2019 to remove the scheduled audit of

the city's workforce development programs from low income

homeless and formally homeless adults.

>> Supervisor Yee:   ok. Colleagues, can we take the same house same call.

This motion is approved unanimously.

>> Clerk:   item 20 is a resolution to term the premise

to premise transfer of a type 21

off sale general beer, wine and

distilled to liquor license doing business as cloud kitchens

and located at 475 6 the street

will not serve the public convenience or necessity of san from and requesting the

california department of alcoholic beverage control deny

the issuance of this license.

>> Supervisor Yee:   ok. Let's see. Nick want

anybody want to speak on this?

Colleagues, can we take this

item same house same call? Without objection this

resolution is adapted

unanimously.

Madam Clerk, that brings us to

number --

>> Clerk:   the committee reports, Mr. President. Items 27 and 28 were considered by the rules committee at a

regular meeting on monday July 9th but were not forwarded

to the agenda to the and

therefore are not before the board.

>> Supervisor Yee:   let's go to roll call.

[Roll call] Colleagues, today I am

introducing a resolution

recognizing the harmful impacts

of the institutionalization of

the youth of language to refer

to formally incarcerated people surgerying all agencies in departments of the city and

county of san francisco to adopted person-first language. Examples of person-first

language includes, formally incarcerated person, currently

incarcerated persons, returning

residents, and justice involved

person ininstead of convict,

fell on and everyday this job reminds me this job as power. As part of the plan the city

describes traffic fatalities as occurring during collisions instead of accidents. As settled difference on the

surface but important recommend indications. And accident is a responsibility of the individual and the result of a mistake and a system that depends on perfect behavior to produce ideal outcomes.

A collision on the other hand is considered through a public

safety lens and addressed to a comprehensive public policy and

labels such as fell on, convict,

offender parolee assign fault to

the individual implicitly accuse

them of some moral failure. this language has a culture in

which we're content to deny employment, housing, healthcare

and professional licensing.

Today the united states leads the world incarceration locking

up a larger share of population 1/5 california residents currently has a criminal record. Our economy depends on the labor of these currently incarcerated people to introduce everything from military equipment to Mcdonald's uniforms and safety depends on the thousands of incarcerated people who put their lives on the line to fight last year's devastating wildfires. According to the american bar association, our occupational

and business licenses laws contain over 27,000 restrictions

on formally incarcerated people

and argues of exclusionary language only adds to the barriers they face.

Changing the way we speak about these individuals is far from a cure-all for the isle of

I wills I

ills of our --

thank you to his leadership, the

department of corrections, the

wash ton department of corrections inside the united states department of justice

have all adopted resolutions committing to use people first language. This resolution would not have been possible without the hard

work of eric hander son, paula

hernandez, jose bernal and jeffrey morris.

I want to thank the reentry council in which I have the privilege of serving alongside

some of the san francisco most dedicated public servants.

The hope the board will adopt

and take people convicted.

Supervisor peskin.

>> thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I am introducing a resolution in support of california state assembly bill 5.

Sponsored by assembly woman lorena gonzales. Is passed through and going through the first senate hearing this week would cod fie a

supreme court decision reclassifying many workers as employees. Late last month, supervisor mar and I held a passenger at the

public safety neighborhood -- dozens of gig workers came out to share struggles making ends meet

without a living minimum wage. Healthcare access of employees.

During nearly two hour of public testimony, they asked to stand with gig workers by declaring our support for ab-5. I hope you will join me in passing this resolution next week and would like to thank my

co sponsors, supervisors peskin,

and lee in his office who have

the first draft of this resolution, I'd like to thank our labor partners who worked with my office on last month's

hearing as well as this

resolution uf -- jobs with justice, the labor council, progressive workers alliance,

the national domestic workers

alliance and gig workers rising and erin for her work on the

hearing and this resolution.

I also have -- I'd like us to

end today's meeting in memory a

founder of one valencia street

beloved and longest restaurants

and institutions.

it was born October 17th, 1979

in mexico one of more 10 siblings, he put family first

from an early stage in the 1950s he made his way to california before arriving in san francisco.

Together with his brothers,

chewy, jose and pablo, he will

opened mexico lindo a restaurant

that highlighted their homemade recipes and in 1968, he bought

the building at 546 and moved his family in upstairs and

opened his own restaurant. At the time, people thought it was a mistake to open a restaurant on valencia street insisting he would lose

everything. This didn't dissuade him and his family who proudly operated it for the last 50 years.

He is a true pillar of the community who enjoyed helping others. He fed the hungry and provided shelter to those in need. When he met people looking for

work he would find odd jobs to help them out and helped the neighbors secure a grown green card. He was a humble man who never went to school and built his

successful small business on his own.

He became much more than a restaurant offering walls to

host local artists and lending

support to communities events

he passed away May 20th, 2019.

He was a loving son, brother,

husband, father, grandfather, father,

father and his four children manage the restaurant and keep his dream alive. May he rest in peace and power and May his memory be a

blessing, the rest I submit.

>> thank you, supervisor.

>> thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues.

Few months ago in March,

supervisor fewer we release aid five-point small business

protection and promotion strategy in front of the old gold spike restaurant on

columbus avenue which has long been vacant due to a seismic

retro fit and a question able property owner who doesn't live

in the city and county of san francisco.

