Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Full Board Of Supervisors 20240713

I think thats it in terms of my colleagues having questions. In terms of the questions that i sent ahead of time, you seem to have covered everything on there. Really appreciate it. I know not one person will have all the answers, but you have most of the answers in trying to explain the thinking, rationale behind every decision that you guys make. And it sound like youre the the rationale you have may be different next week as we see things evolve, in particular, the capacity to make sure that the supply chain is going to be stable. One quick question. I heard that the soma site was a walkin and that had a closed dome, so was is closed down. Was it closed down. It is open now. It was open as of yesterday. And i think it was there was no particular reason other than just trying to stand up a new site quickly and the logistical kind of opening issues that had to get worked out. There were no problems that were insurmountable and they were able to quickly resolve them and open it again for people to be tested again yesterday. So we really want people to try out those sites. And we hear and understand and completely agree with the concerns this may not be accessible to people who cant sign up online. So were trying to figure out ways to support people and being able to access the sites even if they dont have access to the online resources to sign up. President yee are there any plans right now and this is my last question are there any plans to work with h. S. H. In maybe some of the workers that generally interact with the homeless on the street . Whether or not they could go around with computer or laptop or something and maybe perhaps sign people up . They could assist them in signing up in the meantime before you figure out other ways do this . Yeah. I think that is a really good idea to consider. We have been working really closely, as you know, with h. S. A. And h. S. H. And want to continue that work. And employ the people or rope in the people on the hot team and others that know communities well, know populations well that might be unsheltered and offer that service to them as well. Well definitely explore ways to get a lot of people access. I think thats a great one to explore. So thank you very much, president yee. President yee sure. I want to thank you again on behalf of all my colleagues for coming here today and getting to everybodys questions. At this point id like to let you go. And i know you have other things to do. And deeply appreciate your time. So i guess, colleagues, im going to go ahead and end this meeting. Thanks for the questions. I will be in contact with you to see what we could put together for next week, okay . Thank you very much. Byebye now. As a woman of color who grew up in San Francisco i understand how institutions can have an impact on communities of color. I think having my voice was important. That is where my passion lies when the opportunity to lead an office in such a new space came up. I couldnt turn it down. I was with the District Attorneys Office for a little over nine years, if you include the time as an intern as well as volunteer da, all most 13 years. During the time with the das office i had an opportunity to serve the community not only as the assistant District Attorney but as director of community relations. That afforded the opportunity to have impact on the community in an immediate way. It is one thing to work to serve the rights of those without rights, victims. It is really rewarding to work to to further the goals of our office and the commitment we have as City Employees and advocates for people who dont have a voice. I dont know of anyone surprised to see me in this role. Maybe people have an impression what the director of the office of cannabis should be like, what their beliefs should be. I smash all of that. You grew up in the inner city of San Francisco. My career path is not traditional. I dont think a person should limit themselves to reach full potential. I say that to young women and girls. That is important. You want to see leadership that looks diverse because your path is not predetermined. I didnt wake up thinking i was going to be a prosecutor in my life. The city administrator reached out and wanted to have a conversation and gave me interest in the new role. I thought you must not know what i do for a living. It was the opposite. She had foresight in realizing it would be helpful for somebody not only a former prosecutor but interested in shaping criminal Justice Reform for the city would be the right person for the space. I appreciate the foresight of the mayor to be open how we can be leaders in San Francisco. I was able to transition to the policy space. Here i was able to work on legislation, community relations, communication and start to shape the ways our office was going to reform the criminal Justice System. It is fulfilling for me. I could create programs and see those impact peoples lives. I am the change. It took truants youth to meet with Civil Rights Movement leaders who fought to have access to education. Being a young person to understand that helped the young people realize this was an important thing to give up. What we find is that young people who are truanted have a really high homicide rate in our city, which is a sad statistic. We want to change that. Coming from a community we are black and brown. I dont reach out to other people. I dont think they feel the same way. I had the great opportunity to work on Prison Reform issues and criminal Justice Reform issues. We created a program at san quentin where we brought district opportunities t to lifs and talk about how we are all impacted by the criminal Justice System. We brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. Now we are inviting the police department. Our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal Justice System specifically in San Francisco impacts the community. I was attracted to the role. There was a component of equity that was part of this process. The Equity Community here in San Francisco is a community that i had already worked with. Before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who ha had been impacted. That conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. The das office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. The District Attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this. We realized it would be quite a heavy lift for individuals who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs to expunge the record. It was important to figure out the framework to make it seamless and easy. They put their minds to it after some time and many conversations the data analysts and other policy walk throughs on the team came up with the idea to engage the Tech Community in this process. Code for america helped us developed the rhythm to be used for any jurisdiction across the state that was important to create a solution to be used to assist all jurisdictions dealing with this matter. The office of cannabis is the first office to have a completely digital application process. We worked with the digital team to develop the online application. There are going to be hiccups. We are first to do it. It is one of the most rewarding parts to offer a seamless to offer a seamless approach. That is how they can find solutions to solve many of the community challenges. The best way to respond to prop 64 was to retroactively expunge 9,000 cannabis related records for San Francisco. It feels like justice full circle for my personal experience. In the past i was furthering the war on drugs just as my directive. Really coming from a place of Public Safety. That was the mandate and understanding. It is nice to see that pass a society we are able to look at some of our laws and say, you know what . We got it wrong. Lets get this right. I had the privilege of being in the existing framework. My predecessor Nicole Elliott did an incredible job bringing together the individuals superpassionate about cannabis. The office was created in july of 2017. I came in early 2018. I have been able to see the Offices Development over time which is nice. It is exciting to be in the space, stickily in thinking about her leadership. Looking for the office it is always we might be before my time when i was working for the board oforboard of supervisors. I learn new things every day it is challenging and rewarding for me. We get the privilege to work in an office tha that is innova. We get to spearhead the robust exprogram. I am excited she came on board to leverage experience as a prosecutor 10 years as we contemplate enforcements but approaching it without replicating the war on drugs. I was hired by cam laharris. I havent seen a District Attorney that looked kind of like me. That could be a path in my life. I might not have considered it. It is important that women and certainly women of color and spaces of leadership really do their part to bring on and mentor as many young people as they can. It is superimportant to take advantage of as many opportunities a as they can when they can intern because the doors are wide open. Plans change and that is okay. The way this was shaped because i took a risk to try something new and explore something and show that i was capable. You are capable, right . It was about leaning in and being at the table to say my voice matters. You find your passion, the sky president yee good afternoon and welcome to the april 28th, 2020, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. President yee thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer, fewer, present. Supervisor haney. Supervisor haney . Okay. All right. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Clerk mandelman. Supervisor mar. Mar present. Supervisor peskin, peskin present. And supervisor preston. Preston, present. Supervisor ronen. Ronen, present. Supervisor safai. Safai present. Supervisor stefani. Stefani, present. Supervisor walton. Present. Can we confirm that it was peskin . Clerk im worried about him. Supervisor walton, walton present. Supervisor yee. Yee present. And supervisor haney, were you able to join us . Okay, haney not present. Can one of my staff check on him, please. Thank you. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. So somebody needs to cut their mike. Its sounding like theres a lot of bass clerk it sounds like supervisor peskin is trying to speak but his voice is changed for some reason. So, supervisor peskin, if you could stand by, a staff member will check on you. Sounds like a boar. indiscernible . President yee supervisor peskin you have a new voice. So, okay, thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, be you join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the United States of america. And to the flag for which it stands, indivisible,. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. During the Ongoing Health emergency Board Members will participate through Video Conference to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely in this meeting in the following ways if you do not have internet, written correspondence can be sent by u. S. Postal service, please address the envelope to the San Francisco board of supervisors, room 244, city hall, San Francisco, california, 94102. Without internet you can listen to the meeting on your phone. The telephone number is 88820 8882045984. And when you are prompted, enter the access code 3501008. Press pound and then press pound again to join and you will be able to listen to the meeting in progress. If you do not have the internet, submit your written correspondence via if you do have the internet, excuse me, correspondence can be sent via email to board. Ofsupervisors sfgov. Org or watch the livestream meeting online at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Alternatively the meeting is being cable casted on channel 26. And please be aware that theres broadcast delay. If you wish to provide Public Comment, please call in early to the meeting to get situated. Public comment is item 14 o on e agenda and its up to two minutes of live comments with items within the subject jurisdiction of the board and the number to dial is the same telephone number stated earlier, 8882045984. And once Public Comment is closed i will repeat this information again. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, turn down any television or radio around you and address the board as a whole and not individual members of the board, and, mr. President , i would like to offer a giant thank you to director adrian pond today for assigning three of her staff to join our Board Meeting who will conduct language interpretation for us. And to the interpreters, id like you to as i introduce you to please share in your language that you are here to provide Interpretation Services and to which community. Well begin with agnes lie. indiscernible . Clerk supervisor peskin, if you could hold for one moment, were just going to have the three interpreters announce themselves and that theyre providing Interpretation Services to the public. To my operation staff, is agnes lie on the phone . Yes. [speaking Foreign Language]. [speaking Foreign Language]. Clerk thank you, miss li. And now for espanol. Arturo, are you available . Yes, can you hear me . Clerk yes, we can hear you. Excellent. [speaking spanish] okay. Clerk thank you. And for filipino we have fay lacani alou. Hi, can you hear me . Clerk yes, we can hear you. [speaking Foreign Language language]. Okay, thank you. Clerk thank you so much. Mr. President , that concludes my communication. President yee thank you, madam clerk, and thank you for the three people joining us to give the Interpretation Services to our viewers. So before we get started just a friendly reminder for all of the supervisors to mute their microphones when you are not speaking to avoid audio feedback. Next we will have supervisor safai to share an update from the Emergency Operation center. Supervisor safai, are you here . Supervisor safai yes, i am. President yee all right. Floor is yours. Supervisor safai thank you, president yee, and thank you, colleagues, for allowing me to give this update. Today ill provide updates to the board as the board liaison who worked with supervisor fewer last week at the Emergency Operations center. Tim holt from my staff and i had the honor to be there with supervisor fewer and her team. And as you all know shes been stationed there for the past three weeks. Along with her entire staff. To start off, the citys priorities have not changed. We have been moving vulnerable population into alternative housing sites, scaling up those sites through a bidding process with hotels. And continuing to create and scale up our Food Security programs accessible to the 311, and