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Thursday, July 11, 2019
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>> the meeting will come to order. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the thursday, July 11th meeting of the
government audit and oversight committee.
I am supervisor gordon marjoined
by supervisor brown and peskin.
We are also joined by supervisor fewer who is here to speak on the first item today.
Thank you to the committee
clerk, john carroll and I would
like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting.
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there and also come over to speak when you have a opportunity to speak during
public comment.
It will be open in a few
minutes. Mr. Clerk, do you have any
announcements?
>> Clerk: me
please silence cell
phones and have your speaker
cards to the clerk.
Items today will be on the July 23rd meeting. We have over flow seating
arranged for the board chamber room 250.
This room we May not have anyone standing and present in the room. If you are standing please move
to the board chamber.
>> Chair Mar: thank you. Before we begin I want to thank the members of the public who have joined us today. we have four important items before us, and community members here to speak on each one of them.
We also have a very limited
window of time to move through
these items. We lose quorum at 5:00 P.M.
Please keep time constraints in mind when giving comment.
To ensure every item will be
heard today we will enforce strict time limits. Members of the public have one
minute for comment on items
today.
Mr. Clerk, please call item 1.
>> Clerk: ordinance to create an office of racial equity as division of the human rights commission with authority to
create a city wide racial equity
framework and action plans,
analyze and report on the impact
of ordinances and care reit out
various other policy and reporting functions.
To provide annual updates on the
plans, to require city
departments to designate employees as racial equity leaders and to require the
department of human resources to
produce an annual report concerning the racial equity in the city work force.
>> supervisor brown.
>> I am excited to address racial disparity in san francisco and move with the
first ever office of racial equity.
I want to thank my fellow
sponsors super-is visor fewer
and her aid and my aid for your
hard work and digging in the weeds to bring this forward.
I thank the commission of human
rights and the director davis for working with us every step
of the way and thank you to the hr staff. We appreciate your work. Our office has worked with
dozens of community members,
labor and nobody
nonprofit to come up
with a accountable way to
address systematic racism.
I want to thank the community special thanks to the community
that have met with our offices,
all three offices.
Myself, supervisor fewer, hrc
office to really work with us to get this right. It is not easy.
It wasn't easy, but we are here today.
I will start by making an important distinction to ground
this conversation.
Equality means treating everyone
the same.
Equity means ensuring everyone
has what they need to be successful. Here in san francisco, we need
to fight for equity.
For over two centuries our
black, latin x and native
american and asian and pacific island communities have not had what they needed to be successful.
This is not accidental or mistake.
This is a structural and
institutional racism in housing, education, employment,
healthcare, causing real racial harm. By harm I just don't mean our
feelings are hurt or trauma.
I mean devastating impact on
community of color. Ongoing segregation and
displacement, voter suppression and lack of representation, bad
health outcomes and educational
achievement gaps and mass incarceration.
Lastly, this inequity is deeply
rooted in the land we stand on.
This land we stand on.
Throughout this country and including california, it has had
a violent history with native
and indigenous community
including genocide, loss of land.
This history was made possible
by the state's laws and policies policies.
This city was built on that
history and those policies.
For years, the city we have done
reports, we have had working groups, commissions and policies
to try to address this harm.
We have made some strides.
It really is not enough.
We o an incredible -- owe a debt
to the black, native american
and asian and pacific island communities that built and sustained the city.
No single policy is going to undo this harm.
My hope is that we can work
together to take the first step.
Now, I want to hand this off to supervisor fewer for her comments.
We will also hear from the human
rights commissioner director cheryl davis as well and then I
will read the amendments to the
legislation before supervisor
comment.
>> Supervisor Fewer: I think
this legislation establishing an office of racial equity in san francisco is one of the most important pieces of policy I
have introduced.
As a chinese american woman
raised in san francisco I can
attest to the discrimination.
As director of organizing
children and youth I bore witnesses to the painful experiences with interpersonal
racism in the schools and housing market and justice
system and health care system
and more. These are emotionally painful
and leading to barriers in
ability for residents of color.
This country has a long history
of racial injustice.
Beginning with enslavement of
african-americans.
Ristor rick race -- historic discrimination like obstacles
from chinese residents to own
businesses and red lining and destruction of black neighborhoods in the name of
urban renewal.
Now racial injustice is not ex clusnary but inaction of the government to correct past harms.
It is more dangerous and harder to address.
We now see incredible racial
disparities in areas of life
impacting the black residents of
san francisco but lat
latin communities.
In 2016 the black income was 46
thousands for latin x it was
70,000 in comparison to $107,000 for white households. We see the children in san
francisco in the over
representation of children of
color in poverty and african people homeless.
We see it in the black city
workers who come forward
forward to eliminate the discrimination.
We need to take responsibility
for these disparities not only
collect and analyze the day take
but close the gaps and hold ourselves accountable.
We know this is not a silver bullet.
We know we will not be able to immediately address the racial
disparities over the course of generations across san francisco.
This is a critical step to take
and acknowledge the history and current communities to address
those conditions.
As legislator this is a tool to request a racial impact analysis
before I vote on legislation is
not only helpful and informative.
It is imperative if you want
everyone in san francisco to succeed.
I thank supervisor brown and her
aid and big thanks to human rights commission cheryl davis
and hrc staff who were critical
in the drafting process.
Supervisor brown and I have
worked to make sure this legislation is real and not just in name only.
To this end we center also
worked on amendments that supervisor brown will review to ensure we have the feedback of the community as well as
departments and city employees.
Thanks to the stakeholders who e-mailed or called with feedback
and thanks to members of the public today.
I want to recognize my staff chelsea for her hard work.
Before I was even elected and
while we were running this is a
dream of both chelsea and mine to start this office. We have worked together.
I was shocked when I came to
city government when from wasn't a racial analysis given with other reports.
race wasn't a factor in
determining many decisions and primarily that was up to the board of supervisors. I think this is lacking in the city government.
I think it is way beyond time we have done that.
I am shocked that san francisco the self proclaimed most progressive city in the united
states would not have an office of racial equity. Thank you very much today for coming out.
Thank you to my partner here, and now, I will hand it over to you. Thank you.
>> thank you. Director davis could you please
come up with the presentation. >> thank you for this opportunity.
I am cheryl davis.
I am the director of human
rights commission. You know, as we go through the process there are a couple of
things I want to say before I
get to like my formal words.
I am grateful for this, but to
supervisor viewer's point a lot of people are working on this over the years.
I think I would be remiss if I
didn't acknowledge that I feel
supervisor brown when you were
alleging this is a conversation
we had with supervisor breed. What is sad I don't think that
the two african-american women on the board would have been able to push this forward.
I think that in some ways if they had led the initiative
people would have seen it as self-serving and not able to
hear what they were saying.
I think that when we talk about racism and talk about
disparities and the issues and
challenges, it is hard to also admit I love to share the story
I visited the lighthouse for the blind one-time with a group of young people.
They asked one of the women what
it was like to be blind.
She said I have not been blind all my life, I have been black
and black is harder.
I just want as we do this to
understand, yes, we are building
this office of racial equity for everyone. To understand from the numbers
and statistics that we see.