A lot has paid out in other publications with regard to what

the root causes of vacancies are. The largely, if you read some of

those articles, absent of actual

small business owners voices.

Although they do like to quote

real estate brokers who think

the answer is more formula retail.

So we continue to hear from

brokers and property owners but

the escalating concerns from the actual small business community

are often kicked down the road and since March, my office has

been convening real small businesses and their owners to

hear directly from them and as

the hurdles they've been facing. One of the conclusions we're

coming to is that one of the

chief obstacles is the incredible amount of fees that

they have to pay and let me see some of those fees.

A $2,000 fee for in respecting

toilets, an $800 fee for operating a mobile food facility

in addition to hundreds of dollars for the inspection of combustible materials.

A $7,000 fee to operate a pawnshop.

Thousands of dollars to operate as a tour guide and the list

goes on and on. They're are actually 200 valid

fees that a small business might be liable for.

Today, I'm submitting a letter of inquiry to the planning

department requesting data since January 1st of 2015 on the length of time from application to final approval to open a small business and also

submitting a letter of inkawartha reto the controllers office as to each and every one

of those fees that hopefully we

collectively can right size.

This is actually feeing our small businesses to death. There's no fee as great as the rent being paid from small businesses which is precisely

why I hope all of you will

support for March of 2020 the

much discussed vacancy tax that

hopefully will charge property

owners who do not exercise due diligence to reexercise the spaces.

On other matters, I'm introducing another infusion of funding for this acquisition and

rehab of 937 clay street which

is a product of our 2016 affordable housing acquisition

and rehab bond and proposition c and these funds continue to help preserve valuable affordable housing for the most vulnerable populations in the city and county of san francisco.

I do have an item for the impair tive calender which has been co sponsored by each and every one of you.

I want to thank a few people. They're quite capable of council

and theresa mueller, our mayor

london breed, who joined with

mayors la cardo and shaft in

writing a letter opposing late

friday evening amendments to

assembly bill 1054 which is the is assembly bill being pushed by

the governor's office to deal

with the wildfire cost and how the electrical industry going to

be stabilized but on friday evening, amendments were added to that bill that would prevent

san francisco and other municipalities or at least

hinder san francisco and other

municipalities from acquiring pg&e infrastructure during their

bankruptcy or after that

bankruptcy by giving additional powers to the notorious

california public utilities commission.

I want to publicly acknowledge

our state senators scott winger,

who courageously fought that yesterday in committee and

decented on the floor of the

senate last evening.

The was the only democrat in the

california state senate to do so. There's still hope on the assembly side.

I want to thank my co sponsors

supervisors brown and ronen and since introducing this to the imperative calender we're later

on we'll have to make findings that this is truly imperative

and it truly is imperative and

he grows it's imperative because we only came to know about this

after the agenda was published and if we fail to act, harm could be done to the city and

county of san francisco before our next board meeting a week from today.

I'd like to thank supervisors

brown and ronen and my staff lee heppner and the others for

drafting this resolution

supporting assembly bill 1054

only if amended to strike the amendments that undermine san

francisco's authority to acquire

assets of embattled public utilities, pacific gas and

electric and I want to thank each and every member of the

board here today who have since

affixed their names as co sponsors. This is a shared imperative

between the executive and legislative branches so I want

to thank you for that. Finally, I would like to adjourn

the board meeting in the memory

of neo mallak who you can read

in sam whiting's obituary who passed away at age of 85. Found dead in death valley looking for a gold mine but used

to pop up at my house at 10:00

at night knocking on the front door dis shelved and full of history.

We will Miss You. >> they have followed a regulation allowed what they

have called mixed status families. Families that include members

who immigration status makes them inhe will age able pro mating the assistance to cover

only those family members considered eligible but now hud has proposed a new rule that would lead to the eviction of

more than 100,000 people across

the country.

The rule would force every person under 62 living in

federally subsidized housing assistance to undergo immigration status screenings by the department of homeland security.

and in a brutal reversal of existing policy, hud would not

allow mixed status families to remain together. Instead, families would have two impossible choices.

Breakup or leave their homes.

Imagine a mom perhaps undocumented, but just as likely

someone with a visa who isn't

eligible for a subsidy living in

public house what is throw housing with throw three children. The grandmother who lives with them and takes care of the kids sun documented.

So either they all go or grandma goes. Imagine having to chose again

your family and your home. The mayor's office of housing and community development has

project inside proposed rule

would effect 164 deeply poor

families in san francisco. 680 people.

Nearly half of them children.

And it's expect that many more

who chose to leave out of fear. Ben carson justified the proposal rule by saying, it's not that we're mean hearted, it's that we're logical.

You take care of your own first. The people he is attacking are our own. Our neighbors, our families. We cannot allow them to be turned out of their homes.

I want to thank supervisors

peskin, walton, mar, haney and fewer for co sponsoring this resolution and I hope you will

join me in opposing this horrific potential policy change.

The rest I submit.

>> Clerk:   thank you. Have safai. >> I'd like to be added to

supervisor ronen's resolution along with supervisor mandelman

that has to do with ab-5. The rest I submit.

