commissions approved a diesel generator belching diesel particles and carcinogenic fumes during a pandemic. that goes against commonsense, and we've got callers conflating this with the housing crisis. this's just really amazing. we should be focusing on the biodiversity crisis and how this kbablths wildlife, birds, and how it baffles the -- impacts wildlife, birds, and how it baffles the insects. why would we want to have something that confuses the owls on strawberry hill? san francisco health alliance is under investigation. we seem to have a few supervisors that are taking this seriously. let's all take this seriously. we are in the middle of a pandemic. there's thousands of people spending money in golden gate park. is this all about filling the parking lots with cars? i'm with mr. munoz to keep it car free. let's be reasonable and rational. we can extend this for one year. let everyone have their ride, and please limit the killing of insects and birds and nests. bye. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. okay. operations, we have 14 callers lined up to take public comments. we are taking public comment on two things. the observation wheel structure and whether or not the board should have a hearing on the emergency ordinance hazard pay. next caller, please. >> yes, good afternoon, supervisors. my name is linda schafer, and i live in district one in san francisco. i'll try to be brief. i only have two things to say. first of all, i'm perfectly confident that the supervisors can walk and chiu gum at the same time. that's in response to previous callers who are worried that we're taking valuable time on this issue, as if we couldn't take up other issues at the same time, and secondly, i want to provide my strong support for this very reasonable compromise. the wheel was brought here for one year. it was not able to operate, except for 39 days, so let's give it the rest of the year in order to fulfill the contract that was originally agreed. that sounds quite fair to me. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. okay. operations, next caller, please. >> hi, supervisors. i live in district 10, and i'm in favor of more activities in the park and the ferris while. i think it's not a sane use of your time for the supervisors to be spending your time debating a ferris wheel when there's so much more to be done, whether that's opening a school or being a number of other possibilities as we have a closed society that is very broken in that way. what i'm really asking today is rather than it be a public fight that reaches all the way to the supervisors to agree to a newhouse or we agree to gather in the park, that we find a way to make it functional and a lower level authority that is more accessible, and commit people to fully gather in the park and permit free offerings to be done in the park and permit businesses to get permits like this one, because obviously, the permit has become such an issue because they are so infrequent and such a rare occurrence. >> clerk: thank you, sir. [inaudible] >> clerk: thank you for your comments, sir. [please stand by] something to prevent that person from dying. if we're worried about the environment, we're talking about not a single diesel generator. how many tens of hundreds of thousands of parking spots in this city are poisoning our plan. there are so many things on a bigger scale that we could be talking about. we could be overriding our school district or making efforts to get our kids back in school. oakland and berkeley are making the first efforts to get rid of red lining. i haven't seen any proposals of that scale talked about yet. even a social housing pilot berkeley wants to do that. i haven't heard a really credible plan of social housing to get people off the streets. there are so many important things that i wish people would -- well, they say there's no limit. i think so much. appreciate it. >> clerk: thank you for your comments today. operations, we have 11 members of the public lined up, so let's hear from the next caller, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm jeff regal, a resident of district 4. i'm calling to voice my support for the resolution. i think it's very fair and very reasonable. i am primarily in support of this because of the environmental issues that have been clearly defined by many of the previous callers. i believe this was supervisor's peskin's quote, the deal, the deal, the deal. it was agreed to be in the park for one and extended to four. golden gate park does not need anything to attract people. the big issue is the commercialization of the park. it's something that needs to be stopped. that's why this initiative people are calling in on. this is not even a good deal. the city is getting $1 out of every $18? what is with that? it's ridiculous. i support the resolution. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller? >> i am a resident of north beach and a member of san franciscans for northern nature. when i first heard about this, i thought it was not an appropriate use of the park and i worked with our group to get it removed immediately. the compromise came up and i think we all agreed that would be a reasonable way to go, just one more year. so i certainly support the resolution item 38. i'd just like to throw out a quick comment to the other folks who called and said the board probably has more business to do than decide on a ferris wheel, but as i understand it any time the city makes a contract with an outside vendor, it's subject to the approval of the board of supervisors by a two-thirds vote. that's what we're doing today. thank you very much. bye bye. >> clerk: thank you, sir, for your comments. operations, do we have another comment? we are taking comment on the observation wheel and the committee of the whole. all of the other items without adoption will wait until later in the meeting. next caller, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'd like to thank supervisors chan and peskin for putting forth this resolution. golden gate park is not an amusement park. it is a refuge. we go there to enjoy nature. i moved to san francisco 50 years ago. i always enjoyed the lake, the flower conservatory, the arborium. let's limit these expansions to a year. >> clerk: we have 24 listeners and nine callers in the queue. if you would like to line up to provide public comment on either the observation wheel or whether or not the board should queen the committee of the whole on the hazard ordinance, press star 3 now. operations, next caller, please. >> i am a resident of hays valley. i'm also calling in about the ferris wheel. as someone who loves golden gate park, i think the wheel is a cool and beautiful addition to the park, especially at night. i think it's fortunate that parks and rec have removed the loudest and most damaging things. really, after all the time and energy that has already been spent on this issue, i think the disappointing that members of the board thought this issue was worth spending more time on. as we come out of the pandemic [indiscernible] how to keep san franciscans housed and off the streets, how we're going to get kids back into school and how we're going to pay for all of this. the board is instead spending time on a ferris wheel. there are people in berkeley spending their time to end exclusionary zoning. my question is why doesn't the board do the same. