Transcripts For SFGTV Joint SFPUC Full Board Of Supervisors 20240713

Of emergency or due to following government recommended coronavirus related precautions. And to invoke those protections under the ordinance that im introducing, tenants must notify the landlord of their inability to pay full rent and provide documentation to support their claim. I want to point out that nothing in this legislation relieves the tenant from being liable for the unpaid rent. The landlord may take other actions after all of this is over. The ordinance also bans landlords from collecting late fees for rent, if that rent is delayed. It will ban other types of evictions during this state of emergency with very limited exceptions in the midst of this state of emergency. We as a city cannot allow residents to be forced from their homes. Really, the goal of this legislation is to make sure this Public Health crisis doesnt also create a whole newhousing crisis in the upcoming weeks and months, and be secure in being secure in ones home is absolutely essential, and it prevents the spread of the coronavirus. I also want to say that so many san franciscans who are impacted here are working class folks, communities of color, and theyre impacted by losing wages, and we need to make sure that they dont lose housing. The second item, colleagues, im pleased to announce that today, at the request of San Francisco black firefighters association, im introducing a resolution to rename a street in my district, willow street, in between buchanan and laguna, earl gage, jr. , in honor of San Franciscos first black firefighter. The response has been really heartening, and neighbors seem to be really welcoming this change of street name. Earl moved to San Francisco in 1945, graduated from u. C. Berkeley, was drafted in the army, got married in 1952. In 1955, when he was hired by the San Francisco Fire Department, he became the first and only black firefighter in San Francisco and remained the citys only black firefighter from 1955 to 1967. Prior to his retirement from the Fire Department in 1983, he served as the departments director of Community Services and enacted a series of progressive hiring policies that served to increase racial diversity within the department and in turn City Government. Throughout his career, earl gage, jr. , worked to create equitable processes for the Fire Department to include integration and he continues to shape policy and civil rights policy in the city. He passed away on jouuly 30, 2017, at the age of 90. He is survived by his daughter, blondell chisolm, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren who would benefit greatly from this action in the area. Im how so im honored to be playing a role to celebrate this historic figure. Supervisor peskin mr. President , if i could be listed as a cosponsor and thank captain tillman. Clerk thank you, supervisor peskin, and supervisor ronen. Supervisor ronen thank you. I have three items, as well, and i would love to be added as a cosponsor. Colleagues, i just want to thank every one of you and the mayor for just stepping up and showing incredible leadership in the face of what is the most broad reaching and immediate crisis that weve ever faced as a city, at least in recent memory. How the virus will spread and what its ultimate Health Impact will be is unknown to us today, but the collective seriousness and willingness to Work Together and put aside political differences to make sure that no San Francisco fights alone has been an inspiring thing to watch and be a part of. What were seeing is the damage to our local economy is likely to be severe. The mayor confirmed that earlier today. Several large corporations have already taken steps to follow public guidelines, and this is helpful, but we know its not an option for many Small Businesses, most of whom survive month to month like many residents. A shutdown lasting weeks or even a slow down could mean the end of them or for them. In San Francisco, there are thousands of these Small Businesses employing hundreds of thousands of workers. Small businesses are the life blood of our neighborhoods and our communities, and we simply cant let them go under, so im working with the City Attorney and the Treasurers Office to create a Small Business rent stabilization loan to issue no interest loans to businesses who are unable to meet rent, mortgage, or other fixed operating costs. I plan to introduce this next week. As the covid19 crisis evolves, we want to send a message loud and clear. If you are following the Citys Department of Public Healths recommendations, which you all should do, weve got your back. San francisco is united and resilient, and we will not be driven by fear, but focused on sensible solutions, and ill describe the details of this measure in more detail next week, when i introduce it. I also have been working with supervisor ahsha safai to encourage banks to step up during this crisis. The second item that i will be requesting is a hearing from the s. H. A. R. P. Office. On september 13, 2019, the mayor signed into existence the office of sexual harassment, assault, and rape prevention, the s. H. A. R. P. Office. Since then, the Human Rights Office has only hired one of the three Staff Required by the ordinance and funded by the board. The office has only received and addressed one complaint, and no publicly available information about the offices existence or services exists. Theres just theres no outreach, no website, theres no information on the Human Rights Commission rights commissions website. The one complaint that they did issue was because the survivor came to our service and we passed them onto the s. H. A. R. P. Office. This lej this legislation was passed several years ago when rape survivors stated their situations to the city. I am specifically requesting the presence of a leader who can answer all of our questions about the hiring process from the department of human resources, preferably, the director of that department, the director of the Human Rights Commission, and the director of s. H. A. R. P. Final finally, today, im proposing changes to existing u. S. Border policies. Residents of San Francisco deserve to live in safety and Thriving Communities where everyone is treated with respect, but because a city is located within 100 miles of a coastal border, San Francisco is considered a border city. That means that families in San Francisco are subjected to inhuman rights and make every person a recipient of the widespread corruption of the border agents. Because San Francisco is a border city, federal immigration agents can assert the power to board Public Transportation and harass children on their way to school, parents on their way to work, or adults on the way to their Grocery Store all without reason, moorely