The doctors and the nurses who are working so hard with this chair and i have been able to and were finding out we need to do those and theyre cost savings but some things are costing more and we should have all that analysis done for the next condition meeting and be for that. Commissioner, any other questions . Seeing none. Thats the presentation. This is not an action item. Thank you. Commissioner, item 11 and other business. Any other business from commissioners . Seeing none. All right. Item 12 is closed session. Do we have a motion to move into closed session . So moved. Second. All right. I will take roll call vote. [ roll call vote ] can everyone who is not in the closed session leave the room. We thank you so much for your the meeting will come to order. We welcome to the thursday, august 20 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Im gordon mar, the chairman of this committee. Joining me is supervisor aaron peskin and matt haney. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Thank you, mr. Chair. In order to protect city employees, the board, and the public during the covid19 emergency, city hall and the board room is closed. Committee members will participate remotely in the conference to the extent as if they were physically present. Sfgov is streaming the public calling number at this time across the screen. Your opportunity to provide Public Comment is available by call 4156550001. Once prompted, enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, 1461470836. You will then dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. When you hear the discussions, your line will be muted and in a listening mode. When you hear your item, press starthree and wait until the symptom indicates you are unmuted system indicates you are unmuted before you begin your comments. Speak slowly and clearly, and make sure that volume is turned down on all your devices. Alternatively, i invite you to submit your Public Comments could you please call item 1. Clerk item 1 is an emergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers from adverse action if they test positive for covid19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to covid19 symptoms or exposure, and to protect applicants from discrimination if they test positive for covid19, are isolating or quarantining or have previously item owe lated or quarantined, due to covid19 symptoms or exposure. If this is your item of interest, now would be the time to dial starthree. Mr. Chair . Supervisor mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Id like to welcome paul monge, whos a legislative aide for supervisor ronen, to present on this item. We also have regina dickendrizzi, chairman of the Small Business commission, to answer questions if needed. Hi, supervisors. Im here to speak on the s. A. F. E. R. Act, which stands for safeguards against employee firings or restrictions. Here in San Francisco, widespread testing has been critical to the citys response to the pandemic, but our opportunity to offer widespread testing to the city prevents further transmission of the virus. Unfortunately, for some of our residents, a lack of adequate covid protections created barriers from accessing this testing. While a covid positive worker whos quarantining cannot legally be fired or be forced to use unpaid leave, wosome workers are still vulnerable at being fired just because theyre quarantining. The s. A. F. O. R. Makes it illegal to demote, suspend, or reduce benefits or in any manner discriminate against an employee whos off work because theyre quarantining because of covid19. What really motivated supervisor ronen to introduce this ordinance was a recent study of residents living in the mission, and that study was illuminating and revealing the fear of losing ones employment really discouraged a number of workers from taking care of themselves or feeling force today go to work in the first place. [inaudible] who have no alternative access to income during the period of quarantining. So by expanding employment protections for workers who test positive for covid or quarantining, this ensures that workers can confidently pursue income without losing income or the risk of losing employment. Were hopeful that this legislation will empower citizens to get tested. Lastly, we would [inaudible] capacities and understanding of this legislation, as well as with Worker Rights organizations and the office of labor standards and enforcement themselves. So just to quickly highlight those four amendments, which you all should have, the first is amending sections three of this legislation, which provides a more precise definition of an independent contractor who would be protected under the provisions of this legislation, and it does so by creating a clear threshold to this. Second was 4c, and that is an adverse action taken against an employee was established by a separate independent basis, which could be a workers performance or misconduct. The next would be adding section 4d as a replacement to 5a, allowing employers to require workers to identify the general basis for their absence or inability to work, but it wouldnt go as far as having an employee to provide medical Health Records providing the status of their Health Regarding covid, protecting their health privacy. And last, adding section 4d as a replacement to 5a, affording the affording the department the ability to act upon a potential violation while the due course of an investigation is still ongoing, which means its a little bit longer. It would support a worker being reinstated in the interim period until that incident is fully conducted. So those are the four amendments that we would like to bring forward in partnership with the sponsors here today, and im here to answer any questions. Chair mar thank you, mr. Monge, for your work on this extremely important ordinance to protect workers rights and especially the rights of essential frontline essential workers and particularly low wage workers in these really challenging times right now. So and i think this is just another example of really important legislation that as a board have worked on and moved forward to support workers and support workers rights during the health and economic crisis. And even on for this committees agenda, you know, items 2 and 4 are zoo examples of that, as well. So thanks again, mr. Monge, and supervisor ronen, for all of your work on this, as well as the workers rights organizations on moving this item forward. Im proud to cosponsor it and support it. Colleagues, do you have any questions . Supervisor peskin mr. Chair, i have read the amendments and support those, and thank you, mr. Carroll, for sending those around earlier this morning. Chair mar supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you, chair mar. And i agree, this is such a critical protection act. I was out at one of our testing sites a few weeks ago, or maybe its been a couple months ago now. And i was out there with a couple of people out there to be tested, and they were terrified if it came back positive, they would be required when they were forced to quarantine, and they walked away. So this is why i think weve had some challenges in addressing the spread of covid among some of our workers because they dont have access to basic protections in some cases. And so this, along with the p. P. O. Laws and the sick leave laws that youve let on, chair mar, i think is critical to protect our workers and also to protect everyone from the spread of covid in our city. So im not sure that im on as a cosponsor, but i would love to be added on as a cosponsor, and thank you, supervisor mar and mr. Monge, for your leadership. Chair mar okay. Why dont we go to Public Comment . Mr. Clerk, are there any callers on the line . Clerk thank you, mr. Chair. Well see if there are any callers on the line. For those who have already connected to our meeting via phone, please press starthree if you wish to be entered into the queue to speak on this line. For those of you in the queue, wait until you are prompted, and then begin speaking. For those watching through online or on cable channel 74, call 4156550001. Enter todays meeting i. D. , which is 1461870436. Press pound twice, and then starthree to be entered into the queue to speak. First speaker, please. Hi. My name is tyler and i attend city college, and im a courier for doordash. Youd be surprised how many customers request no Contact Delivery and open the door and hope up any way. Its very important for my safety and the safety of all of those people that im in contact with that i would be able to be tested for covid19 if im concerned is that i may be exposed. Please ensure that this ordinance is unambiguous about protection for gig economy workers, and it sounds like one of those amendments maybe is doing that, so that is great to hear, but i havent actually seen the amendments yet, and, you know, i just want to say, you know, that these companies will do everything to say that oh, were not employees, youre just independent contractors, try to claim the law does not apply to them, so try to make the law as unambiguous as possible. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments, tyler. Could we have the next speaker, please. My name is john wong, and i currently live in the city of oakland, but i do gig work on doordash in the city and county of San Francisco. You know, as a carrier, like tyler said, i also come in contact, you know, with multiple different customers and restaurant workers every day, so there is a high level of risk, and, you know, its i try to get tested, you know, for covid19 fairly regularly, you know, you know, especially when im concerned that i might have been infected, and, you know, hopefully, i can stay home if i test positive without worrying that my account has been deactivated. But from what ive heard from other gig workers that are organizing say that they have been deactivated if they test positive for covid19. We as gig workers are denied the most basic of safety nets, and we just want to ensure that all of us workers, regardless of whether we are w2 employees or misclassified independent employees, that we get the protections that we need. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments, mr. Wong. Operations, could you connect us to the next caller, please. Operator that was the last caller. Chair mar thank you so much, clerk and operations. Hearing no further callers, Public Comment is closed. You know, actually, i did just want to respond to the two Public Commenters who are dig workers and drivers, and to your points, and just reemphasize, per mr. Monges presentation, one of the amendments that was introduced does establish the definition of a worker that does provide at least two days of labor, and the prior definition does not establish any threshold for independent contractors, so the 16hour threshold provides greater clarity for enforcement of the legislation. Thank you for your comments, and yeah, would just like to move that we adopt the amendments as presented by mr. Monge on behalf of supervisor ronen. Mr. Clerk, can you please call roll. Clerk on the motion to amend as offered by chair mar [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are l three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. And then, i would like to move that we move this forward with a positive recommendation. Clerk on the motion to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please call item number 2 . Clerk yes. Agenda item number 2 is reenactment of an emergency ordinance, that being ordinance number 7420 and also ordinance number 11020, to temporarily require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant, and ondemand Delivery Service employers to provide health and scheduling protections to employees during the Public Health emergency related to covid19. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call the Public Comment number, 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. For today, which is 1461870436. Press pound twice, and starthree to enter the queue. Finally, mr. Chair, im in receipt of your memo to agendize this item to entertain a motion to refer this item to the full board as a Committee Report for consideration. Chair mar supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yes. If youll recall, this emergency ordinance took effect on may 1 and was already renewed once before but will expire on august 31. This legislation strengthens Worker Protections that are covered by the Health Officers office by giving workers an additional level of protection by giving them the right to file a complaint with olse and ondemand delivery must be reimbursed for purchasing masks, hand sanitizers, or other supplies. It requires that drivers and shoppers offer the option of noContact Delivery. It requires an employers providing [inaudible]. Supervisor haney obviously, we are still very much in this state of emergency under this pandemic and protecting our workers that weve seen under some of the spikes have been put at risk, and some of the cases have been connected to workers being unsafe at the workplace. So this will help with that, and i hope for Even Stronger enforcement and outreach to workers to know that these protections and these rights exist, and i want to thank the Committee Members for their support and sponsorship on this ordinance. Chair mar thank you, supervisor haney, for all of your work on protections for workers during the health crisis. Why dont we go to Public Comment on this item . Clerk yes, mr. Chair, the moderator will check if there are speakers in the queue. For those who have already connected to our meeting via phone, please press starthree to be moved to the queue to speak on this item. For those of you already in the queue, stand by for the prompt, indicating that your line has been unmuted and providing Public Comment. For those of you that would like to call in, call 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. , press pound twice, and then starthree to enter the queue to speak. Could we get the first caller, please. Hi. This is tyler again. I wasnt planning to speak on this item, but since it was on the same agenda, i just wanted to call in and mention the way that the Gig Companies have interpreted this. On doordash, if you work in San Francisco, you now get, i believe its. 78 extra per day, and that is their way to complying with this. Thats about 3 or 4 a week, and i dont know that thats enough to comply with the risk of masks and sanitizer and wipes to wipe down your car. I dont know if it makes sense to amend this or anything like that, but it might be good to clarify how much that reimbursement should be, and i think you mentioned something about outreach to workers. I think that would be important to let people now how they can take advantage of this and how they can file a complaint if they feel like theyre not being reimbursed enough. Clerk thank you very much again, tyler. Could we connected to the we be connected to the next caller, please . Operator that was the last caller. Chair mar great. Seeing no more callers, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney one, thank you for bringing it up to the Public Commenter, tyler. Additionally, we heard from some of these companies that it didnt apply to them at all, which obviously it does, and the way theyre complying with it is obviously subject to enforcement and regulation, so i would theres a hotline where you can call to report this, and its one of the reasons why enforcement is so critical here. They obviously have to actually reimburse the cost of or a o were explicit about this in the ordinance the cost of gloves, wipes, masks, and hand sanitizers. Chair mar thank you for that clarification, supervisor haney. So yeah, why dont we we move this forward . I would move that make a motion that we move this item forward to the full board with a positive recommendation as a Committee Report for the august 25 meeting of the board of supervisors. Clerk on the motion offered by chair martha the item be recommended as a Committee Report [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please call item number 3 . Clerk jaent item number 3 is a resolution receipt owe actively approving a third amendment to an emergency agreement between the Human Services agency and 1231 Market Street owner l. P. , for the citys continued use of 459 hotel rooms and associated services, increasing the contract amount by 25,618,54, for a total amount not to compete 35,608,542, and extending the booking period for a potential total term of april 8, 2020 through july 1, 2021. Once again, mr. Chair, this item has been agendized by the board of supervisors for consideration on their august 25, 2020 meeting. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Rhorer . Actually, chair mar, ill start this, and director rhorer will come along. I do have a brief Powerpoint Presentation that i would like to share with you and the watching public with your permission. Chairman chairman ye. Chair mar yes, please, thank you. Supervisor peskin and chair mar, i do want to thank director rhorer and mr. Pennick for taking time out of their busy schedules to brief me on that. Thank you. Hopefully, you can see the screen. Chair mar yes. Perfect. Ill quickly walk you through the the original contract, some administrative amendments, and the third amendment, which is the topic of todays discussion. By way of overview, the Wickham Hotel is at 12931 Market Street, with 459 rooms. This is the largest city shelter in place hotel, and the issue that brings us before you today is the city will soon exhaust the 10 million allowed under the charter. Were not able to exceed that Budget Authority without board approval. H. S. A. Is requesting authority to increase the contract sum in order to allow the city to potentially remain at this hotel through the end of the fiscal year, june 2021. However, the contract amendment, which we will walkthrough in a moment, does allow for the contract to be terminated by the city prior to its expiration on 60 days notice should the need not continue. Under the original contract, the term began on april 8 and ran through august 8, 2020. Four months, or 122 nights. The city sent a notice to extend on a monthtomonth basis in july, indicating its desire to extend beyond the august 8 deadline. Again, the total number of rooms at play are 459. The room rate is 99 per night again, h. S. A. Did not want to mingle the covid population with the general population. Budget for linens is 75,000 per month. Budget for food is 750,000 per month, bringing it to 9,675,000, which is just shy of the charter limit. We had two administrative amendments that have taken place since the original term. This was done administratively under the emergency ordinance. The Second Amendment was done in july 2020 to increase the contract amount to 9,990,000, so basically to bring us to just below the maximum to give us some breathing room in order to bring the third amendment to this committee and to the full board. The third amendment, which is the topic of todays conversation, opposes rates, terms, and conditions imposes rates, terms, and conditions to remain the same, except the term is extended to give the city site control until june 30, 2021. Again, we have the ability to terminate with 60 days notice should the contract not need to continue. You can see the breakdown on the next line. Basically, were adding 25 million to the almost 10 million, for a total not to compete 35,608,000. Again, this is a maximum not to exceed. That amount would be reduced if we were to terminate the contract early. This is basically the outline of the key business points that makeup the third amendment. Director rhorer from h. S. A. Is here to answer your questions about the programming and the continued needs for the space, and im happy to answer any questions you might have regarding the contract terms. Chair mar thank you so much, director pennick. I did have a few questions either for you or director rhorer. Actually well, the first question is around the the folks that are being housed at hot hotel whitcomb. Are there stable have the rooms been occupied fully, and has had been a pretty stable population there or has there been a lot of turnover there in the use of this hotel . Ill go ahead and take this. Trent rhorer, Human Services agency, director. So currently, we pulled these numbers a couple of days ago. Of the 459 units at the whitcomb, 359 are occupied with 417 guests, and there are some roommates, which are typically spouses or partners. The reason the 66plus units are offline, 30 of them are actually for staff, so at any given time, we have 22 to 24 site monitor staff plus security, so its, you know, a place where they can be arrested from, from their work. We have 20 rooms that we keep vacant intentionally for a buffer. So if a room comes offline, a toilet breaks, or Something Else where we need to move a guest, we keep that room vacant where we can move that guest. 16 of the rooms are offline for cleaning. Because we hold to the c. D. C. Guidelines, it takes a little longer to clean the room. Its not just house keeping. In terms of the population, i dont have actual turnover number does, but its been numbers, but its been relatively stable. We have 16 offline for cleaning now, which is 3 of the total rooms. Supervisor haney, i believe you spent a little bit of time there as an h. S. W. Supervisor peskin hes not allowed to divulge that. Thats a hipaa violation. There were fits and starts. Its much better now, much smoother. We have our incidents just a couple of days ago. We had a gentleman who had a weapon and was threatening security, but we were able to get that taken care of. We have disaster workers monitoring the situation, as we shifted to hiring workers through a c. B. O. Contract. There, they get better training not better training. They have better use working with the population, and i think thats helped. Chair mar great, thank you, director rhorer, for that, and yeah, thanks for all of your work on this particular hotel, and also to director pennick, and its an extremely part of our good use response to the crisis the whole health crisis. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yes, thank you, and thank you, director rhorer. I am definitely familiar with this hotel. This is our largest shelter in place hotel, and now we are extending it potentially through july 1, 2021. Is there a an active transition plan in place for moving folks out of that hotel and how soon is that happening . And are you when somebody has moved out of the housing, leaving that room vacant or are you filling it . How are you thinking about the capacity of the hotel . Thanks for that question, supervisor. So the winding down, i guess well call it, of the shelter in place hotels, were going to begin that in november, and thats going to be led by the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. The budget thats before the board actually funds a whole host of solutions to ensure that we meet our policy goal, which is to not discharge anyone who weve housed under covid to the streets. So were using the Covid Program as an exit from homelessness, and the mayor has supported that with her budget. So thatll begin around november, and itll look different, depending the needs from the guests. So it could be transition into permanent Supportive Housing, could be transition into a rental subsidy. Could be rental deposit, could be homeward bound, could be reuniting with their family, any solution thats presented in the budget for fiscal year 2021 and beyond. To be honest, supervisor, we are still backfillng, so what im using as an example, 16 off offline for cleaning, as soon as theyre ready to go through the use of the hot team and others, they are ready to go. We are continuing to lease rooms. We signed into contract three hotels totaling 207 rooms, one of which is coming online today, 101 rooms, and then, the other two over the next 1. 