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, next caller, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm calling to to express disappointment that the board of supervisors is giving time to this ferris wheel. we're in a pandemic and should be putting our valuable time to our highest city officials, making sure we're strengthening our position for the city for the future. most people have more on their to do list than they have hours in the day to handle. we have to prioritize and in my mind a ferris wheel does not have priority. we need to prioritize our focus on transit and making sure we have a plan to ensure sustainability. we need to prioritize our focus on making sure our protections have better enforcement. we need to prioritize our focus on our small businesses here in our city and making sure they have more than just vacant storefronts when we get past covid. our city is addicted to the practice of subjecting every change in the city to micro inspection. this is crazy. the people that are concerned about the ferris wheel, i hope they are also equally concerned about the environment we need to make sure the time of elected officials is spent wisely. >> clerk: operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> i'm a long-term district 4 resident and an environmentalist and the people that are calling about not having this ferris wheel in for four more years or five are environmentalist. we also support no cars in the city, by the way. the luxury housing people -- i believe in science, all of the important organizations this year, the local wildlife organizations are all opposed to keeping the ferris wheel for five years and hurting the area for the animals. i do appreciate that the board of supervisors is taking the time and doing the right thing here. initially they asked for one year and i heard there was a struggle on that, that it was deeply considered before they got that approved. i can see this compromise for another year, but i don't get the four years totalling five. i don't see a justification for that. i hope all of you supervisors will vote against this. >> clerk: there are six callers in the queue, 24 lined up and listening. if you want to make complement on the ferris wheel or on the committee of the whole hazard pay ordinance, get in line now. welcome, caller. i'm setting the timer for two minutes. >> good afternoon, president and supervisors. i am calling from the san francisco travel association. this is a great example of something that will aid in our collective economic recovery effort. this provides a fun and safe outdoor experience bringing visitors into golden gate park and as we have a rebound, we can share this on a global scale. we need to bring this back. it will take until 2025 to achieve pre-covid visitation. this helps the local business corridors that flank the park. for these reasons, we strongly recommend an extension of the skyway for four years so locals and businesses can enjoy the expanse and explore other park attractions and small businesses. thank you so much for the time. >> mr. president. >> chair: is this a point of order? >> no, it does not and i don't want to be argumentative, but relative to the comments with ms. costello and the comments i had with her supervisor -- >> chair: this is public comment time. you will have time to speak -- >> these comments are not authorized -- >> as you know, we do not respond to public comment during public comment -- >> i am not [all talking at once]. >> [all talking at once] -- >> chair: let complement proceed and if you wish to speak on public comment later, we will let you do that. >> i will do that in due course. >> chair: thank you, sir. >> clerk: operations, can we hear from the next caller, please. >> good afternoon, madam clerk, president and supervisors. my name is gill bert chriswall. i live in district 8. i'm for supervisor peskin's and supervisor chan's resolution on the ferris wheel. after the time i think it should be moved to pier 39. the other issue i have is on the hazard pay, i think you should pay essential workers hazard pay. so i'm all for that. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, mr. chriswell. operations, can we hear public comment on the ferris wheel and the hazard pay and whether the board should convene the committee of the whole to take public comment on the ordinance. next comment, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is douglas yap and unfortunately i've been instructed to return to san francisco. i would like to thank supervisors chan and peskin for their involvement with the so-called ferris wheel. let's put it bluntly. [indiscernible] is a portable animal, he is not a park and rec person. if you want that, you have to hire a park and rec person. i remember him from his days at the p.o.a. one year is enough for the ferris wheel. if you want to do a service to the southern part of san francisco, please put the ferris wheel in mclaren park. that park needs improvement. but i don't think ginsburg wants to see any benefits from mclaren park. if he did, he would have put it there in the beginning. the problems of the supervisors dealing with the ferris wheel, we should have solved the affordable housing before by putting all of its in hunter's point and solma. i just solved the affordable housing problem for san francisco. could you please do that? you should have done it a long time ago. the big problems people do not want to solve. they do not want to solve this, et cetera, et cetera. that's why we have to deal with the ferris wheel now. let's put it in mclaren park and benefit the southern part of the city. >> clerk: operations, another caller. we have six callers, another one in the queue. press star 3 if you want to make a comment on this. welcome, caller. >> hello, [indiscernible] and i wasn't going to call in on this, but i feel like i need to get off the sidelines. i really can't support it in golden gate park [indiscernible] -- which is way too much and of course a non-profit that wants to run it. i think what would be a good compromise -- okay, the london eye is in the middle of london. that's a ferris wheel and coney island has a couple. i propose we put a ferris wheel at fisherman's wharf. i think it would be more appropriate there and i would love to have a brightly colored wheel welcoming people taking the ferries to the city. it would be a really nice thing to come out with. i yield my time. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello. with respect to the ferris wheel, i agree with a lot of the folks who have spoken. i do live fairly close to golden gate park and think that basically for a number of reasons it shouldn't be there at all. it shouldn't have been there in the first place. golden gate park is not an amusement park. you can put a ferris wheel in a lot of other places that are not viewed as a historic park. you can ride ferris wheels in a number of places, but there is only one golden gate park. the park is basically a place for do-it-yourself entertainment. walking, looking at flowers, doing whatever athletic things people do on their own and they're free. we have another nice place with a motto, free and equal access. that's what you have in most of golden gate park, but that's part of what i think is its attraction. anybody and everybody can go no matter what their economic situation. the ferris wheel has huge -- i think i saw $20 or close to ride. that's a huge expensive. what are we going to do next, have playland by the beach and bumper cars and so on and so forth? free and equal access means people ought to enjoy the park for free and equal access, not a pay-to-play situation in the middle of the park. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, is there another caller, please? >> good afternoon. my name is sara haffman. what i can't believe is in the middle of a pandemic, muni not up and running and thousands of our residents are living on the streets and the board wants to spend time talking about a ferris wheel. i think it's the people of san francisco and the board really want to make golden gate park pristine, they need to take the cars away. the pollution caused by the cars is so much more than a ferris wheel. please, spend your time on protections, building houses, getting muni up and running, rather than discussing ferris wheels. this is an embarrassment. >> clerk: we have four callers in the queue on public comment. we are taking public comment on whether or not the board should queen on the emergency ordinance for hazard pay. we're setting the timer for two minutes. operations, next caller, please. >> i'm very glad that supervisor peskin realized this needed a two-thirds approval from the board because the rich boy's club is not what the park is for. i looked into the whole hearing at park and rec and there was no mention in the entire report about nature, about its effect on nature. in fact, the park is there to enhance and take care of nature and not make everything cost and make it an income place. that went out with a no-bid contract. 150-year anniversary. they must have had time to do the bidding. the parks alliance is part of the pay-to-pay controversy. they're the ones who will get the contract. $18 rides to ride for one family is not okay. it was interesting to hear sandra castille call in and was reminded of when they wanted a rich person's hotel. phil gilsburg is just concerned about money and a rich playground. this is not for the noise and pollution at night. how will this affect nature? and not a world mentioned at parks and rec commission. thank you to the two supervisors who caught this and will take care not to let it be four years. >> clerk: operations, is there another caller in the queue, please? >> i am a resident of district 2. i'm commenting about the wheel. i'm admittedly perplexed by this entire situation. the wheel has been in for almost a year now. and it seems at the last minute they're saying it requires this [indiscernible] and also at rec and parks for months now. it does feel -- you know, i question the legality of this. we want to hear what the city attorney thinks about this ruling. it just seems like a bad timing for kind of like a bad thing. it's a really bad time for the city. i'm surprised what the supervisors are talking about this. thinking about especially a year ago when the board of supervisors recommended against sb-50 from senator weiner and saying we could do a local control and the best thing we've seen is from supervisor mandelman and he's looking for more sponsors and people and friends to help him with that bill. with the marina coming in we need to make changes. we heard about a severe injury in golden gate park where someone on a bicycle was hit by someone driving a mini van. there are so many problems in the city, i really question the timing of this and also whether this is the best use of our supervisors' time. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next caller, please. i know there are a handful of callers in the queue. if you don't press star 3, you won't be able to comment here. we will take this last group to the very end. next group, ops. >> i am from district 7 [indiscernible] -- from deculturizing [indiscernible] -- recommending places with family and friends and so forth. speaking on the economic impact, i understand the situation, but i'm curious for those that go into the [indiscernible] why aren't the ideas proposed now and what data supports those decisions that provide [indiscernible] that's a question. i just raise that. i field my time. have a good day. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, next caller, please. >> hi, i'm a planning commissioner in south bay, but i'm speaking here as myself. as an official, i know how much of our job is to separate the things that matter. there are big, meaningful issues that need help to solve. i know it's hard to say no to the petty nonsense. the city desperately needs your help. you can do better. please do better. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, is there another caller, please? >> good afternoon. i live in district 5. i've been calling about the observation wheel. frankly it is a waste of time that we're talking about a wheel. there are so many more important things that we could be focused on. as a couple of callers were mentioning, our general plan is coming up for review as well as our housing element. we're spending hours on a wheel when really the entire regional economy will be affected by san francisco's actions in the next couple of years. as well, after that all the way up to 2030. and there are people in public office who are spending hours and hours talking about the a ferris wheel. i think our neighbors to the east and to the south are really focusing on reforming how they use lands to benefit people in their jurisdictions. i think we really ought to do the same more than focusing on a ferris wheel. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, is there another caller in the queue? we are taking comments on the ferris wheel and whether we should have a committee of the whole on the emergency hazard pay ordinance. welcome, caller. okay. operations, maybe you'll skip to the next caller. welcome, caller. >> i'm a resident of district 1 and i would like to echo some of the other comments that i've heard. first of all, i'm skeptical of the timing of this issue being raised after the wheel has been operating for -- has been approved for over a year and i'm questioning the legality of the board to step in and say that you have an approval right. and generally i think as many people have noted this is not the most pressing issue the city [indiscernible] -- i find really disappointing and i would like to remind her that there are several districts that have come out in support [indiscernible] and the president of the street association, for her support. [indiscernible] -- i hope that she will change her mind. >> clerk: we are only taking comment on the wheel and the committee of the whole. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i live on 9th avenue in district 1, supervisor chan's district. i want to thank supervisor peskin and supervisor chan for raising this issue again. those of us who are really close to the golden gate park and go there often, a lot of us have been impacted by the wheel. i'm a tai chi person and i go to the music concourse and change. once these generators started, i couldn't go to the park anymore. i get such a headache from the noise and was so impacted. i need to go to the park and had to give up my training. i couldn't find a place that was quiet without bright lights and is safe. i want to thank supervisors peskin and chan for raising this issue. it is important to us. i want to say i support the motion to limit this to one year. i think this was disingenuous to pitch this as a one-year project and then turn it into a five-year project. let's keep this there for one year, turn the lights off at dark and not have a generator running at nighttime. i'm worried that they're going to get a new generator and run it 24 hours a day like the one previously. i complained about that the whole time and nobody did anything or cared. what's the recourse? you live nearby and you use the park and you're impacted by this. again, thank you, supervisors, for raising this issue and i strongly support this motion to limit it to one year. >> clerk: operations, next caller. >> i'm calling about the hazard pay. i'm confused. are you voting to okay hazard pay or what -- i'm not exactly sure what you're doing. i think we deserve the hazard pay. we've had to buy our own p.p.e. if these -- some of these companies can pay a c.e.o. a $25 million signing bonus, they can pay us hazard pay for 60 days. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, if you are interested in that public hearing, it's going to start momentarily. you can listen to the discussion and provide public comment on the matter itself. operations, do we have another caller, please? >> operator: madam clerk, that completes the queue. >> chair: thank you so much, madam clerk. public comment is now closed. i believe we need to address item 38. i heard there is a desire to commence the committee, but i'm not sure it was explicitly stated. >> mr. president, my name is on the roster. this is supervisor peskin. i would like to make a motion to send this item to the rules committee pursuant to charter section 4.1113 and 9.113. i make that motion right now. >> chair: thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, we need a motion. >> clerk: sending the item to committee on this part of the agenda. >> i would hike a seconder to send it to the rules committee. >> second. >> clerk: yes, mr. president, that's an or the. >> chair: it has been seconded to have this to rules committee. >> clerk: can you declare the second. i thought two members -- >> chair: my apologies. i thought supervisor stephanie was first. >> clerk: on the motion to send item 38 to the rules committee. [ roll call ]. >> chair: the motion passes unanimously. madam clerk, we are now going to call roll on item 40, whether or not to send this to the c.o.w. >> clerk: on item 40. >> a point of order. president, you said the c.o.w.? >> chair: correct, meaning committee of the whole. >> i just wanted to make sure. >> chair: no problem. [laughter] [ roll call ]. >> clerk: operations staff, do we see supervisor ronan is signed in? >> operator: madam clerk, she looks like she lost connection. >> clerk: mr. president, do you mind pausing while we get supervisor ronan back online before we finish the roll call vote? >> chair: i do not mind pausing. we will come right back to where we are at roll call and let's take a tw [recess]. >> chair: good afternoon, everyone. we will reconvene our march 9, 2021, board of supervisors meeting. bear with us as we work through the pandemic and conduct our business for the public. with that said, we are in the middle of the vote for item 40. madam clerk, please continue with the role. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. all members have voted on item 40 and we will end with supervisor ronan. >> aye. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> chair: without objection this item is moved unanimously. would you call item 25 and 26. >> clerk: this is a hearing of the board of supervisors to sit as a committee of the whole on today, march 9, during the regular board of supervisors meeting to consider the proposed emergency ordinance, which is contained in item 26, file no. 210181 which requires certain stores to temporarily pay covid-related hazard pay. >> chair: thank you so much, madam clerk. colleagues, thank you for considering this emergency ordinance today and i want to thank the supervisors for co-sponsoring this important legislation. this week marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the covid-19 pandemic and when we began shelter-in-place orders in san francisco. throughout this year the grocery store workers and retailers have not stopped working to make sure we have access to supplies. many stores have given hazard pay or appreciation pay at the beginning of their pandemic, but many of them coordinated to stop in june of last year. according to a study grocery companies had record profits last year compared to the year before and those are not shared among workers who risk their lives daily to make sure we have access to food, groceries, and other necessities. if we pass this, we will be joining other cities who have approved hazard pay. this emergency ordinance will temporarily require grocery stores, retail pharmacies, and janitorial and security contracts who work on site at these locations to provide $5 an hour of hazard pay to employees who make less than $35 an hour or less than $75 throw a year. this will only apply to grocery stores and retail pharmacies with at least 20 employees in san francisco and more than 500 employees worldwide. this legislation does not include small mom and pop grocery stores or pharmacies that do not meet those requirements. stores that want to be exempted can negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with their union at any time regarding this hazard pay. while we are getting more people vaccinated every day, one of us can predict where we will be in two months. this ordinance will provide the extra protections needed. i would like to thank united commercial and food workers local 5 and local 648 for advocating on this important issue, deputy city attorney lisa powell and john gibner for drafting this legislation and those in the city office who worked tirelessly to get this passed. thank you so much. before we vote on this legislation, i do have a clerical amendment. the amendment is just for the long title, as highlighted in the attached on page 1. the long title will read this emergency ordinance is temporarily priors certain retail locations that include grocery stores or pharmacies and property service contractors for retail locations that includes grocery stores or pharmacies, to pay employees an additional $5 per hour during the public health emergency related to covid-19. this amendment is just a clerical clarification, intended to ensure that consistent terms are used throughout the legislation and is not substantial. i would like to make a motion to approve that amendment. >> second. >> chair: thank you so much. motion made to approve the amendment seconded