with merely with suspicion. A new border vision offers an opportunity to move away from the myopic governance at our borders by forming National Policy and grounding National Politics in our values. Specifically, this framework seeks to expand Public Safety by focusing border authorities and resources on legitimate public activities and ensuring that all enforcement is held accountable. It seeks to protect human life by keeping families together, providing immediate aid to people in distress and allowing people to seek protection without barriers. Finally, it seeks to welcome newcomers in a humane way by welcoming residents, immigrants, and asylum seekers, minimizing the pole throle thar authorities play in the immigrant community. It is incumbent upon us to lead again by embracing a new border vision that adequately protects human rights. I would like to thank the Southern Border Communities Coalition and the students and faculty of the Berkeley Law International human rights clinic for leading this critical campaign, to enhance human policy government at our coasts and our borders, and for asking our government to be part of this collective effort, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, madam clerk. Today, i rise to talk about an introduction as it related to many of the things that have been talked about today with regard to covid19 and our coronavirus and how its impacting particularly working families. I know that supervisor peskin took the angle to tenants and those living in buildings where theres a landlord. This particular request im working on this with supervisor ronen, as she stated, but also supervisor fewer, yee, mar, haney, mandelman, peskin, preston, and stefani. Were calling for a 60day moratorium on the default of residential loans that are held by private individuals and Small Businesses, along with Public Utilities. That would include gas, electric, garbage, refuse, and water. And i know already from hearing from our Public Utilities commission that the director has asked the commission to do a halt on any cutoff on water services. We appreciate that. We would like all the different entities that weve named to come up with an action plan on how theyre going to help families and help those through no fault of their own have had their livelihood and their jobs impacted. And i can tell you, having gone to a meeting with our Janitors Union yesterday, speaking to our teamsters that do our refuse collection, talking to our nurses, many of the folks in our frontline work hours, many of them are being impacted in terms of their work hours and potentially their salaries. In this time of crisis, they would potentially lose their homes they could potentially lose their homes, they could potentially lose their businesses, and we dont want any additional fines or fees imposed during this period. Our partnership with mayor breed has made some aggressive recommendations for communities and our colleagues here, directed by the department of Public Health, and im fully in support of all of those recommendations talked about today. But because of that request and because of the impact on peoples jobs, we want to take some aggressive steps, and were asking for that 60day moratorium. As you go out, as youve seen in San Francisco, its had a tremendous impact on Small Businesses and workers and employers all over the city. And because of the cancelling of shifts and because of the loss of income, we feel like this is an appropriate step. There is precedent for it. When Northern California and our area experienced natural disasters through fires, i know that our banks took some aggressive steps to ensure that fees werent being attached to a. T. M. S and lay fees late fees and so on, and i think thats what were asking in this instance. So all the banks and businesses that do business in San Francisco and are conducting themselves in San Francisco, wed like to see immediate action. It looks like our Public Utilities commission are already taking those steps. We need to ensure the lives of our businesses and residents, although theyre being disrupte disrupted we need to take immediate steps to protect our communities, that theyre not having financial crises, as well. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor stefani . Supervis supervisor ronen, you wanted to speak . Supervisor ronen yes. Im just a horrible human and did not thank my wonderful staff for all of this work. Santiago, paul, and jennifer have been working nonstop on all of the items that i introduced, so thank you so much. Clerk thank you. Thank you, supervisor stefani, for all of your patience. Supervisor stefani thank you, madam clerk. Just want to thank my colleagues and the public for coming together against protecting us against covid19. Politicizing this in any way is not something we should be doing. It is my understanding that the School District, the San Francisco School District has voted not to close schools, and jo i dont know if that will change, but it does raise an issue for child care for those parents that need to get to work, and now they have no place to get their kids, so its something that i will be following up with the Mayors Office in the event that we need to figure out child care for schools that may close. Im also announcing today that ive asked the City Attorney to draft legislation that will save single screen theaters. It will a i am seeing this in my district with the closing of the clay theater, which is one of the oldest movie theaters in San Francisco. For over 100 years, the clay theater has been one of the most successful cultural institutions in the neighborhood. In the weeks since we learned that the clay will be closing, i have heard from so many residents, merchants, and neighborhood associations about how much of a loss it would be for the fillmore neighborhood commercial district and for the city as a whole. I will do everything i can to preserve these important cultural institutions, and i look forward to working with the City Attorney to draft this legislation to ensure we save the clay theater and other singlescreen theaters. Im also submitting today a formal letter of inquiry to the department of Public Health regarding the no overdose advertising campaign. While i understand the intent of the campaign, the images that were brought to my attention provided a very incomplete and inaccurate picture of what Drug Overdose and addiction looks like. Im absolutely in favor of Harm Reduction techniques like providing narcan and overdose training and Overdose Prevention sites. This is not the only tool at our disposal, and we must be laser focused on promoting new cases and getting those suffering from the disease in treatment. I want to know more about how the campaign was set, and how much the city spent on the campaign. I also want to know if other departments had the opportunity to weighin on the conten. It is crimintical to our city t we get input from businesses and residents. I look forward to receiving a response from the department of Public Health and sitting down to continue this discussion when i meet with the Harm Reduction coalition next week, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor stefani. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you. First, i would like to be a cosponsor of supervisor prestons street naming legislation. If you could name me. First, im opposing the United States department of housing and urban developments proposed further fair housing rule that was announced on january 7, 2020, by secretary ben carson. I want to thank the Tenants Union and the community for Housing Partnership for working with us, as well. There was no meaningful guidance on this law until 2015, when the affirmatively furthering fair housing rule was established. The affh requires all federal agencies, including hud and their funding recipients to proactively address segregation and programs and activities related to housing and community development. It also requires that these entities complete a robust analysis of segregation and fair housing disparities in order to receive hud funds. Now hud is attempting to eliminate a key fair housing regulation that promotes diverse equitable and inclusive communities. This new rule will continue to advance the administrations deregulation agenda. Huds new proposal will not require jurisdictions and housing authorities to directly examine or address the legacy of unequal housing opportunities in our communities. Instead, huds proposal makes fair housing an after thought rather than a starting point of discussion about a systemic lack of housing opportunities for communities of color or persons with disabilities. Huds new proposal will minimize oversight and accountability for communities that receive federal housing dollars. It will not require communities to advance housing policies for groups that have historically experiences housing discrimination. Huds new regulation will stop the collection of data. It will also attack protections for tenants, workers, and the environment. Huds proposal specifically identifies rent control as a potential obstacle to fair housing choice. The proposal also tries to use this rule to discourage important labor and wage standards to govern housing rules. I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing huds new proposal. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor walton. Supervisor yee . President yee colleagues, as we discussed earlier, im going to be introducing an imperative item for the board to ratify, the Health Officers declaration of local Health Emergency regarding the Novel Coronavirus disease, and this is going to be also cosponsored by supervisor peskin. As we are all aware, the city and county of San Francisco is working tirelessly to address the growing impacts of covid19, and there this is given to extend the notification beyond seven days, into the foreseeable future. I believe th i the rest before i submit everything, supervisor peskin, id like to be named as a cosponsor for your street naming. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, we are facing an unprecedented challenge during this time as the city is responding to the Novel Coronavirus. I recognize that the city is working furiously to strengthen our citywide preparedness via the City Operation Center as much as possible and to mitigate the impacts to our most vulnerable populations, our seniors and people with underlying medical conditions. However, while departments like d. P. H. And d. E. M. Are thinking of preparing us on a macrolevel, we as supervisors need to think on a microlevel. This is the time where we need to step up our leadership to bring people together while adhering to the Health Recommendations for social distancing. It is time for every supervisor to do a deep dive into the infrastructure of our districts, to assess where there might be gaps in the safety net serving our most vulnerable communities and to think critically and creatively about how we can meet those needs, we need to be in communications with our Senior Service providers who best know the needs of their clients. We need to push the private sector as well, but it is also our responsibility to be a model employer, and i hope that for our public facing employees, our bus drivers, deputy sheriffs, and counter staff, and especially our health workers, how we are working to keep them safe and encouraging flexibility as an employer to reduce opportunities for spread of covid19. I just want to make sure that we have clear plans for communicating to workers in each department in exploring steps like allowing workers to work from home and telecommute. I do appreciate the hard work of our administration and city department, and i will be working with the Mayors Office to explore how we can promote robust precautions for city workers. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor fewer. Mr. President , seeing no further names on the roster, that concludes special business. President yee thank you. I want to remind my colleagues that if these hearings are not time sensitive, please refrain from trying to have these hearings, like, in the next week or so, so just take that into consideration. Okay. Madam clerk, lets go to Public Comment. Clerk at this time, the public may address the entire board of supervisors for two minutes in items appearing on the board agenda, and at this point, mr. President and members, i would like to deviate from my routine script. At the top of the meeting, d. P. H. Director tomas aragon presented information on the ongoing emergency. At the time, there is an opportunity to limit the spread of covid19 to making changes on how we conduct business in our normal routines, in addition to doing so in the committee room. As president yee stated at the top of the meeting, the department is open for business, and we believe the decisions that were making today will perhaps save some lives in the future. And to that end, although we are encouraging vulnerable populations to stay home and access the boards information remotely, we are changing some of our processes here at the board. [please stand by] you all have no include about what is happening at the san that have to be accommodated at the San Francisco general hospital, we dont have sufficient beds. We have about 80 beds. So you all talk about this and you talk about that, but i can see that you all cannot zero in on how to tackle the problem. So in other words, you talk the talk but you cannot walk the walk. Get the virus off our shoulders. Bring the cures that you have made and make the virus go away. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Linda chapman from knob hill. During your Committee Meeting recently on the subjects of corruption, i mentioned what a change theres been in terms of Neighborhood Affairs and Community Involvement because of this kind of cultural corruption as you refer to it which was, you know, absent when i was a leader in knob hill neighbors for 14 years, and i look at this room, i see it full. It would be full. There was one organization that took money in those days, and that was help for the elderly. The Planning Commission meetings even had to be held here on our project because they would bus in vast numbers of elderly numbers of vast numbers of elderly ladies but the other organizations would come out for us and even when they were offered money, gordon, for example, was offered 50,000, consider a Million Dollars today with inflation. And he sat here where im standing, and he said to whether it was the commission or supervisors at that point, i cant remember, it went on for seven years back and forth, back and forth, new conditional use or another. And he said, well, if you give them the permit, well take the money, but you can see that were not here to support it. So he threw it back at them. Like are you going to do this . And the developers with were corrupt. I sat here when he brought in that particular developer 1300 sacramento brought in my landlord. He sat here with the architect and lawyer, and i guess he thought that i was going to go and ask the at the nans union and all of knob hill neighbors and old st. Marys House Committee to go home. I had to go home and tell my lawyer to give up my apartment that i love with a view down to the golden gate bridge. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, board of supervisors. First of all, i just want to say that im humbled to stand before you and also want to say thank you, supervisor, for presenting our agenda 29 in support of my partner and a good friend of mine as well. So i think if its okay if i can have just a little bit more time. You have exactly two minutes like everybody else. First of all, my name is dalsi. Im a bay area resident, community serving. I work at the Justice Reinvestment Coalition as their Campaign Coordinator through the Justice Reinvestment Coalition is a table comprised of 18 communitybased organizations focused on Restorative Justice and also progressive criminal justice policy. I myself am a refugee due to the vietnam war. My family resettled here in the early 80s in stockton, california, with pretty much a lack of resources and we came with nothing except for our love for each other. So ive groan up with that environment, made a lot of poor choices. When i was 17 years old, my older brother was murdered, and i didnt know where to turn to. And to seek help. So because of that, i made a horrible choice which led to my incarceration. So upon my incarceration, i sought help in therapy. And i finally found healing, and due to that, i became an advocate for selfhelp program and also help advocated and mentor other men in there. And because of that, the board thank you, sir. Thank you very much. Next speaker. Make it quick. Two minutes thank you for your time for allowing me to address you. I appreciate it. That just, supervisor. My name is coen. I spent 20 years in prison. I was released last year in 2018 with a commitment to give back to the community. The first day i came home, i volunteered for San Francisco pick up every first saturday of the month, and i also encouraged my peers to come out and help clean the streets of San Francisco. I also helped my peers navigate the city getting their ids, social security, medical, and i work for family bridges to help the houseless. Together teaming up with the city, i help move the houseless into the oakland into the oak Street Community. Right now im running the oak Street Community cabin. Thats some of the service i would like to expand here in San Francisco. Today im in danger of being deported because the trump and laos government has a verbal agreement to take people with a final removal order back home. Ive been separated from my family to come to the United States at the age of seven and now im facing the same danger of being separated from my family again, so im asking for your sport, and i pray your support, and i pray for your understanding to please sign the resolution. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, erin. Im here in support of the resolution item 29. Thank you for introducing this resolution and condemning the deportations of our lao and many other deportations that are happening. I want to acknowledge that everyone here there was an anonymous vote last year to support a similar resolution for Southeast Asian community members. Thank you for cosponsoring, supervisor peskin. I want to share how important this is. That resolution led to the pardon of king hen and that ive had a chance to work with them closely. He was involved with one of the first va candidate forums in San Francisco to share about how this impacted communities. During the first here danny was out i got to work with him, and he worked in congregations in San Francisco in supporting them to be sanctuary congregations. So both have been very involved here, and i really share my support for this resolution and believe that they are deeply rooted here and should not be separated. Thanks. Next speaker. Im here in support of item 29 and in support of danny and him. San francisco has a history of supporting immigrant and refugee youth. This resolution is part of undoing the harm that happened in the early 2000s. Mayor newsom implemented a policy arrested to felonies and under his mayorship the administration conducted a review of citys probations and referred 350 young people to i. C. E. , that is 350 families impacted by the fear of deportation and actual deportation. Not speaking up for people impacted by incourse ration and deportation would contribute to San Franciscos legacy of not fighting for people who fall at the intersection of incarceration and deportation. I met these two inside prison and they were found suitable for parole on their first try, which is a very rare occurrence but they were both found suitable on the first try meaning the board of parole hearings, rehabilitated and not a threat to the general public and ready to enter back into society where released they were sent to i. C. E. But because i. C. E. Was not accepting lao nationals they were release and have significantly contributed to the city and county of San Francisco and cleaning up the streets of oakland chinatown, and redefining what it means to be a leader for social justice in the community. Laos has begun accepting lao nationals and that means they both are susceptible to deportation. We need this city and county of San Francisco to undo the history of criminalizing and punishing immigrant youth and pass a resolution in support of a full pardon for them both. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi, there. Im here to support item 29. My name is yen and i stand here to sport my colleagues and my friends. I work with asian support Committee Also known as apsc, an organization for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated communities. We facilitate weekly and monthly classes inside of the state prisons, and its through those programs where we met danny and sicon. They were both participants and leaders in our programs. Its really been a joy to see them home, more inspiring to see them in community and continuously working towards a more whole, healthy and just world. Time and time again, ive seen these guys show up in our communities to support deportation defense efforts of our cambodian communities in Northern California, and aye seen them bravely ive seen them bravely share their stories in the world. Ive seen them make an impact in our community from cleaning up chinatown to mentoring our youth to facilitating important conversations about various social justice issues. They have done a lot and are valuable and beloved members of our community. They have deported refugees from wars and both of their families, they were in refugee camps and resettled in the u. S. And i think as another consequence of they have to deal with unprocessed trauma and the violences of resettling into the u. S. In poverty. I stand here today to urge you all to really support them, beloved members and urging the governor to grant a full pardon. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello, everyone. My name is maradi. Im a bay area resident. I work for law caucus. Im here to support item 29. I support them staying in the u. S. I work closely with both of them and they make our community safe. They guide and mentor the youth of the future and help solve antideportation efforts. They build connections in community that only enriches and help us heal. I strongly ask you to support the resolution to stand with refugees and end family separation. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi. Im here on behalf of just cause along with my comrades behind me. We are here to speak on two items. The one i want to speak on is the motion to support the motion for the sf City Government to enforce a moratorium on all eviction proceedings during the time of the covid19 crisis which preston and ronen have supported. We know there are working class and housing insecure members are more susceptible to illness and their safety is constantly compromised. Working class folks often dont have the option to stay home from work or take the recommended necessary precautions to protect them from disease. A moratorium on all evictions during this time is the bare minimum we can do to support our folks to stay safe and healthy. It is interactive we take every possible measure to ensure nobody loses their housing during this time as this would further expose them to instability. We welcome this step in the right direction and hope we can keep taking more steps for housing vulnerable and houseless community of San Francisco to have their needs met during this Health Crisis and housing crisis. While most covid19 illness is mild, we need to move quickly to protect the most Vulnerable People in our communities. The federal governments response is falling short and the bay area is ground zero given the number of cases and the divide between the wealthy and those struggling to make ends meet. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. I will be using interpretation as well. [speaking spanish] i will translate what she just shared. We are here with just cause to support the motion of sf City Government to enforce a sorry, to support the pardon by Governor Newsom to grant full pardon to our comrades danny and sacon to remain with our community. The Trump Administration is getting ready to deport lao refugee communities. Last week supervisor mars office introduced a resolution condemning this decision and highlighted danny and sacons story. This Refugee Community has already seen a multigenerational trauma from violence in their homelands, and targeting them is draconian, racially misguided and inhumane. We know the administration is targeting Community Leaders and those who stand up against immigration persecution and xenophobia that is blatantly practiced by this administration. We have to protect Community Leaders who have worked tirelessly to make to work not only for self transformation but reentry, the conditions that lead to recidivism in our community. I will also speak on my behalf. Maam, you get your own two minutes. Thank you. Danny, im also part of the justice investment coalition. Danny is deeply loved and cherished member of our community. He actually leads and coordinates the justice investment coalition. And this coalition is doing incredible work around Restorative Justice and reentry for immigrant black and economically marginalized communities. So we want to support him to continue to do the work that support the rest of our community to build Community Solutions to safety. We know that people not only deserve Second Chances but that its not okay for them to be thrown under the bus, and this administration has done that over and over again. This is a question of double punishment. We already know that criminal injustice system is incredibly racist. We cannot allow to then also have another punishment by deporting them. These are members of our community who are incrediblely courageous and that are doing fantastic work to keep us all safe in a way that is restorative. Thank you. Thank you. [speaking spanish] hi, my name is anna. Im a member of just cause, and im here in support of danny and to ask this board to support his pardon. We know hes a member of the community. Our Community Needs him on our side to keep building Community Solutions. Please do not deny our community the opportunity to have him with us. Thank you. [speaking spanish] i also, im here to support danny. I feel like he deserves all of our support as a community leader, as someone who is fighting tirelessly to make our community better. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello. First of all, thank you all for your service. My name is ruben. Im a member of this here civil grand jury. To be clear, myself and many of my colleagues have concerns around issues centering on the homeless and mentally ill on our streets. Today ive heard nothing about them and how the city is going to address their needs as a vulnerable population of San Francisco. Thank you. Next speaker. Its only two minutes. Ill be back weekly until i can explain myself or get some justice. We all want people out of cars into Public Transportation. The city needs to warn the public whats going on. This reemergence of rat packs, singling out easy targets. Usually that means the elite, as often as ive been experiencing it means a single white male who looks a little older and to prey on them. I think what needs to happen, and ill come back and explain in detail what i mean by that, is that put some context here, i was attacked twice recently. One was at 300pound gorilla who was yanking my boxes out of my hand. I ended up injuring a prior industry. Then she screamed, i hate white people, flung herself across the ill on top of me, 300pound gorilla, while the punches were irrelevant, having 300 pounds jump on you like that out of nowhere, again, injuring my back. Saturday, last saturday night among a southbound van ness buses, first im punched by three kids, throwing those little white tissue caps are they . I dont know that theyre called, gunpowder things that explode. They got a remark from me, which is what they wanted and now they had a good reason to get into it with me. I let it roll. They got off the bus after i called the cops. They got back on later and started spitting on me, right out here, right in front here. The city to rename the hall of justice the bernard gats memorial hall. Its about time the parents take responsibility for their brats. Lets put the parents in jail for three nights, weekend night like my weekend was spoiled, just like we do with truancy. Not prison, not records, just like the whats it called thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker. [off mic] my name is Julie Roberts and im a Public School parent, d5 resident going to a d3 school that largely serves d6 students. I want to thank you for the work you and your staff have been doing at the time we have been hit by the coronavirus, and i mean even in this room including especially our janitors. Public School Families have been hit by two crises this week. One is the virus and the other is the cuts to our Public Schools and these are historic structural inequities that have been built in based on the fact that we can only net 8 of our funds to Public Schools. So we are on a time when many families cant come out to share a petition from 1,000 families asking that we get more not less and asking for support for supervisor mars proposal to be introduced for 75,000 for Public School support next tuesday. Other parents here will talk about the impact this is having on some very specific schools as a part of the familys union and in the petition you can see the impact this is happening in schools across our district. No one has told me well be fine. Ive heard cuts from 50,000 to 500,000 and our school that largely serves immigrant families is trying to figure out which two or tree of five key staff people we are going to cut when last year we were looking at how we could expand Literacy Services and social services to our students. This is an emergency for our families. I want to remind us that as we think of the coronavirus response, that our schools are some of the most important places for prevention. We are working overtime to keep our schools clean. My Childrens School is one of 40 schools that have no nurse. So if we have an issue we call a Community Nurse who over the phone is supposed to tell us what response we are supposed to take. So i want to thank supervisor mar and other supervisors who have come out in support for 75 million. Supervisor walton, preston, haney, i imagine there are others in this room who will come out in support as you hear more of the impact that cuts are having. Thank you. Byebye. My name is kelly, and im a d8 parent. And parent to a biracial black third grader at redding elementary in d3. My son also has an i. E. P. And received his services through special education. The impact of these budget cuts is immense for my son and his ability to thrive in school. As well as many other students need extra support like him. Yesterday at our meeting we represented with our proposed budget scenarios that all included losing two or more critical Staff Members to our site and to our students. We have to choose between our computer teacher, at a school where most of our families dont have computers at home and where our students are required to take tests from the state on computers. Our literacy teacher, where the majority of our families are english language leperrers and recent immigrants. Our fulltime social worker and our elementary adviser at a school where the vast majority of our families come from the low socioeconomic background and where we have many families who are facing homelessness as well as our introductional reform facilitator. My son who has behavior challenges due to disability is dependent upon our social worker and our elementary adviser to support his social emotional growth and behavior both within and outside the classroom, without them, im afraid he will be spending more time outside of our classroom and in detention due to his behavioral issues. These are critical to our student and key to disrupting the pipeline that we know impacts students like my son. Our school is a wonderful and Diverse School but we dont have the p. T. A. Funds like more affluent schools to make up the difference for these cuts, and we have much greater needs than those schools. I urge the board to approve the funding for our schools. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is brandy markman. I live in d1, the richmond district. My son is a secondgrader at the Elementary School and i serve as School Site Counsel chair. To me it seems cruel that we live in a city with 70 billionaires and our schools are facing such painful cuts. Our school, twothirds of our families due to our unfair economic structure, live in poverty. Twothirds of our students are receiving english language learning services. We are faced with potential of or the possibility of losing a fulltime social worker. And i know many of you have served on the board of education, and we are so grateful and so grateful for all the work you did there for our wonderful Restorative Justice policy. However, it gets really hard to implement that if we dont have social workers and our students are at a huge disadvantage. Our school is also one of the 40 out of 120sfusd schools that doesnt have a nurse. This is really to me unacceptable during a time of coronavirus in San Francisco. Further more, we need augmented Janitorial Services for additional sanitation protocols to make sure the virus is contained as much as possible. Prop 13 has been so cruel the our children. Please provide prioritize their safety by supporting the resolution through 75 million for our students. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is elita fisher. I live in district 11 and have students at the Elementary School, everett middle school, Mission High School and city college. Im the past chair of the Community Advisory committee for special education within sfusd. And i think its really important as we talk about the state of funding in our schools to understand the impact of state and federal travesties for lack of a better word. Speaking from a special education perspective, one in eight students in California First of all received special Education Services yet funding has stayed flat for decades. The majority of students who have i. E. P. S or need special Education Services sit in general education. In sfusd thats 75 of kids with i. E. P. S so when you underfund special education, you underfund all education. The same point in fact where a third of San Francisco unified School Districts general fund, unrestricted general fund actual covers special education costs. Our costs are rising in supporting special education students. In the past decade, between 2007 and 2008 and 2017, special education cost has risen 28 . Yet our budget has stayed flat across the state. There is a 3. 2 billion aspirational versus actual funding change difference from the federal level. And weve implemented laws like ab114, which has shifted the entire funding of Mental Health support away from community Mental Health services on to the School District. We have implemented great laws like ab1369 and that tells us we need to talk about dyslexia and put interventions in the school when one out of five kids probably has dyslexia. But theres no funding thats come with it. Thank you. Next speaker. Mr. President , i support the asian law caucus in every single way. I point out a little this is anecdotal, im not completely sure this is true, but in my what ive noticed. Theres a big Laos Community in the fresno area which is the seat of arch republican delventhal nunez and i believe the community there actually supports him because they view the Democratic Party as being something akin to communism. Certainly these ultraright wing politicians, they engage in this confrontational, sensationalist talk for one reason only, its the only way they can get reelected. For the record, i have a bronchitis ive had for several years but there is a hack going around, its a coronavirus. It probably is not thee coronavirus, just for the supervisor sitting closest to the microphone. There was a i did work in this field for a while. I called some of my friends of my was there a lapse in how fast we are able to develop test kits. There is a capability in the bay area for doing this kind of work. And what you want to see is about a 5 positive result in these test kits, for every 20 tests they do about one in 20 people test positive. Thats when they know they are spreading the tests out and really doing the epidemiology of it. And we havent gotten to that point yet. So i appreciate what the mayor has done and what the city is doing. Thank you. Next speaker. Tom gilberti. Reasonable and rational gets titled as radical. And she couldnt quite understand that. And it still makes sense. Medy care for all medicare for all gets people to doctors, but should we ban noncitizens . They could still have the virus. So everybody does better when everybody does better. Again, we can do the medical for all. Bernie was in one of his debates in cnn and after they cut from him they cut to a commercial for pharmaceuticals. Where are we in changes are coming. A couple years ago, i was at a Committee Meeting with hillary ronen, and she had a couple guys from pg e saying she could not understand why they would give approval to her people that were making their buildings, and then they would come back a little bit later and alter what was needed in those buildings, causing delay and more money. And it was Public Comment time, and i was about to get up, i didnt want to because i was going to say i would fire them all. Previously, ive been asking for a powwow here with the board of supervisors and the Community Activists that would come and work with housing. But i dont think thats the right time with this virus coming around. But we know its coming. And we need to do something about it. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Im hoping that the mayor or that the mayor or legislature will have a delegation composed of the Small Business and merchants association, hotel association, tourism Board Members to our sister cities or to athletens. We are presently 70 of the merchants in the neighborhoods throughout the city are share enthusiasm, optimism regarding growth and sales and end of market potential, there is significant Competition Among new businesses to fill the relatively few commercial vacancies. I want you to weigh your present market assumptions against the reality of athens. Their liberal dynamic free market. I cant imagine a starker contrast than that which exists between the sister cities. The small neighborhood marketplace and the long running fragility of San Franciscos commercial corridors. San franciscos neighborhood businesses are not being hard hit by the coronavirus. They went over some time ago to local policy decisions which such as placing on chains. Tenants to local Small Business to learn and explore and to determine how athens have turned their neighborhood blocks to cornucopias of commercial prosperity. Also there are three open positions on the ethics commission, investigative analyst, auditor and commissioner i have requested you refer to the judgment of the u. S. Attorney filling the empty watch posts. I understand some of you are eager to add 1. 7 million to the covers. That could be misconstrued as an attempt to influence. The ability to impact the thank you, sir. Any other speakers for Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. So madame clerk, lets call the for Adoption Committee reference item agendas, items 29 through 32. Items 29 through 32 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee, a anonymous vote is required for resolutions on first reading, alternatively any member may require a resolution to go to committee. Colleagues, can we would anyone like to any items. Seeing none then, colleagues can we take these items . We have a different house this is a different house. A roll call please. On items 29 through 32 [roll call vote] there are eight ayes. Then any objection, the resolution is adopted and the motions are approved. Madame clerk, lets go to imperative agenda. Yes. We have an imperative motion on behalf of president yee which would ratify the mar 6, 2020 city and county of San Francisco Health Officers declaration of local Health Emergency regarding the coronavirus disease 2019. Colleagues, we have an item which requires the board to adopt two separate