We know there is one group worse off.
That is not to say we don't need
to be and I don't want to say
equal. We don't need to be fair in how we do this.
I am grateful the office is created.
I am grateful for the leadership
that pushed this through and the conversation you have had that have been difficult to have.
I am grateful for the opportunity to have it fit in the hrc.
I am by no means perfect and am flawed as we all are as people.
I am glad in the hrc in the
three year
years I have been there it
is the sense that I only care about black people which is not the case.
The fact you would put it there
without fear it is focused only
on black people I am grateful. Also, the knowledge that you understand we know where the greatest disparities are and as
we roll this out we have to go
in this work with that lens.
racism is a distinct form of
discrimination that has lived
daily and the experience across the nation.
What I am grateful for is that this office signals san francisco is coming to the
reality san francisco is not beyond racism.
It lives and exists here.
We need a mechanism to hold people accountable to that reality.
Decades of not only failing to
address but I would argue in
most instances worse senning
social inequality through
systems through leadership and
it has resulted in
disproportionate health outcomes and unnecessary interactions
with justice systems and lower wappings and homeless necessary for communities of colors.
I see the goal a few key things. Acknowledging the rolling that institutional racism has had on our city.
I would drill down institutions are made of people. One of the things that we continue to believe that because
san francisco is progressive is
that it is not racist. I would argue it is far more
racist than we see in southern
states because we hide behind the shield of progressive and
behind the shield of liberal and in many communities they believe
liberal and progressive is the same as racist.
I want to own and understand
whether we believe that, the perception of that reality.
This acknowledges that.
I am happy reof we
rewe are going to
consider the city budget are
contributing to disparities and racism. Collecting data where it is
important as this legislation
moves forward the board and
mayor's office understanding the
hrc does not have power or ability to do anything.
If you do not stand by what gets put forward it will be the same.
I do not want the hrc or staff
responsible for sharing the
policies or budgets are racist and you don't respond or react to them. The other piece is looking at
the city as an employer. I think for me one of the
challenges is the city as an
employee and the folks who work for the city and county. The subcontracts the city has
and folks are getting grants or
doing work and perpetuating the disparities. Understanding the role the
millions of dollars is city puts
out contribute to and sometimes worsen those disparities.
At the moment the city is going
I am grateful for the bold leadership and political investment.
I wonder if the folks moving
this forward look differently if
we have the same support and movement.
This is not a silver bullet.
There will be tough conversations and angry people all along the way. Part of this is giving people
that are angry and frustrated a space to say what they want to
say and to be heard and not just to be heard but have it acted on.
That is requiring we put money where our mouth is.
The human rights commission is
founded in 1964, 55 years ago.
the same year the civil rights act was signed.
In san francisco is hrc was founded to address anti-blackness.
I have been challenged by many people we have gotten away from that.
That is still the heart and core
of what we realize and see. We want to work on that.
As the city has grown and challenges have changed.
One fact is that anti-blackness is still felt strongly in the city.
As we do this work, we acwilling
the office of racial equity is meant to address racial
inequities across the board. Lastly, we have grown in mandate to fight discrimination in the many forms it takes.
This office formizes some of the
work we have been doing. Remove the discretion of city
departments and requiring they
share plans for improvement.
Them sharing the plans alone is
not enough without the will and
power of the board and mayor's
office to hold people accountable.
If there are instances where things keep happening that the
board can make decisions to
impact budges and play it out financially. Grateful for the work. Acknowledge it is difficult to
move forward and hope we all
recognize that there are pockets
of people who have been impacted
more often and higher levels than others.
We can't sweep that under the rug.
Thank you. [Applause.]
>> thank you, director davis.
what this legislation does, this
ordinance will advance city wide agenda for racial equity through
creation of office of racial equity within the human rights commission.
For those interested, we provided copies of the
amendments for everyone's preview.
I will review the amendments for generally.
This legislation the following is the accomplishments.
We have updated findings and definition section to be more
inclusive about the history of structural racism and more data
on the impact of this history.
It will mandate racial equity action plans for city
departments and annual reporting
about both city workers and contracts.
It mandates a report card every
two years on how san francisco
as a whole is doing with regards
to indicators by race including
housing, income, wealth,
transit, health, environment and policing and criminal justice.
The report card will be on the progress in city government and private sector.
It creates a racial equity policy analysis tool to be
applied to legislation at the
board of supervisors to illuminate the impact of policies on communities of color
and force a public discussion about such impact.
Our amendments create greater
accountability and transparent to make sure the city
departments are providing for
public access to any plans.
It designates at least one staff
person to seven as racial equity
leader by department division to coordinate the racial equity strategy, action plan and program.
We also clarify to make sure this responsibility is not in
addition to existing duties
without adjustments of work
responsibility and added a clause
clause to prevent be retaliation.
The board of supervisors can remember hiring freezes should
certain amounts not be met.
Annual data by work force
including hires, promotions, disciplinary action and complaints and if they investigated and more.
It mandates reporting on data
regarding the contracts by race.
Lastly, to mandate creation of racial equity to oversee the
work and we clarified the role within the human rights commission. We amended the legislation to
allow the controller to make independent review of this
office in five years to
determine its capacity for growth.
I would love to go to public
comment now.
>> Chair Mar: before public comment.
Do any of my other colleagues have questions or comments?
I did want to express my thanks
to supervisor few errand brown
and the aids for the time, work
and consideration you have put
into this very thoughtful and impactful system.
These are not artifacts of the past but live on with us today.
I am impressed with the scope and substance of the proposal
and happy to support it today. >> zoie had just a small
presentation before public comment.
>> good afternoon, supervisor.
I am the department director and
city wide lead for racial equity initiative.
As you May know san francisco is a proud participant. This is a national network of
state governments working to
achieve opportunities for all.
The public utilities commission and planning commission we are
now part of 150 cities and 30 30 states.
We have worked with 25 city
departments to recognize that racial inequity exists across
all indicators, education,
criminal justice, jobs, public infrastructure and health.
Hrc supports employees and implementation of action plans
and advices departments how to
address the racial equities.
In addition we offer training on structural and institutional
racism in the city.
We have trained 500 city employees.
There is a city wide hunger to achieve racial equity.
The history of this city the war
on drugs, school expulsions,
public art and foreclosure demand action.
There is a strong need for institutional systems designed
to disrupt the programs and practices.
I am grateful to supervisors
fewer and brown for creating the office.
This puts in place for the work scaled up for the communities of
color those include one integration. This requires departments to
create action plans to ensure the equity is throughout the department.
Employees who consulted with the human rights commission have
served as the need to support
the work and this provides that. Infrastructure.
We appreciate this needs the
leader and support systems. This not only puts departments
in the best place for areas and models the trend in the private
sector. Finally, uttill
option utilization of data.
This will require the assessment on the communities of color.
Well-intentioned laws and
policies have a detrimental impact. This will ensure the outcomes the community needs.
Thank you to director davis for
ongoing support of this
initiative.
>> Chair Mar: we are going to move to public comment.
I have 40 speaker cards. There is a lot of interest in speaking.
Again, speakers I will call the speaker cards.