by supervisor ronan and we will look at the amendment when it's time to vote. with that said, colleagues, are there any comments for this part of the public comment? i don't see any supervisor ronan, i want to thank you for bringing this forward and to thank the drug store and grocery store workers. you are the heroes of our society. you at the scariest time of this pandemic when we didn't know what we were facing and were afraid to leave our homes, you went to work every day and made sure that we could keep ourselves fed and we could stock up our pantries and garages with everything we would need to keep ourselves safe while you put yourselves on the line every day for us. i want you to know i personally look at grocery store workers and drug store workers differently. you have changed -- i'm getting emotional. i look at you and see heroes and heroins every time i go to the grocery store because you stepped up for us in ways i will never forget. you deserve this pay. you deserve more. i will never be able to thank you enough for what you did for us. >> chair: thank you, supervisor ronan. with that said before we take roll, let's take public comment on item 25. just for a point of clarification, the motion to amendment is actually for item 26. >> president walton, i believe supervisor [indiscernible] -- >> chair: my apologies. i was not scrolled down. >> thank you so much. i wanted to start by thanking you, supervisor walton, for bringing this legislation to us and for shepherding it along. i am really grateful. i wanted to specifically thank the united food and commercial workers' union for their advocacy all around this state on behalf of this group of workers. covid infections in san francisco are 46% among the latino population and overwhelmingly food workers in california are latino. they are low-wage workers, folks who get paid by the hour, folks who cannot afford to take sick time when they're sick and are risking their lives to feed the rest of us while some of us have the privilege to stay at home and have our groceries delivered. i want to say that these folks are heroes and i'm glad we're finally to the point of being able to raise their standard of living and their wages just a little bit to make up for the great sacrifice that they have made for us. thank you, president walton, for bringing this to us. >> chair: thank you, supervisor. >> thank you, president. i want to thank you. these folks have been putting themselves on the line to make sure people have access to food. they've been putting themselves at risk since the beginning of the pandemic. when we ask them what we can do to support them, they have consistently say we can protect them. i'm glad that we have been able to pass ordinances to ensure they have access to p.p.e. and worker protections. i want to thank supervisor far and others. at the same time quarterback also deserve more pay. when they put themselves at risk and make sacrifices, they should be paid more. that is a lesson we can take from this pandemic as well moving forward in other contexts. thank you again for your leadership and i'm very glad that we can do this and join cities and counties doing the same. >> i'll be brief based on the comments made. i appreciate the recognition out to ufcw, their front-line workers. the truth is these workers have not had a day off. they've never called it in. in fact, you could organize in so many ways they've been an essential part of the essential workforce, having to be there to ensure that people have food, that they've adjusted their times to be there for seniors. that they could come in, in a protected manner, that they're cleaning the stores and ensuring they are running. there has not been to my knowledge one disruption, one shutdown, one incident where we said a grocery store or a drug store had to be shut down because of covid. that is such a testament to those who put their lives on the line. thank you, president walton, for leading and to ufcw for advocating for your members. another thing i want to say is this resolution also ensures that grocery stores are places that have existing collective bargaining agreements that there will be a motivation to sit down and to negotiate and to sit down and have conversations further. $5 is the benchmark, but they understand there are existing agreements that can be incorporated into this. i think that shows the flexibility of the workforce and ufcw and their leadership to want to engage with the existing good actors. thank you again and i'm proud to support this. >> chair: thank you, supervisor safai, and i couldn't agree with you more. looking at that and not seeing anyone on the roster, madam clerk, could we take public comment on item 25, please. >> clerk: the board has convened a committee of the whole. at this point the public is able to make their comments on the emergency ordinance for hazard pay which is the subject matter of item 26. there is an amendment offered on the table. you may also make comments on the amendment. operations, there were seven listeners, but no callers in the queue. is that still the case? >> operator: madam clerk, we have three callers in the queue. >> clerk: okay, great. if you are one of the seven lined up, press star 3 now. we're setting the timer for two minutes. welcome, caller. >> hello, i'm an essential grocery worker. first off, i'd like to thank all the supervisors for their hard work on this. it looks like we will finally get a vote on this. i appreciate everyone's hard work on this. i'm an essential worker and we've been at this since the beginning of the pandemic. the risk we face to ourselves and our families, we could get sick and die and this hazard pay would go a long way to a peace of mind to pay our bills or to afford hospital bills if we get sick. thank you for your hard work. there's pass this ordinance. it sounds like it's on its way there. i can't express how important this would be to myself and my fellow grocery workers. >> clerk: thank you for your comments and to all the workers for feeding the community. operations, next caller, please. >> hi, i'm from district 4. i want to speak for all offure constituents of decency and kindness and appreciation. i'm glad you brought this up and these workers absolutely deserve that hazard way. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, next caller, please. >> i am an organizer with ufcw local 5. i want to thank supervisor walton and his office for the tireless hard work they've done over the past few weeks to craft this legislation and get it approved by the city attorney. i want to voice my personal support for this legislation. our members have not been working since the beginning of the pandemic. the stores have not closed. over the summer many of the supervisors and their staff were lighting up instagram and facebook and clanging pots and pans out their windows to say how much we appreciate our essential workers and i think it's time to put our money where our mouth is and show them that not only do we appreciate the hard work they've done, but they are essential to making sure our city is fed. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, next caller, please. welcome, caller. hello, welcome, caller. operations. operationings, maybe you should go to the next caller. it seems as though we might have some lines that are unattended at this time. next caller, please. >> i am a resident of district 6. i'm calling in support of the hazard pay. many of our workers have been working throughout this entire pandemic. not only putting themselves at risk, but also their family members when they return home. this money would go such a long way to help our workers as they continue to support our communities and families. i'm very excited that everyone is excited to get their vaccinations. in the meantime, we need to let these workers know how appreciated they are. they continue to live and be active in the city. thank you again, supervisors, for bringing this forward. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller in the queue? if you are listening press star 3 to make your comment specifically on the emergency ordinance for hazard pay. next caller, please. >> this is john goman again. i did just want to clarify one thing -- >> clerk: sir, i believe you've already had your two minutes. sincere apologies. i don't mean to interrupt you. >> i don't think my time was up -- >> clerk: i'm sorry, sir. thank you so much for -- you are able to send your comments in writing and we'll make sure it gets collected in the file for you. operations, next caller, please. >> operator: madam clerk, that completes the queue. >> clerk: thank you. mr. president. >> chair: thank you, madam clerk, seeing no other comments, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, this hearing has now been heard and is now filed. we are going to call roll for -- there was a motion to amend and it was seconded by supervisor ronan. >> clerk: on the amendment item 26 as stated by the president. [ roll call ]. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> chair: thank you. without objection, the motion passes unanimously. madam clerk, would you please call the roll on the emergency ordinance as amended. >> clerk: on item 26 as amended. [ roll call ]. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> chair: without objection, this emergency ordinance is finally passed unanimously. thank you, everyone. madam clerk, let's go back to item 17. >> clerk: item 17 is a resolution initiating a landmark designation under article 10 of the planning code for the trocadero clubhouse in sigmund stern recreation grove located at 2750-19th avenue; and extending the prescribed time within which the historic resolution urging the office of economic and workforce development, planning department, municipal transportation agency, public works, fire department, and recreation and park department to develop a proposal for a permanent shared spaces program; and affirming the board of supervisors' support for creating a permanent version of the program. >> i wanted to change the date from june. >> chair: thank you. >> yes, i would love to add that amendment as well. i have an amendment to add the phase addressing those with disabilities. this came from the disability community and is important to folks in the disability community. after the phrase, shared spaces transitions, lifeline, small businesses, et cetera. generally, i want to appreciate the conversation that was held at the land use committee following the board's previous support for waving renewal and permit fees [indiscernible] -- and our support for this [indiscernible] -- for the shared spaces program for prioritizing city-wide participation. urging city departments to come forward with the proposal [indiscernible] i also want to thank the members of the land use committee for bringing forward, including supervisor peskin, some amendments that also clarify some of the areas we want to make sure are addressed in any legislation. i'm definitely dedicated to working with everyone on that legislation. i know many of the supervisors are a part of that work as well. i hope that we will make this strong statement together as a board and maintain and continue and improve a program that has brought much vibrancy and joy to our city and has been a great thing for our small businesses and our city. thank you. i want to move the amendment after folks speak. >> chair: thank you. you want to move them after folks speak or now? >> why don't we move them now. >> chair: do we have a second? >> does that include my motion relative to the changes at page 4, line 24? >> chair: i believe it includes your language. supervisor haney included your language in his motion. >> as long as the june 30 date is included in supervisor haney's motion, i would second it. >> chair: it is moved by supervisor haney to amend this and seconded by supervisor peskin. thank you so much. >> i just want to thank supervisor haney for bringing this resolution forward and also his amendment to ensure we center accessibility for people with disabilities. shared spaces have truly been a lifeline for businesses in the sunset and across the city. i just want to add that the permit framework created for this program holds a lot of promise in how we can cut through red tape in creative ways, beyond what we can imagine in the typical shared space. the outer sunset market in mercantile which we developed over the last two years was able to launch successfully during the pandemic and then expanding by doubling in size for the expanded street closure. this was the first and i believe the only farmers' market to use a shared space permit and the organizers at sunset and mercantile have advanced another initiative, the sunset wellness mercantile, creating a weekday open-air business corridor on 37th avenue where kids are taking classes safely outdoors thanks to the shared space permit. this isn't a commercial street and it doesn't have any storefronts, but thanks to the flexibility of this program, we were able to match the spaces we had with the businesses who were able to use it. many of these are home-based businesses and these shared spaces mercantiles on 37 p 37th avenue have become their active storefronts. this is the innovative work we need to be doing to support our small businesses, merchants, and makers. i'm excited to see how this program can continue to evolve to meet our needs going forward. thanks for the business community for continuing to advocate. i would love to be added as a co-sponsor. >> thank you, supervisor haney, for bringing this forward. as was so much of our hearing right back before our december reset, right before our christmas reset, announced that we would be drafting permanent legislation, we are in the process of doing that permanent legislation with the mayor's office and close to having that finalized. i think this is good to have as part of the overall conversation, it does not as easy as it would seem. there is a lot of state regulation, some local regulation, some sidewalks, jurisdictions, street jurisdictions. we're working very hard to ensure that that all lines up and that businesses transition in a way that they don't feel like they're overly burdened with a bureaucratic process. so we're almost done working on that. i know supervisor mandelman has expressed strong interest in that as well. so this is an important piece of the