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the august 25, 2020 regular meeting of the board of supervisors. madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] mr. president, all members are present. >> please place your right hand over your heart join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> thank you. behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff of sfgov tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. colleagues, i like to take a few meetings to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. the 19th amendment which guarantees and protect women's constitutional right to vote was ratified on august 18, 1920. hundredth anniversary of this historic milestone is to reflect on incredible efforts to secure women's voting rights. it is a reminder of the unfinished work ahead of us to fulfill the promise of our democracy. for decades after the ratification of the 19th amendment, many women of color were prevented from casting ballots through poll taxes, literacy tests, violence, intimidation and racism. for many women of color, that didn't begin to change until the voting rights act of 1965. as we commemorate this historic moment, we recognize that we have come a long way but that we still have far to go to ensure that everyone who has already been afforded the right to vote is able to cast their ballot on election day. we know that our fight for -- the fight is far from over. i like to invite my colleagues to speak. supervisor, floor is yours. >> supervisor stefani: thank you president yee. tomorrow is women's equality day when we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment which finally allowed women to vote. i'm join my incredible woman colleague to commemorate that today. later, we'll vote on my resolution to this effect. i'm pleased to see that supervisors ronen, fewer, walter and safai has signed on as cosponsor. this is tr truly consequential moment in american history. as we see the first woman of color on the major ticket as kamala harris serve as vice president, we know women's rights are under attack from this administration. our rights to healthcare decision, our right to live free from gun violence and even to vote. as we mark this milestone and commit to work aheading i'm reminded of a powerful quote by abolitionist and women's activist. she said, if the first woman god ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again. now, that they are asking us to do it, the men better let them. women across the united states are stepping up to lead, to turn the world right side up again when it has been turned upside down, especially by this administration. whether that's senator harris, senator diane feinstein or speaker nancy pelosi who broke the ceiling in congress. in 2018 we celebrated san francisco's first black woman elected mayor. i'm so grateful to all the women who paved the path for us, daughters and granddaughters. it is an honor to stand ton their shoulders. we know we can do better in representation especially for women ever color. in san francisco today, only two of seven citywide elected officials are women. women account for only three of the 11 supervisors down from seven when i first joined this body and zero member of our state delegation to the state legislature. we have a lot to celebrate, we have a long way to go. it's such an honor to serve with something i've always wanted to do. i'm grateful for the women who have paved the path to allow that to happen. i'm forever committed to making sure we have more women in elected office and making sure that every woman can participate in the political process. thank you president yee for giving us us this time. i look forward to passing my resolution later on in the meeting. >> supervisor yee: thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. thank you so much for giving us this opportunity president yee forrening canninacknowledging t. it's imagine a woman not allow to vote. what's more women have used this right. for years, our turnout has been higher than our brother, despite race, education or income, women vote. heroic women fought for this right. the first wave of feminism opened the door next generation movement. first fighting against discrimination and moving women in leadership, evidenced by the three women who serve on this board, assessor chu who is speaking today, mayor, senator and congressional speaker and soon to be elected vice president. it's now to see the women right's move to join in solidarity. here we are today, if you ever questioned whether voting works, consider how hard donald trump is working to stop people from casting their ballot. especially african-americans and latinos. i'm pretty sure on this board agrees with me this is the most important election of our lifetime. we must never make the mistake taking this responsibility for granted. let's commit to continuing the fight for justice and vote the rights for the next hundred years to come. >> supervisor fewer: i'm proud to join my female colleagues, women colleagues on the board in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. i want to start off to thank the women hundred years ago who fought for this right for my vote and for my daughter's vote and all the women that i'm joined here today that we have the right to have control over our bodies, our future and livelihood through our vote. it is not just about elected official,s, it is not just the people we read about in the paper. it is about everyday women that you have controlled over your life and your livelihoods by voting. it is such a simple thing to do. yet it is so important and so profound. we find ourselves in this election cycle, knowing that our vote is the vote that is going to give us the freedom over our own bodies and also our lives. i want to say to women who haven't voted before or haven't registered to vote in the place that you're living, it is time. it is time that we take back this country. it is time that women cast a vote for every other woman, also for the future of women in this country and in the world. this is a very important election. i have been a voter ever since i was 19 years old. i am now 63. i have never taken that for granted. women, future daughters, tell them to vote. in this election especially. please vote. >> supervisor yee: thank you supervisor fewer. assessor are you there? >> thank you president yee for inviting me to speak. i want to thank the board for allowing this time. to the cosponsor to this resolution, thank you very much for cosponsoring this resolution. i think more than anything today's resolution really does highlight and commemorate the 100 year anniversary of women being able to win the right to vote. we know that for many women, indigenous women and women of color, the right to vote didn't come until decade later. regardless of the time, it's important to remember the importance of voting and making sure we have a stake at the table to make the decisions that matter. as a new young mother of a 15-month-old daughter now, i think it becomes even more imperative. being able to experience our lives as women is one thing and seeing what the impact will be to our children and into the future is another. let vote for not only ourselves but for that future to make sure they have equal opportunity to earn the same wages as their counterparts. to have the opportunity to say what happens that story -- to their body. this is something that so incredibly important. in california, we remain one of the worst states when it comes to women voter participation. that's something we want to make sure we continue to do and promote and make sure people understand how important voting is determining what the future of the country looks like. although we can't come together this year because of covid-19 to celebrate and commemorate this day, i hope that you will join us in that challenge. in 2018 i started women's challenge. it's to raise women voices across the political spectrum to make sure people understood the importance of voting and encourage our friend and family do the same. we have a very exciting challenge. that is to celebrate 100 years by recognizing 100 amazing women in our history. these are the unsung heroes of san francisco of the nation and we hope that you all take the time to recognize their stories, tell their truth and experiences that they went through to highlight the fact that we must remain vigilant to continue to have strong voting rights and representation going forward. i want to thank the supervisors for their support of this resolution for always doing what they can to make sure that we have full representation of all residents and cohost, league of women voters, department on the status of women and to our local historian, evelyn rose director founder of neighborhood history project who helped draft today's resolution. thank you very much for this time. thank you for celebrating and let's keep on making sure that women have full rights and full participation. >> supervisor yee: thank you. thank you colleagues. madam clerk, any communicates? >> clerk: yes. minute reflected during the covid-19 health emergency, members of the board participated in this meeting remotely through video conference. to the same extent as physically present in their legislative chamber. the board recognize that the novel coronavirus has made the need for public access more acute. they have the following option to participate remotely in this meeting. your written correspondence on any subject matter will be made a part of the legislative file sent by u.s. mail. address the envelope to the city of san francisco board of supervisors city hall, dr. carlton b. goodlatte room 224. if you're sending an e-mail send it to our new and edited version of our e-mail address. bos@.org. your touch tone phone can be used to listen to the proceeding and provide public comment. when you hear the prompt enter the meeting i.d. number. press pound twice, you would have joined the proceedings as a listener. be sure to turn your television down. otherwise you may miss the prompt. we have also interpreters present at today's meeting. interpreters please introduce yourselves in succession to let the community know that you're here to assist with public comment. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> clerk: thank you all for being here. quick word on what agenda consent it public for public comment. there are two 3:00 p.m. orders slated to begin at 3:00 p.m. each has its own public comment hearing associated with it. that is for 666 mountain spring avenue. items 8-11. items 12-15, the exemption determination and items 16-19 conditional use authorization an appeal. minutes and july 16 meeting minutes is from the budget and finance committee meeting. other items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board that are not on the agenda today and items 27-333 without reference to committee calendar all other items 1-7 and 20-25, that is content that is not eligible for your testimony today as they have had their noticed public hearing fulfilled at committee. if you are having any access or connection issues concerns or questions, please contact my office a. finally mr. president, pursuant to title two of americans with disability act, we have an individual who has requested to make his public comment by telephone. i want to thank wilson ang who set this opportunity up for this gentleman. we're ready to provide him that and him to unmute his call. >> supervisor yee: thank you. we ask all the supervisors to mute your microphone when you are not speaking. we are approving the minutes from july 15, 2020. reschedule meeting at the budget and appropriations committee meeting and the july 16, 2020 special meeting at the budget and finance committee meeting. which constituted quorums of boards of supervisors. can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? move by mandelman. second supervisor ronen. why don't we go ahead and take the roll on this. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: the agenda will be approved. after public comment as presented. let's go to the unfinished business. please call item number one. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: go ahead and call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 7 ayes and 4 noes. with supervisors peskin, preston, ronen and wilson ins dissent. >> supervisor yee: ordinance finally passed by 7-4 vote. please call the next item. >> clerk: i wanted to remind you that there was the ada request that was still on the table. >> supervisor yee: before you call the next item, why don't we go to accommodate that request. >> clerk: operations please. >> thank you for the accommodation. i'm a disability advocate and district nine voter. great to see some support for women's rights spoken here today. i think it will be great if the board of supervisors was entirely women one day. that will be great. i have a number of things to speak about but primarily i'm concerned about censorship happening in the meeting minutes. the minutes public's names are given, we see public official such a supervisor or member of your staff. that person's name should be included in the permanent public meeting minute. to censor that person's name is really egregious act of censorship. it's problematic. the meeting minutes is supposed to reflect said at the meeting. i really urge this board to not accept the meeting minutes from last week without that person's name being included. that's part of my grievance as the many challenges and barriers access i have faced from mr. wilson. additionally, i do not feel the board is doing enough to include the public in these meetings, especially those on the other side of the digital divide. the microsoft teams set up pails in comparison to zoom and other platforms. we cannot seen see all the supervisors. their names are not legible. we have no option for visual participation. this is not the same as a public meeting where the public could participate visually if they wanted to. the technology exist but this board is not utilizing it and neither is microsoft teams. writing a letter is not the same as being able to give a live public comment. people without computer and phone access should be able to give public comment live. this board could build and create a public infrastructure to do that the way they've been doing covid testing. thank you for your time. >> clerk: the good thews i newst the department of technology and office met multiple times with microsoft. there's hope on the horizon coming. microsoft heard our request and they are working towards everything the speaker mentioned. >> supervisor yee: thank you very much. i knew your team will be on the ball. let's go back to item two. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: nobody on the roster. please call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: ordinance is finally passed. let's go to our new business, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor yee: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. by reassigning appointment authority, new american media to the society for professional journalists. this measure ensures that the sunshine ordinance task force will continue not only to meet quorum but recommit this body to racial and ethnic diversity at a time when that representation is profoundly important. i want to thank sandy close who trained my younger brother and i want to thank sunshine ordinance task force chair and the members of s.p.j., the northern california chapter who weighed in with my office. thank you to my former member of the sunshine ordinance task force and staff and respectfully request and urge your support. >> supervisor yee: thank you. madam clark, call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: ordinance is passed on first reading. please call items 4 and 5 together. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: go ahead and call the roll on these items. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: motions are approved unanimously. please call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor yee: go ahead and call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: great. this motion is approved unanimously. congratulations theresa. item number seven. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: okay. anybody on the roster? madam clark, call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: motion is approved unanimously. madam clark clerk, let's go to committee reports. item number 20. >> clerk: [agenda item read] this matter requires vote of two thirds or eight votes final passage with only one reading. >> supervisor yee: call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 10 ayes and 1 no. >> supervisor yee: the ordinance is passed. with 10-1 vote. call the next item. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: go ahead and call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. please go to the next item. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: go ahead and call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: ordinance is finally passed unanimously. let's go to item number 23. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor yee: go ahead and call the roll madam clerk. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: resolution is adopted unanimously. item number 24 please. [agenda item read] >> supervisor peskin: thank you president yee. i like to thank all you voting in the past. i like to land use committee for forwarding and supervisor safai for becoming a cosponsor. >> supervisor yee: madam clerk. call the roll. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: ordinance passed unanimously. let's go to roll call or introductions. >> clerk: supervisor mandelman up to introduce new business. , supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: i have one in memoriam, she passed away july 22nd along with her son and his family since their move from san francisco to chicago several years ago. during this pandemic, we can appreciate the essential work that our healthcare workers perform and mia 50-year career in nursing involved work caring for her patients and providing support for the families. later as a nursing supervisor, she made the rounds every night, walking miles throughout the hospital. in the final years of her career, she was recognized only nursing instructor at her harper college in illinois who had 100% pass rate for the state nursing exam. mia immigrated to the u.s. from seoul in 1964. her children recalled her devotion as a mother and love of visual and performing art and road trips across the u.s. i want to share some words from her son who as you know is a member of the treasure island development authority board of directors. he said, my mom loved her family with every cell in her body. she demonstrated her love for our family. her physical state wasn't just due to age, she had worned herself down from lifetime unrelenting work. what we know about the parent struggle comes directly from their own account. it soons become like noise and other stories heard at the dinner table. living with mom, i would just sit with her on the couch or my wife will be making her bed, that's when we would hear her side and say something that isn't just recounting. you know their stories never capture what they endured. inspired by the nurses at st. mary's hospital who cared for mia, the family see up a scholarship to inspire scholarships from the philippines. mia is preceded by death by her husband. may you rest in peace. the rest i submit. >> clerk: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: i will submit my legislation. i like to join supervisor mar in memoriam he jus submitted and le to adjourn in memory of william and alonso little jr., who i had the pleasure of meeting who was a musician and a remarkable person and father of our city administrator. i would like city administrator kelly to know that we are grieving with her and to her husband, harlan kelly and sibling and rest of her family. i will submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor peskin. supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: thank you madam clark. clerk. i would like to offer memoriam today for leon fleischer. a renowned pianist who at a very young age help put san francisco on the map for