City and County
of San Francisco

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
.

>> I'm matt haney joined by

members of the committee.

I want to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting the meeting.

Today's meeting has a hard stop

of 10:00 A.M. Due to scheduling issues. We ask all comments from

committee members remain brief, including vice chairs and we'll

limit public comment to one minute.

Are there any announcements?

>> Clerk:   I do and a bit of house keeping.

We are not yet joined by supervisor ronen.

The board of supervisors committee room are closed but members will be participating remotely to the extent they are physically present in the chamber.

This is taken pursuant to the various local and state orders in effect at this time. Committee members will attend

through video conference and participate to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment is available on

each item on the agenda. The public comment call in number is being streamed across the screen at this time.

Each speaker is allowed one minute to speak in preparation for the meeting. Comments or opportunities to

speak during the public comment

meeting are available by calling

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Your line will be muted but when

your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added. Call from a quiet location,

speak clearly and slowly as I'm

trying to do and turn down your

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comment by e-mailing the usual

clerk, linda wang.

Or you can send your comments

through the post office to our

office at city hall. All of the contact information

is on the front of the agenda.

And items acted upon today will

be acted on by the full board,

the 2:00 meeting for March 23rd 2021.

That's the report.

>> Supervisor Haney:   can you

please call item 5? >> it is an ordinance to the

mayor's office of housing and community development for rent

relief under the resolution and

relief fund in 10 million

$50,000 for affordable social

housing under the housing stable

fund in 2020-2021. Members of the public who have

public comment should call the

public comment number now.

415-655-0001, meeting id,

187-101-3610 press the pound key

twice and then star 3 now to

line up to speak.

>> Supervisor Haney:   thank you Mr. Clerk.

We have -- I don't think we have any presentation on this item.

We have heard it before.

Is there a bla report on the

item? >> hey chair haney.

We reported on the item last week.

I'm happy to answer questions if there are any.

>> Supervisor Haney:   great.

I take that back, I see supervisor preston is with us

and would like to speak.

>> Supervisor Preston:   I will keep it brief.

I do want to thank you chair

haney and President Walton,

supervisor ronen and supervisor

mar for your co-sponsorship on the item and for all your work

on the budget item and others on the agenda.

I just wanted to urge support

for this item to allocate the

rent resolution and relief fund and housing stability fund.

I am available if there are questions.

Thank you very much.

>> Supervisor Haney:   thank you for your leadership and staff as well.

Any questions or comments staff?

It looks like vice chair safai.

>> Supervisor Safai:   I wanted to be added as a co-sponsor. I meant to say that last time.

I appreciate the hard work of

supervisor preston and everyone involved.

>> Supervisor Haney:   fantastic. You have the whole budget

committee behind you now. All right.

Mr. Clerk, are there any members

of the public who want to speak on this item?

>> Clerk:   thank you Mr. Chair. We are working with the department of technology to see

if we have callers in the que. In the meantime, I'm going to

remind callers how to connect to the call.

You will dial 415-655-0001 and enter 187-101-3610 and press pound twice and then star 3 to line up to speak.

Are we allowing -- how much

time for speakers?

>> Supervisor Haney:   one minute.

>> Clerk:   thank you. Could you please connect us to

the first caller if someone is on the line?

>> Mr. Clerk we have no callers in the que.

>> Supervisor Haney:   public

comment is now closed.

I also -- I figured I was a co-sponsor because I have been on various iterations of this.

Mr. Clerk if you can add my name

as well to the item.

>> Clerk:   done.

Mr. Chair, are you frozen? Are you still there?

>> Supervisor Haney:   am I frozen?

>> Clerk:   we hear you now.

>> Supervisor Haney:   I want a

motion to move it to the full

board as a positive recommendation at the board meeting today.

Is there a second?

Seconded by President Walton.

>> Clerk:   I take it the chair

has asked for a vote on the motion offered.

The motion was offered by chair

haney and seconded by supervisor walton.

On the motion, vice chair safai?

Is anyone there?

>> Supervisor Safai:   aye.

Roll Call:  

Mr. Chair there are four ayes

and one absent, supervisor ronen.