findings by eight votes before unanimous adoption on the item itself. Lets take the sunshine ordinance of finding first. Is there a motion that finds this resolution is imperative as to threaten serious injury to the Public Interest . And thus meaning the standards of the sunshine ordinance . Motion made by supervisor stefani and seconded by supervisor mandelman. Then can we take different house mr. President. Roll call please. On the sunshine motion findings, [roll call vote] there are nine ayes. Thank you. Then without objection to accept it. Now that, now to the brown act findings. Is there a motion that finds the need to take action came to the attention of the board after agenda was posted and thus the motion meets the standard of the brown act. Motion made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor ronen. Can we take this without objection . Okay. Then its accepted. We must now take a Public Comment on this item. Is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on the comparative item . Seeing no speakers, Public Comment is now closed. And now on the substance of the imperative motion itself, a roll call vote. Madame clerk. [roll call vote] there are ten ayes. Okay. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madame clerk, please read the in memoriums. I have none to report today. That leads us to the end of the agenda. Is there any further business for us today . That concludes our business for today before i adjourn you i want to remind all of you that we have another meeting, a joint special meeting with this board of supervisors and Public Utilities commission coming right up as soon as i adjourn, we will readjourn in about five minutes, okay . So thank you. We are adjourned. Can we have order . Wait a minute. I never used this. Are we set . Okay. Good afternoon or maybe good evening and welcome to the marcl meeting between the San Francisco board of supervisors and the Public Utilities commission. Welcome, commissioners and welcome president caen. So madame clerk, will you please call the role for the board of supervisors . Thank you, mr. President. [roll call] thank you, madame clerk. I will now hand this over to president caen of the Public Utilities commission. Madame secretary, could you please im sorry what . Nothing could you call roll call . [roll call] we have a quorum. Good of my i yield the floor back to you. Thank you. Madame clerk, thank you madame president. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sf gov tv who record the meetings and make the transcripts available online. Thank you for joining us today on this very important topic. Before we proceed, president caen, would you like to make any opening remarks . I will defer any opening remarks because i would like to get to the basics of why were here. And i know that we are moving in concert together. And lets proceed. Okay. Madame clerk, are there any communications . I have none to report, mr. President okay. Lets go to the Public Comment. Yes. At this time the publish may address the entire board of supervisors and the p. U. C. Commissioners for two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. And mr. President , i will state that members of the public, if you would like to have hand sanitizer, there is some right outside the chamber door. Okay. Thank you, madame clerk. I will hand this over to president caen of the p. U. C. For the Public Comment. Yes. To madame secretary, could you call for Public Comment . P. U. C. Calls for any Public Comment on maries to be addressed during closed session matters to be addressed during closed session seeing none sorry. So this is a special meeting, and i am supposed to somehow comment on what you all are going to be discussing. And what you are all going to be discussing will be shared by the City Attorney who is going to talk to you about pg e. So as one who participants in most of your meetings at sfpuc, i strongly feel at this juncture that sfpuc hasnt maintained a standard when it comes to your sewer and your water and also the hetch hetchy hydroelectricity that you all produce. And i find it very difficult that the city has no money. Earlier on the mayor stated so. But somehow now sfpuc has the audacity to now buy whatever pg e wants to give up, which i know from following everything that pg e doesnt want to give up anything that it possesses. Its beholden to those who invest in its stocks and shares. And they have clients that have been investing for over 100 years. And you all know that well. So i want to know if an assessment can be done, if sfpuc really has the capacity, the ability to buy pg e, whether its a small part or a large part of my thats all im going to say. Because i cannot say what you all are going to be discussing. Somebody may have the power to hoodwink you all. Thank you. Tom gilberti. Im not a fan of pg e. It should have been taken over ten years ago. They kept saying that if the city cant run the city, why would they how could they run pg e. Well, i dont think pg e can run pg e. But at the same time, i dont want to take a piece of the city, the pg e part of the city, because when we have forest fires, and they are caused by pg e, the smoke comes down here. I think its a regional matter. And it should be solved regionally. Its like a taylor. You get we can tell something for San Francisco and what needs to be tailored out in the suburbs and woodlands. And i agree, where is the money coming from to buy this . And good luck to all of you. I think this meeting should be open. Im against these private, closed sessions. Thank you. Thank you. Any other speakers . Seeing none, yield the floor back to you, president. I believe that that would be concludes our Public Comment. I understand the p. U. C. Must take action before they go into closed session, before we go into closed session. So i will hand it over again to president caen. Okay. We are struggling here with our script. So what do we have to do here . Lets see. Oh, yes. I need a motion to assert privilege. I most of to assert. Second. Any Public Comment on that . Seeing none, all those in favor. Aye. Opposed . The motion carryies. So now i yield back to you, president. Now that the p. U. C. Has approved their item, madame clerk, please call the closed session item. Scheduled pursuant to a motion number m200200 approved on february 11, 2020, board of supervisors and the p. U. C. Are scheduled to enter into a joint closed session for the Public Utilities Commission Regarding existing litigation regarding pacific gas and Electric Company today, march 10, 2020. Okay. Members of the public, we now ask that you exit the chamber and the sheriffs to lock the doors behind them, and we will reopen the doors, the chamber once we finish with the joint closed session, and the public will be allowed to reenter. [music]