conversation. i think it helps to move the conversation, but the final ordinance is really where the rubber hits the road. we're doing that work. we will reflect back on this resolution. but know that i think there is consensus with this body, there is consensus with this board, that municipal spaces that were not live or enhanced in terms of a park space -- >> grant avenue. >> i'm sorry. grant avenue. it is a great example of having shared parking and spaces and enhancing the existing businesses. i think this is something that's extremely necessary. it will most likely be one of the positive outcomes from this covid crisis and i'm happy to be a part of this conversation. and i think very soon we'll have a final piece of ordinance to produce. thank you. thank you, supervisors. >> chair: thank you, supervisor safai. [please stand by] . >> president brandon: thank you supervisor safai. supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: i'd like to appreciate supervisor haney for bringing this forward. there's a lot of devil in the details. as we strive to vision zero, we have to make sure and this is happening all the time in the district that i represent which is ground zero for shared spaces that we continue to daylight corners. so we can't just say one size fits all. we've got to make our streets and our corners safe. so i just want to make sure that this notion of welcoming that we all do and want to enhance all of our businesses that are struggling does not come at the cost of somehow compromising other policy initiatives that we've undertaken. and i said that very clearly in committee. so i'm voting for this, but the devil is in the details and the details are really complicated. so i just said that in committee and i just want to say that again and with that, mr. president thank you for that. >> president brandon: thank you. >> i'm i would like to be added as a cosponsor and the devil will be in the details and there are many different concerns and interests that we have to balance. but i do think we can get there and i very much have loved what the shared spaces program has brought to our city and the vie bransy of our streets. i for one love being outside. we're a city that has pretty temperate weather where we can enjoy these outside spaces. so please have me as a cosponsor. could not agree with you more supervisor peskin. there's important things we have to take very carefully. >> president brandon: thank you, supervisor ronen. madam clerk, we have a motion to amended supervisor haney seconded by supervisor peskin. >> clerk: on the amendment. [roll call] >> clerk: there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you, clerk. please call the roll on item 17. >> clerk: item 17. [roll call] >> clerk: there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. and this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number 18. >> clerk: item 18 is a resolution to initiate a landmark designation under article 10 of the planning code for the tropicalidara clubhouse in sig monday located add 19th avenue. for a total of 180 days. >> president walton: thank you. please call the roll. >> clerk: on item 18, supervisor safai. [roll call] >> clerk: there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection. this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call items 19 and 20 together. >> clerk: item 19 is a resolution to determine that the transfer of a type 20 off sale beer and liquor license to barbara jean gratta. beer and wine is located at 5299 3rd street. item 20 determines that the transfer of a type 21 off sale general beer wine and distills liquor license to cause inc doing business at located markets. that's located at 5601 geary boulevard to request that the california department of alcoholic beverage control imposed conditions on the issuance of both licenses. >> president walton: thank you. madam clerk, please call the roll on the items 19 and 20. >> clerk: on items 19 and 20. [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 21. >> clerk: item 21 is a resolution to urge the board of supervisors to save sfusd san francisco unified school district senior class of 2021 activities by providing support, funds, and/or city resources and, if allowable under the current health orders, to be made available for sfusd seniors for senior specific activities. >> president walton: supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. i appreciate the opportunity to say a few words. essentially, we had a great hearing. i want to thank all the people who came out. so many different people and first and foremost, my youth commissioner erica morris for bringing this idea forward to us. we saw this as many of the former school board members on this body can attest. so many different aspects of your senior year are supported by the school district, supported by the city and allow for children to really transition from high school into the next phase in life in a really positive and memorable way. this was our attempt to essentially say if there are athletes out there that haven't been able to participate in sports that rely on the school district or rec and park to create videos for recruitment. if there were activities such as senior prom, if there were activities or support services similar to having a class ring or other things that would be memorable activities, we wanted to ensure that dcyf rec and park and others would potentially put this on their radar in the conversation at the committee, there was existing resources that both dcyf and rec and park committed to. then dcyf talked about helping to work with us through philanthropy to create a gift box. then we want to find positive ways to support our seniors that they transition out of their senior year. and, it was just our attempt to try to bring some positive action and positive support for those seniors as a way to make their transition from their senior year positive. so appreciate support of those that have signed on and hope you all can support today. >> president walton: thank you, so much, supervisor safai. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thanks, president walton. with all do respect and as much as i appreciate everybody who's been from our sfusd system, i'm not comfortable with urging financial support given that pursuant to voter approved initiatives some of which i've supported, some of which i've opposed, more than half the property tax base of the city and county of san francisco goes to the san francisco unified school district. if you want to respectfully through the president pursue fill an tlopic dollars, i may intend to aid you in that, but i don't think i'd like to bind this board in front of a budget process to committing dollars to a worthy effort such as this. and, so i respectfully will be [inaudible] >> i think the attempt was merely from referring to city resources, things that were already funding through dcyf and rec and park that they have the ability to provide. it wasn't asking for additional allocations. they have videographers, photographers, they have additional access to indoor gymnasiums where they can set up or outdoor parks where they can set up space to do some of the things for athletes. they also