>> Supervisor Haney:   this will

move to the full board today as

a positive recommendation with a committee report.

Thank you supervisor preston.

Mr. Clerk, can you call item 2?

>> Clerk:   ordinance appropriate

appropriating $104.9 million to

provide relief for small businesses, including those

property crime, arts, cultural

centers, cultural equity and

youth learning initiative, san

francisco city school district, overdose prevention and support

for family relief struggling as

a result of covid-19 and placing

$6,520,705 in general reserve.

Public comment on this item call

415-655-0001 and enter the id number and then press pound

twice and then dial 3.

This is a committee report like the previous item.

>> Supervisor Haney:   thank you

Mr. Clerk. Supervisor mar.

>> I would like to be added as a co-sponsor to this and want to

thank you chair haney for all of

your work on -- with all of the

committee members and other

colleagues on discussing priorities and building

consensus for this.

Thank you so much.

>> Supervisor Haney:   thank you

supervisor mar and thank you as well.

I do have to amendments which I will bring forward but

colleagues, other questions or

comments? President Walton?

>> Supervisor Walton:   thank you,

I wanted to say thank you to the

budget committee, especially to

your staff, abigail has done a wonderful job working with everyone and to the mayor's office working with you as the chair to come to an agreement on

what to do with the resources we have available. Everybody has been working hard. We have a lot of work to do to

get the resources out to our

community, but I appreciate

everyone working in a unified manner.

>> Supervisor Haney:   thank you. i appreciate that.

Is there a bla report on the item?

I believe there is.

>> this is nick minard from the budget office.

We do not have a revised report

given the timing of the legislation. But having reviewed it, we

consider approval to be a policy

matter for the board of supervisors.

>> Supervisor Haney:   thank you.

Mr. Clerk, is there any public

comment on the item?

>> Clerk:   thank you. Members of the public, if you

have already called in, dial star 3 to be lined up to speak for the item.

For those watching the meeting

on cable channel 26 or online, if you wish to provide public

comment on the item, you need to

call in now.

415-655-0001, id is 187-101-3610

and then press the pound symbol

twice and then star followed by

3 to enter to speak.

Those in the que, wait until you

hear the line has been unmuted.

>> we have no callers in the que.

>> Supervisor Haney:   all right.

Public comment is now closed.

There are two small amendments for consideration that my office

has previously circulated to

everyone on page 6 line 9 for

the cultural district's transfer

should read not arts commission. For the family relief fund

transfer owd instead of osb.

And then Ms. Sandler is here for follow up. Are there further questions or

comments before I move the amendments?

Seeing none, I want to make a motion to accept the amendments

for the item, is there a second?

>> second.

>> Supervisor Haney:   roll call

vote please.

>> Clerk:   (Roll Call).

There are four aye's and member ronen is absent.

>> Supervisor Haney:   the

amendments are accepted. See if any other colleagues want to make final comments.

I'm going to say a lot more and thank you's at the board meeting

today but I wanted to thank all

of you colleagues on our committee for close partnership and working together on this. And mayor's office as well.

I do think this is a proposal

that -- extended plan that

meets the moment and that

invests in our most vulnerable residents and our small

businesses and help with our recovery.

And really prioritizes different

needs that really can't wait any longer. So I do think not only are we

spending on the right things, we

did it in a way that was collaborative and all of you

participated and contributed and I want to thank everyone for

their leadership.

With that, I want to make a motion to recommend the item to

the full board with a positive

recommendation as amended as a report today at the board of

supervisors meeting.

Is there a second?

>> Clerk:   second safai.

>> Supervisor Haney:   and roll call vote, please.

>> Clerk:   (Roll Call)

Mr. Chair there are four ayes

and one absent, member ronen.

>> Supervisor Haney:   great. fantastic, thank you colleagues for your work and thank you for

-- to the clerk and clerk's

office for help and sfgov tv to

help us have the meeting on such short notice and getting this done and again, thank you

colleagues for all of your work

and to abigail in my office who

did tremendous work on this as well.

This will go to the full board with a positive recommendation

today at the board of supervisors meeting.

Are there other items before us?

>> Clerk:   no further business.

>> Supervisor Haney:   great. This meeting is adjourned.