>> Clerk:   thank you.

And supervisor walton.

>> thank you so much, Madam Clerk.

Today I have introduction of a

resolution and also a memoriam. I'll start with introduction of a resolution. Today I am introducing a

resolution along with supervisor fewer to urge the office of small business to convene a small business economic

mitigation working group to outline economic mitigation measures and support of san

francisco's small businesses and

mom and pop stores, corner

stores, small grow sers and

effecting bit e cigarette and flavored tobacco ban as well as other operational fees enacted by the city and county.

This working group will be

established in a next 60 days

and would develop recommend recommendations.

It would include but not limited to, one representative from the

office of small business, one representative from the office

of economic and workforce development, one representative from small business development center, one representative from

the small business commission,

the city attorney's office, four

small business representatives

including one smoke shop representative, one merchant

organization representative, two small grocer representatives,

additional representatives May be sought from groups with expertise or experience in addressing or advocating for

small business concerns. My office and supervisor fewer owes office is committed to helping our small businesses

especially or mom and pop shops who have been effected by our recent legislation and we look forward to working together with

the office of small business on this. I also want to add that our

focus to ensure small businesses

thrive is not just due to the prohibition of e cigarettes here in san francisco.

It's because the small businesses are the fabric of our communities.

That's what my colleagues and I put $5 million into mitigate the lost of revenue for businesses

effected by construction projects, providing resources in

the budget to enhance economic viability for commercial corridors and we will continue

to help our small businesses be successful and I also want to thank supervisors brown and

haney for their support of the workgroup.

I want to end this meeting in

memoriam of cesar cor nil yus young.

He was born in arkansas city arkansas.

On October 27th, 1928.

He was a world war ii and korean war veteran.

After serving our country, Mr. Young endeavored to better himself by obtaining a diploma

from the pacific radio school in

which he completed courses

relating to theory and practice

of radio and television

servicing in 1955.

In 1959, will young venture into entrepreneurship in the african american community. he was one of the first african

american business owners in san francisco. His first business venture was

in tv and radio repair.

Although he had a shop located

in the bay view district, he made house calls.

By the mid 1960s, Mr. Young

had a chain of record shops

under the name united records.

Two in san francisco and two in oakland, one in richmond, and

one in va laio. United records featured artist

of the time that greatly

influenced the black community. In 1968, Mr. Young went into the small grocery business and within the course of 10 years opened a series of stores within

san francisco.

Mr. Young was a maverick of his time. Despite facing racism, and segregation, after serving this

country wholeheartedly.

He persevered against societal

odds and he was truly one of the greatest men of the great of the generation.

The rest I submit.

>> Clerk:   thank you, supervisor walton. Mr. President, that concludes

the production of new business.

>> Supervisor Yee:   thank you.

Why don't we go to public

comments at this point.

>> Clerk:   the public May address the board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items within

the subject matter jurisdiction

of the board to include the June 4th board meeting minutes

and items 31-37 on the adoption without reference to committee calender items. Direct your remarks to the board as a whole. Speakers using interpretation assistance will be allowed twice

the amount of time to testify. If you would like to display document on the overhead projector, just let us know and remove the document when the screen should return to live

coverage of the meeting and if you would.

Thank you.

>> President Yee, Madam Clerk,

members of the board of

supervisors, supervisor peskin,

it pains me to inform you there's an individual living in

the same building that I reside

who I feel is a grave danger to

the north beach and china town communities.

This individual's name is stephen schwartz.

He lives in unit number 9 of 730 broadway.

I live in unit number 19 of 730 broadway.

Stephen schwartz is receiving the up or the of the john day

ditto and sons real estate firm. Mr. San tino de la rose.

He is engage in illegal activity

against me.

He engages in criminal activity.

Stephen schwartz admitted to me

from his own mouth that he was under F.B.I. Investigation.

I recall upon congresswoman

nancy pelosi to make sure a federal investigation is

completely done on[

K

>> I call upon the newspaper.

>> thank you, next speaker,

please.

>> I've demonstrated well over several times that I'm a fair man. I don't care what skin color you are, if you get violated in front of me I'm going to say

something about it. if I have to do something in front of a judge I will.

I'm upset about the issue pertaining to people being shot

and murdered by cops. This is an example of what I'm talking about. Here is a toy gun.

This is a hispanic in san jose

that was murdered by the cops. Mr. Guerrero.

This is what he had on halloween

night part of his costume.

He was shot 20 times.

Understand me, by several cops in can

san jose and he was paid $4.95 million. Understand me.

My point is, it's the inassault

on my intill against and if you

think me pay mario woods mother

$400,000 for her son being shot 21 God damn times by a set of

racist cops, you got another God damn thing coming. Here is your chance to see how

fair you are to rescind that

judgment for $400,000 back to

the city attorney and pay

Ms. Woods a minimum of $4.95 million just like the

judge ordered the victim who was

shot by police officers in san jose. Is that clear? And if one of your relatives was shot by a police officer in the

same manner, and you got paid a small time $400 million I would be speaking up for you the same way. Is that clear.

More demonstrations. Justified my statement submitted to this board and called Mr. Right's exhibit number one. Is that clear? Is there anybody out there object to that. Now, here I come again.