containing the spread of the virus the best we can. The data dashboard available on d. P. H. s website is updaded to provide new metrics for all ofous a daily basis. As of today, San Francisco has 1,458 confirmed cases, and 23 confirmed deaths. As of this morning, 29 individuals are in i. C. U. And 58 are in acute care. And yesterday mayor breed announced her plans to extend the stayathome order to the end of may, as many of you know. I know this has been a hard time for so many of our families and individuals living in the city and our numbers show how well the city and the bay area are responding to this crisis compared to other major cities in the u. S. And around the world. So we have to continue to stay strong and continue to show resolve. Thank you to everyone out there listening today for your patience, your endurance and all of the hard work that its taking to continue to keep our numbers low in this trying time. Since last tuesday, weve moved 54 First Responders and 132 vulnerable individuals into hotel rooms and we have a total of 2 excuse me, 2,156 rooms available. And 1,130 that are unoccupied. And we continue to scale up our capacity for our vulnerable population to be housed as safely and quickly as possible. They will now provide covid19 testing for all nonsector and nonprofit employees in San Francisco. And any San Francisco resident who cannot access test category go. As of today were also doing mass testing at Skilled Nursing facilities in the city. The city launched a Pilot Partnership with the Salvation Army to make and to deliver meals to people experiencing homelessness and those living in encampments. The goal of this program is to provide food to the unsheltered community and minimize covid19 exposure. Through the program the Salvation Army will make and deliver more than 1,300 meals daily to about 365 People Living in unsheltered or encampments across 40 locations in the city. In addition to the meals the Salvation Army will distribute hygiene materials and dog food for those with animals. The city also launched another partnership with the Salvation Army to make and deliver meals sorry lastly, this past week mayor breed and sfmta director jeff temlin announced the program that many of you are aware of, slow streets, to limit the through traffic on selected areas of the city. Slow streets is to give walking and biking for essential trips while still allowing the local vehicle traffic. People walking or running will be allowed to be in the street as permited by california law. Implementation will occur in phases and will be based on the streets that could supplement the reduced or suspended routes with improved bicycle access to essential services. As of today a portion of j. F. K. Drive in Golden Gate Park and the drive in mcclaren park is closed to vehicles 24 hours a day throughout the duration of the stayathome order. Like all of my colleagues before me, i want to offer sincere gratitude to the thousands of disaster workers and Service Workers staffing the e. O. C. , the Emergency Operation center, the hotels and to deliver groceries and the outreach teams passing out personal protective equipment and safety signs all over the city. And the numerous tasks to mobilize every resource that our city has at its disposal to contain the spread of this virus and to minimize the loss of life. While those of us working from home and at the e. O. C. Are able to maintain relative comfort and safety, many essential employees do not have that privilege. We thank you for stepping up and for helping to make our city safe. Finally, i look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on the board and the staff in the e. O. C. To ensure that all urgent needs are met for the duration of this crisis. Thank you, supervisor fewer and her team and supervisor mar and alan wong for being present there this week. Thank you, mr. President. President yee okay, thank you, supervisor safai. Colleagues, today we are approving the minutes. Supervisor yee are we allowed to comment on supervisor safais presentation . President yee no, its just an update from him. But you could comment on the roll or something, okay . Thank you. President yee thank you. So, again, were going to be approving the minutes from march 10, 2020. The regular Board Meeting. And the march 10, 2020, special Board Meeting minutes. Are there any changes to these minutes . Supervisor peskin, is that supervisor peskin, do you want to speak on something, on the minutes . We cant hear you. Clerk i know, mr. President , my staff is trying to work with him to get his equipment working. Sorry, supervisor peskin. All right, my staff are reporting that it sounds as though the speakers on his system are not working at this time. Perhaps he can call in, john, if youre listening to me, help him to do that. We can hear you slightly, supervisor peskin, yes. Hello . Supervisor peskin indiscernible . President yee supervisor peskin, did you want to make any comments on the minutes . Supervisor peskin no. President yee okay. Then seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Motion to approve made by supervisor mandelman . President yee mandelman. And seconded by supervisor walton. Without objection those minutes are approved after the Public Comment has been presented. Madam clerk, lets go to our regular agenda. Presiden clerk okay. Items 1 through 3, mr. President . President yee yes. Clerk items 1 through 3 pertain to the special tax district number 20201, and the rock facilities, and to declare the results of the special election and the direct recordation of the notice of special tax lien and determine other matters therewith, as defined here diagnose in. And item 2, to ratify the issuance and the sale of bonded indebtedness and other debt in an aggregate Principal Amount not to exceed 3. 7 billion and to determine other matters as therewith, as defined here diagnose in. And item 3, to levy the special taxes within the city and county of San Francisco special tax district, number 20201, the mission rock facilities and services. President yee so as madam clerk just said, items 1 through 3 are related to the special tax district, number 20201 for mission rock. The special tax district allows the city to levy special taxes on property in a special tax district for possible infrastructure and services. The board previously called a special landowner election for the special tax district to be held on april 27,2020. So i will first ask the clerk and the board to report on the election canvass. So the committee to the board by the director of the department of elections. Clerk yes, mr. President. We received from the director of the department of elections a canvass for the april 27, 2020, election for the special tax district. All votes were in favor of the ballot measure. President yee okay. Then the results unanimously in favor of the ballot measure, the board will now consider a resolution declaring the results of the election, the resolution, authorizing the issuance of bonds and other debt for the special tax district. And an ordinance levying special taxes in the special tax district. So, madam i dont see anybody in the roster. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton , thank you, president yee. Id like to continue items 1, 2, and 3 into our next meeting on may 5th. President yee okay. So motion to continue. Any discussion . Second. President yee seconded by supervisor safai. Okay. If theres no objection, then well continue it to the meeting on is it may 5th, madam clerk . Clerk it is may 5th, mr. President. President yee okay. Madam clerk, lets go to our next item and call items 4 and 5 together. Clerk okay. Items 4 and 5, are two resolutions the first, retroactively authorizing the department of Public Health to accept and expend a 900,000 grant from the California Department of public hit, a recipient of the grant award for the centers of Disease Control and prevention, for participation in a program, entitled, california injury and Violence Prevention Branch overdose data to action academic detailing, for the president of january 1, 2020, through august 31, 2022. And item 5 is a retroactive authorization to the department of Public Health to accept 750,000 from the California Department of Public Health, from the centers for Disease Control and prevention, for a Program California injury and Violence Prevention Branch overdose data to action peer to peer opioid stewardship alliance, for the period of january 1, 2020, through august 31, 2022. President yee supervisor peskin, nod if you can hear us. Can you hear us . Okay, thank you. Just wanted to make sure that you dont miss anything. Supervisor peskin if you can hear me. President yee okay. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll on this item. Clerk on items 4 and 5, we can see you hello. On items 4 and 5, supervisor stefani. Stefani, aye. And supervisor walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor yee. Yee, aye. Supervisor fewer. Fewer, aye. Supervisor haney. Haney, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor mar. Mar, aye. Supervisor peskin. Peskin, aye. Clerk supervisor preston. Preston, aye. Supervisor ronen. Ronen, aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted unanimously. And supervisor peskin, we heard you loud and clearly when you said aye. So it seems that were making progress now. Supervisor peskin i got a new computer. President yee okay, youre clearer now. Clerk thank you, john. President yee madam clerk, call the next item. Cloik an ordance to settle lawsuits against the city with the Millennium Tower litigation out of settlement and the tilt of the tower located at 301 mission street. The citys contribution to the global settlement to convain an easement necessary to construct a seismic upgrade of the Millennium Tower. And the citys obligation to convey the easement and our contingence on a number of events, including Court Approval of a classaction settlement. And this adopts the proper environmental findings. President yee okay. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk on item 6, supervisor stefani. Stefani, aye. Supervisor walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor yee. Yee, aye. Supervisor fewer. Fewer, aye. Supervisor haney. Haney, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor mar. Mar, aye. Supervisor peskin. Peskin, aye. Supervisor preston. Preston, aye. Supervisor ronen. Ronen, aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay, without objection this ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call items 7 and 8 together. Clerk item 7 is a resolution to authorize the issuance and sale of one or more series of special tax bonds for the city and county of San Francisco Community Facilities district number 20141, the transbay transit center. In the aggregate Principal Amount not to exceed 90 million to approve related documents, including an official statement, second supplement to the fiscal agent agreement, the bond purchase agreement, and the continuing disclosure undertaking and determining other matters in connection. And item 8 is the resolution to approve the issuance of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority not to exceed 315 million in aggregate Principal Amount of tax allocation bonds to finance certain costs relating to the transbay terminal project as defined herein. President yee okay. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk on items 7 and 8. Supervisor stefani. Stefani, aye. Supervisor walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor yee. Yee, aye. Supervisor fewer. Fewer, aye. Supervisor haney. Haney, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor mar. Mar, aye. Supervisor peskin. Peskin, aye. Supervisor preston. Preston, aye. And supervisor ronen. Ronen, aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Then without objection the resolutions are adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Clerk item 9 is a resolution to approve the levy on the secured role of ad valorem and special taxes on possessory interests on secured roll, and areas 1 11 excuse me, thats i1, and through roman numeral i through 13, of city and county of San Francisco infrastructure financing district number 2 for the port of San Francisco, city and county of San Francisco special tax district nobody 20192. Pier 70 leased properties and the special tax district 20201, the mission rock facilities and services and making the appropriate findings. President yee supervisor walton . Supervisor walton id like to move to continue item 9 to the may 5th Board Meeting. Second. President yee seconded by supervisor peskin . Excuse me, president yee. President yee yes . Deputy City Attorney ann pierson. I just wanted to relay some information that im learning from counsel for the port, which is that this item is time sensitive and that in order for bonds to be issued this year, the taxes that this resolution would allow president yee thank you so much. I have a motion on the floor seconded by another supervisor. I didnt ask for clarification indiscernible . I understand that completely. Shes trying to pass it today and he wants to continue it a week. The motion is made and seconded before the board. The City Attorney has not been recognized. President yee let me recognize her because i want to hear what she has to say. I apologize for the interruption and i sincerely apologize. I was just receiving information from counsel for the port who asked me to relay this to you that. Theres a time emergency to this and in order for these taxes to be put on the roll for 2021, they require that this be passed today. And, again, i apologize for the interruption. President yee okay, so thank you for that information. Supervisor walton does that change or change your supervisor walton just for clarity, why today why is today the deadline . President yee youre asking the deputy City Attorney supervisor walton the deputy City Attorney or the City Attorney that she was in consultation with. President yee okay, deputy City Attorney, would you like to answer that . I dont know the answer to that question. Im happy to consult with counsel for the port. I literally heard from her 45 seconds ago about this item and the time emergency. So shes explained to me that its related to the timing of issuing the bonds which requires putting these taxes on the 2021 secured roll which needs to be done today. I dont know more information about that timing or that deadline than that. President yee supervisor supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman and whats the reason for the continuance . Supervisor walton part of this item is in my district and there are some things that we still need to iron out. President yee supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin so through the president to the deputy City