When you hear your name, please
step up to the side of the room. Speakers have one minute.
State first and last name and
speak into the microphone. Those presenting written statements are encouraged to
leave a copy for inclusion in the official file.
No applause or boos is permitted.
Avoid repetition.
First group. Cheryl shorn ever
gus, larry, crawford. Please step up.
Get in line and do you want to
be the first speaker? >> hi.
I am brenda barrels. I work at the san francisco general. I am so happy about this.
I know it is not perfect.
I know it is going to be a work in progress.
I think it is progress.
To attest to that, you know, our
human resources director and me
are both here to agree about this.
We have done a lot of work at san francisco general. It has not gone all the way through the department of public health.
I hope this will help us to move
it even further.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please.
>> good afternoon, I am cheryl thornton. I work for the san francisco
health department for 28 years.
I witnessed many black
co-workers being subject to retaliation.
My co-workers complained to city officials with no real relief.
I appreciate this legislation. However, I don't think it goes far enough.
I think we need more account ability. Otherwise we will see what we
have seen in the past the
disparities to one particular
group of people.
>> Chair Mar: thank you.
>> I will use this as an example.
This is get fiction.
This is based on geographical location.
You do it in areas that are
predominantly black, not white. This is a legal attorney with
the same philosophy as myself.
he is suing washington d c because of discrimination against black people for $1 billion.
I want several billion for what
you did in the fillmore.
About the justice system you
have mario woods paying her
$400,000 for her son being murdered and shot.
This hispanic was shot 20 times
here is a chance to show how
fair you are to refer that back
to the city attorney's office
and get Ms. Woods paid
$4.9 must like the man
shot 20 des moines
20 times by the cops. >> thank you.
Next speaker, please.
>> good afternoon. Debra gobell. I want to thank you for creating this office.
We think it is very important and very needed in our city.
We did a survey of our membership.
One in five local 21 members
have felt discrimination in the workplace that is not acceptable
in the country especially in san francisco.
We need this office to work with our members and all union members to change the climate.
I want to acknowledge the local
10 to 1 and 21 members on the
steps of city hall protesting to bring this office about.
With the best of intentions that wouldn't have happened without
the public protest of the members who have sufficiented.
I give a shout out to them.
We are giving the shouts out.
To those in the grassroots
making this happen we need to acknowledge that, too.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please.
>> I am gus, President Of I fp local 21 speaking on behalf
65,000 members in the city and county of san francisco to urge you to move this forward.
It is something that is long overdue. It May not be perfect but it is a start. I want to point out in my
research I found the city of
iowa and long beach and as youstin and see at and san
antonio all have offices of racial inequality. As a proud san francisco native
and city worker, I expect my city at the forefront.
I think this will allow us to do that.
Thank you.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker.
>> good afternoon, supervisor.
I am larry griffin with local 21.
I want to thank you forgetting to the point to set this up in the city.
It is way, way overdue. I first started working for the
city in 1976 and something like
this would have been unheard of then.
It is great that it is here. However we have to keep an eye on this. We have to monitor this.
When you set up people to be representatives and departments
make sure they can give a real percentage of their time to
doing that and not be held to
10% on a by-weekly basis where they are able to monitor what is going on in the city departments.
You need a prescribed percentage
of time to be monitored closely.
Let's move forward with this but
keep our eyes on it.
Thank you for setting it up.
>> Chair Mar: I will read
additional speaker card names.
Gloria berry, April mcgill,
lucy, chuck morris and lauren bell.
>> I am crawford.
I want to thank you for allowing
us to get to this place.
I am excited about this proposal.
One of the frustrating things
you have a lot of reports and
data collected.
In 1979 we had the agenda by the
human rights commission and the report collected dust.
I am excited this is about
action and implementation. The racial equity framework
allows the office to create a vision mission about how to deal with these issues.
This allows this office to work with different departments to talk about implementation.
We are going to analyze ordinances.
City departments have to give annual reports.
We somewhere report cards.
I am excited about bringing nonprofits together to deal with the issues.
I am excited about this.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please.
>> good afternoon.
I am tobias, an attorney at the
lawyer's committee for civil rights.
The lawyer's committee is in
strong support to create the office of racial equity.
We are focused on advancing racial justice in the employment
and public contracting it is vital the city create the office
to gather and publish data on
the contracting and procurement practices.
We support amendments to
specifically cover data
collection for contracting and procurement for all departments.
This is the first step towards
dismantling the old boys and
overcoming bias that continues
to exist in the procurement process.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please.
>> good afternoon, supervisor. I represent the affirmative
action in full support of the ordinance.
We live in a time when the
federal government is trying to
roll back key civil rights initiatives.
San francisco can do better to to
enhance for immigrants, working
class, our struggles are all connected.
We believe the increase in public accountability to ensure
the laws are strengthening language access and immigrant
rights provides an operation of racial equity through budget and oversight mechanisms.
If you foster community engagement and include the stakeholders you will be successful.
We need policies to pro actively address discrimination to
protect the rights of the communities.
>> Chair Mar: thank you.
Next speaker.
>> good afternoon. I represent the economic
development agency and the san
francisco latino commission and I am a san francisco resident and immigrant.
We all support this bill and
want to add to everything said. The accountability piece is
really important. Policies.
It was mentioned people are behind institutions.
People are behind racist policies.
That means there are racist
people we need to purge the city
government policies and be more
explicit about calling out the white culture that is thriving
in the city to lead to violence particularly around black and
brown and leading from housing
to food instability to murders
on the streets.
>> I am gloria berry the only
nonestablishment delgant.
It is disgusting we are at allowed one minute to speak.
Perfect example of the problem. Example of racial equity and show what it looks like and allow black people two minutes to speak.
Thank you supervisor fewer for being behind the new office. I remember the hearing last year
on the atrocities against black people presented and your reaction of concern and follow-through. I also appreciate your
presentation to the dccc when addressing the black agenda.
I would like to thank felicia jones.
Without her data presented we May not be standing here today.
Of course, whenever there is new
legislation and new office there
is more room to tighten it up.
There is a new office, a glimmer
of hope but I have concerns.
>> Chair Mar: I will read additional names.
Felicia jones, kim lynch, chris hansen.
norma garcia and natalie.
>> thank you supervisors for
bringing this forward and for acknowledging our ancestors.
We are visitors on the land.
I work for indian health.
I am a san francisco resident.
It is important that we have a representation for the native community.
I was asked to come in and support this.
We have one of the richest
cities and largest populations
of native people represents over
500 nations in san francisco. We ask that you give us a voice. Thank you.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker.
>> I am jeffrey.
I am a graduate of the dare program.
I want to explain the importance of the rights we have done.
I came in to represent adult probation and tara anderson is representing the district attorney's office.
We were able to form the
criminal justice equity statement where it was accepted
at the reentry, community
corrections partner ship as well
as juvenile coordinating council
and criminal justice equity statement and war group notes and steps for action.
This work is needed.
The council has been doing disparity work for five years.
This will put more teeth in what
we do as public safety.
Thank you. >> good afternoon.
I am the director of the division with the san francisco adult probation department.