This is about your mission. You are $600 million that is a good deal. I'm push that and I don't care about you getting credit for it either but I want to make sure

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>> here in san francisco.

I am here in support of

supervisor's fewer resolution on

dehumanizing language. We've worked very hard on this language and I wanted to give you all a story of why this is so important.

We've all told a lie before. How would you like to be introduced as a liar prior to your name?

That is what we do everyday when

we talk about people as felons, convicts, yule juveniles. I wanted to read a quote by eddy I

eddy, a criminal justice advocate who passed away five years ago. Supervisor fewer mentioned him and he was the first to talk

about the dehumanizing language

that comes with the term fell on ask ex-con.

He said the worse part of repeatingedly hearing your negative definition of me is I began to believe it myself.

For a man think it in his heart so he is.

It followed that calling me an

inmate, a convict, a prisoner, a

fell on or offender indicates a lack of understanding and of who

I am but more importantly what I can be.

And this non binding resolution tells you when you pass criminal justice reform bills to take a moment and use person first.

It's easy to say offender.

But it's so much easier on the

self-is steem of people to say previously incarcerated person

or person who has committed a crime. Recognizing that they are a person and traditionally when we TALKp ( about the byrnes report and racial dis parties, african

americans are impacted mostly by this kind of language. Again, thank you all. I see many other co sponsors came on and this was hard work

and I appreciate it.

Thank you.

[Please stand by]

>> I'm here to share our support

for the person for a language resolution. First are like to say the words

of my fellow commissioner. It is an essential part of reclamation of the justice

system. It motivates unbiased

communication and is a step in fighting the tendency built into the justice system. The committee encourages the

city of san francisco to make their investment injustice

evident in the word used throughout.

I think she really says all, but

in terms of us, actually the reentry council and supervisor viewer were very receptive in getting language to replace the word juvenile in this resolution , so we are very happy about that.

Again, as youth, we don't want

to be followed in every parts of our lives.

We deserve a right to feel -- to move on and still feel empowered thank you so much and I hope to have your support for this

resolution.

>> next speaker.

>> good afternoon.

I'm speaking on behalf of --

[Indiscernible] It is really bad. >> please speak directly into the microphone.

And q. >> they are determined to destroy yes.

It won't be the same with us. They are waiting relentlessly.

[Indiscernible]

We are the poorest of the poor, we cannot battle with this

financial crisis. Our financial problems are compounded and cannot continue

making these payments. We have no confidence in the

sfmta because they broke it and

are not sending money to us. We appreciate your support. Please buy back our medallions

and get us rid of this misery. The supervisor good behavior is

priceless to us.

It could win over hundreds of hearts. Thank you.

>> thank you, next speaker.

>> good afternoon.

Thank you for supporting us. We have not seen a response on the S.S. -- sfmta.

I do feel like I am a hostage. I feel like I am a slave.

A hostage because I cannot leave , it is to too expensive to support my family. I cannot support my family in this area. That is why I feel like a hostage. I cannot go any other place because I'm stuck in slavery with the medallion.

If I didn't have the medallion, I could have gone some other city to serve my case. I feel like the american dream is dead for me. What about my kids? Is there future dead, too.

I wish you guys could just push them a little harder and get

these things and let's have this beautiful life for my kids and

we would pray for you forever

and we would see that change

because we live in america, we deserve the american dream for us and for our family.

I know you guys are working hard for us, we salute you, but it is

not hard enough. They are still going under the water.

They need to come up and fix

this problem. I really appreciate it, God bless you guys and thank you for being there, otherwise if you

weren't there, we would still --

[Indiscernible] Thank you. I appreciate your kindness. God bless you. >> thank you.

Next speaker.

>> thank you very much.

One thing I want to remind you for all of you guys, you look at

this place and all this

beautiful color on this side.

Did you hear what he said? He said --

[Indiscernible]

He says very nice things, but

most of these people are losers,

america for them is suffering.

[Indiscernible]

We want to keep the hope. I love this country. Fifty years I am fighting for

anybody who says anything about

this country. Don't do it like that, please.

Get serious.

[Indiscernible]

We cannot get to the airport.

This is in suffering.

Four hours waiting. Five hours, I am sorry, I have

to tell you --

[Indiscernible] You get exhausted mentally,

please, make as be free.

[Indiscernible]

>> thank you. Thank you.

Next speaker.

>> good afternoon supervisors.

My name is victoria, resident in district four. Regarding your votes to support the resolution to name the

central subways -- and -- central subway station after rose pack.

Some of you did it because you feel you were merely following

the office's lead on this. It is understandable for you to

do it but I have a couple of points for you to consider. One is that, what if the views of the authors of this bill do

not represent district three or

those of other districts?

What does your support of him mean? Two, it is indisputable that this resolution is very controversial and has provided

the chinese community -- and has angered the chinese community.

Why do we want to aid to stir up the community?

And three, it is a matter of the

principal. San francisco is known for

supporting the rights of the minority and religious freedoms. By agreeing to insert rose pak

name --

[Indiscernible]

Including the residents and people of religious faith who

are affected by rose pak

carrying the chinese come -- communist government's policies.

I urge you to use your own judgement and principles on this

issue which would definitely earn respect from the chinese community and your constituents. Thank you so much. >> thank you.