Attorney pierson who is contacted by a party and im willing to wait to later in the meeting, but are you saying and representing, or is your fellow counsel for the port representing that in this environment that these bonds are going to be sold in this market imminently . Is that the representation . President yee deputy City Attorney . That is not. Im being told that this is a matter of state law. But for me to give you a more indepth answer i would need a couple minutes to confer with her and were happy to do that. Again, this has been brought to my attention only a minute ago. President yee supervisor walton, would you entertain delaying the vote on this for your motion to continue until we can get more information . Supervisor walton i am, but i want to make sure that it stays on record and when we come back to this item that it is continued upon the fact that we have a first and a second. President yee yes, none at all. I mean, thats still the proper thing. Its just that were going to delay a vote on this at this point. Just move it into our next agenda item. So i have not yielded the floor, mr. President. So presumably what the representation is that well hear later from counsel who is a specialist in this area, is that insofar as these are possessory interest taxes, they would have to be on the secure roll and that would be a function of timing as to when they can get on the secured roll. Is that the issue . That is my my limited understanding of the issue related to timing. But once this item is continued until later in the meeting i will consult with her and get you a fuller answer. So then i really think that im less interested respectfully through the president to deputy City Attorney pierson who is supposed to be this bodys advocate in hearing from couns counsel, and id be more interested in hearing for the counsel for the assessry reporter or the treasurer Tax Collector than from the Interested Party that is a quasi city agency. President yee so theres a request from supervisor peskin. Can we see if we could get these attorneys from those offices to come into our meeting at some point pretty soon . The meeting is probably not going to last very long. Clerk mr. President , we will certainly endeavor to reach someone in the city Attorneys Office for the Tax Collector. President yee okay. And at that point when we have this item come up again, if they happen to not be here or present, then we will continue not continue on it but we will proceed with the vote of the motion. Clerk okay. President yee okay, lets go to item sorry, i lost track number the next item, 10. Clerk item 10 is a resolution to declare the intention of the board of supervisors to change the street name of Willow Street between buchanan street and laguna street to earl gage jr. Street to honor earl gage jr. s legacy and the impact on the San Francisco firefighting community. President yee okay. I see supervisor indiscernible . Thank you, president yee, and i want to thank my cosponsors on this resolution, supervisors peskin and ronen and walton and safai. And i want to recognize the San Francisco black Firefighters Association and especially their president Sherman Tillman for his leadership on this. And for working so closely with our office to move this forward. And also thanks to some folks who spoke up. Its been supportive of this, including in committee, and that includes local 798 president shawn beauford and the firefighter, and the representative keith baracca, and member gloria barry and the many other firefighters and the Community Leaders who have spoke publicly in support of this effort. I also want to recognize jen snyder and Preston Gilmore on my staff who led the community outreach. Were very eager to move this forward and we hope to have your support. And earl gage jr. Moved to San Francisco in 1945 and graduated from berkeley and was drafted into the army. And he was hired by the San Francisco Fire Department and he at that time became the first black firefighter for the city of San Francisco. For 12 years he remained the citys only black firefighter and he continued in service in the department for nearly 30 years. Throughout his tenure at the department, earl gage jr. Diligently worked to have inclusive and equitable processes for the San Francisco Fire Department recruitment and the integration of the department. Prior to his department from the Fire Department in 1983, he served as a Department Director of Community Services and adopted progressive hiring policies that increased the racial diversity within the department. He passed away on july 30, 2017, at the age of 90. And his legacy of staunch dedication to the defense of civil rights and the people of San Francisco continues to shape our city to this day. The resolution before you today will memorialize this local icon by changing the name of Willow Street, and between buchanan and laguna street to earl gage jr. Street and it has Strong Community support. I urge the members of the board of supervisors to join me in honoring the memory of this civil rights hero by supporting the resolution to rename Willow Street for earl gage jr. Thank you. President yee supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman thank you. I am a cosponsor. President yee supervisor mar. Supervisor mar i thank supervisor peskin for bringing this item forward and i would like to be added as a cosponsor. Clerk thank you. President yee madam clerk, can i have the roll. Clerk yes, on item 10, supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani aye. I would like my name on the roll to be 5ded as a cosponsor, thank you. Clerk stefani, aye. Supervisor walton . Walton, aye. Supervisor yee. Yee, aye. Supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer aye and please add me as a co should have sponsor too. Clerk thank you. Fewer, aye. And supervisor haney. Supervisor haney i would like to be a cosponsor. Clerk thank you. Haney, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor mar. Mar, aye. Supervisor peskin. Peskin, aye. Supervisor preston. Preston, aye. And supervisor ronen. Ronen, aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection the resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please go to our next item 11. Clerk a resolution to approve the list of projects to be funded by the fiscal year 2020 through 2021, road maintenance and rehabilitation account funds as established by the California Senate bill 1, the road repair and accountability act of 2017. President yee okay. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk on item 11, supervisor stefani. Stefani, aye. Supervisor walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor yee. Yee, aye. Supervisor fewer. Fewer, aye. Supervisor haney. Haney, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor mar. Mar, aye. Supervisor peskin. Peskin, aye. Supervisor preston. Preston, aye. Supervisor ronen. Ronen, aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to our committee report. Clerk item 12 was considered by the rules committee at a regular meeting on monday, april 27th, and it was forwarded as a committee report. It was recommended as amended with a new title. Item 12 is a motion to approve the mayors nomination for reappointment of cristina rubke, for the Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors, term ending march 1, 2024. President yee please call roll. Clerk on item 12, supervisor stefani. Stefani, aye. Supervisor walton. Supervisor walton redirect. Clerk okay. Actually you cannot do that, supervisor walton, when your name is called you have to state yes or no or aye or no. Supervisor walton its moving too fast. Im sorry, dealing with all of this technology. I would like to move to continue this item to next weeks meeting. Im sorry. Seconded. Seconded. Clerk mr. President you can rescind the vote. Theres a board rule which the board has not yet suspended which is that the roll call vote may not be suspended, but given the fact that we have new technology and we are working to provide a grouping of rules that we would like to retroactively suspend, i am happy to write the motion made by supervisor walton, seconded by supervisor peskin, is that correct, okay . President yee so theres a motion made and seconded. The roll call on the motion. Clerk just to be sure that i have the date right, supervisor walton is that may 5th . Supervisor walton that is right, madam clerk and thank you so much. Clerk okay, thank you. And youre welcome. President yee hold on. Before we take the roll call, supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman this is item 12 that is being were talking about continuing now . President yee yes. Supervisor mandelman if i could just ask the maker of the motion briefly why are we continuing this . Supervisor walton i havent had a chance to get information and i have a meeting with the candidate. Supervisor mandelman got it. President yee okay. Go ahead and call the roll. Clerk okay. On the motion to continue to may 5th, supervisor stefani. Stefani, aye. Supervisor walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor yee. Yee, aye. Supervisor fewer. Fewer, aye. Supervisor haney. Haney, aye. Supervisor mandelman. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor mar. Mar, aye. Supervisor peskin. Peskin, aye. Supervisor preston. Preston, aye. Supervisor ronen. Ronen, aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee so the motion to continue this item to may 5th is passed unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to roll call for introductions. Clerk supervisor stephanie, you are up first. Supervisor stefani thank you, madam clerk. I have a few things today. With my cosponsor peskin, im introducing a resolution to recognize the 150th birthday of apgne and to declare may 6, 2020, apnge day in San Francisco. This is what i hoped would become a beginning of a renaissance in the understanding around the life and legacy of this incredible man. Hes a giant in the community and in San Francisco history. Many people may already know that he founded the bank of italy which would grow to become the bank of america. But most people, myself included, did not know the depth of his support for women, immigrants and all San Franciscoians. He started the bank of italy in 1984 and from the start he welcomed people who had been excluded from the banking system, including immigrants, farmers, Small Businesses, minorities and women, to tremendous financial success. Shortly after women won the right to vote, he started a womens Banking Department which was directed and staffed entirely by women. This is 1904 and provided women with blending no not 1904 but a long time ago. With the involvement of their husbands and checking accounts for women had not been in the United States. This anniversary is special and not only his 150th birthday but because his life held so many lessons for exactly the kind of crisis that were experiencing today. Just two years after founding the bank of italy the great earthquake of 1906 struck and the fire that ensued destroyed much of the city. He rose to the occasion and put a wooden plank across two barrels on the van ness avenue so that customers could make deposits and withdrawals. For weeks after the disaster he was almost alone in refinancing the rebuilding of this city. Without this, San Francisco may not exist as it does today. Its exactly this moment when our city has been paralyzed by yet another disaster and we all struggle to rise to the occasion that we most need to consider the lessons of his legacy. How do we emerge from this disaster and learn from it so were more resilient than before . How do we make sure that the benefits of our actions are felt by everyone, even those who are hardest to reach . And how can we build a city today and go through a crisis that 8 still be here in another hundred years stronger than ever . One last accomplishment that i want to highlight is the creation of the foundation which he founded on his 75th birthday in 1945. The foundation was created to support Innovative Research in medical science and has funded over 900 postdockedoctorials n research. And its the very best that the next generation has to offer. And he had the foresight to know that we would need their help. I want to thank this idea for being brought forward and i want to encourage everyone to take the opportunity on may sixth to explore the life and the lessons of this tremendous San Francisco historic figure. Also today im submitting a letter of inquiry to the citys Administrators Office to ask for the status of appointing a county veterans officer for San Francisco. And each state in california has a veteran Service Officer who advocates on behalf of the countys veterans and is often the first point of contact for accessing senses. In San Francisco, however, this position has been vacant for over a year, though the Veterans Affairs commission asked in february that this position to be filled on an interim basis. The citys response to the covid19 pandemic has necessarily slowed all unrelated city business. But it would be a mistake to consider filling this role unrelated. The veteran population in San Francisco is represented in confirmed cases as well as deaths caused by covid19. And our veterans, health care and service providers, have been strained by a lack of personal protective equipment and an increased need for services. We need greater coordination to track and plonittor the spread of the virus among our veteran population and we absolutely must make sure that our veterans have access to every resource available to them during this difficult time. At the very least, we must fill this position on an interim basis to help our veterans to navigate, local, state, and nonprofit resources as we gapel with the covid19 while the city works to recruit a permanent veterans Service Officer. I look forward to looking forward to work with an individual of the highest calibre to fill this position as soon as possible. Our veterans deserve no less. Finally, i want to recognize that our community has stepped up to help the most vulnerable among us in many ways. In march, for example, my neighbor ryan reached out to ask how his company could help to stop the spread. We worked together with mayor breed to coordinate a delivery of 60,000 surgical masks and 34,000 gloves and 2,000 surgical gowns and 50 thermometers to support our Frontline Health care workers in response to the coronavirus. These along with texts and calls and emails from other neighbors asking how to help inspired me to launch a virtual callin program to reach out to district 2 neighbors directly and to check on everyone. I want to thank all of the volunteers who helped with that project and as we Work Together as a city im also asking myself what lever i can personally pull to confront this pandemic headon. And