I want to thank supervisors
brown, fewer and director davis
for all of the work on this.
i worked most of my life in juvenile justice and bear
witness to over representation of brown and black. I want to work and live in the
city that is more intentional
about how we mitigate this. Parallel to that I set in meetings with decision-makers
and look around tables not diverse enough. We need to continue to change this so that all of our communities are represented.
I think this office of racial
equity is an amazing next step.
I look forward to the focus to include criminal justice and
help us take a deeper dive in
the criminal justice system.
Thank you again.
>> Chair Mar: chris hansen.
I yield my time to gloria berry.
>> for clarity there is not a
board rule to yield time to
speakers who have spoken. Ms. Berry has used her minute.
We will go to the next speak
concern or the man yielding his time if he wants to come back.
>> I would like her message to get out.
I would like to thank is that where we are at. >> no, I'm sorry.
>> this legislation touches on
sf history of harming black
people specific racist laws existed. Nothing has been done.
A report in 1993, 2009 and 2015
was done and no action.
Our concern is that the data
presented show black people could besis could
consistently are the recipients of racism.
>> you can leave a written
statement.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please.
>> good afternoon.
I am norma garcia for the economic development agency.
Our staff works hard to retain
the integrity and the dignity of
the latino community in the san francisco mission district.
Too often it involves the impact of illinois applied city of san francisco epoll sees.
We are excited about this.
The policies are integral to life in the neighborhood.
An example of a policy gone wrong.
They are destroying the economic vitality of the small mom and
pop businesses.
They are under mining the
ability to resist displacement. These need scrutiniesed.
If you were in place when this was conceived. Thank you.
>> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon.
I am kim lynch, a member of 1021
at the urban hill center.
I am not thanking anybody for
anything until I see accountability.
When I see netflix feature when they see us it hurt me to the
core and reminds me of the city
of san francisco and the dent of public health is doing to us now. I will leave you with this.
When they see us the misconceptions of black workers
in the workplace.
The unfair hiring practices of black workers.
When they see us. Mistreatment of black workers. When they see us.
Black workers released from employment on probation.
when they see us.
Black workers in black
positions. The institutional racism.
Long time turnaround.
When they see us.
>> Chair Mar: your minute is up.
Next speaker, please.
>> good afternoon.
I am felicia jones.
I am the founder of wealth and
disparity in the black community
justice for mario woods.
I am a member of 1021.
I am a leader in racism.
We were responsible forgetting
this legislation here now.
I also want to thank supervisor
fewer and chelsea who I worked
with closely at the beginning of
this legislation.
However, it has no accountability.
It has no account ability. We will process.
Three reports of 55 years and
black folks are still in the same position.
In fact, in appreciating the
work that has gone into it you don't need this office because
everything is supposed to go to
the human rights commission
anyway. In 19464 it
in 1946.
>> the speaker's time has
expired.
Thank you.
Thank you.
>> next speaker, please.
Thank you. Ms. Jones.
Thank you, Ms. Jones.
Next speaker, please.
>> you know we can't tell you what we have been through.
That is an example of it.
You know what I mean? >> thank thank thank thank you, Mr. Write.
>> I will read additional names.
Jessica malina, lewis dillon,
amanda, ron, kevin and eddy. Next speaker.
>> am the youth organizer for the coleman advocates.
I would like to echo everything
the previous speaker said there
is a racial disparity between
the blacks and white could you
tell uster parts and asian
counterparts.
In light of that I would like to
say in each one of us there is a
piece of humaneness which orchestrates crisis.
If we are to keep it from
establishing a false hierarchy we must recognize that any attack is an attack against all of us. We recognize our interests are
not served by the systems we
support.
Thank you.
>> good afternoon, supervisor.
I am an organizer with sf rising.
We are here to support this proposed legislation.
Thank you for introducing this legislation.
As an organizer and educator at
city college, we recognize that racial equity is driving much of
our work in education and building electoral power in the city.
Recently we have seen native
communities ask for removal of a mural. We have seen a black youth
killed in the mission.
We need this office to monitor
how we are addressing the issues
that communities of color face including intimidation and discrimination.
Thank you for introducing this.
How excellent you are monitoring
this and monitoring hiring practices.
We hope that will be it.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker.
>> good afternoon. Department of public health human resources director.
I want to say that the department supports anything
that moves us towards racial justice in the city and our department. I appreciate the work you have
done to get this accomplished.
Thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisor.
I am with bright line defense in support of this initiative.
The fact there are offices of racial equity in cities across
the country shows san francisco can do better to address the injustices communities face every day.
We recognize this is not a definite solution, this is a step?
The right direction.
Requiring action plans would be
crucial to ensuring the city departments are accountable. Thank you for having this
important hearing today. >> hello.
I am calalo. I am a youth leader.
I believe did office of racial equity should be passed by the
board to help with unjustice toward people of color.
We will pro actively protect
people of color instead of acting retro actively. Racism still exists.
With the help of this project,
we can hold those in power
accountable.
thank you.
>> I am jessica mallena.
I am a youth leader.
I support the office of racial
equity because of my educational
work experience, and I have
witnessed the racial disparities that still exist. The creation of this office will
help close the racial opportunity gap in education and
that is very important.
I believe we need to make that change. Thank you.
>> I will read additional names.
Barbara, wanda, wanda slaughter,
alexis, king, claudia.
>> I am kevin bogus political director at the children and youth.
We are glad to see creation of the offers of racial equity in the human rights commission.
Our work centers around bringing racial equity to the schools and
making sure the schools are equitable.
We hope this is something the
board will grow upon and figure out how to address racial equity in the city. Looking beyond the things you
have direct control over and figuring how to impact the
school district in the region to bring equity to the people who
have been displaced from san
francisco but still have roots here.
Thank you.
>> I would like to thank the
supervisors for their time. >> good afternoon. I am barbara.
I am the director of community investments for the san francisco arts commission.
I want to lend support for the creation of the office and applaud the effort.
I am a member of the local
american community and this is essential to ensure our data is fully represented.
I have been at meetings with
other city departments that referred to me as nonliving culture.
I have been told our numbers are option too few to matter.
We are number 10 in the nation
for missing indigenous women.
I look forward to working with and supporting the launch of
this office.
Thank you.
>> we have a draft action plan. We aim to have the first phase by the end of this year and the
second by next year after we do community engagement. We have been doing this for the last few years.
This will give us more teeth to move pro actively by integrating
into the projects or noticing and hiring practices.
It is a long road to correct
disparities but we are grateful
that this will henry
help the work we
are doing. >> thank you.
Next speaker, please.
>> I am bailey. I work for the district attorney office.
While working there my co-worker called me a scary nigger.
I am going to say what they
called me a scary nigger.
After being called that I was
harassed daily.
I asked for a copy of the report
calling me a scary nigger.
They retaliated me against my retaliation.
After being called a scary nigger and filing the complaint they harassed me.
After my press conference this
is what your city hr put on the news.
We acknowledge the n word one comment is not sufficient to
create an abusive work environment.
I will tell you what how I was treated.
That is exactly how I was
treated. Mr. Callahan sent me a letter and wouldn't investigate.
I am out of a job now.