classical music. he died of cancer on august 2nd at the age of 92. what many folks who may know his music and legacy, may not know he had deep roots here in san francisco and specifically in district five. leon was born at mt. zion hospital in san francisco on july 23, 1928. his parents were jewish immigrants from eastern europe who made their way to san francisco in 1930, they opened a hat shop on fillmore street between mcallister and golde goldengate. they moved around the neighborhood almost every year. there are several great classical musical talentings growing up in the area. including isaac stern. leon began playing the piano at age four. at the age of nine, leon performed with the san francisco symphony and committed to studying in italy with the austrian, maestro. leon was able to move to new york to continue his piano studies that have been disrupted by second world war. he played carnegie hall at the age of 16. at which point fleischer was hailed by conductor pierre monto as pianist of the industry. -- century. he was the first american to win the covert the queen elizabeth competition in brussel. in 1964 at the age of 36, during the height of his career, leon lost the use of his right hand due to mysterious nea neurologil condition. it caused his fingers to cramp and curl. in 1967, leon turned to performing with only his left hand. he played pieces written for pianist who lost his right hand during world war i and composers wrote pieces for leon. his left hand like his two hand playing was widely praised for unique artistry and tone. it listeners closed their eyes it was impossible to tell they were hearing one hand at the keyboard this. in 1968 his world transformed again he took on the role of conductor for the baltimore symphony orchestra. he began playing public work for two hands. leon was mover and shaker in the classical music world teaching and conducting 60 years at johns hopkins university, royal conservatory music in toronto. he was beloved guest teacher. he taught master classes all over the world including virtually until about three weeks before his death. leon tremendous musical legacy continues in the students, he has inspired many whom are now distinguished performers and teachers. among his countless achievements, leon was the center honor recipient in 2007. he took the unusual step. writing an op ed in the "washington post" expressing his opposition to the policies of then president bush. he was proud to have been invited by ruth bader ginsburg to perform for the members of the supreme court. he enjoyed hearing news from his hometown and closely followed san francisco and california politics in in 2008, at the age of 80, he produced and performed a sold out chamber music concert, he called 88 against 8. a benefit for the human rights campaign fund few weeks before california voted on prop 8. two years ago, leon celebrated his 90th birthday with a recital where he performed as a 9-year-old. he told stories that night about his first time on the stage. leon fleischer survived by his wife, catherine jacobson fleischer, his children from first marriage, deb remarks richard and leah and paula and julian and two grandchildren. i want to thank paula for reaching out to my office and helping us learn more about the life and legacy of leon fleischer. leon fleischer the san francisco gem who's story is testament to finding resilience, meaning and beauty in the face of insurmountable challenges. his exceptional talent will be with us forever. i like to extend my condolences to leon's family and friends. may his memory and music be a blessing. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: i have a couple of items today. one in particular is i think is extremely timely. given a situation with the covid crises and how this is being handled and dealt with all over the bay area. we are putting forward a resolution today that essentially urges the san francisco department of public healthy and county health officers and others to ensure that both public and private hospitals do not apply for waivers to the state for granting a reduction in existing patient to nurse ratio. this is allowed now in the state. we certainly given the circumstances that we've had at sf general where we've been fighting over a decade. i want to thank my colleagues for supporting me in that effort when we had hearings, we talked about ensuring that we can get more nurses hired there. i want to thank the mayor and her team for working aggressively to get more nurses there but still understaff. the same is to be said with many of our other private hospitals and many of you, couple of weeks ago were there with the california nurse's association and others at kaiser and other hospitals in the san francisco bay area. this is about ensuring that our frontline workers are safe and that we're not reducing ratios and it's at the same time, ensuring patients are safe. this is a really important aspect. i wanted to put it on everyone's radar to ensure we're doing doing that. as covid continues to ravage communities. we don't want to reduce the number of nurses as it relates to patients. many of these workers have been working off on the frontline, putting their lives on the line, often times with inadequate ppe, often working overtime with little rest. certainly i want to also give my condolences to any of the nurses and their families that have experienced loss as a result of this crises. they have been severely impacted by this. i want to thank the california nursing association for their support working with us on this resolution. earlier in month, i know that c.n.a. staged national day across 17 sedate 17 sedate -- ss including here in california. calling to increase staffing and increase access to ppe and ensuring understands have access to that testing. we can't make any shortcuts in the circumstances. i hope colleagues you'll support me in this resolution and wanting to bring it to your attention as we get into these conversations to ensure that we're not allowing any of our hospitals and not encouraging people to apply for these waivers to reduce patient to nurse ratio. the second thing i wanted to talk about like many my other colleagues, i want to pay honor to one of the people that an important figure in the excelsior, small business owner. he learned about the value of hard work and how to treat every single person with dignity and respect. pete met his amazing wife kathy and fortunate to raise three children while fulfilling his ultimate calling which is running his restaurant. in 1989, pete took over bravo pizza in san francisco in the excelsior district. for 30 years, many came in the neighboring city. the it's the quality of the food it serves, however, pete will also be known for much more than his pizzas and pasta. no one could go into bravos without seeing pete going from table to table, checking in on the customers, knowing their children and helping to see and watch their children get raised. whether it's his weekly regular out of state visitor or someone who stumbled into bravos the first time. pete always made time to listen to people, crack jokes and made people laugh. he was known the mayor of the corridor. bravo pizza was the place he created where people want to laugh, smile and feel loved. he put others before himself. that made pete a remarkable person and a pillar of a small business community in the excelsior. a remarkable person overall. his influence in the neighborhood will not be forgotten. pete passed away peacefully on august 15th surrounded by his family. a truly iconic man who served and made the community a better place to live. i hope his family was able to watch this today. i wanted they wanted to have some honor. this is my honor to participate in. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. stefani. >> supervisor stefani: submit today. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: i submit as well. >> clerk: supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: submit. >> clerk: supervisor fewer. >> supervisor safai: i like to be added for ms. khan. the rest i will submit. >> clerk: supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: thank you, i have one resolution that i'm introducing today. it's a resolution stating our intent to appropriate revenue generated by the executive tax to support the hiring of healthcare, mental health and other essential workers amidst this unprecedented pandemic. our health workers are on the front lines. we must ensure that we have enough healthcare workers to care for those in need as well as invest in our public health system to address untreated mental illness and addiction. we drafted executive tax front line workers and there are union who represent hundreds, some cases thousands of healthcare workers from across the city. it is a simple and straightforward tax that will raise up to $140 million. will allow us to hire hundred nurses and doctors, emergency workers and healthcare workers that our city needs. i know that all of us have been closely involved in advocating for san francisco general hospital and have had concerns about the staffing shortages there, the nurse shortages, the way in which inadequate staffing has impacted patients and the mental health and wellness of staff themselves, overworking front line healthcare workers result in inconsistent treatment of patients and it can be a matter of life or death. inadequate service in staff asking lead to patient safety issues and lead to impact quality of care and life of workers. we've seen that now during this pandemic more clearly than ever. i want to make sure that we are clear that the funds that come from this overpaid executive t tax, goes in effect. >> clerk: mr. president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> supervisor yee: thank you very much. let's go back and introduce our first three p.m. special order. supervisor walton. before you introduce this -- >> supervisor walton: i apologize. i was would love to be added to the memoriam for iquan's mother. >> clerk: thank you. >> supervisor yee: please calls items 8-11 together. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor yee: thank you colleagues. i will be asking for a continuance for items 8-11. there was new information that i would like everyone involved to have, more time to review in advance of the ceqa hearing. additionally the neighbors ask to meet with the project sponsor. i want to afford them the opportunity to do that. i want to appreciate all the staff time involved and would now like to make a motion to continue this hearing to the regular schedule board meeting on tuesday, september 15th, 2020. can i have a second? >> supervisor peskin: second. >> supervisor yee: before we take the motion, let's take a public comment on the continuance. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the anticipated continuance? >> clerk: i understand there's one person in the queue mr. president. there are 16 listeners. if any of those listeners interested in lining up, please press star three now. let's hear from the first caller. hello caller. are you on the line? i hear something vaguely in the background. it's certain to me if it's a caller . is there any way to boost the public caller's sound? >> i believe that is the caller's audio in the background with the tv. >> clerk: caller, if you wouldn't mind please turn down your television and pay attention to the telephone. that way you'll understand that it's your opportunity now to speak. while that cycling, are there any other callers in the queue? >> that completes the queue. >> clerk: okay, mr. president, we'll try that caller one more time. we're working hard not to miss anyone. is there any way you can grab their attention? >> hello caller, can you hear us? >> clerk: perhaps were called away from the phone mr. president. >> supervisor yee: why don't we move ahead to our next special order. i'll come back and see if that person is having difficulties with the technology or whatever. call items 12-19 together. [agenda item read] >> supervisor peskin: thank you president yee and colleagues. i will be making a motion to continue this matter. i want to just thank both of the appellants and the project sponsor. my office convened an initial mediation session that i think was a constructive start but the parties have agreed to come back for a second session which i think could be productive in trying to reach a resolution of these appeals. i would like to make a motion that we continue items 12-19 to september 29th in order to give us a further opportunity for mediation. >> supervisor yee: okay. this will be the motion made by supervisor preston to continue items 12-19 until >> supervisor peskin: september 29th. >> supervisor yee: okay, sorry. is there a second? supervisor mandelman? let's see if there's any public comments on the continuation. >> clerk: do we have any other speakers in the queue? >> the previous caller has hung. i do an additional caller for this item. >> clerk: thank you. hello caller. welcome. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is rocke robert. i'm disappointed to hear that the item being continued. i hope there's some resolution for this fairly soon. this project has been delayed by number of months. i don't think there's much to naianyone. it's four homes originally five. fire department declared that project is for all. it's such a minimal intrusion on the space. i looked over the applicant's documents, there are multiple examples of this kind of infield inside the existing block. i don't think there's really any danger. i think this project could be more dense. but the sponsors havelesser density to lower the possibilities from the neighbor perhaps unsuccessfully since there's this appeal that's going on. i think you should stop wasting the town and board of board of supervisors with four homes and move this forward. thank you. >> clerk: thank you caller. operations, are there any other callers in the queue? >> that completes the queue. >> clerk: mr. president. >> supervisor yee: public comment is closed for items 12-19. public comment is closed for items 8-11. let's go to 8-11 first and order a motion to continue the item until september 15th. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: the motion to continue items 8-11 until september 15, 2020 passes. let's go to the other motion to continue items 12-19 to the september 29th board meeting. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: the motion to continue items 12-19 to september 29th board meeting passes. let's go straight into public comments. >> clerk: at this time the board of supervisors will host public comment remotely. if you need assistance with access to please contact my office. if you wish to get in line to provide testimony, press star 3. if you are calling in now the telephone is displayed on the website and crawling on channel 26. press pound twice to join the proceeding a listener. when you're ready to get in line to provide testimony, press star 3. the prompt you're listening for is you have been unmuted. just start speaking once you hear it. you will have two minutes to provide your testimony. if your location is quiet, you will be able to hear the prompt. you may also miss it if your location is not quiet. star 3 moves you back into listening mode or may place you forward again into the queue to speak. one note for troubleshooting, the system holds. to about 300 callers at any time. if you feel you are lost in the system, as long as you can hear the proceeding through your phone, you are connected to the system. give it a moment and try star 3 once again. otherwise, call my office for assistance or just redial. quick word about the content that is eligible for your public comment. the subject matter jurisdiction of the board and the approval of the minutes that are on the agenda. there's no electioneering allowed at the meeting. if the interpreter can introduce themselves, let the community know that you're here for them please. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> clerk: mr. president that concludes my comment. can we hear the first caller please. >> i like to say that i admire your stamina and all the work that you are doing for the citizens of san francisco. thank you. today i urge you to support the resolutions proposed in items 27, 29 and 32, first the resolution in support of u.s. senator sanders, make billionaires pay act that will place emergency tax on billionaires. also, the resolution in support of state assembly bills 2088, the wealth tax over income over $30 million is worthy of support. finally the resolution sponsored by supervisors's mar and ronen urging abag to focus san francisco unmet needs for housing that's affordable to low and moderate income residents and maintain the current allocation levels in this upcoming rina process. it's so important that your collective voice is heard. [please stand by] -- it must be repaired. when a white person with power polices how young people of color organize, that reinforces white supremacy. it centers the powerful white person's fragility and ego while marginalizing actions for justice. when a white person with power have people protest at their home, it reinforces white supremacy by repeating bile racist jokes. progressive politicians and those who attack and punish and shun is wrong. i call upon supervisor ronen and all who piled on to repair the damage they have done to people of color, and to report back to constituents. when repair is made and the details are made public, it will be a learning and a growing experience for the supervisor and the public. this is a healthy way to deal with episodes of white supremacy. let's start repairing here and now. thank you very much. >> clerk: operations, can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: good morning, honor members of the board. hi, good afternoon. and good afternoon, honorable members of the board. my name is evelyn rose, the director of the glen park neighborhood history project. tomorrow, august 26th, is women's equality day, marking the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. thank you all for the support of today's resolution. for over 200 years, women have been denied the fundamental right simply because of their gender. and as significant as this success was, the worked welling up to ratification had not been all-inclusive. moreover, many women of native american and asian descent would not win rights to vote until decades later. today the american women of all backgrounds are still fighting for full equity in society and our continued right to have all voices heard that is increasingly at risk. the fight goes on. learn more about 100 leaders on wchallenge.org/100women, and in california, it was defeated in 1896. a new movement with new tactics emerged to unite women by crossing class bridges, but, unfortunately, in many locales not the racial divide. much of this work that would eventually be adopted by eastern states began in san francisco in 1908. and it's highlighted by what is believed to be the first sufferage march in america held in oakland and co-led by san francisco women. the day after women's equality day, thursday august 27th, is the 112th anniversary of that historic event. i invite you to visit the san francisco public library events calendar for details about joining a virtual presentation to be held on that day at 6:00 p.m., entitled "america's first sufferage march and the san francisco women who led it" to learn more about these women, the significance of the march, and their activities leading up to it. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: good afternoon, board. my name is dan doich and i'm a san francisco resident. and the reason that i'm calling in today is to actually express opposition to supervisor mar's resolution opposing the new arena goals. the reason for that is, honestly, i thought that it was ridiculous to -- for him to imply that san francisco has sufficiently produced market rate housing. that's just simply not true. if you look at the attack on decades of housing production in san francisco, we have significantly underproduced housing. that's the exact reason that we have some of the most expensive rent in the country. and, furthermore, the reality is that while i support more affordable housing, we can't pretend that if we just magically say oh, we want 100% affordable housing that it's going to be built. the reality is that inclusionary zoning and impact fe fees -- are used to fund affordable housing. and as a result we're going to need a combination of market rate and affordable housing to be part of the solution. and, frankly, the myopic view that market rate housing is the enemy is probably the reason that we're in this crisis. and so the more i thought it was particularly enlightening last night, i watched the r.n.c., and you had the mcdollars closkey, known as the st. louis gun couple, who were waving their guns outside of their house and threatening protesters. on the r.n.c. they said that they opposed single family zoning and yet gordon mar's resolution here would make it easier for parts of san francisco with exclusionary single family zoning to entrench that zoning and to continue their exclusionary practices. so i think that it's, frankly, absurd to see people -- >> thank you, caller. >> the libertarians will liberate. >> clerk: operations, can you unmute the next caller, please. there are 17 callers in the queue. >> caller: hi, this is steve market calling. i'm calling against gordon mar's resolution to limit the number of units for the allocation for san francisco. the main reason for this is that we're seeing just across northern california insane prices and a lot of folks are getting put in great danger. and a big result of that is because people are forced to live further and further away because of the housing in san francisco. when we limit the units that we build to only affordable housing, we are limiting ourselves to a tiny fraction of the total units built. this limit is imposed by the state and federal low-income housing credits that are being allocated. and i fully support that being increased. but until it is, we're not talking about fair solutions. we need to help the people in california live in places that are safe from wildfires and places like san francisco should be home to all. so, please, i ask you to not support this resolution. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> caller: hi, my name is adam buck and i'm a doctor who lives in d6 and i take care of people experiencing housing insecurity every day. i'm calling to oppose supervisor mar's resolution to try to reduce this. and i have heard from the (indiscernible) and i took care of him for three years and every time i saw him he had back pain, depression and i was trying to adjust his medications for back pain. one day he showed up and he had this brightness behind his eyes and i asked him how he was feeling and his pain and he didn't have anymore pain. and i said, what happened, we have been working on this for years and how do you have no more back pain. he said that i appealed my v.a. benefits and they got approved and i just got a check for $130,000. and now i no longer have to worry about housing and i bought an apartment in vallejo, and i feel great, i have no more complaints anymore. and this happened probably seven years ago and it's still on my mind. it was shocking how much the stress of housing insecurity can affect people's health. and as other callers have mentioned, basically choking on the air. if you look at the air quality maps, and i also think that it's kind of -- you know, these are where the homes should be. san francisco is great. you don't even need air conditioning. we have better air and better temperatures and, you know, if the average two-bedroom apartment market rate is over $3,000, how is a family supposed to start and move here and live here? i mean, of course we should have higher market rate targets. we should have higher affordable rate targets. this is the solution for people who live in san francisco. so i really hope that you don't move forward with this resolution because affordable housing is great and you should prioritize it and allow zoning to prioritize more affordable housing. but we need more market rate too. and if you're seriously saying that market rate rents as they currently are are acceptable -- >> thank you for your time. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> caller: hi, supervisors. my name is theo gordon and i am calling in to oppose supervisor mar's resolution. and i am sitting in my apartment on golden gate avenue that i rent and i have a great view of the city. and right now i see blue skies. i can't tell you how amazing it is to see blue skies again after the last week we had with smoke. but i look online at the air conditions across the bay and i look, you know, on social media, and i see my friends in santa cruz and east bay who still have orange skies. with asthma who are choking. and are having to live in shelters right now because they're worried that their houses are going to burn down. i have to say that i feel pretty privileged to be here and i wish that more people could be here. the idea that san francisco doesn't bear responsibility in solving our housing crisis, and instead we should be forcing more people out int, and more pe to live in the urban wildlife interface and live away from the sea breeze that brings cool, healthy air in? it's insane. it's climate arson. it's condemning people to lives of respiratory disease, lives where they have to be concerned about having to evacuate their homes in the middle of the night because a fire started. it's just irresponsible. so i'll be asking the bay area governors to push more housing into san francisco because it's the healthiest place in the bay to live. it's also, you know, the most transit dense city in the bay. and we need more people to be taking buses and bikes and not driving. the progressive environmental solution to our housing crisis is to build more housing in the cities. i don't know why certain supervisors keep trying to associate pro-housing views that will reduce health impact and reduce the environmental impacts -- >> thank you, mr. gordon. thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next speaker, please. qoip gooplease. >> caller: good afternoon, this is peter warfield, the executive director of the library users association. we can be reached at libraryusers2004.com. we'd like to ask the supervisors to review in doing any allocation for the library, and the library serves everybody, we'd like to you review how the library spends that money. and even to put a hold on some of the funds because the library is not providing in some respects even basics. it's basically a husk compared to what it was previously. first of all, last thursday the library commission was told, not asked, and not given for discussion or action, told that 15 of 28 branches would be commandeered for child care related activity for an indefinite time. giving kids child care in school is certainly a worthy goal, but it should not be done at the cost of libraries for all. the libraries have been very slow to start, especially compared with other libraries in the area and elsewhere. only two libraries recently opened. and they're currently opened for extremely limited service. plans for the next round of openings include only four more libraries to be opened september 1st. and that's less than a quarter of the locations nearly six months from initial closure. at a time when we desperately need good information, the libraries have no plan for civic information and libraries have no plan for access to actual newspapers, magazines, periodic cals and so on. -- periodicals, and no "the new york times" and "atlantic," "nation," etc. and there should be more provided for folks who don't have access via the internet. please, scrutinize how the money will be used and put some of it on hold. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, mr. warfield, for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next speaker, please. >> caller: good afternoon, president yee, and the members of the board of supervisors. i'm lenaia fox speaking on the status of women. we would like the supervisors for commemorating this historic moment and recognizing some of the local women who worked to extend the vote to women across the nation. as we celebrate this occasion, we also recognize that many women continue to experience disenfranchisement based on their race, ethnicity and citizenship status. and that the fight against voter suppression continues today. we also know that despite many efforts to make voting easier and more accessible, california ranks fourth lowest among the states for women registered to vote. and that women in san francisco are less likely to register to vote than men. we appreciate the leadership of developing the w. challenge to encourage more women to use their voices. we are proud to partner with her office and the league of women voters san francisco in this effort. we urge all who are eligible, especially women, to register and to vote and to make sure that your friends and family are who are able to vote do so too. in honor of those who fought for this right and to acknowledge those who still struggle for it today. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next speaker, please. >> caller: good afternoon, and thank you, madam clerk. this is audrey real. just, you know, i was appalled hearing all of these uppity white privileged folks who are speaking in support of a million dollar homes, and yet each and every single one of them could afford to buy, wil while here we observing the exodus of people out of san francisco. i am calling in support, that's why i'm calling in support of supervisor mar's resolution to lower the surreal increase in our arena numbers for market rate homes. one thing that these people who are calling in opposition to this are not telling you is that this will actually precipitate the lower portion, the lower percentage for inclusionary housing. and the reason is that not my senator scott wiener years ago came up with one that will penalize those cities that do not meet their market rate portion of the arena. and it will make it so that a developer who wants to be building anything with as little as 10% for affordable housing, they will have by right to build that without any public input. that is not the city that we have worked so hard, that is not the affordable housing portion that we have worked so hard to pass. in this city, that is not good enough for us. we are standing for more affordable housing. not market rate housing that every single one of these privileged white folks can afford to buy. so, please, support this resolution, supervisors. we're looking to you to set the record. and, please, do explain to the public that is calling in opposition to this resolution, why is it that we cannot afford to increase our arena number, in particular when we are having -- >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, can we hear from the next caller, please. >> caller: wow, so the rules changed, yet a new script that you're reading. that was a good surprise. all right, let's get started on public comment. item 27, no -- that's socialism. and also you're taking political sides. come on, don't do that. 28, yes. workers need help. 29, i don't care. 30 -- it's too political right now. you need to wait. 31, yes. nineteenth amendment is awesome. 