some of the most harmful aspects have been the severe and lasting impacts on our local economy. This has hit the independent contractors and Small Businesses especially hard. And federal support has quickly dried up. We combat this issue today and i have reallocated 49,000 from my resiliency and Economic Development fund to buy food from local Small Businesses for those experiencing Food Insecurity and for our Health Care Workers and First Responders. Our Small Businesses are struggling more now than ever and this will give a lifeline to those corridors that desperately need more business. Ill announce more details in the coming weeks. This is an extremely difficult time and its affected all of us in different ways but were in this together and well get through it together. And the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor stefani. Supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much, madam clerk. Colleagues, this afternoon i have two resolutions to present today. In light of the new data that has been provided about covid19 cases, by zip code and deaths and by rates its become more imperative that we concentrate on areas where the most cases exist and how to address them. Today i am introducing a resolution calling for the department of Public Health to prioritize populations most affected by covid19 and to step up the care of our people of color. We have been working hard to give Realtime Data in San Francisco on the number of covid19 deaths by district, zip code and by race. From the department of Public Health and from the Emergency Operations system. The data demonstrates that there have been 23 coronavirus deaths in San Francisco. And we know that out of 23 deaths that over 78 of them are people of color. Why is this important . This data provides insight as to how people of color may not be proactively receiving the information and the supports they need as the more vulnerable populations. In addition, we want to save lives and to be proactive about the spread in our community. We know that the most vulnerable communities that are susceptible to the virus should be prioritized and protected. Therefore, we demand that the city provide us with implementation of popup testing sites throughout the zip codes with the highest rates of covid19 cases. These sites should test asymptomatic residents to avoid the spread and to prevent the increase of cases and deaths. Two additional field care clinics in the areas with the highest numbers of covid19 cases in order to provide necessary medical treatment and urgent care supports. Three, the deployment of proper personal protective equipment for employees and the members of the community and areas with more vulnerable and susceptible to contracting the coronavirus. Four, increase the resources for outreach and education in areas that need a more concentrated and culturally competent and effective strategy to inform people about the latest health orders. And imperative updates in order to increase compliance in hotspot areas. Five, immediately provide testing to our Homeless Population and congr conagree ce systems, and to test unhoused people. Six, to place Homeless People who are capable of caring for themselves into hotels to prevent transmission in an already vulnerable population. Secondly, colleagues, today im introducing a resolution urging the San Francisco Sheriffs Department to implement virtual visits for children with incarcerated parents. I would like to thank my cosponsors, supervisors haney and peskin and ronen and preston, fewer and mar and safai. We applaud the work that the District Attorney and the sheris department has done to decrease the number of inmates in our county jail in light of the covid19 crisis. And as of today we have 728 inmates in custody. All county jail visits have been suspended in order to protect people in custody and this includes suspending children from visiting their incarcerated parents. Children with incarcerated parents already face a wide range of challenges with very few services, specifically designed to support youth with this unique but widespread experience. The maintenance of family ties during incarceration is one possible means of lessening the negative impact of incarceration on families and children and most incarcerated parents. They need to and they must maintain a relationship with their children, including with their education. And in 2003, the San Francisco children of incarcerated Parents Partnership published the parents rights which includes a right to not be judged, blamed or labeled because of a child or a parents incarceration. And a right to support childrens struggle with their parents incarceration and a right to a life long relationship with their parents. The San Francisco Sheriffs Department currently operates a program called one family in which inmates are required to enroll in Parenting Classes and then assigned a case manager to work with the family to ensure a therapeutic and meaningful relationship is built through parentchild visitation. This program currently serves about 40 incarcerated parents in our jail system. During this covid19 crisis, the San Francisco Sheriffs Department has systems and technology in place allowing the Virtual Court appointments and virtual visits with attorneys. Extending this to allow the virtual visits between children and their incarcerated parents will allow our children to continue to build on their relationships that were established prior to the pandemic without further interruption and the fact that we are conducting visits for Court Appointments as well as visits with attorneys, we know that we have the technology to provide visits for families to come and see inmates. On behalf of the board we would like to urge that the Sheriffs Department implement virtual conferencing for inmates to have the opportunities to connect with their children and continue to strengthen the parentchild bond in accordance with the childrens bill of rights. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor walton. Supervisor yee. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Supervisor walton, please add me as a cosponsor to your virtual visitation with the inmates with children. Supervisor walton thank you, president. President yee today im introducing a resolution urging support for Assembly Constitution amendment 5, which is also known as aca5. To place a measure on the november 2020 statewide ballot to repeal proposition 209. For those of you who may not remember, in 1996, our governor at the time pete wilson spearheaded the help behind 209 to get ready of affirmative action institutions. In comparison with other states who continue to have further action policies we have seen women and people of color in california fall further behind losing out on the government contracts and Job Opportunities and dropping to the system. And it is important that the Community Stands strong behind this effort and i want to thank my colleagues, supervisors fewer and supervisor mar, for their cosponsorship. In 1996, the campaign for prop 209 used the Asian Community to drive a wedge between the communities of color. As we have seen in our current pandemic, this community of color suffer a disproportionate negative impact. If we are to have an equitable recovery, we must be able to respond in a race and gender conscious way. Prop 209 hinders our ability to direct resources to the communities that need the most help. Now more than ever its time to repeal proposition 209. I urge all of my colleagues to join me in sending a strong message to our california legislators now to approv appro5 to place a repeal of proposition 209 on the november ballot. Two, im introducing a resolution to reopening the treasurers office. So coa colleagues ill introduce this along with supervisor safai, a resolution on reopening the treasurer and the Tax Collector office to the public. Property taxes were due on april 10th, but theyre not to the shelterinplace order, but due to the shelterinplace order and the subsequent closure of the city city hall to the public we closed the treasurer and Tax Collectors office. The city administrator will be amending the previous order allowing members of the public to access city hall for specific purposes, including essential businesses with the treasurer of Tax Collector. Therefore, the treasurer and Tax Collectors office will be set to reopen on friday, may 15t 15th, 2020, for regular for regular business hours. So that the taxpayers who have not paid yet and they may do so online, by email or in person at city hall by this date. May 15th, will be the new deadline. If the taxpayer has any challenges due to covid19, they may request a penalty waiver for later payments after may 15th. And we are working with the treasurer with the treasurer to ensure that taxpayers receive notice and assistance. I also am introducing a resolution along with supervisor ronen, fewer, walton, peskin and mar, that urges governor newsome to have a universal set of election reforms in advance of the novembers president ial election. I think thathank the coalition f organizations including San Francisco rising, who are leading this advocacy effort. While the cautionary measures need to be taken to ensure Public Safety during the election, we cannot allow democracy to be undermined by counties and by county discretion. We need a universal statewide votebymail option and also alternative ways to vote in person that are substantial and equal across the state for people who are unable to vote by mail. We urge for more protections for voter access, especially those who have been infrequent voters in the past. And Massive Public education on how to vote in november and ensuring that the equity in any model that we implement so that elderly people, and people with disabilities and young voters and others have fair and equal access. We want to provide that for everybody. And, lastly, i will be introducing a series of resolutions or ordinances regarding the balboa reservoir legislation. Today i introduced the legislation to initiate the citys review process for the balboa reservoir project that has been in discussion since 2015. And with ordinance on the Development Agreement and the establishment of a special unit district. Im sorry, a special use district. This project is located on 17acres of p. U. C. Land adjacent to city college of San Francisco. And with proposed with a Housing Project that includes 50 of affordability of the units, which is a huge really a huge win for the community. Nearly four acres of the publicly accessible space would be included and there will be buildings of a Child Care Center that would accommodate 100 children. When discussion first started, there really was not a process as robust as the one that weve created here for this project. And this is because we had created a balboa Community Advisory committee that helped to really shape the principles and parameters and the guidance for the potential project. Im really commending the work of the committee members, the staff, and the Economic Workforce Development and planning and the Community Members for making this possible. Todays introduction is a start. In order to allow the public and the community to fully engage in this next phase its important for us to have the department or the Development Agreement, and the special legislation available to the public for review. By no means are these final documents. It is a starting point. And i want to emphasize that to the community thats been engaged. I am also introducing legislation to extend the life of the committee, the Community Advisory committee, to july 1, 2021, so that it can continue serving throughout the process and beyond the projects potential entitlement. I think that Community Engagement is key and i look forward to ongoing public discussions about these ordinances as they go through the Planning Commission and back to the board of supervisors. This will take place over a few months so i do want to emphasize to the public and to you, my colleagues, that i welcome your feedback and i look forward to working with you to bring the best possible project forward and to bring muchneeded Family Housing to my district. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Next up is supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer yes, thank you, madam clerk and president yee. We are grappling with the challenges of housing for our unhoused population, even before the emergence of covid19. While we continue to prioritize that theres more hotel rooms to house our most vulnerable, we recognize that all of our unhoused neighbors are vulnerable and need a safe place to shelterinplace, even if theyre unable to obtain a hotel room. I thank supervisor mandelman for bringing forth the resolution which i cosponsored in support of safe encampment sites. To build on this resolution, supervisor mar and i are working with the city attorne attorney n up suitable sites, including land owned by rec and park for the purpose of establishing safe encampment sites. 70 of the Golden Gate Park is in my district. And i have identified specific areas which would be perfect for safe encampment sites. These sites would have bathrooms and enough room for tents to be placed up so that residents have access to the hygiene and the social distancing practices necessary to prevent the spread of covid19 which is a top priority. Though this is not a permanent solution to homelessness and not as good as a hotel room, it is certainly better than leaving our unhoused folks on our sidewalks. Look forward to exploring this further with supervisor mar and the City Attorney and i hope to have resolution ready for introduction by next week. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor fewer. Supervisor haney. Supervisor haney already. I have one item on resolution that im introducing today in support of our resident physicians who are on the front line of our Hospital Systems testing, treating and saving the lives of our communities that have been diagnosed with the covid19. As were all aware, the National Shortages of p. P. E. Have left many of our frontline workers exposed, but in addition to that the resident physicians and their Residency Training dont always enjoy the same rights as fulltime staff. Nationwide they have been fighting for child care, Mental Health services, paid leave, as well as Disability Insurance and protections for especially vulnerable physician whose may be immunocompromised. And theyre fighting to make sure that there are not any changes in rotation or missed time due to covid19 that could lead to the extension of the Residency Training and for them to complete their time as a resident. Last week the Union Representing resident physicians, the committee of interim and residents, sent a letter to the Accreditation Council for graduate medical education through the Accreditation Authority to hold the leverage to ensure that the hospitals and employers are taking appropriate precautions to keep the resident physicians safe while they are treating covid19 patients. This open letter to acgme asked for 10 points to ensure that the hospitals put measures in place to promote safe and healthy working conditions so that the resident physicians can continue to help patients and communities. It expressed solidarity with resident physicians and strongly urges the acgme to create standards that address the 10 points in the open letter of our resident physicians. As you all know, resident physicians play a Critical Role in our hospitals here in the city. And theyre asking for our support. And i hope that we can have their backs. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor haney. Supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman submit. Clerk okay, thank you. Supervisor mar. Supervisor mar submit. Clerk thank you. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, madam clerk and colleagues. Today on roll call i introduce a suspension of the vacancy tax. As you all recall a very short time ago on march seventh, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved a tax throughout the city and districts. As an odd marker of time that less than two months ago that the coronavirus was not even part of the conversation because just one week after that election, our way of life was fundamentally flipped on its end. So today im introducing legislation that would suspend enforcement of the storefront vacancy tax for the entire calendar year of 2021, but i want to be clear that the impetus for the legislation that the voters voted for by a super majority remains intact, and that were expecting the best behavior from the commercial Property Owners relative to helping stabilize Small Businesses. And if we get the hint that these Property Owners are using this pandemic as an opportunity to evict and displace residents and Small Businesses, we will change our tune with regard to the vacancy tax accordingly. Secondly, im also introducing a resolution opposing Assembly Bill 2261, which would permit the governments almost unlimited use of facial Recognition Technology which flies in the face of the groundbreaking legislation that this board overwhelmingly passed last year to prohibit the use of that technology. Not only does this undermine our local law and the work of a vast coalition of groups across the area but it undermines the residents and the visitors here in the city of San Francisco. This also has no basis in response to the current emergency. We continue to have powerful Interest Groups exploit this Public Health crisis to insidious ends, whether its Big Oil Undermining environmental protections or in this instance, big tech trying to expand into mass surveillance. I look forward to your support of this resolution when it comes before us next week. And i want to thank my staff lee hepner for his constant work on this and feel free to reach out to me or him if you have any questions. We will, of course, submit the text of ab2261 with this resolution, the rest i will submit. Thank you, madam clerk. Clerk thank you, supervisor peskin. And now supervisor preston. Supervisor preston thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today im introducing a resolution in support of representative ilhan omars rent cancellation act 2020, and along with supervisors ronen, supervisor haney, mar, walton and fewer, and im calling upon californias leadership at the National Level to join us in support of this critical measure. We know that even before the coronavirus state of emergency, thousands of San Franciscoians were struggling to make ends meet with estimates showing that the average renter was already paying nearly half of their monthly income on rent. And as we enter this seventh week now of the shelterinplace, we know that this already dire situation is only getting worse. And i know that many of you, like me, have been responding to calls and emails from constituents who are deeply worried about how they will survive the coming months and years as we weather this crisis and its aftermath. This is a time for elected leaders at all levels to step up and to take bold action and i know that my colleagues on this board have heeded that call. I want to thank in particular supervisors ronen and haney for leading the charge with their resolution to urge state and federal governments to cancel rent and mortgage payments, a resolution that passed unanimously by this body on march 31st. Representative omars bill introduced on april 17th is in part a reflection of the growing grassroots call across the country for rent and mortgage relief. Activists nationwide and particularly across california have been working tirelessly to make this happen, including organizations and alliances like right to the city, homes for all, homes for all california, tenants together, the democratic socialists of america, housing as a human right and pico california. Particularly across california they have been working tirelessly to make this happen, including organizations and alliances like right to the city, homes for all, homes for all california, tenants together, the democratic socialists of america, housing as a human right and pico california. The rent and mortgage cancellation act of 20 [no audio] is for renters. It is imperative that we urge our representative at the National Level to locally to support this measure, particularly Speaker Pelosi whose support will be so important to make sure that this legislation moves forward. And i want to encourage all of my colleagues to approve this legislation without delay. In closing, i want to thank representative omar for sponsoring this old bill. Also i thank the democratic socialists of america, both the San Francisco and the national, for their organizing and support of this effort. In particular peter gowan of d. S. A. For his work in drafting this measure with representative omars team, and jen snyder of my office who have been working with them and advocates on this effort. And all of my colleagues who have joined as early cosponsors of this resolution. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor peskin. Supervisor ronen. Supervisor ronen today im introducing a resolution urging mayors and the department of Public Health to the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing to adopt five specific actions to address the disproportionate incidence of covid19 in the Mission District and within the latin population. Last week when we received geographical data it confirmed what my office had been hearing. The Mission District in particular the latin ex community is suffering disproportionately from covid19. Up to 1,424 confirmed cases in San Francisco, and d. P. H. Reports that nearly onethird of those in the entire city are identified as latin, and that the 94100 zip code where the mission is located has 182 covid19 positive people, the highest of any neighborhood. There are shocking and sad numbers when you consider that the latin ex community after years of displacement now comprises only 15 of the citys total population. Latin x San Franciscoians are affected at twice the arrest of the population in the city. And Current Conditions with the extreme cost of living in San Francisco has forced many latin x people, newly arrived immigrants, into congregate living settings, where often multiple families share one or two rooms that are unsaf unsafe. And the people who also work in essential industries such as food cultivation and production and retail shops with food and supplies and transportation are unable to shelter in place increasing their chances of exposure. And, of course, it doesnt help that the Current White House administration has made its central focus to restrict the rights of immigrant and their access to covid19 relief and it has created a climate of fear and distrust where the immigrants question whether to seek medical care at all. In response and in conjunction with my office and the latin x task force on covid19, im urging the city to have a fivepoint plan to, one, to establish a communication and outreach programs specifically to reach the Mission Latin x community. With a special messages regarding immigration, consequences or the lack thereof if they avail themselves of public assistance during this time. Number two, create a robust food and miscellaneous expense Security Program that allows for flexible purchases at local markets and shops to support families with positive covid19 cases. Number three, develop a rapid referral and Response Program to monitor and to assist covid19 positive patients and their families to ensure that quarantine and isolation are quickly and safely obtained. Number four, increase covid19 Testing Capacity within the mission by resourcing trusted Community Clinics and Health Care Providers with tests and personal protective equipment. And, finally, number five, to commit to relocate any San Francisco resident, given there are so many homeless People Living in the zip code where the majority of covid19 cases have been found in the city, to safely isolate in hotels immediately. This past weekend my office partnered with the Latino Task Force on covid19, along with an Amazing Group of Community Volunteers to launch a comprehensive Testing Program open to all in one system. And to understand the extent of the virus spread in our community. But even with the data that we have so far we know that we cannot afford to wait any longer to protect this community. I also just wanted to make a few comments about supervisor prestons resolution supporting the new legislation authored by ilhan omar and i thank supervisor peskin for taking a lead on this resolution. As you all know several weeks ago we unanimously passed a resolution that supervisor haney and i authored calling upon the state and the federal government to take action on rent and mortgage cancellations. Since then we have been working with other progressive electives and advocates and its a relief to see the momentum that is building on this issue around the country. Thankfully representative omar along with a number of new progressive leaders in congress have the heart and the guts to take on this fight. With much of our economy shutdown, the reality is that people simply cannot pay rent and mortgage. There are reports that Something Like a third of renters didnt pay on april 1st. With may 1 approaching we know that number will grow. Its clear to me that rent and mortgage cancellation must go hand in hand to protect the homeowners and the landlords and renters. We cannot have people paralyzed under crushing debt. If we do not tack them now were heading to a humanitarian crisis. Its the responsibility of government to act and im relieved and impressed that representative omar is showing the strong and responsible leadership that we need right now. I urge all of my colleagues to add their names to this resolution so that we can send a strong and united message to our own congressional representatives. And the rest i submit. Thanks. Clerk thank you, supervisor ronen. Supervisor safai. Supervisor safai thank you, madam clerk. I have a few things they want to clarify. First, i definitely want to be added to president yees urging resolution repealing prop 209. Thats a wonderful piece of legislation. I would also want to be added and i have already let them know for the votebymail and clarifying the voting process for the fall. To not have impediments to voting getting in the way of that during this covid crisis. And then also i want to say thank you to supervisor walton for introducing his legislation on urging the department of Public Health to implement additional measures, particularly about looking at the zip codes. This is building on what supervisor ronen just talked about, but we have the second highest number of cases in my district by zip code in the city. One of the highest populations the second highest population of the Latino Community in my district that needs that extra level of testing, that extra level of engagement, and resources. So i really appreciate supervisor walton for putting urging resolution forward and absolutely a cosponsor of that. The other thing that id like to talk about, and thank you supervisor ronen for your words and your legislation, we look forward to working with you on what you just introduced, so it can also encompass my district, the second highest population that you just talked about. And then, finally, im asking the City Attorney and asking her today, our City Attorney and their office to focus on nonjudicial closures. We found out about a nonjudicial foreclosure happening on the backside of city hall, on the steps of city hall, in the midst of this crisis. To the point that many of our colleagues have made today, there are a lot of individuals that are dealing with so many different aspects of financial crisis. The idea that we would allow under a very narrow area and, yes, it is the emergency order allow for Residential Real Estate transactions to take place. But we want to close that loophole. My office, my staff went outside, we helped to break up the foreclosure proceedings that were happening. An individual came on behalf of one of the clints trying to get the court to temporarily to enjoin the sale of their property, but because the courts are shut down and so backed up they were not able to do that. I believe that its unconscionable at this moment to alloallow foreclosures to happen individuals, particularly under this condition. Well ask the City Attorney either we do it through our own emergency resolution or we will work with the Mayors Office to amend their upcoming next emergency order so that we would not allow under any circumstance during this Health Crisis, whether its in person or via remote nonjudicial foreclosure and the foreclosures that are happening in this county. And the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor safai. And mr. President , i dont believe that there are any names on the roster. That should include the introduction of new business. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Why dont we go back to just check on item i think that it was item 9. Clerk item 9, yes. The possessory interest on secured roll pier 730 and special tax districts. I believe that a ann pierson and ready and available. Yes, thank you, madam clerk. Thank you so much for continuing the item to give me the time to consult with my colleagues. As i indicated, i have been advised by port counsel that this resolution needed to be passed today in order for the or to implement the boards decision to place the taxes on the secured roll within the time required under state law. Which is required to make the bonds marketable. If the bonds were to be pulled before any time before march 31, 2021. And we had time to confirm with the assessry office to still comply with the oneweek continuance. This actually does not authorize the city or the port to sell bonds and only places the taxes on the secured roll in preparation for those bonds. President yee who from the Assessors Office . Its deputy City Attorney carol rore. President yee could we could we get her on the line . She is not connected to teams, so she has dialed into a number that was provided to her. And i know that shes dialed in and i think that theres a time lag for those who dial in as opposed to participating on teams. But shes advised me that she has dialed in. President yee is there anyone from the port . Wyatt from the port is available. President yee so we have deputy City Attorney representing the i guess the city Assessors Office, carol ror hello, can anybody hear me . President yee yes, but hold on. Were not asking for you yet. Thank you. President yee we have wyatt, what is the last name, wyatt . Donoway. Available from the port to answer any questions. Does anybody have any questions for these two . Im trying to figure out who has their name first. Supervisor walton, is that you . Supervisor walton yes, thank you so much, president yee. And thank you so much. please stand by okay. Tand by and mr. Donald . Are you concurring with that . As long as the Assessors Office is able to place the taxes on the secured role in a timely manner in accordance with state law to get them on for july 1, 2020, then we would be able to move forward with bonds next fiscal year. President yee thank you. There has been a motion made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor peskin, i believe. Continue this item to the may 5th meeting. Madame clerk, can you take the roll . On the continuance of item 9 to may 6, stefani no. Walton yes. Yee aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. Mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. Preston aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. There are 10 ayes and one no, with supervisor stefani in dissent. President yee there is 101 vote to support the motion to continue the item to may 5. Madame clerk, lets go to item 14, Public Comment. Clerk item 14 is Public Comment, is the opportunity for the public to provide their live comments for up to two minutes. If you dialled in early and you havent already done so, then please press 1, then 0, to be added to the queue. You should only do that one time and wait for the system to prompt you to speak. For those of you just now calling in, the telephone number is displayed on your screen. 1 888 2045984. And when prompted, enter the access code, 3501008 and press pound and press pound again to join the meeting. Dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the queue and wait for the system to prompt you. Once your two minutes are concluded well move you out of the speaker line, but youll still be able to listen to the meeting. We have individuals on hand who im going to ask to present themselves and they are standing by from the office of Civic Engagement and will be able to interpret your Public Comment for you. Miss lee, can you begin . Hi. [speaking Foreign Language] [speaking Foreign Language] president yee madame clerk . Clerk thank you. [speaking spanish] thank you. Clerk thank you. And next. [speaking Foreign Language] [speaking Foreign Language] clerk great. Thank you very much. And now to our callers. For those callers who have already dialled 1 and then 0, are there any callers ready to speak . We have callers in the queue. Let me queue the caller. Clerk all callers are welcome. Thank you. Youll each have two minutes to speak. You have 14 questions remaining. Hello. Id like to take this opportunity to endorse adam cocash, the head of the party. Former San Francisco District Attorney famously remarked the First Casualty of war is id like to use my two minutes to fame to speak to power because the [inaudible] were expected to believe there is a Health Crisis the same day they furlough 14,000 Health Care Workers. What is really going on . The chronicle isnt going to report that china reported an ultimatu ultimatum. Theyre not going to report that there is currently a fleet of oiler tankers idling outside the golden gate. The chronicle is not going to report that the u. S. Generals have not gone to the bunkers. Theyre not going to report that the reason the bay is targeted for stayathome is the reverend amos brown and others are being paid directly by the department of homeland security. There is a shortage of jail staff because of the activation of pentagon reserves. The chronicle didnt going to report there is a rollout and there is was a black out. The real reason for ventilation is the casualties on west coast. Will you please be honest with us . Thank you. You have 13 questions remaining. My name is francisco. I strongly feel that Public Comment should be taken in the beginning. You all need to adhere to the people, because as i have said many times, maybe two or three of you all are really concerned with the pandemic and have your hearts in the right place. Our citizens and others shouldnt be living 14, 15, 16 in a onebedroom. You all know what happens. And we need to bring, dr. Grant colf colfax, harland kelly, and others who no nothing whatsoever about insulin management. In fact today we dont have a toxicologist, a well qualified toxicologist. We do not have, as i said many times, an experienced incident management commander. We have lackeys. It started with somebody saying, im from the board of supervisors and we do this and do that. Thats all b. S. Our people are suffering and our people are dying. I think the time has come like the previous caller stated for us to have this city charged. Crimes against humanity. Crimes against humanity. You supervisors by large measure are not educated on issues. And only one or two or three of you have your heart in the right place. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker. You have 12 questions remaining. Good afternoon, president yee and supervisors. A couple of comments. First off i wanted to thank you for the remote access. I hope when you get back to city hall, it will continue. This has been very helpful. I would agree with the previous caller that Public Comments could happen at a set time so we dont have to sit here for an hour waiting for our turn. And then secondly, i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership in this pandemic. Its been amazing and an inspiration. I wanted to talk about the safe sleeping sites. While i support the notion and the idea of getting these unsheltered people off our sidewalks and befuddled why we allowed them to pitch their tents there to begin with, that said, i do support collecting them into some safe sleeping sites which i guess could be urban refugee camps. But i also am concerned that this needs to be done carefully. I know there is a ton of in support of middle school, as a reminder, there are People Living around middle school, so we might be taking them off the front porches and putting them on the back porches. I get woken up in the middle of the night by the four or five tents out from front. If there is 50 or 200 in the back, what about yard views and music at night . You know, concentrating these people outside our homes is problematic, so i would suggest we look at this carefully and make sure we select sites that are appropriate like Tennis Courts and inside parks that dont have residents. Thank you so much. Good afternoon. Announcer you have 13 questions remaining. What a happy surprise to hear i have so many reasons to be proud. But i was really proud to hear you all assert that we needed to get all of the people who are living in the streets out of the streets and into the vacant hotel rooms. As you know, cara, strongly supported your doing that. I was really alarmed to see what the administrations response is, and particularly these ludicrous notions of making it a you know, a huge profit making things for the empty hotels. I checked in with our legislative director today, who is one of the other people charged with getting our positions known to you, got her letter and so did the mayor, and we agreed it makes no sense whatsoever to do the kind of contracting that was proposed. Im a federal employee. I realize its not that the people in the city are stupid, its just they havent done this kind of contracting before. I said we needed to get the controller involved and the City Attorney. No Government Agency pays 79 to keep rooms on hold let alone when you dont expect to have hoards of japanese tourists to arrive by plane. Even i used to arrange conferences, they held the rooms. The federal government had a certain amount they would pay, even in the best of time, take it or leave it. And the hotels that normally would pay a lot more to charge other people, thats what they charged us. We also not i contractors pardon me contracting offices leased entire motels and so on, especially when i went through courses in the army and so on that might last for weeks or months. I suggest you get a federal contracting officer you have 11 questions remaining. Hi. Just a momentum. Im going to start my timer. Hello. My name is michael. Im a public advocate and i have three items to discuss. The first is again i plead with you, supervisors, especially those who say youre progressive, make Public Comment before your roll call introductions. It would be great if we had a fixed time for Public Comment. It would show respect that i feel is lacking right now when you put yourselves first to ramble on without any time limits for roll call introductions while we, the people, are waiting to offer Public Comment. I have to say one good thing that has come out of this terrible covid19 epidemic, we no longer have to spend all the time to come down to city hall and wait in the hallways to make Public Comment. Now we can do it from the comfort of our homes. Please make Public Comment at a set time and make it before roll call introductions. My second item is, i am calling on the four supervisors who currently moonlight in the second Elective Office as members of the dccc. It is really outrageous that you four supervisors are taking time away from our city hall duties to engage in partisan politics. I want you to resign from the dccc as soon as possible. My third final item is im asking that you pass a resolution calling on our member of congress, mrs. Pelosi, to immediately start remote voting and virtual hearings for the house of representatives. It is terrible that the house is not in session during this epidemic. Thank you. Announcer you have 11 questions remaining. Yes. Hi. This is peter warfield, executive director of Library Users association. Thanks for all the work youre doing. I want to point out there is a very unfortunate assumption that seems very widespread in City Government and beyond, that everyone has one or more computers with access to the internet. This is simply not true. The best information that we can get at the moment from the Library Based on Census Bureau information is that 14 of san franciscans do not have access to the internet. That means 123,000 . And we believe that minorities, the poor and the elderly are the hardesthit. It is a huge mistake therefore to treat libraries as anything but essential to the public. Both for those who have no access to the internet and for those who do have access. Of course, we would like all people and Library Workers to be safe. Thats a given, but we do think that you supervisors and san franciscans should see to it that our well financed Library Works toward safe and if necessary alternate nonelectronic service for the public. This could include limited entry, books by mail, phone request pickups, expanded Reference Service and not the shrunken time now provided from 10 to 5 only on monday to friday. We, now more than ever, need the benefits of the library, the value of services, including trusted and reliable information. Thank you. You have 10 questions remaining. Hi, supervisors. District 8 tenant. Im so happy to listen to roll call and hear that supervisor dean preston has introduced a resolution to support the federal rent and mortgage cancellation act. And that supervisors haney, mar, i believe fewer and ronen are among those who are supporting it. I think everybody should get on board and support this resolution. In fact, i sent a onepager to my supervisor mandelman. He read it. I also sent a copy to scott wiener. Supervisor mandelman answered me back and said, sounds great. So i hope he signs on because this would be wonderful to have this kind of solution. There are 44 million renters in the United States and this is necessary. Thanks. Announcer you have nine questions remaining. Hello. I am a parent of someone who is incarcerated inside San Francisco county jail and im also a grandmother. The situation of not having access to Video Conference has affected my family on many levels. My 3yearold grandson has not seen his father in twoandahalf months. You can imagine what that young little boy is going through, being very confused of what is going on. It was already hard enough to parent for my son who is suffering severe asthma. I urge you board of supervisors to urge the sheriff to make these visits happen. Every surrounding jail in the bay area is doing it. I dont know why San Francisco has to continue to be behind. They have to come up with a solution to support having these visits with children. There are 40 inmates like supervisor walton said. Lets make it happen. I urge you to support. And lets stop this. Give opportunity to men and women to continue to parent their children while theyre inside. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Announcer you have 8 questions remaining. My name is the charles head. Im the president of the coalition for all San Francisco neighborhoods. Not some, but all. We have watched the homeless crisis develop for a long time and now were watching the covid19 crisis develop in conjunction with that. Unsheltered people cannot shelter in place. Were under shelter in order places excuse me, orders. The fact is that we have herd immunity, none of us do, but to ask people to shelter in place on streets is unconscionable. Its like telling covid19 to call the herd and kill as many people as they can. The mayor has resisted the ordinance to take care of the problem. It was mentioned in the chronicle today. Supervisor haney was quoted saying this was a unanimous vote, this is big, this is huge. Two of our groups have held Public Meetings to form a coalition of rescue s. F. To take care of this problem, which is great and we look forward to suggestions about Everett Middle School for places where people can shelter in place. But this is going on for the end of may and what about after that . Are we going to shelter in place . What is going to happen to the people who are in hotel rooms, who are in Everett Middle School, whatever . What has to be done . You need to think about that. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker please. You have 7 questions remaining. This is randall sloan. I was born by your body 2019 to represent on the San Francisco department of Building Inspections s. R. O. Task force. Tenants to be board of supervisors, the s. R. O. Task force has been an hiatus for six months. Id like to raise the issue of mayor breeds eviction moratorium, written notifications. Im lucky enough to have consistent access to a smart phone, while i know that many s. R. O. Tenltsz do not. To issue written notification with supportive documentation to invoke the moratorium is an undue burden on s. R. O. Tenants. Id like you to shift the burden from tenants on the landlords and operators and off the shoulders of s. R. O. Tenants. Respectfully, randall sloan. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Announcer you have six questions remaining. Hello. My name is im speaking on behalf of direct action everywhere. First i want to thank all of you for continuing to ensure that peoples voices are heard. Also, i want to applaud all of you for your efforts to protect individuals at this time. We know that the covid19 pandemic has upended each of our lives, but despite this, we have hope. We have hope that our community is coming together and making drastic changes to help our neighbors out. Sadly, we do know that covid19 is only one example in a long history of human interactions leading to pandemic disease. Three out of every four new or emerging Infectious Diseases in humans are from animals. We know that additionally, domesticated animals are bridges where wild animals can transmit. And we know that factory farms are providing ideal conditions for these to mutate and spread rapidly. While we dont know that this is going to be the only pandemic, we know that its imperative to address immediate issues happening right now, but we must not forget that its really important that we are proactive in trying to prevent future pandemics. We can be certain that our Current System of animal exploitation is creating opportunities for viruses to jump from animals to human. And the flu viruses have the potential to infect billions of people in a short period of time. So its clear that to prevent future pandemics, governments and institutions need to lead the transition to a kinder, safer food system. And one way that we can do that is to change food policies. Thank you for your comments. You have five questions remaining. Yes, this is David Elliott lewis. Longtime tenderloin resident. Trying to see what we can do to facilitate the implementation of putting our unhoused residents in hotel rooms. I know the board passed unanimously. The mayor has not signed it, or is not willing to implement it. Maybe something the board can do to further encourage the Mayors Office and city to accept this, is to add an additional component of sort of house rules and work requirements for gaining these free rooms. So on occupant, in addition to the rules already provided by the hotels, would have to agree to additional goodneighbor agreement. Not partying in the rooms, things like that. And maybe even give back time to keep the building clean, protected, safe. And that kind of stewardship of the space has been advocated by other groups and i think it might make the Mayors Office more willing to implement, if they feel that the property will be protected. I see it every day, the worsening conditions on our streets, the increasing tents. Anything we can do to encourage the city and Mayors Office to move homeless into hotel rooms i think will benefit everybody. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Announcer you have four questions remaining. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is rocky chow from the Animal Rights organization direct action everywhere and im a resident born and raised in San Francisco. I would like to thank the board of supervisors here managing and providing us the updates we need to weather this covid19 outbreak. Especially in helping our vulnerable propositions. I populations. Although management is great, what is missing from this conversation is how we can prevent the next pandemic from happening again. According to the United Nations Environmental Program they said 75 of emerging diseases such as ebola, h. I. V. , zika, sars, covid19, comes directly from exploiting animals. This is due to the continuation and extension of animals encroaching into forest or other habitats of animals. Managing this crisis is essential, but prevention is key to ensuring we do not have to face the economic and Public Health crisis were facing today and in the near future, or in the future in general. As ben franklin once said, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I as a constituent call on you to join the environmental public rights and Health Organization to develop a link between animal culture and outbreak. I thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Announcer you have three questions remaining. Hi, my name is curtis stanford, im a longtime tenderloin resident. There is so much i could talk about, but i want to raise a couple of key issues. One, you know here we are, another week has gone by and there is no testing going on in the tenderloin neighborhood. We already know it disproportionately impacts tenderloin. Even the folks from the shelter got counted as part of a different neighborhood. I know were being unrepresented. Folks in the tenderloin, we dont have the getting a test and running up there. We dont have Health Insurance or little Health Insurance. Were more likely to sit in the room and weather the sickness and never get tested. So we need wider spread testing in the tenderloin. Secondly, the government needs to social distance, but provide with the appropriate services and Hygiene Services especially, and food. And we have the resources and the means to do that. We could do that tomorrow. There is a chance i three is right now 75 tents on the street in front of city hall. No rest rooms or handwashing stations. Its remarkable how little help is provided to our inhouse residents. The street on j. F. K. , in the middle of the park, the wide open space, you need to close another street so folks have room to social distance, yet they refuse to close streets in the tenderloin where its overcrowded. And there is absolutely no way to practice any social distancing. Yet you have two questions remaining. Hi, my name it cheryl. I moved in San Francisco district 8 for 40 years. I support resolution of supervisor mandelman asked about to create sanctions, safe shelter options for those persons, many who are currently living in tents on city sidewalks using public areas like city parking lots is a solution during this emergency. We need to recognize that the ongoing situation of tents and encampments cannot be tolerated. Its putting all of us in danger. We cant walk down the street without and practice our isolation that we need to, our sixfoot, because all of the tents in the streets. This is just disgusting. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. You have three questions remaining. Yeah, hi. My name is jill. Im a nurse at city emergency here in San Francisco general. I want to thank you guys for doing all the work youre doing on the Public Health outreach. Its pretty amazing. We had a meeting at the g. A. O. On march 5th, about eight weeks ago, a bunch of you supported it because disaster and violence training. Unsafe and ultimately questioned the management practices. Weve had eight weeks of planning [inaudible] one nurse for 100 people and a few other staff. A little bit more now. But there has been very Little People what theyre expected to do. And how to do it. How is one nurse going to help people sent there rule out Covid Patients . 100. Um, stories im hearing are pretty horrible. The other thing im having a problem with is people in the emergency department. Theyre either complaining of the calls, they come to the e. R. , they want to go to p. L. Its a tragic on this people. 3 budget cuts actually a month ago with a big fat budget and trying to cut a lot more staffing and theyre already short staffed and the community is going to be in even greater need. So i beg of you to the help the covid hotels and also to Emergency Rooms or San Francisco general [inaudible]. Thank you. Thank you. Announcer you have two questions remaining. Hi. My name is jessica layman. We have a lot of concerns about seniors and people with disabilities facing this crisis. We want to see our unhoused people moved into hotels room. And given p. P. E. And the ability to selfisolate as needed. And i wanted to comment specifically about Nursing Homes and other congregate facilities where news is starting to come out of the huge impact of covid19 and we fear that disabled people, disabled seniors, are being neglected. And there is a lot of questions from the department of Public Health, around what kind of p. P. E. Is being provided . What testing is happening . What is the number of cases and deaths . Why arent these reported . The county website is not including these currently. And why are people who are covidpositive transferred to nursing home and putting other people at risk . So ive never seen this level of lack of transparency in San Francisco. And we hope that you all, as the board of supervisors, can act and make sure we get answers and that we protect our folks. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Announcer you have one question remaining. Yeah, this is marshall action i really have to say outrage at this situation in Nursing Homes. Doing a lot of lot of about it and its happening here in San Francisco. There is so much uncertainty about how much testing is going along, what kind of testing is being done, who is being transferred where . How much of people who are vulnerable being put into hotels . But the one thing that is absolutely certain is that the transferring Covid Patients into Nursing Homes. And this is outrageous. Its like putting a match in fire. The Nursing Homes are already filled. They cant ensure there is complete separation between this covid that is devoted to Covid Patients. There is staff that goes in and out. There is no way its possible to have them really isolated. And i think the Bigger Picture is that there is Still Hospital space that could be used for Covid Patients, but hospitals are out to make money and the acute care is always pays more. San francisco is neglected smiths and others congregate facilities for senior for people with disabilities. And theyre also made to have more home care for people. So the board of supervisors really needs to you have four questions remaining. Hi. This is action. [inaudible] also michael ryan, we worry about what is happening right now. Especially at the facilities that hello . That are being that are being, um um accessible now for, um, people that are, um, covid positive. I think that is very high risk that we need to make sure that skill facilities are a priority in getting tested. And they should not be receiving patients that are recovering or in danger of being infected with this. So, please, do more for our seniors and people with disabilities. Thank you. Announcer you have three questions remaining. Hi. My name is small and im an organizer at senior and disability action. I live in district 9. Im also very concerned about the high rate of covid19 infection in Nursing Homes and congregate living environments for people with disabilities and elders and the high rates of death. There was a recent article in the guardian that highlighted how many people have lost family members, that havent even been able to say goodbye to them, didnt know they were even near death. The horrible working conditions that a lot of the workers in Nursing Homes are working under, that are also deadly for patients. With lack of p. P. E. And lack of even time to wash their hands between patients at times. And i would really like to see the city of San Francisco be transparent about who is getting tested, to demand that if a person at a nursing home tests positive, that everyone living and working there is testing. And not to have people who are positive with covid19 into a nursing home as long as there is troom treat them in the room to treat them in the hospital where theyre less likely to pass it on. Please do what you can and ensure that adequate testing and reporting is undergone immediately. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. You have two questions remaining. Hello. Im an organizer, senior disability action as well. So im also calling about Nursing Homes and other congregate facilities, because im really concerned about underreporting which is putting disabled people and elders at risk. And even broadly, its having a serious impact on whole communities of people and theyre losing their loved ones. People are dying right now and they have a right to be known and remembered because their death should prevent further deaths. By not taking action around nursing facilities and longterm care facilities and other congregate settings, living settings, the city is basically doing the same injustice as what is being done to unhouse people for a very long time now, ever since the beginning of the pandemic. And saying with people and prisons and jails who are in so much danger right now. Same. This im hoping there is going to be more information and more direct action from the city around this issue. Thank you. Thank you. Announcer you have two questions remaining. Good afternoon, president , and members of the board of supervisors. My name is Caroline Kennedy and i chair the neighborhood association. Im here to endorse item 20. With increasing numbers of Homeless People in the castro delores park areas, Community Group leaders have worked with supervisor mandelman and city representatives on alternatives to camping on our sidewalks and other spaces. Camping on our streets is not safe, not healthy and not compassionate. And even more so during the covid19 pandemic. Homelessness is a terrible human tragedy. Its complex and difficult to solve. So i focused on implementing commonsense changes in my own local area. The resolution before you today is just that. Using areas like the parking lot to shelter those sleeping on the streets. Today there are 3040 tents within three blocks of that school. Its a simple proposal. Set up a safe site with bathrooms and other services for those sleeping nearby. Its a relevant and urgent need. Right now we have people in encampments who need protection theyre the lowest priority for hotel rooms. This is another alternative to on the sleep treating during the pandemic and beyond. I ask you on behalf of my neighbors and those sleeping outdoors, to vote yes on item 20. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. You have two questions remaining. Hello. My name is and im a volunteer with Animal Rights organizations, compassionate bay and direct action everywhere. And i was wondering if City Council Members would be willing to consider initiatives that demonstrate not only our willingness of citizens to help animals, to take some action, but understand the pandemic, also acknowledge that a big contributor to Infectious Diseases is animal agricultural. Bacteria that are antibody resistant, theyre in factories, farms and the country can have a next epidemic and there is a bird flu that causes 60 for a bird flu strain. However, that bird flu strain is not easily transmittable from human to human, but im highlighting the danger of animal agriculture. We know it also contributes to climate change. So i was wondering if we can do something on a city level that will show we as citizens want to take action in all these areas. And have some sort of commitment to become more of a plantbased city and that way its a model later for california because San Francisco is so progressive and be a leader in that. And perhaps leader all of the United States and hopefully, eventually, all over the world. So im just asking to consider these big broad questions. And we, in our Animal Rights groups, were actually a leader approach the members of the board of supervisors with more concrete suggestions, so hopefully we can have dialogue about the issues. Thank you so much. Thats all. Thank you for your comment. Announcer you have two questions remaining. Hello. My name is betty trainer. I live in district 5. Im just one block from central gardens, the Convalescent Home where there was at least four deaths and over 60 residents and staff that were positive for the coronavirus. And im also urging that there be testing at all Nursing Homes in San Francisco, both staff and residents as well as the other congregate facilities where we have seniors and people with disabilities living there who are truly the most Vulnerable People for the virus. And i dont know what i know other people have brought this up earlier and i dont feel that it is has been that transparent. We really dont know what facilities have been tested, but my main concern is that all of these facilities should be tested as soon as possible. And only positive cases should be especially as theyre getting more placed in the hospital. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. You have three questions remaining. You have two questions remaining. Welcome, speaker. Hi, good afternoon. My name is terry lewis and im calling in support of the measure by supervisor walton for the custody sorry, the online visiting for the inmates in the county jail right now. I currently work there and im just i just want to say it makes a huge difference for people to be able to connect with their children and for the children to connect with the parent as well, even in that situation. It makes a big difference. And im completely in support of that and i hope we can pass that. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Announcer you have one question remaining. Welcome, speaker. To the speaker, if you can hear me, press 1 and then 0 to be entered into the queue. So, if you can hear me . Is the individual needing assistance on the line . Welcome, speaker, if youre there. Appears that caller has hung up. That concludes the queue. Clerk okay. So mr. President , in case the individual is going to dial back in to provide comments, i would just like to say every week we do look at our Public Comment procedures. We sprint from meeting to meeting to make sure that we are improving our processes and bringing Better Service to you and members of the public. I want to thank director adrian pond from the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs to provide language access. Although its possible the individual dialled in and mr. Coup will let us know. We may not have used their services this week, but its possible well be able to do so during future meetings. Were grateful for their attendance here today. Did anyone dial in . Yes, i have two additional callers in the queue. Okay. Please move them into being able to provide their comments. You have two questions remaining. Hi, my name is angelica. Im from San Francisco and i work with the community. I wanted to just say that i support the Virtual Meetings with those who are incarcerated and the Virtual Meetings with their children. Its very important, especially during these times that they still get to interact with those children because its good for both the parents and the you have one question remaining. Yes, i live about two blocks from Everett Middle School and i fully support the resolution that youll vote on later. I would like to link that with the registration that was passed several weeks ago which has not yet been implemented by the mayor to fully adapt the empty hotel rooms and use them. The thing about the resolution is that it is another tool in your quiver to fight the devastating losses that well see with the shelterinplace ordinance against the whole community, but especially for those homeless. The Everett School proposal seems fine for me. I think it is worth getting a unanimous vote from all of the supervisors in support of it. I thank you for the time. Great, thank you very much for your comments. Announcer you have zero questions remaining. Okay. Mr. President , thank you so much. That concludes Public Comment. President yee seeing no other speakers, Public Comment is closed. Lets call for adoption without committee, agenda items 15 through 23. Clerk okay. For items 15 through 23, these items were introduced for adoption without reference to committee. A unanimous vote is required on those resolutions introduced on first appearance today. Alternatively, a member may require a resolution to go to committee. President yee okay. Colleagues, anyone like to sever any items . Did somebody supervisor peskin thank you, madame clerk. Id like to sever item 15, please. President yee supervisor mar . Supervisor mar thank you, president yee. Id like to sever item 20 and 22. President yee okay. For the rest of the items, madame clerk, could you take the roll . Items 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 23, supervisor stefani aye. Supervisor walton aye. Supervisor yee aye. Supervisor fewer aye. Supervisor haney aye. Supervisor mandelman aye. Supervisor mar aye. Supervisor peskin aye. Supervisor preston aye. Supervisor ronen aye. Supervisor safai aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. So those resolutions are adopted unanimously. Madame clerk, lets go to item 15. Item 15, resolution to urge the disclosure of Additional Data sets related to the wellbeing of homeless san franciscans and residents of single room occupancy hotels. The number of hotels rooms, the geographic origin of confirmed positive covid19 cases, zip codes of residents for each covid19 death, and the date of the covid19 test specimen collection and commending the interdepartmental collaboration which resulted in the publication of the covid19 data tracker. President yee supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee. And thank you, colleagues, for adopting last week and continuing it. As you know, for the past month, actually longer than that, ive been pushing for as much transparency as possible with regard to the citys response to this pandemic. And weve all advocated for additional information, not only for us decisionmakers in the media, but particularly for the public who need to see the same level of information that were seeing. I want to thank data s. F. And d. E. M. , department of Emergency Management director carroll and the controller for the progress that has been made on april 7. We reached a significant landmark by publishing a public data dashboard which people can find at the website with information about the numbers of confirmed cases, the numbers of deaths and limited amounts of demographic data. And as youll recall, in the early weeks of the pandemic all we were able to receive was the number of confirmed cases and deaths, so this is greatly expanded information. The resolution before us requires Additional Data sets to be added and im pleased to say that the city has already made some progress by adding information about Hospital Capacity and occupancy, but particularly were looking forward to Additional Data in what will be a housing tracker on the same website which will show the number of confirmed cases originating in the homeless shelter network, as well as in single resident occupancy hotels. Inasmuch as this data is already available, i think all of the members of the board are receiving the hotel data every morning as to what is occupied, what is not occupied for First Responders and covid19 cases getting that up as quickly as i see feasible is very important. And then id also like to note that we can, without violating patient confidentiality, do even better by showing s. R. O. Cases, by zip code location, and that data has been available to us as well. As a matter of fact, the chronicle tweeted about that today. And hopefully we can do better than zip code data. At least we should get to census track geographic data, because the zip code data is large in size. The information that d. P. H. Has is much more specific. I know this will improve in time and thank you for your unanimous support. President yee madame clerk, can you take the roll. Clerk sorry . On item 15, supervisor stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. Mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. Preston aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. So this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madame clerk, lets go to item 20. Clerk item 20, resolution to urge the city to establish safe sleeping sites for unsheltered people, to encourage social distancing, improve sanitation and slow the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019, covid19. President yee supervisor mar . Supervisor mar request to be added as a cosponsor . President yee okay. Supervisor preston, you want to speak on the item . Supervisor preston i do. I wanted to thank supervisor mandelman for bringing this resolution forward and with the city failing to provide temporary shelter to so many folks homeless on the streets, weve had increasing calls from neighbors urging the city to act. These calls have grown ex exponentially over the last couple of weeks. And homeless advocates and housed neighbors have raised really wellfounded concerns i think regarding sufficient hygiene and social distancing during the pandemic for those living in tents on our streets. And you know i think folks know, many of us have been banging the drums trying to demand that unhoused neighbors be placed into hotels during the pandemic. We have literally tens of thousands of hotel rooms with owners ego torrent them at eager to rent them. Despite that, the city has moved at an inexplicably slow pace and just this week, the mayor announced she will violate the law. I want to be clear that our first choice remains moving unhoused people into vacant apartments or hotel rooms where they dont need to share facilities. But hours matter and we need to minimize all risk to the best of our ability as we work to get people into individual rooms. So, therefore, out of compassion with the support of homeless advocates and housed neighbors who for weeks have been demanding safe sleeping areas, im happy to support this resolution and ive already been in active discussions with h. S. H. About a number of possible sites in district 5. And were committed to making one or more of these work on terms that are acceptable to the community. Thanks again to supervisor mandelman for moving this forward so quickly. President yee please call the roll on item 20. Supervisor stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. Mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. Preston aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee so this resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call item 22. Clerk item 22, resolution to urge govern newsom to pardon and stop her deportation. Supervisor mar . Supervisor mar i just request to be added as a cosponsor to this item as well. President yee okay. Madame clerk, please call the roll . Clerk item 22, stefani aye. Walton aye. Yee aye. Fewer i think fewer said aye. Supervisor fewer i said aye. Thank you, fewer. Can you please mute your mic if youre typing. Supervisor haney aye. Mandelman aye. Mar mar . Mar aye. Peskin aye. Preston aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. So this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madame clerk, can you please read the in memoriam. I have no in memoriams to introduce, to mention that im aware of today. President yee that brings us to the end of the agenda. Madame clerk, any other further business before us today . Clerk this concludes the noticed agenda, mr. President. President yee okay. Thank you, colleagues. Were receiving a briefing from the Deputy Health officer dr. Susan phillip right after we adjourn this meeting. Members of the public, youre welcome to continue watching or tune in. This is occurring under the authority of the governors executive order which allows policy bodies to receive updates from local officials relative to the declared emergency and to ask questions of such officers provided that the members of the policy body do not take action on or discuss amongst themselves any item of business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the body. This option would allow the board to be fully briefed by the Health Officer or someone that asked that can come and answer questions with a little more authority. So, with that, members, the board please continue to stay online as there is no further business, we are adjourned. Dr. Phillip, before you get started, i just wanted to note to the public, i think everybody received the email correspondence i sent to dr. Argon regarding him back to answer questions. Lets focus on testing and that we had actually i had sent some questions ahead of time so that one could ask the questions. They were listening to them with concerns around this particular issue. They had some other issues also, but the majority of my colleagues thought this was a good topic to focus on. So i spoke to every single of my colleagues to say, do you have any questions . So what you received or what you should have received, dr. Phillip, was really a summary of the questions that i sent forward and,