I was hoping they approve my retirement disability.
I suffer with sharp pains.
>> Chair Mar: speaker's time has concluded.
Next speaker, please. Next speaker, please. >> good afternoon.
I am wanda slaughter. Each time I come here today we
only get a minute.
The two minutes would never
convey the unfair treatment and incidents that I
I deal with since
the 1990s.
I don't know what is going to
happen. >> they are not doing what they should be doing.
What are you going to do about them?
What they are going to do to the communities.
You work with me back in the days you know.
You know how I was.
I was a good employee.
The intimidation and all of the
everything that took place. >> thank you.
Next speaker, please.
>> race equity is not God's work
to establish quota systems for the pity of non-white people it
is about balancing the quote
take system of whiteness, it was
a system developed and contrived
through racially biased laws and
practices and policies for white
men initially and white people overall.
Some examples are the system in
1619 through 177 to provide a
white man with 50-acres of land.
Homestead acts from 1862 to 1976 that allowed white men and women
to complete applications and
receive allotments of 160-acres
of public land. 320-acres land through the homestead act.
>> next speaker, please.
>> 640-acres land.
270-acres of land was provided.
It was for free because of the
race. >> to institute white only
causes that didymia federal loan guarantees for black people.
This set up red lining in the
1960s which these worked in
concert until 1977 under the
reinvestment act to advance the
advantages for the white race. >> next speaker, please.
>> the law of 1664 was that all
negroes would serve hard labor for life. The casual
killing lack would not be a felony under the presumption
that one would not intentionally
destroy their own property.
>> do you want to use the balance of your 30 seconds?
We will start the clock over. >> last year our commission
adopted a resolution codifying
the commitment and establishing the racial equity initiative.
We look forward to continuing to
grow with other city agencies
under the leadership.
thank you.
>> good afternoon, I am jessie,
the program manager for community united.
I want to urge selection process
for the staffers be transparent
and above all else accountable
to actual people. Excited about the legislation.
I want to say for example around density we can think about the analysis this might contribute
to the impact of property values
that go up and contribute to
displacement of highly vulnerable working class community language access that
limit the
the representation that bind us to the development and
dignified housing on the lottery
system.
Thank you.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please.
>> greetings, supervisors.
I want to give a very thankful
thank you and hug to supervisor
brown to bring this forward.
I am a san francisco native
representing the fillmore community.
As you all know, I don't need to
say any more.
Inning the levels of the racial disparities, please understand I
am here on behalf of the san
francisco festival which is imperative and the san francisco black film festival.
In terms of this office and in
terms of the conversations and the fire that is needed to
continue to educate and to bring
forward the truthfulness of what
is going on, it is more than necessary.
It is imperative. Let's continue to get the work
done and I will say once again
accountability.
Let's go.
>> Chair Mar: thank you.
>> I am the co-director of the black film festival.
As a 10 year resident
accompanying her husband to san
francisco I proud lerepresent the black film festival. I don't know if you are familiar with the work that my
mother-in-law did in the fillmore community I am proud to
continue that work not only in
the festival every year and the
time that we spend individually as community leaders.
It is about time for us to
realize who we are, sisters.
As leaders in the community I am
proud to stand her. Did you have something to say?
>> I want to thank you.
I was happy to hear about the legislation.
I will support it 100%. Hopefully we can get the work
done we need for equality of san francisco.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisor.
I am rodney chin, you grew up in
chinatown and growing up in
chinatown, we experienced a lot of institutional racism.
Now that I am grown older and
moved to weather addition I
don't see a change in racial institution in the western addition.
I am executive director of a nonprofit and I am here to
support the office of racial equity. I encourage you to move forward
with this and not put words and
policies into effect but let's have oversight on the policies and words. thank you.
>> Chair Mar: one final speaker card. If there is anybody else in the public that wishes to comment on
this item, please come forward.
Next speaker, please. >> thank you.
I am jessie baker.
I am a business owner in san francisco here to support the
creation of the office of racial equity.
On an interpersonal level and
structure level, racism is real
and we need things such as the offers of racial equity in order
to address this problem on a structural level.
Thank you for pushing this
legislation through. >> hello.
I am a fillmore kid, and I want
to say I will echo what everyone else is saying. I would like to see the percentage amount of time
putting on paper so there is a
legal backing for people in offers in the position for the people affected to have
something to say to make sure
their voices aren't not heard
and to hold that accountability. Thank you.
>> I am georgia.
I am the President Of the
american legion across the
street on behalf of the fillmore center.
I am a new business owner, a new san francisco resident. I am excited what you are doing today.
I was invited on behalf of the fillmore. I look forward to seeing what you bring to the table.
I am excited to know you are
representing us and I am
counting on you for
accountability. Thank you. >> I am andrew. I work with film can. We are in support of this office.
I want to share the filipino american community has a long
history in the city and is not new to racism.
We were targets of discrimination since the 1900s. We were banned in the
restaurants with no filipinos
allowed signs to being called little brown monkeys.
During the 20s and 30s there
were about 20,000 of us. We were relocated to other parts of the city.
We would like to thank the supervisors for their leadership for this legislation.
We urge you to pass this. Thank you.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon.
I am judy young executive director of the national center
of excellent in women's health
and co-director of the black women's health.
I am to speak in support of initiative.
I want to encourage you to pass
the legislation and I want to
echo the sentiments about accountability making sure those
running the effort have the
authority to do their job and the accountability.
Your efforts to make sure
everyone is accountability will
help us to run our initiative.
Thank you.
>> thank you. Arnold townsend. real quick. You only got a minute. I support the legislation and what I want to talk about is that one minute.
You all need to stop that. I remember when supervisors
would have to take a break and dinner break.
I know that is inconvenience,
but if anyone is going to be inconvenienced, it shouldn't be the people it should be the
servants of the people people who should be inconvenienced.
I would not be foolish enough to say anything important about
racism in one minute.
And then to cut people off mid
sentence only speaks to the
frustration that people of color
feel living in a racist society.
It ex asser bases it, increases it.
You need to it would be better
to bring us to say everybody
support it stand up and everybody that doesn't sit down and you can go home and take care of your business.
>> my given name is patricia and farrell. I have a legal name. I don't know what to think.
My parents in 1948 were the first interracial couple to be married in the san francisco
county history if not the united
states.
He was negro, she was a white woman.
I haven't heard anyone say
anything about inter race, there
are many people who don't know their races.
There needs to be education on all sides.
Everybody has been separate for whatever race that they
represent.
I put decline to state.
I want to say I know the group
of people in the 1940s who
came to san francisco because it
was different and they wanted to
enter.
>> Chair Mar: thank you.
Next speaker, please. >> good afternoon.
I am victoria stafford. While our ons is excited to see
the city take a long overdue step.
The creation of the office would
not be a beginning a
continuation of work towards racial justice present for generations.
Do not let this let you lose momentum and I urge you to take the lead from the community from the voices you have heard today.
>> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. I am here representing the office of economic and work force development.
I was in the coal heard three years ago.
Thank you human rights for your leadership.
Thank you, supervisors, for considering the ordinance.