5 weeks, and we are looking at the department of real estate who, i must say, have been fantastic partners throughout this process. We are negotiating for the final 75 to 100 rooms, which would bring us to our budgeted count. Supervisor haney thank you. Got it. Okay. That makes sense. Great. This is a great building with a rich history in our city. It was used as a city hall in the aftermath of the earthquake and the fires. Im guessing they dont want to sell it. Have you opened up that conversation with them as part of project homekey . Well, obviously, supervisor, we wouldnt want to discuss any pending real estate transactions in a public forum, but wed be happy to brief you offline. Supervisor haney okay. Fair enough. Thank you. Chair mar why dont we go to the presentation by Fred Brousseau from the budget and legislative Analysts Office . Thank you, chair. Fred brousseau from the budget and legislative Analysts Office. This would retroactively extend the existing agreement to rent 459 rooms from 122 to 449 nights, so an increase of 327 nights. This agreement was originally executed april 8, 2020, for four months, and this amendment would retroactively approve an extension from august 8 of this year through april 7, 2021. The room rates would all remain the same. Theres a contingency of 15 on each room rate. Theres food and linen charges. The contingency rate is fixed, so thats paid, regardless of the occupancy. The food and linen costs are variable. Theyre based on actual occupancy of rooms. The nottoexceed cost is currently 9 million, would increase to 35,608,542, so its an increase of 25,618,542. What is still unknown, of course, the budget for the current fiscal year, fiscal year 2021, has not been adopted, so we dont know how all the costs related to the Emergency Shelter program and covid19 relates services by h. S. A. And others will be appropriated and how the revisions will affect us next year, but some still to be determined by the budget and legislative Analysts Office. Going back to the ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors in april of this year, which required 8,250 rooms or units to be made available for the homeless largely for the homeless population, and that expired after two months or excuse me, the rooms were to be obtained by april 26. That did not occur to the extent detailed in the ordinance, but we do have details on the number of rooms that have been procured in the report. Quickly, whats been called active rooms or units, there are 3,003 as of august 10, of which 2,239 were occupied, so an occupancy rate of about 74. 6 . H. S. A. Has reported that they assume about a 90 occupancy rate to account for cleaning, transition of rooms, and some of the things director rhorer mentioned earlier. But the actual occupancy has been we will i the 90 rate to date. So below the 90 rate to date. And also, theres some recreational vehicles and congregate settings included in the mix of units being made available. The cost in fiscal year 1920 are also detailed in our report, and theyre for all the program, not just the 1231 market, and that was 51. 9 million, and again, that was covered by fema reimbursements and is expected to be fully covered when the c. A. R. E. S. Funds are added to the mix, along with some state funding. We do have two recommendations in our report. One is to approve the contract amendment as proposed, but we also recommend that the board require that the agency come back in six weeks to report on progress, identifying and removing barriers to ensuring that more homeless san franciscans are being quickly housed, and that progress is being made in securing additional units, and expediting the process of bringing these units into active service. Thats the summary of my report, and im happy to answer questions. Chair mar thank you very much, mr. Brousseau for how the program would come and also the broader housing program. I dont have any questions. Colleagues, do you have any questions for mr. Brousseau . Supervisor peskin no. I think theyve all been asked and set forth. I have no questions. Chair mar okay. Well, great. Thanks again, everyone. I would move that we send this item to the full board as a Committee Report with positive recommendation. Clerk mr. Chair, we should hear from the public who may have called in for this item before we entertain any motions. Chair mar why dont we go to the public. Thank you for the reminder. Clerk of course. While the moderator is queueing up the first speaker, i will just go through our regular routine another time. For those of you waiting by phone, press starthree to be entered into the queue to speak for the item. For those already in the queue, wait on the line and you will hear a prompt, indicating that your line who has been unmuted. For those watching our meeting via cable channel 78 or streaming online, dial 4156550001. Enter todays meeting i. D. Of 1461870436. Press the pound symbol twice, and then star, followed by three to enter the queue to speak. Miss frias, could you present us with our first speaker. Operator there are no callers in the queue. Chair mar great. Seeing there are no speakers, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Clerk, could you call the roll on the motion to recommend this to the full board of supervisors with a positive recommendation clerk. Clerk on that motion [roll call] clerk thank you, supervisors. You have three ayes. Chair mar mr. Clerk, please call item 4. Clerk item 4 is the reenactment of emergency ordinance, ordinance number 10420, temporarily creating a right to reemployment for certain employees laid off due to the covid19 pandemic if their employer seeks to fill the same position previously held by a laidoff worker or a substantially similar position, as defined. Members of the public who wish to call in, dial 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, which is 1461870436. Press pound, and pound again, and then starthree to be entered into the queue. Chair mar colleagues, this is the board of supervisors passed the original ordinance on a 101 vote back on april 23 to protect the tens of thousands of workers laid off due to covid19. It simply requires employers to offer jobs to workers laid off from the covid19 emergency before offering them to other applicants. Since then, tens of thousands have more have lost their jobs, and our reopening is further delayed by an increase in covid cases. We need this policy to remain in effect. Ive introduced a separate ordinance to codify this separate work of protection going forward, and this work will provide continuity so there are no gaps in coverage between the amended ordinance and the upcoming original ordinance. Many employers intend to bring back their workers, but this makes it a requirement to rehire rather than replace their original employees. Colleagues, i ask for your support of this emergency ordinance. So why dont we if theres no comments or colleaguquestio colleagues, maybe we could go to Public Comment. Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. I will review our routine one more time. Please press starthree to be added to the queue if you wish to speak on this item. For those already on hold in the queue, please wait until youre prompted before you begin. You will hear a prompt indicating your line has been unmuted. For those watching via cable channel 78 or streaming, dial 4156550001, enter 1461870436, pressing the pound symbol twice, and then pressing star, followed by three, to enter the queue to speak. Moderator frias, could you please connect us to the first caller, if there is one . Operator sir, there are no callers at this time. Chair mar great. Thank you, operations. Public comment is closed. So again, id like to move that we send this item to the full board as a Committee Report to the august 25 meeting of the board of supervisors with positive recommendation. Mr. Clerk, can you please call roll. Clerk on the motion that this item be recommended as a Committee Report [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, theres no objection; there are three ayes. Chairm chair mar item 5 was actually scheduled as a special item for 12 noon, so why dont we move ahead to items 6 through 25. Mr. Clerk, can you please call items 6 through 25 for closed session . Clerk items 6 through 25 are to be held in closed session. To enter Public Comment on these items, dial 4156550001. Enter the meeting i. D. , 1461870436, press pound, and pound again, and starthree if you wish to enter the queue to speak. Supervisor mar why dont we go to the Public Comment for the closed session on items 6 through 25. Are there any