Next speaker.

>> hello, my name is kimberley.

I have lived and worked in the

pulp neighborhood for 15 years. We need more services to get

people off the street for good

and, pretty much please pass the resolution for the navigation center today.

Thank you.

>> next speaker. >> honorable supervisors, my name is chris. I am the chairperson of lower polk neighbors. I'm here today in my own capacity. I'm here today to urge you to pass a resolution for the house navigation center.

Our neighborhood, among other neighborhoods has significant impacts with homelessness and we

have an opportunity to provide

significant resources in our neighborhood.

We are supportive of it. Myself, my family, a number of

my, you know, neighbors,

merchants, folks in my organization, we believe that this is a message that you can send today to folks that you are

supportive, as well, and I appreciate your consideration, but it also like to thank

supervisor peskin for engaging with our organize -- I were neighborhood organization and spent some time on this issue, both broadly about having a navigation center within the

district, as well as this specific location.

We have had a dialogue for some

time, this is an important step. Thank you so much. >> thank you.

Next speaker. >> hello, my name is erica.

I work for the lower poke -- lower poke community district. I'm in support of the navigation

center at the site. Thank you for the opportunity to

let me speak about this most important issue facing our city.

In our neighborhood, as in many other neighborhoods, the site of on housed people as an everyday reality and it has only gotten

worse in the last few years. I believe that most san franciscans have become numb to the fact that these are human

beings with stories, with dreams and with agency. We numb ourselves because we feel helpless.

The problem is too fast, too big for one person to accomplish anything.

The opportunity of our

navigation center in our neighborhood is one that all san

franciscans should support. These navigation centers are

controversial.

If it is not in our neighborhood , then the problem only persists on our streets and

in our alleys and on our sidewalks. Please pass this resolution today.

Thank you. >> thank you.

next speaker. >> hello.

My name is andrea. I have been a resident of

district three for the last 25

years and I am also here to speak in support of the

navigation center. As a neighbor who feeds the

people in the alleys, and in my role as pizza lady for the past

whatever many years, I used to

worry at the lower poke benefit districts that cleaned up and beautified each alley and pushed

people out, where would they go?

Where they have gone is closer and closer to navigation centers this is a perfect place and

opportunity because the few people who have been successful

in helping have responded to the

proximity of having that help right in front of them and I

appreciate aaron peskin's work, and especially the tireless work

of the people of the lower poke

community benefit district.

That is a C.B.D. I would like to

support, not the C.B.D., but the pot retail stores.

It is the exact kind of usage

for a building that we have been hoping and praying for and I think most of the members of the

surrounding community want to support it. Those same neighbors will be there whether this center is there or not. So how fabulous to have 80 beds and outreach services for them.

Thank you. >> thank you.

Next speaker. >> good afternoon. My name is dan, I am the

community liaison at -- [Indiscernible]

We are a rehearsal space and hotel and an ongoing construction project for

musicians in the city. I'm here to express my support

and personally as a representative of our company,

our support for the house navigation center. As members of the community and

also managers of rental properties throughout san francisco, including a building

which just sold across the street from this location, we would be delighted to see that in our neighborhood.

I think we all know how much more support the homeless need.

It is a simple numbers game and we need more navigation centers.

We will be happy to have it. I would like to submit some letters of support to the clerk,

please. That is about it. Thank you very much.

Have a great night. >> okay.

Next speaker. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors.

On behalf of the coalition, we

urge the board of supervisors to --

[Indiscernible] There are several reasons for you to consider. This resolution has divided our

community, rose pak is --

[Indiscernible] Erecting statues of public

people named after controversial figures will be reversed in the near future.

For example, languard in russia --

[Indiscernible] It makes the board of

supervisors to put us -- to push

the investigation.

[Indiscernible] Thank you very much. >> thank you.

Next speaker. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors.

My name is jenny. I'm a business owner.

According to the report on June 5th, supervisor peskin says if

M.T.A. Will offset the records and named the subway station after rose pak, he will --

[Indiscernible]

They have already decided to give M.T.A. This power.

Why go against the vultures? They voted ten years ago to give

the M.T.A. The power to name the new station. The M.T.A. Has already decided,

three years ago, to not put a known chinese agent's name on

the station and call it simply chinatown station.

I urge supervisors to respect

the voters and M.T.A. In this matter. Thank you. >> thank you.

Next speaker.

Next speaker. Somebody come on up otherwise I am closing.

>> good afternoon. Good afternoon fellow american

citizens.

I exercise my american citizenship authority, my united states constitutional rights, my

leadership rights, and my

admitted residency rights and my joint venture exercise rights. My name is kathleen wells and I

am a national executive entrepreneur.

I have a very important message

and opportunity for you today to

move this city forward as the model city for other cities to follow. I formerly -- I formally move on a record for the american

military and the california

state militia to exercise the insurance of domestic tranquility contract clause in

the united states constitution with bill of rights.

I have a copy in my possession

right here for the public record and thereby enforce eminent

domain to immediately seize five

buildings to be converted to

medical facilities for homeless american citizens who are living

in the streets and on subways,

trains et cetera.