This is important work to be in place a long time ago. I think or I will say the charge
to the legislator to make the
decision from a place that is often disconnected from people
of color and the issues they face.
I will charge you to have deference to the people and people who are your staff who are actually working on the
ground with people of color who
see first hand the racism and discrimination they face on a daily basis.
i think supervisors you should
take the training to understand
the veracity of racism. The partnership with the
community and the legislators.
>> Chair Mar: thank you. Any other members of the public who wish to speak?
Please step forward.
>> an old friend of mine set on
the board of the central bank.
Provided me the policies of state. Government supporters and
detractors of the industry and
the general public compete for
limited resources in spite of
the rhetoric to the contrary. Those city employees complaining before the budget finance
committee a few weeks ago
regarding a proposed policy of job elimination through
attrition at the city housing authority were directing the comments to budget finance chair
fewer as he was not only the
prime mover of the targeted cuts
disproportionately affecting
black americans the funds from $3 million to $1 million.
The budget chair as well
recently blocked.
>> Supervisor Fewer: any more speakers during public comment?
Public comment is closed.
Now, I want to invite Ms. Campbell from the budget
office to provide a brief
economic impact presentation. >> good afternoon. The main thing I would report on the difference in what is said today is that the legislation
does require a minimum of five
staff for the office of racial equity. There were four positions that
were introduced to the budget
before the board of supervisors.
three in 1920 and one in 2021.
There would be one position requested by the human rights
commission for the 2021 budget.
We consider approval for the
board of supervisors.
>> Chair Mar: colleagues, any
additional comments or
questions? Supervisor brown?
>> Commissioner Brown: thank you.
I want to thank everyone for coming today and your time. I know the one minute is hard.
We could be here for hours
talking about this.
I just also want to say this legislation isn't perfect. It is something that we are going to have to work on.
I have to say, you know, from my
years as legislative aid here
and working on affordable
housing and now as supervisor,
the action that we take to address the racial equity in
policy or funding priorities is really a gut feeling when we would do it.
We would say this needs funded,
this policy needs to be passed.
A lot of times we didn't have
the data to say is this really working.
I think that was frustration for all of us doing this work. It was frustrating.
The things we thought were great
and would make a difference did not.
I feel it is really important
this offers of racial equity
that they can actually shine the light and really get in deep and
find out what do we need to do
as policymakers and when we are doing the budgets? They are going to do that with
the community, the larger community is actually going to be helping with this.
It is not a few people that talk
to us as policymakers.
This will be a larger community process which I think is really important when we move forward
because it is the community,
you, that are really going to
guide a lot of this work.
I just want to thank both
supervisor few errand mayor breed because when we were
looking at budget and really
fighting for these positions to
put into human rights commission, it was one of those times where everybody came forward to say, yes, this is important. This is probably some of the
most important legislation that we could do.
I just really appreciate everybody coming.
Let's get the data to make the
best decisions we can and policy
and funding and also accountability. I herd that. I heard that. We have to make sure that is on
the front of the list as we move forward. Let's get this work done. Thank you.
>> supervisor fewer.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you, chair.
I want to thank everyone for sharing your opinions with us
today. We heard about account ability.
Hearing after hearing, report after report nothing had been done.
It was imperative to take the first step. This is a concrete step in the right direction.
i want to thank the members of the committee for the special meeting.
I want to thank supervisor mar
for holding this hearing. It is a special meeting. I want to apologize for the one minute. I know it is short.
I have been on the other side of
the podium as a community organizer for many years.
We were going to lose quorum we felt imperative to do the one minute.
Our apologies.
Supervisor brown and I are temporary stewards of the city and county of san francisco.
This work will go on after we are not here.
We depend on you who showed up
today who want accountability.
It is not just going to be on us
or on the office of hrc.
It is on all of us not to forget this and to work on it.
We feel like with this office we have laid a foundation for that work.
Without it we felt as though any
testimony you give could not have the teeth unless we had this foundation of this office.
Let's work hard to make it successful.
I hope my colleagues pass it unanimously to show they also
agree it is time in the city and county of san francisco that we address racial disparities in a very concrete way and also look
to this office to give us
recommendations on closing this gap to make everyone successful in san francisco.
Thank you for joining us today
and thank you for holding this
hearing. I greatly appreciate it.
>> I want to say in the meantime
as we work towards this, what
are you going to do?
>> Chair Mar: public comment has
concluded for this item.
We can continue this discussion. >> can you sit down with black workers to tell us how you are
going to make us whole?
>> Chair Mar: is there a motion
for this item.
Supervisor brown.
>> Commissioner Brown: let me
just move forward. We have subsequent amendments. I have the motion to continue this.
I want to do that.
I am going to -- we can talk.
I definitely.
Can I just finish?
This is rule of order.
What we are going to do for the
amendments.
>> we all have a copy and I
think that our colleagues know
that the underlying portion or amendments.
There are quite a few amendments here.
I believe they are substantive. It must be continued.
>> is there a motion to accept the amendments?
Is that the motion?
>> accept the amendments.
>> so moved.
Can we continue this item to the
next meeting?
>> government
government audits and oversights meets July 18th.
>> can we continue this to July 18th? >> so moved. >> thank you so much.
>> Mr. Clerk, please call item
number two.
>> item twoard nance to prohibit
city funded travel to statessen
accounted laws that prohibit abortion and city contracting
with companies headquartered in
states enacting such laws or work to be performed in such
states making technical amendments regarding this ban
which apply to the existing ban
on city funded travel based on
sexual orientation. Mr. Chair.
>> Chair Mar: can everyone
please take the conversation to the hallway we are moving to item two.
Supervisor brown.
>> Commissioner Brown: thank you, colleagues.
I am pleased to limit the city
and county of san francisco from
contracting in and restricting city funded travel to states that pass abortion bans.
I want to thank 10 co-sponsors for support.
I hope we can take a meaningful stand against states rolling
back access to abortion care.
I want to thank the city administrator, planned
parenthood and department of status of women for collaboration.
This is drafted in the spirit of chapter x ordinance article one
of chapter 12a places a ban on
city funded travel and city
contracts with states passing anti-lgbt laws.
I am grateful for the leaders for paving the way.
Today we are adding a second
article to the existing code
chapter to expand existing
ordinance to states that waged
war on the constitutional
protected rights to an abortion.
Article two of chapter 12x will
mandate no sponsoring or reimburse meant to city fund
travel to any state
en acing a law
for abortion prior to viability.
No contracts to require the dent
of status to women to device a list of abortion covered states
and submit the list to the city administrator and city attorneys
every six months. It require the controller generates an economic impact
report of this article in three years.
Lastly, as a reminder to
everyone, chapter 12x including
waivers for emergency services,
sole source contracts, no
qualified bidders, public health
and safety and bulk purchasing and grant agreements. The article we are discussing
today does the same.
I would like to call up two presenters to provide more context to the legislation.
First is elizabeth mu nan, policy and project director on
the status of women. You have three minutes.
>> thank you, supervisors.
Abortion is a basic part every
productive healthcaretro
healthcare.
The access to save legal
abortions coincided with
significant increases in education and wage gains.