callers on the line to speak to any of these items . Clerk moderator, could you please let us know if there are any callers to speak to the items on the agenda . Operator there are no callers on the line. Chair mar Public Comment is closed. So on the motion to convene in closed session, mr. Clerk, could you please call roll. Clerk on the motion to convene in closed session [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Supervisor mar great. Thank you. So were going to now convene in closed session. Chair mar we are now back. Mr. Clerk, please report on the time away. Clerk thank you. On a motion offered by vice chair peskin, agenda item 6 was recommended by a report to the august 25 board of supervisors meeting, and the balance of the agenda items were continued to the september 3, 2020 g. A. O. Meeting, to be also heard in a future litigation agenda. The motions were approved unanimously. Supervisor peskin mr. Chair, i make a motion not to disclose. Chair mar thank you, supervisor peskin. On the motion to not disclose discussions in closed session, please call the roll. Clerk thank you. On the motion not to disclose discussions in closed session [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are two ayes, and member haney is absent. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, our only remaining item, number 5, is a special order item for 12 00 p. M. , so were going to take a brief recess and reconvene the g. A. O. Committee at 12 00 p. M. Supervisor peskin okay. Mr. Chair, as my staff indicated to your staff earlier today, i do have to speak at a noon event with regard to uber and lyft and will get back to the meeting as quickly as i can. Chair mar supervisor peskin. Thank you. So so now, we shall recess. Clerk well be in recess until 12 noon welcome back to the government audit and oversight committee. I did want to announce that supervisor peskin did not is not joining the meeting right now. But supervisor haney and i are here. Mr. Clerk, can you please call item number 5. Yes. Thank you very much, mr. Chair. Agenda item 5, an ordinance amending the administrative code. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this ordinary should call the Public Comment number, as before, it is still 415 6550001. And for todays meeting i. D. , thats 146180436. Enter the queue to speak. A system prompt will indicate that youve raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. That will be your opportunity to begin your comments on agenda item number 5. During this Unprecedented Health emergency, we have also been confronteconfronted with an unpd emergency in unemployment, with more workers having lost their jobs and income since the great depression. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, black workers are more likely to be out of a job or lost income or have left the labor market all together. Economic data shows 1 in 6 black workers are out of a job. And the Labor Department reported in early june that the black Unemployment Rate continued to rise, as the overall Unemployment Rate started to tick down. Since the shutdown started in march, nearly 200,000 san franciscans have lost their job or had hours reduced. To put the numbers in perspective, in the 2008 recession, unemployment figures peaked at 45,000. Unfortunately of many of these workers, lowwage workers and people of color, will not be able to return to previous jobs, because their employers have reduced their workforce or shut down entirely. So theres compelling need to invest in education and workforce training in this moment of crisis for so many. This is central to our citys economic recovery. City college provides the most comprehensive offering of vocation callal training, and tuitionfree thanks to the free city program. Our ability to provide quality public education, including the vital training our citys residents need to get back to work in the wake of covid19 is in serious jeopardy. Restructuring at city college, enrollment loss during the accreditation crisis, ongoing chronic underfunding of the city colleges and the new state funding formula has caused the reduction of over 600 College Classes since 2017. This trend is being aggressively worsened by the challenges of covid19 crisis. And without more funding, city college will lose at least 1,000 more classes in the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters alone. City college is an essential part of San Franciscos economic recovery. And the highest enrollments the city college has ever had during the 2008 recession. In this new recession, we can expect demand for the support city college provides to spike as san franciscans try to get back to work or get back into the workforce. In order to help them, city College Needs more resources. So through the workforce education and recovery fund, city college will be able to provide tuitionfree job training and professional development, sustain highdemand vocation cavocational programs r lowincome students of color additional supports and Wraparound Services for enrollment, counseling, academic support and job replacement. Investing in education and workers training pays dividends and we have a responsibility to ensure that our economic recovery includes unemployed workers and lifts up our most vulnerable communities, communities that cant afford to be left behind. My cosponsors supervisor haney and supervisors ronen, safai and wallto wall walton and the chancellor and Diana Gonzalez from College Board of trustees, and City College Students and faculty, as well as my legislative aides ellen and levi for all of their work on this ordinance. Finally, i will be making a motion to continue this item until the next g. A. O. Committee meeting on september 3rd, ever after we complete the boards budget process. This will allow time to consider potential amendments for this ordinance and the administration and structure of the fund that may be needed, as a result of the final version of the work Budget Proposal thats currently being considered through the budget process. So, yeah, thanks again supervisor haney, for your cosponsorship and support of this. And i dont know if you have any questions or remarks. Ill save my remarks for when we hear it in a couple weeks. But i just want to thank you for your leadership, chair mar. And huge support of this. I think city college is more essential maybe than ever. I know thats probably been said before. We have so many people out of work right now. And our economy is changing very rapidly here in the city. And having this fund to reinvest in our pathway to jobs and Workforce Development and education is so critical. So ill save further remarks. But im proud to be a cosponsor. Thank you, supervisor haney. Why dont we go to Public Comment, mr. Clerk. Are there any callers on the line . Clerk thank you mr. Chair. Well see if there are caller in the queue. If for those already connected, please press star followed by three to be added to the queue for the item. For those already on hold in the queue, please continue to wait until youre prompted to be begin. For those who are watching our meeting on cable channel 78 or via streaming link at sfgovtv. Org, if you wish to speak on the item, please call in by following the instructions, which should be crawling across the screen at this time. You do that by dialing 415 6550001. Enter todays meeting idea 1461870436. Press the pound symbol twice and then star followed by three to enter the queue to speak. Could you please connect us to our first speaker, if there is one . Sir, there are no callers at this time. Okay, thank you, operations. Public comment is closed. Mr. Clerk, will you please call the roll on the motion to continue this item to the september 3rd g. A. O. Committee meeting. Clerk on the motion offered by chair martha this item be continued to september 3rd Committee Meeting of the government audit and oversight committee, vice chair peskin . Absent. Member haney. Aye. Haney aye. Chair mar . Aye. Clerk there are two ayes. No opposition with member with vice chair peskin absent. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Is there any further business . Clerk that concludes our business for today. Great. We are adjourned. Thank you. Clerk thank you. [ ] [ ] so i grew up in cambridge, massachusetts and i was very fortunate to meet my future wife, now my wife while we were both attending graduate school at m. I. T. , studying urban planning. So this is her hometown. So, we fell in love and moved to her city. [ ] [ ] i was introduced to this part of town while working on a campaign for gavin, who is running for mayor. I was one of the organizers out here and i met the people and i fell in love with them in the neighborhood. So it also was a place in the city that at the time that i could afford to buy a home and i wanted to own my own home. This is where we laid down our roots like many people in this neighborhood and we started our family and this is where we are going to be. I mean we are the part of San Francisco. Its the two neighborhoods with the most children under the age of 18. Everybody likes to talk about how San Francisco is not familyfriendly, there are not a lot of children and families. We have predominately Single Family homes. As i said, people move here to buy their first home, maybe with multiple family members or multiple families in the same home and they laid down their roots. [ ] its different because again, we have little small storefronts. We dont have Light Industrial space or space where you can build highrises or large office buildings. So the tech boom will never hit our neighborhood in that way when it comes to jobs. Turkey, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and mayo, and little bit of mustard. Thats my usual. Mike is the owner, born and bred in the neighborhood. He worked in the drugstore forever. He saved his money and opened up his own spot. Were always going to support home grown businesses and he spent generations living in this part of town, focusing on the family, and the vibe is great and people feel at home. Its like a Little Community gathering spot. This is the part of the city with a small town feel. A lot of mom and pop businesses, a lot of family run businesses. There is a conversation on whether starbucks would come in. I think there are some people that would embrace that. I think there are others that would prefer that not to be. I think we moved beyond that conversation. I think where we are now, we really want to enhance and embrace and encourage the businesses and Small Businesses that we have here. In fact, its more of a mom and pop style business. I think at the end of the day, what were really trying to do is encourage and embrace the diversity and enhance that diversity of businesses we already have. Were the only supervisor in the city that has a permanent district office. A lot of folks use cafes or use offices or different places, but i want out and was able to raise money and open up a spot that we could pay for. Im very fortunate to have that. Hi, good to see you. Just wanted to say hi, hi to the owner, see how hes doing. Everything okay . Yeah. Good. We spend the entire day in the district so we can talk to constituents and talk to Small Businesses. We put money in the budget so you guys could be out here. This is like a commercial corridor, so they focus on cleaning the streets and it made a Significant Impact as you can see. What an improvement it has made to have you guys out here. For sure. We have a significantly diverse neighborhood and population. So i think thats the richness of the mission and it always has been. Its what made me fall in love with this neighborhood and why i love it so much. What were trying to approach is bringing more diversity to our food. Its not just the old european style food. We are seeing a lot of influences, and all of this is because of our students. All we ask is make it flavorful. [ ] we are the first twoyear Culinary Hospitality School in the united states. The first year was 1936, and it was started by two graduates from cornell. Im a graduate of this program, and very proud of that. So students can expect to learn under the three degrees. Culinary Arts Management degree, Food Service Management degree, and Hotel Management degree. Were not a cooking school. Even though were not teaching you how to cook, were teaching you how to manage, how to supervise employees, how to manage a hotel, and plus youre getting an associate of science degree. My name is vince, and im a faculty member of the hospitality arts and Culinary School here in San Francisco. This is my 11th year. The policemrogram is very, ver in what this industry demands. Cooking, health, safety, and sanitation issues are included in it. Its quite a complete program to prepare them for whats happening out in the real world. The first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef had graduated from this program. He was very young to be a sous chef, and i want to be like him, basically, in the future. This program, its awesome. Its another world when youre here. Its another world. You get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. You get to explore different things, and then, you get to explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. Ive been in the program for about a year. Twoyear program, and im about halfway through. Before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance. I had few injuries, and i couldnt pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. When i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. The good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to we have kids from every area. Facebook and google. Kids from everywhere. They are all over the bay area, and theyre thriving. My name is jeff, and im a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in San Francisco. I attended city college of San Francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90s. Nopalito on broderick street, its based on no specific region in mexico. All our masa is hand made. We cook our own corn in house. Everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, were making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. A lot of love put into this. [ ] used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. Now, its shades of gray, and were trying to define that experience through that spectrum of service. Fine dining calls into white table cloths. The cafeteria is Large Production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those kitypes of kitchens. And the ideas that change every year, again, its the notion and the venue. One of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. Its been a pizzeria, a taco bar. Its been a mediterranean bar, its been a noodle bar. People choose ccsf over other hospitality programs because the industry recognizes that we instill the work ethic. We, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service. Were open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. The menus always interesting. They change it every semester, maybe more. Theres always a good variety of foods. The preparation is always beautiful. The students are really sincere, and they work so hard here, and theyre so proud of their work. Ive had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so its more, like, not so much every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. When i have my interns in their final semester of the program go out in the industry, 80 to 90 of the students get hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. We do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of San Francisco, and most of the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. We hired many interns into employees from our restaurants. My partner is also a graduate of city college. So my goal is actually to travel and try to do some pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. I actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. Im thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. Yeah, i want to go back to china. I want to bring something that i learned here, the french cooking, the western system, back to china. So we want them to have a full toolkit. Were trying to make them ready for the world out there. Today mayor london breed, Health Director grant