And also to seize ten more buildings for the necessary housing. The legal and united states constitutional authority for

these property seizures is thomas paine's dissertation on

government, affairs of the bank and paper money delivered on the

pennsylvania legislature in 1787

, and the direct application of the united states constitution, specifically article one, section eight,

section ten, with first through the 14th amendment protections

for all american citizens. Thomas paine asserted that while

operating a temporary --

monetarism -- [Indiscernible].

>> thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you.

Next speaker.

>> I'm translating for her.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   I request following public comment to be included in the minutes of

the board of supervisors meeting on July 9th 2019 according to the sunshine ordinance, the

total is within 150.

And with what I said during the public comment section.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   some supervisors voted for the resolution to change the name of the chinatown station to rose pak station. Please consider several points below.

[Speaking foreign language]

>> Voice of Translator:   what are the views of the office if they don't represent districts three?

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   this is a very controversial and has

divided the chinese community. The simplest way out is to

reason, so why do you want to disrupt the community?

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   it is a

matter of principle.

[Indiscernible]

Including the merchants, and people of religious faith who

were attacked by rose pak to clear out communist china's policy.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   I urge

you to use your own judgement

and principles and when respect the respect from the chinese community and constitution. Thank you very much. >> thank you.

Next speaker. >> hello.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   good

afternoon, my name is angela, living in district ten.

I am here to oppose the naming of the central subway station after rose pak. We should never use someone as

controversial as her for a public facility.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   since

the last public comment session,

you have heard from 70 residents voicing their opposition to the subway station naming including

myself.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   we have

to step away from our work, from our lives, and had to sacrifice

payment for that day and we spend three hours to get our time for this meeting and the opportunity to talk in front of

you.

We made a good effort to be here

to tell you our concerns about this, however, I'm very

disappointed.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   let's step back for a second.

Some of us made an effort and a sacrifice to address our

concerns about the naming, but where are the supporters of the naming?

Nobody came to support the

naming of this.

It is a good indication of the community.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   my

understanding is our board of

supervisors dedicate resources to meet the community's needs and made -- work together to make the country as efficient as possible.

[Speaking Foreign Language]

>> Voice of Translator:   it provides the highest priority

services under this jurisdiction

that are needed by constituents. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you.

next speaker. >> about ten days ago I heard the news. As long as I have been coming here, there has been a girl in

the clerk's office, well-rounded

, not a sharp edge,

a pleasant smile, nice is nice,

retired. I will do a toast next time I

get a jamaican rum cocktail.

Maybe the clerk of the board

would like to join me representing the clerk's office. >> absolutely.

[Laughter]

>> on navigation centers,

getting people off the street,

amen, amen, amen. Let's offer them more benefits

and the neighborhood more benefits by getting some shape

-- safe injection sites and a doctor prescribing the drugs that they are addicted to. Get them off the street, break the bonds of dealing on the

street, have them have a little

bit more respect, give them a better chance. We can establish trials with hospitals.

The feds are not going to help

us, but they are separating children and families and they

are denying -- their climate

deniers.

Look how bad they are on marijuana. We need to create new trials,

new policies to get us out of

where we are and we are stuck. Affordable housing bond, yes,

congratulations.

It would be really nice if that

bond was funded by the public bank of san francisco and the public bank of the state of

california. We need new policies, we need new directions, and we need to work with it. Thank you. >> thank you.

Next speaker.

>> I have spoken with immigrants

from mexicans.

Several members have stated that it results in unlawful transportation and runs into the

amount of 20 to $25,000 for several weeks journey.

Anyone thinking of -- picking up a travel guide can tell you more accurately that the trip takes

only several days and costs several hundred dollars.

It is more accurate to state that the majority of these individuals are seeking a higher standard of living and improved

quality of life and are enjoying some adventure. Some are simply trying to earn as much as they can to send

money home to their families for

consumption or investment, some individuals are fleeing lawful arrest and prosecution.

It makes perfect sense that they will enter the country

unlawfully. Others are in gangs, some are simply fleeing their

responsibilities. There are as many motives as there are individuals. I believe, however, that boundaries and borders are help healthy among people and among

nations when we do not respect borders or personal boundaries when we access fundamental documents belonging to others in order to access whatever it is

we want, be it employment -- employment, goods, services, or access to other resources. This is neither healthy or lawful conduct. it is in measurement, it is

dysfunctional, it is socially

disruptive. It also contravenes

international law.

I can't embrace your politics of transgression of illegal

immigration or of men dressed as

women, following women and girls and two bathrooms as transgender , what have you. Or state laws that outlaw

employers to have cooperation with federal investigators, particularly when --

>> thank you. Seeing no other speakers, public

comment is now closed. I guess there is one more speaker.

Go ahead.

Do you need help, sir?

>> can you show the document

that I have on the laptop there?

Basically I just want you to

take a peek at this.

This just came out by jeff kaczynski and his group. Basically what it is saying is

that the people that go into the navigation center, they are only

going to house 5%, so just

consider that. 95% of the people who go to the navigation center are not going

to get housed.

The limited stay, let me see,

the end of stay, 30 1% choose to exit by choice.

Forty-one%, are the navigations

really that bad where 41% of the

people who actually go there would actually leave? That is what jeff kaczynski's

numbers imply.