32, nah, fuck the wealth tax. it's the same thing as 27. not okay. and then 33 -- i don't care. you guys have an issue. you know how when kids are in school, it's like oh, it's the worst thing if they're on their phone? y'all are on twitter and you don't hide it. you're tweeting and you're replying to people. stay focused on the meeting. that's what matters. that's what you're elected for. yeah, i see a bunch of you actually recently on twitter. i have an account just to follow you so i can see who is causing problems now. also, yeah, that's all i have to say. thank you. >> clerk: okay. thank you for your comments. operations, can you please unmute the next caller, please. >> caller: hello i'm jeffrey gull and a long-time president of san francisco since 1976 and i'm calling in support of item number 29, and i want to thank the supervisors for looking after the people who live here. and as it correctly states, san francisco has sheltered much of the region's housing development and it's not likely that it will double or more to absorb the underperformance by other cities. despite the city's long-standing commitment to affordable housing, we have achieved only 30% of the low and moderate income goals that have already meant 140% of our above moderate rate. existing housing element of the 2014 general plan, objective 1, states very clearly that it is to identify and to make available adequate sites for the housing, especially permanent affordable housing. you're obviously not meeting our objectives. we need affordable housing. the city needs to demonstrate that they're committed to the june 2020 resolution on racial and social equity. and mandated by right approvals to incentivize speculation and only more of the same, and gentrification and racial disparity. i urge you to approve this resolution. by the way, everybody can't live in san francisco. we can't move everybody from the suburbs into the city. we're going to just make it miserable and horrible for everybody. i mean, really. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next speaker, please. >> caller: hi, my name is barbara delaney and i'm a resident of the sunset district. and i am calling in support of gordon mar's resolution. i thought that it was very interesting to hear people say that we need market rate housing because the environment is so nice here in san francisco, and the air is so clean. and, you know, the transportation is so good. well, i feel that people who need affordable housing are entitled to have clean air and good transportation too. we have a lot of market rate housing in the city. and we have very little affordable housing. and the fact is that developers do not want to build affordable housing because there's not that much money in it for them. they want to build market rate housing. yep, they'll maybe make a concession and give in 10% for affordable rate housing. but they don't really want to do that. and if they don't have to, they will not. just like now that they don't have to build parking -- parking is expensive to build for developers. so they don't want to build parking and they won't be building parking. if they don't have to build affordable housing, they won't do that either. but everyone is entitled to clean air. not everyone can live in san francisco. but we should have people -- we should have a diverse economic population in the city and we need more affordable housing. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, the next caller, please. we have approximately 13 members of the public in the queue. let's hear from the next one. >> caller: good afternoon, supervisors. my name is sarah ogilvy. i'm a latina woman and i live and i vote in san francisco. and i would like to register my opposition to supervisor mar's anti-housing resolution being submitted to you. in the last couple of weeks that trump has doubled down on his rhetoric against my senator and we have seen portland oregon, pass reform legislation, not to mention the equity resolution that san francisco planning commission passed several weeks ago, i'm frankly surprised that i'm hearing this come out of the board of supervisors right now. as a daughter of california, i'm pleading with you to consider a housing allocation that pays attention to the wildfires blazing all around the bay area. and the fact that we're going to be need to be facing these facts. we need to build these homes in san francisco and make space for people who can rebuild our city anhelp our economy. and please consider the proposal to bring health care workers to the city. where will they live? they won't qualify for low and very low-income housing. and although i want an abundance of those too, we need homes for everyone. and we need to build them. you know, i don't think that this resolution should be passed. i think it's a violation of sfb-38, and 35, it's attempting to thwart the policy and it demands an answer to our heartwrenching housing crisis. we have been doing this for too many decades, supervisors. please make it stop. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next speaker, please. >welcome, caller. >> caller: good afternoon, supervisors. this is catherine howard. please support the resolution to oppose the market rate housing and here's a few reasons. there are only so many building sites in san francisco. building market rate housing uses up land and resources that should be used for lower income housing. there are now many vacant housing units in san francisco, and airbnb still has a lot of illegal units. we need to find them and get them on the market. every 10 units of market rate housing requires at least three units of affordable housing for the people who provide service for the money classes. if we build more market rate units we will need more and more affordable units. this is a catch-22. we cannot build market rate housing as a way out of the affordability crisis. the pandemic and the desire for social distancing as well as the need for open space and backyards for families have prompted those who can afford it to move to areas with these amenities. stack-and-pack counting has lost its appeal while destroying the very amenities of open green space that might have persuaded people to stay in the city. fortunately, the discovery that people can work at home has prompted people to rethink the market rates to live in san francisco. but those people who do not have techie job options and cannot afford the rent are the people whom we need in san francisco to keep it diverse and vibrant city that it has been. we need to provide housing for them first. with the fires and the loss of homes all over the state, the price of building material and shortage of labor is going to increase. affordable housing will have difficulty competing with the market rate housing in paying for this and it will all go to the luxury developments. and i will add that watching the news contrary to what some of the callers said, that the people living in the fire zones are not interested in moving into a dense urban environment. they live where they want to live because they want more space. that is what they want. we do not need more market rate housing in san francisco. how many more neighborhoods do we have to destroy to satisfy the greedy developers? >> clerk: thank you for your comments. okay, operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. welcome, caller. you will have up to two minutes. >> caller: hello, supervisors. i am dan fetterman and a resident of d5. i call to urge you all to reject supervisor mar's measure, asking for market rate allocations away from san francisco. hundreds of thousands of acres of the bay area are currently on fire. san francisco has some of the best air quality in the region. (please stand by) >> clerk: let's hear from the next speaker please. >> hi long-term resident of d4. i really appreciate item 29, mar and ronen's resolution. to not put ridiculous pressure on the city for market rate housing. nothing stops the market rate in the best market in the united states and the world. we need middle, lower and affordable housing. we do not need further pressure to exceed goals and help market rate developers build in san francisco. thank you very much, i hope you supervisors support that resolution. >> clerk: let's hear from the next caller please. >> good afternoon. i'm from senior and disability action. i'm calling in support, absolute support for supervisor mar and preview ronen's resolution. this is so important that we halt the overbuilding of market rate housing and we build for the actual needs of our city, which is very clearly are essential workers. those in the service industry who have been forced out of the city through either gentrification or through the inability to afford the rising rent. we desperately need affordable housing, deeply affordable housing to meet our needs and i'm looking forward to what that job housing fit looks like today. i think that will be very different. i appreciate all the work you have done supervisor mar in getting housing balance reports out and really looking and revealing and asking the really important questions about what has been built and what needs to be built. thank you and please all supervisors support this resolution. thank you so much. >> clerk: next caller please. we have nine callers in the queue. >> i support this and thank supervisor mar and ronen for item 29 for this long overdue discussion on the regional housing needs. question are do they have san francisco needs in mind. what are san francisco needs. only answer to me is to ask the people who live here. every community forum run by the planning department, has put affordable housing as the number one community priority. in the last san francisco housing strategies report from the planning department, that projects for the next 30 years. the conclusion was that at least one area of new housing built needs to be affordable. at the same time, the report shows that two thirds of the affordable units built between 2006 and 2018 resulted from 100% affordable project. to me that clearly shows it's the fastest way to achieve affordable housing. included in that same report, affordable homes are needed by 2050. that stated that san francisco's racial, social and economic diversity depends on the stability of housing. affordable housing are the only housing needs that are unmet. we can and we are planning and building affordable housing. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. we have a hand full of speakers in the queue for those who are listening. this is the last call. if you are interested in speaking, please press star 3 and that way you can get in line to make your testimony. next caller please. >> good afternoon. i'm a district 6 resident and a first generation immigrant. i urge you all to vote no on supervisor mar's resolution to keep our existing levels. wildfires ravaged the entire bay area. san francisco has been the only county spared. my parents who live in livermore around so lucky. over the weekend, alameda county issued evacuation warning couple of blocks away from their house. you're saying -- if you happen to win one of the affordable housing lotteries you don't deserve to live here. usually members from the other political party. to me, all that is morally bankrupt position. our greatest need is lower and moderate income housing. one bedroom apartment to rent with over $3000 a month, it's ludicrous if you have enough market race housing. our housing should accommodate everyone that wants to live here. far away from the wildfires. thank you very much, have a wonderful day. >> clerk: next caller please. [speaking foreign language] >> i will now proceed to interpret what the caller was expressing. good afternoon supervisors. i'm calling because i am extremely concerned and the price of rent in san francisco is extremely high and makes it impossible for somebody like me for a middle class san franciscan to live in san francisco. now the wildfires have put all of us at risk and all of our brothers and sisters in california. california, we should be receiving all our brothers and sisters with open arms and i am against building more market rate housing and i'm against resolution 29. i am urging you to welcome our brothers and sisters with open arms and to keep our doors open for all those who need and would like to come and live in california. i'm very proud to live in california because we have always received everybody with open arms regardless of their socioeconomic status. i hope that you will vote against the resolution. thank you very much. >> clerk: gracias to the caller . thank you connie, well done. next caller. >> hello. i would like to raise some concerns about how much time spent on this commemoration of the 19th amendment today. the 19th amendment was important but i don't think that this is necessarily the time and place for commemorating the 19th amendment. i'm very glad to have the right to vote. as somebody who attends these meetings to find out what's happening with the city, i don't want to have to sit through each supervisor talking about their personal feelings on the 19th amendment. the resolution -- the hundredth anniversary of the 19th amendment, i don't understand what is the point of that? it's purely ceremonial. i feel like this is a waste of time. there's better things that our city actually has, need, we need focusing on the housing. we have real needs other than ceremonial things. quit with the memoriam and all that stuff that doesn't do anything for anyone, that will be much appreciated. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next caller. >> this is a matter of principle. if your mother is a wetback and you're born in america, you are not an american citizen. you're undesirable and should be deported. all citizenship to these -- >> clerk: that is offensive. operations, do we have another caller on the line? >> my name is david. i live in district 5. i'm calling in to oppose supervisor mar's resolution. from couple of perspectives, one, i'm a member of the lgbtq community here in san francisco. so many people would love to move here and who don't qualify for affordable housing but they're not rich. they can't afford the rent. i'm an educator and i'm a professor. it's really hard to recruit students undergrads to come move to the bay area to study and contribute to our economy and community. it's a huge problem. we do need to build more market rate housing in order to have the member of our community come here. folks i know who are respected ph.d. students they are shocked by efforts like in from supervisor mar. why does it matter? not only the people move in the units rented out or purchase them, you have to recognize that the people who move into those units who are currently in the bay area, say someone who's driving two hours everyday in san francisco. they then vacate units that other people that can move into that are more affordable. building more housing helps reduce rent. i understand folks calling in that are housing secure and have prop 13 for decades want to see san francisco look like a suburb. it's hurting the community and younger generation. i ask you to oppose supervisor mar's resolution. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments sir. next caller please. >> hello i'm i'm theodore. i'm calling to oppose item 29, mar and ronen's resolution. the biggest conceptual problem is that our city is not at closed system controlled by the city government. we are a city of 800,000 people in the region over 4 million residents each with freedom of movement and pushed around by law. they have done the opposite -- neighborhoods like mine become more expensive an more rich white. furthermore, gentrification still breaking up the communities in oakland and other cities. this resolution is not only against the spirit of the state law, it is against the spirit of the resolution on racial and socioequity. if you don't want to be part of the bay area, you would advocate for housing of all kind and built in the unaffordable neighborhoods of san francisco. thank you. >> clerk: you have time left. did he get cut off? i just paused his time. >> no. i believe he hung up. >> clerk: please let's hear from the next caller. >> hi. i'm not really opposing or supporting this resolution. i do think something we need to address. i believe strongly that need to build housing first for the most vulnerable san franciscans. i do feel that we have not an honest conversation about the public about how much funding for subsidized housing is contingent on market rate housing. we're leaving vulnerable communities in the dark by not being honest with proms we can't keep. we'ri think that we need look at this and come up with bold and creative solutions like taxing income and taxing property before we make determinations to cut all our high end market rate allocations. it pains me t to say this, as yu feel funding question is okay, you can't have an intelligent conversation about allocations without addressing that. thank you. >> clerk: next speaker please. >> this is adam. i'm a resident in district 6. i'm calling to comment on item 29. it's important to know, right now, it cost $700,000 to bill an affordable unit in san francisco. that's not even affordable. san francisco says it wants affordable housing but this board and city leaders haven't made it a priority. you guys aren't the first to not made it a priority. affordable housing has been allowed to languish in favor of appeals and reviews and etcetera. when i read this resolution by mar and ronen, it read very much like the i got mine attitude. it was associated with suburban people and right wing trumpers. they have their single family home and they know, we need affordable housing but they don't really want to do the work to get it done. if the board of supervisors is serious about affordable housing, stop trying to get special treatment from san francisco. cut out the needless appeals that drive up the cost for everyone. hickllet's not keep repeating te same mistakes over and over again. let's be in progressive city that welcomes people of all income levels, not an exclusive suburb that opposes all development. we don't want to be the next lafayette. we can say we need affordable housing all we want, if no action is taken it's the same as board of supervisors saying it doesn't care about affordable housing. i firmly oppose to this resolution. we need to step up to our goals both in market rate housing and affordable housing. there's a lot supervisors can do to address affordable housing and make it happen. just stop -- pull out the red tape, open it up. if you want to do it, show us action. don't give us words that means nothing. thank you. >> clerk: next caller please. >> my name is craig miller. we support the market rate housing. we do need to build more affordable housing and i think it has to be done outside and giving subsidies for affordable housing. we met our goals with affordable housing over and over again and keep failing to meet the goals in affordable housing. let's focus on affordable housing and come up with some funding to do that. rhna goals is popping up. we need to get out of that. you need to focus if you want to have diversity and you have to do is explicitly. >> clerk: next speaker please. >> this is martin. i'm calling from