colfax. Director of the department of Emergency ManagementMary Ellen Carroll and abigail here do you to the bad air quality due to the wildfires. You can submit up to two questions by chat only. Submit them as clearly as possible and include your name and outlet. Well do our best to take your questions in the order received until the q a begins. Well be happy to take your emails. Welcome, madame mayor. Thank you, very much and good afternoon, everyone. Fire season unfortunately has begun in the state of california. And with that here in San Francisco comes challenges with our air quality. In a normal year wed be able to focus entirely on the air quality challenges but as you know we are not in normal years. Were living in covid. Even as we have been focussed on responding to the covid Public Health emergency, we havent lost sight of the need to respond to other emergencies. Whether thats an earthquake or air quality event due to wildfire smoke. In San Francisco we know we have to be prepared. Now, i want to start first by recognizing that while our air quality here in the city is a challenge, we have to focus first on those communities that are being impacted by the fire. When peoples lives are at risk and their homes are at risk, that has to be the top priority. We all have friends and family all over the bay area in california. Our communities are connected and we are there to support each other during these very difficult times. As weve provided hospital beds for counties overwhelmed by covid, San Francisco is proud to offer mutual aid for other jurisdictions battling fires. Recently we sent the San FranciscoFire Department to assist with the river fire and we will send the personnel wherever we can in the weeks ahead. We do this because we care for our neighbors and we know that when the San Francisco in the eye of the storm, theyll there be for us. With that being said, we are still 100 focussed on keeping the people of San Francisco safe and healthy. Unfortunately, weve been through this before. In 2018, following the camp fire when our air quality was severely impacted for days, i issued an executive director to strengthen San Franciscos response to future air quality emergencies and other weatherrelated events. As a result, we revised and improved our air quality emergency plan. This plan includes specific strategies to reach out to our most vulnerable residents especially our seniors, including working with existing Community Networks to get the word out and make sure people have the information they need. We all need to look out for one another and make sure our residents know what to do to stay safe. Right now, our air quality is red, which means the air is unhealthy. Que know this can we know this can shift and we will continue to update the public as things change. The best thing you can do is avoid smartphone to outdoor air by staying indoors with the windows and doors closed. And for those unfortunate enough to be able to work from home, please continue to stay home as much as possible. It is important both for the slowing of the spread of covid19 and minimizing your exposure to poor air quality. We know not everyone can stay home and we need to take steps to protect our unhoused residents. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing will provide an update on what we are doing for our homeless residents but we are prepared to do everything we can to keep people safe. As with covid, our ultimate goal was to keep the public informed. When we have information to share, we will share it. The affects of Climate Change are already being felt and sadly we know events like these are only going to become more common with dryer weather and hotter temperatures. But we will do everything that we can in this city to keep people safe and healthy. Well be providing updates throughout the day online and will continue to notify the public in the coming days and weeks with more information. If you have questions and concerns and dont have access to the internet call 311 and id like to thank the people of San Francisco for continuing to listen to our Public Health guidance. To be clear, were still on the state watch list around covid. We anticipate hopefully tomorrow we may no longer be on the state watch list but in the midst of these wildfires and everything were dealing with, we have got to use common sense and Good Behavior if we want to beat the virus and make sure we make it through this challenging time with this poor air quality. Please, dont forget, wear your masks, keep your distance, cut back on your social engagement, make sure you are taking care of yourself, your family and your community. We all play a role in ending covid in our city. And now id like to take this opportunity to introduce dr. Koufax who will talk talk more specifically about the facts of covid as well as air quality. Dr. Grant koufax is having technology difficulties. We can take another update for now. If someone wants to start the video im ready to go. Thank you so much and thank you madame mayor. Today, as weve already stated were experiencing poor air quality with smoke and ash visual throughout the city. We have faced hazard after hazard in this year in 2020 and the city has been prepared to respond to the incident we faced during this time of covid. In the past seven days weve dealt with a heatwave, rolling power outages, rain, thunderstorms and now poor air quality as a result of the wildfire. We have been and will remain prepared to tackle multiple hazards while continuing to respond to the global covid19 Public Comment is closed. San franciscos Covid Command Center will lead response to the multiple simultaneous hazards. The air quality will vary depending on the amount and impact of smoke particles in the air. If the situation gets worse our response will increase. Weve been fluctuating between earning and red air quality levels index just today. Red is considered unhealthy. That means we already initiated city wide coordination for widespread Public Information and messaging through our social traditional media and our Emergency Alert notifications, alert s. F. Through the incident well continue to push out messaging to the public so everyone stays up to date on the risk level in the city and knows how to protect themselves. If the air quality in San Francisco remains unhealthy or gets worse, were prepared to respond by protecting the most vulnerable and ensuring the public gets the information they need to stay safe and will issue personal protective equipment as the air quality continues to be healthy were distributing n95 respirators to the unhoused and those in shelters. Well evaluate our officering outdoor operation our existing outdoor operations. If we reach the high range we may pull back some of our outdoor operations such as Neighborhood Outreach and distribution of door hangers and sliders. Well activate respite sites. If we reach an air quality level of purple, which is considered very unthe, well activate unhealthy well activate centers. The locations will be based on a neighborhood approach that focuses on the areas of highest need and promoted through community use. We will keep the public informs. Multiple times a day well issue updates on the current status of air quality in San Francisco and the actions the public should take to protect themselves. This professional will be conveyed through our Emergency Notification system and alert sf and our traditional social media outlets. We prepared due to planning and we have learned lessons from previous heat waves and power outages. After back to back years of devastating wildfires and resulting poor air quality, we embarked on a regional effort to make sure each area, city and county were coordinated in our response for air quality. The resulting effort ensured we are all communicating with the same health and safety guidance to our residents. Im proud of our regional efforts as they have laid the groundwork for successful response in San Francisco. Were also better coordinated because city departments and our partners have been united in our fight against covid19. Here at the Covid Command Center we overcome the challenges of the global Public Comment is closed. This helped us in times of additional challenges like air quality and extreme weather. Finally, please remember whenever smoke is unpredictable as weve seen today were going back and forth between air quality index levels and residents should be aware. If you smell smoke, keep windows and doors closed, if possible. Stay up to date by signing up for for instance emergency text alert by texting the zip code where you live or work to 888777. The department of Emergency Management will continue to share information via these alerts and alerts to sf72 dot important we all know people from San Francisco are resill interand have taken care of each other during the Public Comment is closed and i know no matter what emergency is layered on top of this one, well get through this together. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Mary ellen carroll. I present to you dr. Grant koufax. Director of Public Health. Im director of health for the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid19 and now during the speak events. Theres smoke events. Theres multiple fires burning throughout california including in Northern California and santa cruz county. Today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. The air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. In other words, everyone may begin to experience Adverse Health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. That includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. These groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. These individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit Prolonged Health guides. If you have an respiratory illness, chronic or acute make sure you have an adequate supply of meds and contact your health care provider. People should be cautious when they choose to go outside and wear a mask and always be aware of whether youre having an challenges breathing. The air quality in our area changes daily and throughout the day as it is dependent on wind speed and direction. Air quality may improve at times or worsen very quickly and weve seen that even today where weve varied between levels of red and orange. Now we must manage both air quality in the context of the covid19 pandemic and as we said with regard to covid19 for many months now the best thing you and your family can do, if youre able to, is to stay at home. Even during days of poor quality conditions we must protect our community from covid19. During poor air quality condition and covid19 the intersection of these concerns, the healthiest thing for everyone to do now is avoid exposure to outdoor air and the virus by staying indoors as much as possible. If you must leave your home and go outside for essential activity, remember to bring your face coverings and socially distance from people outside your household to protect yourself and your community from covid19. We continue to live in unprecedented times and air quality is another challenge to address as a city. Please, again, stay at home if you can. And through social media please check on your friends, family and neighbors and,0 those pregnt or have respiratory illnesses these are people at risk and should take precautions to avoid exposure. The reality is that as we enter whenever season and changing wind patterns well be living with both the intersections of covid19, poor air quality and likely heat events for some time. We must stay vigilant and resilient as we take all actions to protect ourselves and our community from the elements. We continue to find ways to protect each other and our community and we will continue to rise to the occasion as we continue together to work to slow the of covid19. Thank you. Now the director of homelessness Abigail Stewart kahn. Thank you for your partnership and leadership through these complex, multi faceted events. We have learned for instance has heart. Weve always known this and we as a city need to continue to pull together to be nimble, compassionate and responsive. Civil servants and many are rising to the occasion today and for that we are grateful. As you heard covid is still the number one priority for all of us in Public Health. We need to ensure were caring for those most vulnerable due to covid, heat, air quality and other in clement weather events. During our heat emergency our Homeless Outreach team who were heroes even before the pandemic have been activated for their lower level extreme heat response. At this level that activation included increased wellness checks, providing appropriate resources and guidance on how to stay safe during covid and the heat. We continue that support. Our department is working closely with the command center to monitor air quality and as director carroll shared we strongly encourage everyone, housed and unhoused to activate your alerts because it is changing by the moment. As you heard from the experts, we are partner at red level of air quality. Based on this and pos policy decisions distribute nonmedical grade n95 masks and water and other resources. This is in addition to look for those most vulnerable to covid and bring them indoors and continues to partner with hsoc and well didnt distribution of n95 masks so have access though theyre such a scarce resource. San francisco is living its values by dedicating these resources to unhoused neighbors where we all know every Civil Servant at mayor breeds leadership wishes everyone to be inside the shelter in place. I want to pause and particularly this many the members of the Homeless Team and hsh and providers for adding work on top of work to take care of those most vulnerable in our community. The city is exploring what to do and the next stages should air quality deteriorate further. The Services Agency is responsible for mask care and shelter and evaluating alternative sites where people may come inside if we reach higher levels of air quality challenges. As you can see, many departments, many Civil Servants, many leaders and many citizens are coming to the aid of our unhoused neighbors. While you should stay inside if you are housed, if you are outside and encounter somebody who is sheltered, encourage them to mask and ask them how their day is, say good morning and good afternoon. The Homeless Outreach team we hope will be there soon to provide mask. Well continue to provide updates through our boards, governance authorities and website and encourage all of you to stay connected through the various ways to get up to date information. Thank you to mayor breed and the city for continuing to find another year in which to keep san franciscans safe and cared for. Thank you. Thank you, director stewartkahn. Well now begin our q a portion. The first set of questions are for dr. Colfax. We are not currently planning to close any covid19 testing sites at this time. Were assessing the situation and obviously testing and identifying those infected is and remains a top priority. We will continue to assess the air quality as things go forward with regard to changes in our testing sites but at this points our Testing Centers will remain open and we will provide updated information if that changes. A followup question is what is the threshold for making such a decision and how close is s. F. Air quality to that point now . Again, we are assessing the situation, testing sites remain open and if there are any changes well certainly make sure people know that. Thank you. The following question is for maryellen carroll. If the city opens respite sites how will they mitigate the risk of covid at those sites . We will follow all the social distancing guidelines that already exist. We will see an Additional Health screen for anyone coming in many other jurisdictions having high levels of temperatures have been doing this and we have a plan and feel we can do it safely should we need to. Thank you very much. It seems there are no further questions at this time and this will conclude todays press conference. Thank you, everybody, for your time and please stay safe. 18882733658 id like to call the order of the Public Utilities commission. Its tuesday july 28, 2020. Roll call, please. [roll call]