San francisco administrative code 106 says that the controller is supposed to

provide reports involving the

navigation centers and I don't

have any to date.

Also consider the denial of

service.

10% -- the navigation centers

that were built, they were

viable, not the best, but

somewhat viable. What jeff kaczynski is doing is illegal.

Look at the seven day stay. Seven day stay, that is a violation of the shelter

extension policy. We need some legislation from this body to protect the

homeless from the manipulation

of the wordage that jeff kaczynski uses to violate the law and the san francisco policy

that we fought for for the past

ten or 20 years. >> thank you very much.

Seeing no other speakers, public comment is closed. Madame Clerk, please go back to

item 26. >> item 26, the renewal and expansion of the union square business improvement district.

The ballot count is in.

The result, the returned wait of valid -- ballot voting for the

district was 84.8 7% and the

return waited balance voting

against it was 15.1 3% further indicating there was no majority protest. >> okay. There is no majority approach as -- protest. Without objection can we take a

vote on item 26, the resolution

to establish, renew, and expand the union square business improvement district?

Okay. I think, can we take this same

house, same call? Without objection, the resolution passes unanimously.

madame clerk, let's go to our adoption without committee

agenda, number 31 through 37. >> items 31 through 37 were introduced for adoption without

reference to committee, unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today. Alternatively, any supervisor May require a resolution to go to committee. >> would any of my colleagues like to sever any items?

Seeing then -- colleagues -- >> well! >> you have to be quick. [Laughter].

>> supervisor peskin? >> since everyone is leaving, congratulations. 85% is extraordinary.

[Cheers and Applause]

>> I would like to sever items

31, 33, and 37, Mr. President.

>> Madame Clerk, let's take

items 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call?

Without objection, then these resolutions are adopted and the

motions are approved unanimously

Madame Clerk, please call item 31. >> thirty-one is a resolution to oppose california state assembly bill number 68 authored by some

remember philip tang unless amended to provide jurisdictional deference to the

city and county of san francisco and other early adopters of permissive accessory dwelling

unit regulations. >> supervisor peskin? >> thank you. Colleagues, this is the second time that this has appeared on

our agenda. I absolutely salute and concur with our assembly member's

desire to spread accessory dwelling units throughout the

state of california, however, there are two profound concepts that are important for the city

and county of san francisco. First is since the advent of

A.D.U.S in this municipality is

that the vast majority of them are subject to regulatory agreements pursuant to the costa

hawkins act that allows them to be subject to a rent

stabilization ordinance, chapter 37 of the administrative code and I would like to make

sure that anything that is done statewide continues to honor

that in the city and county of

san francisco as well as other municipalities that have rent-controlled regulations.

In addition, there are

provisions as it is currently written that could undermine san francisco's eviction protection

controls. Our staff have been in close communication.

I am hopeful that, how should I

say this appropriately, given

the unfortunate dynamics in the

california state legislature, even though we have a majority

of democrats in both the

assembly and the senate, rent control and eviction protection continues to be a bad word up there.

I am hopeful that the assembly member can incorporate and get his colleagues to agree to some

amendments that will honor our long-standing eviction and rent

control regulatory regimen in san francisco. With that, I would like to

continue this one week.

I don't take this lightly, I

don't like to oppose something

that is offered by one of our

assembly delegation members, so

I would like to make a motion to canoe -- continue item 31 for one week. >> there has been a motion to

continue this item 31 for one week and seconded by supervisor

safai.

Can we take this motion without objection? >> Mr. President, for the record

, that is July 16th. >> thank you. Then, same house, same call.

Motion passes.

Madame Clerk, item 33. >> thirty-three is a resolution to urge the department of real

estate to pursue a financially feasible option to lease or

purchase assessor parcel blocks

0300 lot zero zero nine at 888

post street for the use of a navigation center or workforce development and multiuse service

center serving homeless and our phone -- formerly homeless individuals. Supervisor peskin? >> the comment I am about to make is out of order but I wanted to acknowledge that supervisor haney as a cosponsor of item 26. I try to put my name on the roster but that ate and came and

went and it was totally out of order.

As to item 33, which is a

resolution urging the city and

our department of real estate to

pursue an option to purchase or

lease property at 888 post street, commonly formerly known as the house of fans, I

commended to all the view, I

want to -- what is that? And a supervisor fewer says that

she bought a fan from there, and so did I. So by way of background, as I said in the chronicle the other day, hopefully the fourth time

is a charm.

One mare breed and I did the groundbreaking at 88 broadway

today, which I proposed as a

temporary navigation center, a

number of years ago when ed lee was mayor after supervisor ronen

was able to secure 1515 south

van ness for a period of less than one year, that was my first attempt.

My second attempt, actually that was my second attempt.

My first attempt was our lady of

waterloo bay church.

This is my fourth attempt.

I just want to say, the neighbors and neighborhoods of district three are remarkably cool.

Thank you to Miss Michael's, A.K.A. The pizza lady who is

still here.