district 5. i'm really horrified to hear some of the comments that have happened during this call, especially the really racist one that happened earlier. the reason i bring that up, i don't necessarily want to identify every single identity that i come from. it's not always relevant. in this case it's relevant. san francisco is a sanctuary city, i believe that we can open up our city and more people that really do -- this resolution doesn't actually solve the problem which is that we have affordability crises in san francisco. that's why i oppose this resolution. i want to agree with shanti earlier. we do want to build affordable housing. it's telling folks that the solution is to wave away market rate development instead of actually trying to get more money from the state for affordable housing. it's rich that this resolution is coming from the supervisor in district 4 who's working with the supervisor in district 9 who consider so much affordable housing that's been built in the city has been denied. you can count how many affordable units have been built in the last five years in d4. allow for the affordable units to be paid for by the market rate units in d4. i oppose this resolution because it's not actually creating a funding source for affordable housing, someone like me -- >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next caller. >> good afternoon supervisors. thank you for the opportunity to speak. my name is mike, i don't live in san francisco. my wife and i don't want to eat the enormous rent increase we have to take if we move to san francisco. i'm frustrated that as someone who's advocated many times for affordable housing, that a city that is the center of the tech industry in this country, would push so hard back on market rate housing. if you look at the resolution, it says there are 49,000 extremely rents burden households in the city. this is by definition, 49,000 low income households that are living in the market rate housing today. if you can somehow get things together and find the money to build 10,000 units, great. i would support any tax increases necessary to do that. you will still have 39,000 low income families. i think it's pretty clear if you look at the red lining maps of san francisco from 90 years ago, there are pretty easy ways to build lots of market rate housing with low risk of rates and gentrification. that is upzone the wealthy and disproportionately white west side of the city. gentrification is low. you can rely on the private market to build lots and lots of market rate homes without displacing low income families of color. it's the obvious solution. it is shocking to me that this board of supervisors won't talk about that. instead, wants to fight the state. it's the clear obvious answer. thank you. >> clerk: next caller. >> ross brayden, district 7. i want to comment about the board of supervisors' response to covid. i sent an e-mail about placer county board of supervisors meeting august 17th. made very good rational case for ending the lockdown because we're at a point where lockdown is causing more damage than the virus. our hospitals are not overflowing but restaurants are closing, people who live here are losing their businesses. it's gone too far. it's time for us to stand up against the state. we can force the governor. we do not have to comply. the city of san francisco, the mayor need to change course and end the lockdown in san francisco. thank you for your time. >> clerk: next caller. >> this is stephanie peek i live in district 2 and i'm a member of the san francisco land use coalition. i support supervisors mar and ronen resolution. we already met 100% rhna goal. there are 444 homes have asking price above $800,000. during this pandemic, nothing can be more out of touch than to push for more market rate housing when homes are sitting empty. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next caller please. >> my name is eva. i can tell you my name was on this thing. i have been listening to the comments opposing gordon-mar's resolution for affordable housing. the comments are the same and the same level of articulateness. i recently discovered if you go to a lans us -- land use lawyer, many of them provide community support. they have people who will call in to either support or oppose whatever you want to pay for. i'm wondering how many of these people who are opposing gordon-mar's resolution to require more affordable housing instead of making market rate housing have actually been hired by the lawyers several developers hired to oppose this resolution. developers do not want to go affordable housing. they want to build market rate housing. the people calling in saying we need more housing and more market rate housing. why wouldn't they want more affordable housing and not market rate housing? if i was calling in from burlingame, i would want more affordable house. the comment according to gordon mar's resolution should be taken with grain of salt. we need to take wealthy refugees from the suburbs because there was an earthquake or something. we can have an earthquake here. they had fires over there. i think they all seem little too scripted to be taken as legitimate callers. thank you. >> clerk: next caller please. >> i would like to express concern about the lady who was said earlier over her use of racial slur. i believe that you cut off a public comment. the commenter must both be offensive and disruptive. she was very clearly offensive. it's not clearly that she was disruptive. her first amendment rights were violated. that was concerning to me. while her words were very offensive, i believe she had as much right as anyone to express them. >> clerk: i'm pausing your time. you called in before. i want to gently acknowledge that to you and just state if you would just acknowledge that back to us, then we can go on our way. can you just state that and hang up please? >> pardon? >> clerk: this is the second time you called today. we are going to disconnect the line. operations, please. >> that completes the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> supervisor yee: seeing no other public comment. public comment now closed. madam clerk, let's go to the committee reference agenda items 27-33. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: colleagues, would anyone like to talk about these items. >> can we separate item 29? >> supervisor yee: supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: i wanted to be added cosponsor on 31. >> supervisor yee: supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: i like to sever item number 30. >> supervisor yee: madam clerk, do we have to sever something to be added as a cosponsor? >> clerk: no. you can tell me and staff inanei will track it and we'll make sure it happens. 27, 28, 30 and 31. got it. >> supervisor peskin: , i like to do the same. >> supervisor yee: i said 32 also. >> clerk: and 32 for president yee. thank you. >> supervisor yee: go ahead and get the roll call for the remainder of the items except for 29 and 30 i believe. [roll call vote] >> he ises in a -- he is in a meeting. he's on mute. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: these resolutions are adopted. call item number 29. [agenda item read] >> supervisor yee: supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you president yee. i want to thank my cosponsors supervisor, ronen, walton, preston and fewer. i like to make a motion that we continue this item on september 1st. it's in light of the that we've been focused on the budget, especially the members of the budgets and appropriations committee and other pressing matters in the past week. i want to make sure all of you and we all have adequate time to consider this really important resolution and policy matter. >> supervisor yee: is there a second? >> mandelman will second. >> supervisor yee: motion to continue. roll call please. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: motion to continue item 29 to our september 1st board meeting passes. call item 30. [agenda item read]. to provide few updates since i introduced the resolution last week, house democrats passed an emergency $25 billion funding bill to ensure that post office has continue financial health. the bill will block any more changes to service and operations ahead of this november. the future of the bill lie hands in the republicans in it senate. i'm not optimistic. postal service is a matter of life and death for many americans and critical to our democracy. we know that the pandemic will have incredible impact on in-person voting. absentee ballot will be the first choice and united states post office must continue to play a role. testifying in front of the house oversight committee postmaster general dejoy saying delays to be expected. staffing changes and threats to employ overtime have been in the state of flux. katy porter asked if he will revert to change, he responded no. today, recognizing the high stakes of this moment, i want to recognize that city attorney joined coalition of state municipalities to stop the trump administration attempt to dismantle the postal service and undermine the election. more than ever, cities and states across the country, we must keep the pressure on. we must tell congress that we demand fully funded, fully operation postal service through in november. i like to thank my cosponsors president yee and supervisor walton, fewer and yee and peskin and mandelman. i urge your support. >> supervisor yee: call the roll on this item. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor yee: this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, this bring us to the memoriams. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of a fallen beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor safai for. >> supervisor yee: that bring us to end of our agenda. is there any further business before us today. >> clerk: that concludes business for today. >> supervisor yee: if there are no further business, we are adjourned. >> august 27, 2020.i'g into the record. the mayor declared a state of emergency, making it possible to hold hearings remotely. on

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