Since January state legislators
across the country enacted 60
new abortion restrictions, 26 would ban abortions in all or some cases.
I want to be clear these do not limit women's freedom they put
people who can get pregnant lives at stake. They make abortions more dangerous when they are
restricted people May seek
unsafe ways to end pregnancy.
every year 47,000 women in the world unnecessarily die from complications related to abortion.
U.S. Has the highest mortality
rate of any developed nation and
these states have higher rates of maternal and infant mortality
compared to the nation. We applaud supervisor brown for
continuing the san francisco
legacy saying we will not spend dollars where people's lives and economic security are threatened.
We worked with her office and
her aid to help develop this
legislation and prioritize the
rights and bodily autonomy of women and intersex people in the country.
The department on the status of
women welcome this policy by identifying states with the
abortion laws and making the suggestions regularly.
We have identified 20 states
thatten abilitied a ban --
enacted a ban.
It adds an additional 11 states.
In accordance with the landmark
ordinance to commit the city to
ensure the women's social and political equality the commission support this to make
real our commitment to the right to abortion. Thank you.
>> I would like to call up laura
babb from planned parenthood. >> hi. I am with planned parenthood.
I want to thank the staff and
supporters as well as all of you.
We have seen a rash extreme
abortion babbs sweep the country to bring a challenge to the
supreme court to make abortion inaccessible. judicial fights have begun around the country.
Over states limiting safe legal abortion prior to viability of the fetus.
This is not just an attack in missouri and georgia.
It is on anyone who can get
pregnant. One out of three women live in those states. That is 25 million. That is signaling in san
francisco we will not tolerate a rollback of women's whites.
With trump and kavanaugh
thousand is the time to meet the legal precise dense and take a
standing on the harmful policies. The attack will continue. Abortion is on the line.
It is critical to begin the fight for rights by standing up
to the bans.
The C.E.O. Of 180 companies are
calling for the end of abortion ban. Up the opportunity to do the right thing.
Something elective leaders in
states with the harmful bans have fail to do.
I ask you to vote yes to seek to
ban travel and do business on
states with the abortion bans. Thank you for considering this
effort in this great city and county.
>> I would like to he
thank our presenters. City attorney can you clarify
changes to chapter 12x with this, please?
>> sure. Deputy city attorney john gibner. The ordinance proposed to make
some modifications to chapter 12x.
I believe working with the city administrator to make some
technical changes. The amendment today removed
those changes so that 12x, the
existing law that applies to
states with laws that
discriminate against lbgq people
will remain.
This does not change 12x.
This adds on a mirror provision,
a new article that applies to
additional states as has been described.
>> thank you.
We are going to go to public comment. Are there members of the public to speak on this? You have one minute to speak
given the time constraints for the hearing.
Please step up to the microphone. Mr. Right.
>> this is a complex issue.
50% agrees and 50% does not. About one minute is discrimination in the administration right here before me.
You it is up there and let other people speak as long as they want when your race is being represented.
I get to speak for two minutes.
That is an insult on my intelligence. You only give us one minute. That
that is disgusting.
You referring to the city
attorney you never referred nothing to the city attorney
about blacks being discriminated against.
We are recovered from the
gentrification that is a bull shit lie.
our race is diminishing if you
say we are recovering when our
numbers is 2 or 3% is insult on
my intelligence and I don't appreciate that.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker,
please.
>> I am the planned parent affairs officer.
We have seen constant attacks on
the reproductive healthcare, the
title 10 restrictions, domestic
gag rule, appointment of kavanaugh to the supreme court. We have had the opportunity to
work with the board of
supervisors to pass resolutions
confirming the san francisco commitment for reproductive
health.
We urge you to support this
today to ensure the passage.
>> I am susan anthony.
I am a planned parenthood supporter and mother and
grandmother.
My passion for woman's right to bodily autonomy is rooted in my experience 50 years ago. I became pregnant when it was not legal to have the abortion. The other or I experienced May
be hard for younger women to imagine today.
The thought of carrying the pregnancy was horrific.
It would not matter if they
offered diapers or showed me fetuses.
The idea of giving up the baby was horrific.
I was ready to risk my wife to
prevent having a babe baby.
Abortions bans extreme will only
lead to more deaths for women
and assign more infants to a
live not wanted or welcomed.
Thanks.
>> Chair Mar: next speaker, please. >> hello.
My name is karen.
I am a clinical social
social worker
working with adolescents and
with abusesive and neglectful parents.
They are intertwined in many
ways. Studies have shown that
unintended pregnancies can be a
predictor of child maltreatment
psychological and physical aggression.
The number of children having school difficulties and the
number of people in prison also
have high rates of having
experienced abuse often times
because their mothers had unintended pregnancies.
I support the proposed ban that
we are considering here.
Money talks.
>> Chair Mar: thank you.
Next speaker, please. >> good evening.
I am the President Of our
planned parenthood campus chapter at san francisco state. During the past year it has
allowed me to give back to my san francisco community and san francisco state.
Working out of the health center
allowed me in the rupe
loop.
It has resulted in harmful
abortion bans limiting access to
abortions for most vulnerable. We must take a stand. San francisco tax dollars should
not support states passing laws to oppress people. You will consider this.
I strongly urge you to vote yes today.
When it comes before the full
board of supervisors. i hope san francisco can be a
leader for the rest of the country. >> any other member of the public that wishes to testify on this item? Seeing none, public comment is closed. Supervisor brown. >> thank you.
By moving this forward we are taking a strong stand. San francisco is a city of firsts. Today we have an opportunity to
lead on that issue.
We will not support policies
that put women, transgender, non-binary people in danger.
We are affirming the right to care essential epto racial and economic equality.
Please tell the women and child bearing people of the united
states that we stand with them.
I have a motion to move this legislation to the full board.
>> are amendments, right?
>> yes, there are amendments.
I am sorry.
>> do I have a motion to accept the amendment.
>> I am happy to move the amendments before us.
They are in the double underlined and strikeouts as set forth in the
the ad min code.
Motion to accept the amendments without objection.
I assume deputy city attorney these are not substantive and we can send them as amended to the full board.
>> I would move to send the item with recommendation as a proud
co-sponsor to the full board as
amended.
>> motion to move in as amended
to the full board without
objection with recommendation. Mr. Clerk please call item 3.
>> ordinance amending the
business and tax coded to
increase daily tax exemption
amount from less than $40 to 52.
To decrease from less that $100
to 130 there and and consider adjustments.
>> thank you, soon per visor peskin. >> this is not as groundbreaking
as the last two pieces of legislation. This is legislation that comes
to the board every three to five
years based on the controller's
office review we raise the
amount that is exempt from the
transsent occupancy tax for youth hostels and the controller's report indicates we
should raise it from 40 to
$52 for daily rental and from
$100 to $130 per week.
Ms. Campbell has a report which
says approval is a policy matter.
I will let her speak to it.
The amount this impacts is less
than -- it is one quarter of 1%
of all of the hotel tax in san
francisco. .26%.
With that I will turn it over to Ms. Campbell. >> correct.
Members of the committee on page
5 of the report taxes the
collected amount was $1.1 billion.
Our estimate is that this would
forego about 23 $7,000 in taxes annually.