To the folks from the lower pole neighbors and the lower polled C.B.D. This is a neighborhood that is an pricing -- embracing it. I'm tired that hearing

persevering that it does not pencil. It penciled in supervisor ronen 's district and dang it, we all want to be part of the solution and this supervisor is

trying to be part of the solution, so I asked for all of your support and we all saw the

numbers. Since 2017, I don't know why it take so long to get a point in

time count back to the board and

the electorate and our neighbors

, but it says that the

numbers have gone up 30% although I am informed by supervisor ronen that district nine and district three fared better then the rest of the city , or at least they did at

that one point in time. I think my totally cool constituents for supporting a

navigation center in the northeast county of the city and

county of san francisco. >> thank you for your leadership and this and putting it forward as you're calling to the south. I support this. Also a somebody who lives three

blocks from the site, just down the street, it is right across

the street from district six.

I want to thank all of the residents who came out here, and supervisor peskin for your

leadership on this there is a

myth out there that people don't want to see navigation centers,

do not want to see shelters, do not want to see services in the

district.

I do understand we have shared responsibility in addressing this challenge. I want to thank you for your leadership. And whatever I can do support you on this and whatever I can

do to support any of you who are

also fighting to make sure you

have the needed urgent services for our homeless population in your district, I know that there will continue to be a lot in district six and we are good

with that but we also want to support additional supervisors in districts who want to expand services as well.

I hope that the city takes you up on this opportunity. I do think this will pencil and

I hope to see a navigation center right up the street from

me very soon. >> supervisor ronen? >> I just want to echo and say

that I have bared witness to supervisor peskin's very frustrating attempts to get a navigation center in its

district.

When I tried to get venice in my district, I was also told know and I was also told it doesn't

pencil and I said I disagree.

It is time to push. There are too many people that are sleeping and dying on the streets on district nine and we have to do something about it

and it worked.

We were able to get from 260 tenths of probably double the amount of people living on the streets of the mission district all the way down to 30 tenths at one point.

That was the best we did.

We ebbed and flowed between that and as supervisor peskin mentioned, it was a district three and nine there were the only two districts who had a

decrease in unsheltered people in the district in this point in time count. So why the -- while the cities

skyrocketed up, we went down. That was because neighborhood

-based commitment to a real solution to homelessness, which is to provide an alternative place for people to be and to allow them to stay

there long enough to be able to resolve the situation that they

were facing.

That is something that I feel frustrated about our citywide strategy.

Not only do we not have enough navigation centers all over the city and I do commend the mayor for trying to fix that, increase

the navigation center beds, but the stays in the center are so short that they cycle in and out of that.

That is not the way we did it in the mission.

The way begot lasting change is people were allowed to stay in

the navigation center until they

resolved their situation. That is where we got the lasting

effects.

I too just want to offer my support to supervisor peskin and

say I am behind you all the way and agree with supervisor haney. Any colleague who fights and

demands resources for homeless people in their district, I have

your back 100%. I always well. Sometimes we have to push hard,

even when the department of

homelessness says no.

>> thank you. Let's see.

Colleagues, can we take this

item same house, same call? Then this resolution is adopted unanimously.

Please call item number 37. >> thirty-seven, motion to approve a phased final transfer

map, portions of treasure island

, a 98 lot subdivision and acknowledge the findings

pursuant to the general plan. >> supervisor peskin? >> thank you. I had some technical questions

on this and I actually asked

that this city surveyor be here

and he could not so I talked to

Miss Kittler, the liaison from

the mayor's office and he can

attend our next meeting. I am respectfully requesting and making a motion for a one-week continuance.

>> is there a second?

Seconded by supervisor fewer.

This is to the date of July 16 th. >> okay.

Can we take this same house, same call?

With no objection, then we will continue this item.

Madame Clerk, we have an imperative item.

>> yes, we have, from supervisor peskin. A resolution supporting assembly

bill 1054, only if amended, to remove language unrelated to the goal of stabilizing state utilities that would effectively undermine san francisco's ongoing efforts to access and acquire pg and e. Assets and to

have utility service to its residents.

>> colleagues.

Would you like to say something?

>> I would like to make a motion relative to the centering ordinance, the need to take action is so important --

imperative.

If action is deferred to a later

meeting, I would like to further make the brown act findings as

to the need to take immediate action and the action came to

the attention of the city and county of san francisco after the agenda was posted. I would also like to tell my colleagues that I promise that at the next several board meetings, I will not speak as

much. >> there has been a motion. Is there a second for both of these?

Supervisor mandelman, can we

take those two motions together? Is there any objections to those

motions?

seeing none, the motion passes.

Now on the substance of the

imperative resolution itself. >> Mr. President, public comment on the resolution.

>> is there any public comment

on this particular imperative agenda? Seeing none, public comment is closed.

Then -- and now for the substance of the imperative resolution itself, a roll call vote, please.

[Roll Call] >> can you repeat the motion, please? >> this is on the imperative

item, supervisor.

>> there are ten aye.

>> the resolution is adopted. Madame Clerk, please read the in memoriam his. >> yes. Today's meeting will be

adjourned memory of the following beloved individuals. On behalf of supervisor walton,

for the late Mr. Caesar cornelius young, on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late

Mr. Neil mollock and for

supervisor mandelman -- [Speaking Spanish]. >> that brings us to the end of our agenda. Madame Clerk, is there any

further business before us today >> that concludes our business

for today.

>> then we are adjourned.