We do consider it a policy
matter because of the tax issue.
>> I don't know if there is
public comment on this item.
Members of the public who wish to speak please step forward.
you have one minute to speak. Mr. Right. >> you are always taxes somebody.
You didn't tax twitter
forgetting tax free money now
you want to tax the taxi drivers
and the drivers pay $250,000 for a medallion that has them broke and some of the drivers want to commit suicide.
You are north the internal revenue. You are not the irs.
You are already demonstrated tax
evasion, money laundering and wire and mail freud. You are in violation of the enterprise where you are running
a racket and transferring funds
and giving tax free money to companies that don't need a break. When I check you talk about
giving them a break.
They don't need a break.
They have to tax you.
>> Chair Mar: thank you.
Next speaker, please.
Are there any other members of the public?
Thank you, Mr. Right. Are there any other members of the public to speak on this item.
Public comment is closed. Can we move this forward?
>> this is tax relief.
Yes, I would love to move this
to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> without objection.
Thank you. Mr. Checker. Please call item four.
Agenda item four resolution authorizes the department of
children, youth and families to
enter into a memorandum for financial sup39 for the period
july 1, 2019 and June 30, 2029 subject to the budget and fiscal provisions of the charter.
>> colleagues since I joined in
January I have been working with
the pre-city coalition and mayor
breed and city college leaders including the trustees to
ensure full funding over the
next decade reflecting learning. Despite differences I have been
very appreciative of the parties shared commitment to the program
to ensure it is sustained for
the next decade. After a robust and quite
complicated negotiation process involving multiple parties.
I am pleased we have come to a agreement on a plan for the
future of free city.
Besides fully funding free city
it including significant
improvements to the charter amendment the board voted on last December. The new agreement would start
the full funding this fall, a
year earlier than under the charter amendment.
This represents $8.6 million this coming year.
The agreement includes a
one-time reimbursement of $5.4 million to cover under finding the first two years.
The key terms of the agreement
are outlined in a tentative agreement between the city and
city college that was negotiated
by the mayor office and approved
by the trustees on June 27. This tentative agreement will
serve as basis for fully executed 10 year mou to be negotiated by the city college administration in the coming weeks. To move this agreement forward
there are three items for the board to take action on.
First is a motion to withdraw the free city charter amendment
which moved forward on monday to
the July 16 full board.
Second is the soared nance for the -- ordinance to
move forward to July 16 full board meeting.
Third is the resolution
authorizing the fully executed
10 year M.O.U. That is before us today.
Because all three items are a package deal, I would like to
have all three items voted by
the full board together on July 16.
I want to thankty mayor's office
and city college trustees and the coalition for working on
this resolution and amendments I will propose today.
I am submitting to the clerk a
copy of the tentative agreement
upon which the city college was
agreed upon by city college for the file. I would like to explain the
amendments for the resolution.
Do we have copies? Since the tentative agreement says the M.O.U. Would take
effect on July 1, 2019, I would like to amend the resolution to
take effect retroactive to July 1, 2019.
I have added language in the first subparagraph d and e to state funds allocated by the
city can be used for enrollment
fees and to offset educational
expenses other than tuition. Thirdly, I somewhere deleted
language in the first subparagraph d that says the
funds can be used for no other purpose than enrollment fees.
I have deleted the last whereas clause stated that funding for
the city program is not guaranteed.
I want be to acknowledge the
city attorney May advise us to
be cautious about deleting the
last whereas clause. The deletion stating funding is
not guaranteed is crucial to the good faith agreement.
We know funding is subject to appropriations process as are
all funds not in the city charter.
All parties agree to fund it for
the next decade.
We agreed we would have the strongest intent language.
It upholds the intent of our agreement.
I would ask Mr. Campbell to do a
fiscal impact report at the full
board on July 16th.
>> we can submit the report to the full board.
>> thank you Ms. Campbell.
I look forward to moving this forward as a committee report
and considering all items on July 16th.
Before public comment, colleagues do you have any
comments or questions? >> chair mar, I understand what
you are saying with regard to
the provision in the current
legislation which is a recital
on page 2 lines 10 through 13
and remind me what is the deputy
city attorney's name.
>> the charter ultimately rules.
The reality is whether that
clause is in this memorandum of understanding or not the charter rules.
I mean if it makes people happy
not to have the language in
there, the reality is if God forbid the board were not to
appropriate not like the city college can sue us to ask them to perform.
>> yes, deputy city attorney. The reason we wanted that we suggested that language for the
resolution to make clear to the public that funding guarantee would be subject to the fiscal
provisions of the charter and subject to appropriation by the board every year.
>> I think the city college trustees know that and city
attorney knows that and mayor news that.
If it makes people happy not to have it in there.
I support its removal.
>> any questions? >> are there members of the
public to speak?
Please stem up to the microphone, Mr. Right. >> you are going to get sued because the people on general
assistance and welfare program
and your cash.
Single mothers can't go for free.
Mothers taking care of kids they can't go to college. By the same response you are
talking about free.
Ain't a God damn thing free. $32.5 million in debt and the
year is not over with yet.
It is cool and proper to say at
the end of the year $65 million in debt.
10 years means that you will be
$650 million in debt.
Spending money on programs to
give treatment to spoiled kids.
They don't let the students go to school for free and they come
to san francisco on your dime to
go to school.
>> next speaker, please. Speakers have one minute to speak given our time constraints. >> I will be done in 30 seconds.
i am the senior vice chancellor
of student affairs at city college.
Thank you so very, very much for your hard work.
The city as well.
We appreciate this effort and
understand the funds are not guaranteed.
We appreciate the changes made
including authorizing that is critical for timing.
The rest of it we are in
agreement with aft.
Thank you very much for your support. >> next speaker, please.
>> good afternoon, supervisors.
Thank you for taking up this matter.
I am President Of a ft2121
representing the faculty at city college san francisco.
We worked with supervisor mar on the free city program.
The program started two years
ago in 2017 after the voters
passed proposition w to make city college free and to raise
the funds for that program.
Contrary to Mr. Right's stance,
the plan is funded by the money we have raised.
We are speaking in favor of this
resolution and of the changes that supervisor
supervisor mar mentioned. The programming is successful.
Students in the city have used
the free city program and students will be grateful for the next 10 years for passing this. Thank you.
>> next speaker, please.
>> connie ford, vice President Of san francisco labor council. This is
this is a long time coming speaks to the need of every
piece of legislation to have a
massive coalition, community, great supervisor.
We have been struggling for six months to extend the free city program for 10 years.
The city has given a promise to fund us for 10 years.
We are thankful we have the
board of supervisors to back that up.
We appreciate the amendments
there and the labor movement is
extremely happy we will consider
this free city college for 10 years.
>> public comment is closed.
I want to thank the leaders from
the pre-city coalition and city
colleges for being here and for
working on this important project.
Can we -- I would like to move
that we accept amendments
without objection.
Then can we mover this item as
amended with recommends to the put board as a committee report?
>> yes.
>> thank you. Mr. Clerk. Is there any further business?
>> Clerk: no further business.
>> Chair Mar: we are adjourned.