have the ability to think about if there's going to be drive-by graduation. if there's going to be outdoor graduation facilities to kind of coordinate their it wasn't necessarily about adding additional resources, but i a tenant attended -- who she the sentiment. >> through the president, unfortunately, when my computer broke down and i was left with this computer, i can no longer access the file to 10018, but if , through the president, if you would like to include a word as resolved that you are in no way urging that these funds come from the general fund of the city and county of san francisco , i will second that motion and vote to confirm it. >> i appreciate that. i can't commit to that, but i appreciate it. >> i will be voting in the negative. >> okay. >> thank you, both for your conversations. supervisor haney? >> thank you. i just wanted to thank you and your staff. i thought that was a very informative and productive hearing that we had on this item in committee and i do think that we should be coming together to do whatever -- through whatever means you can and whatever support and collaboration and process that we can provide to support young people who have had such a challenging year. i wanted to also add my name as a cosponsor and thank you and your staff. >> thank you, supervisor haney. seeing no one else on the role, madam clerk, please call the vote for this item. >> on item 21... [roll call] >> i would like to be added that -- as a cosponsor. sorry president walton, i was trying to get your attention. >> i will make a note of that. thank you, supervisor. [roll call] there are 10 eye, one know with supervisor peskin in the descent >> thank you so much. this item passes with one member in descent. madam clerk, please call item 22 >> item 22 is a resolution to support some goalie constitution amended number three authored by assembly logger and announcing structural racism and slavery. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. he's call the role -- my apologies. >> thank you. i am up first anyway. i appreciate you putting this forward. was that supervisor haney? thank you for putting this forward. >> thank you, supervisor. madam clerk, please call the role. >> on item 22... [roll call] there are 11 yes. >> thank you. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call item number 23. >> item 23 is a motion to appoint sarah sousa and others for a term ending june 6, 2021 and jesse ruiz navarro with a residency requirement waived. residency requirement waived and others to the immigrant rights commission with terms ending june 6, 2022. >> thank you so much. supervisor peskin? >> as i have done twice in committee, i would like to recuse myself in the matter of miss sarah sousa insofar is she is my legislative aide. what i would like to do is set her from the rest of the appointees and i will excuse myself subject to your approval and vote on the balance of the appointees and excuse myself from her appointment. >> thank you so much, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, can we sever sarah 's name from item 23? >> yes, mr. president. supervisor peskin has severed the single privilege to sever the question. we will take his recusal second and then a vote on his recusal and then sarah sousa portion of the item and then on the remaining balance. >> thank you so much. can i get a motion to recuse supervisor peskin on the vote for sarah sousa? seconded by supervisor ronen. >> roll call, mr. president? >> yes please. >> on the motion to excuse him ... [roll call] this is just the motion to recuse supervisor peskin. [roll call] there are 10 yes. >> thank you. without objection, the motion passes. >> president, i actually wanted to speak to sarasota's nomination. can i do that now? >> you sure can. >> i have known sarah for many, many years and i'm so excited to be voting on appointing her. i have seen her grow in her leadership and just be an amazing advocate for immigrant communities and also be politically active and bring other people into the cause. i am super excited to be voting for her and for all of the rest of the folks that were nominated , i wanted to have a special call out for her. thank you. >> thank you. i actually want to add my comments to the court. she has been an advocate for the immigrant community for years and i'm so excited that we were able to get this past, which will now allow her to serve on the commission. she is someone who is dedicated -- dedicated to the city, dedicated to make sure other folks have opportunity. we want her to be in a position to provide input and serve on a commission. i am glad that we will work together to get this past so we can be in this place where she can serve in that capacity. i am happy and honored that her name is bob as well. with that said, with no other comments, madam clerk, can we have a roll call vote on the appointment of miss sarah sousa for the immigrant rights commission? >> thank you, mr. president. on the divided question 223 with sarah sosa. and i apologize for mispronouncing your name. [roll call] i believe you said yes, but i thank you might be muted. >> i did, yes. thank you. >> thank you. [roll call] >> there are 10 yes. >> thank you. without objection, this motion passes unanimously. supervisor peskin, please return to the meeting. madam clerk, i am returned. >> i need to give my congratulations. thank you, colleagues. >> thank you, supervisor preston please call the role on the remaining none -- items. >> on the remainder of item 23, ... [silence] -- [roll call] there are 11 yes. >> without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 24 >> on item 24, this is a motion approving the mayor's nomination for the appointment of larry yee to the commission for a term ending april 30th, 2022. >> thank you, madam clerk. supervisor chan? >> thank you, president walton. colleagues, it was a great privilege of mind to be able to be a member of the committee and have the opportunity to vote in support of larry he -- larry yee to come to the board and as our police commissioner today. larry has been a great advocate for the chinese american community and as an american born chinese, he has worked really hard and dedicated his effort to support chinatown and really took the time to hang out with a lot of our chinese speaking seniors and elders and really the community, including those who newly arrived as immigrants and support generations of chinese-americans who come in and out and through chinatown. but for some of you who already know, he also has been a union advocate for a long time. he is more than a chinese advocate and community advocate. he really is a san franciscan community advocate and i really urge for your support for his appointment today because i think it is critical in this time during the pandemic when asian-americans really are facing a lot of hate in our community and it's really thinking about safety in our city, but in a broader conversation about, you know, racial conversation, what does that mean for our law enforcement to really keep our communities of color safe, working families save in our city. it is critical to have someone who knows our communities well and sitting on the police commission and advocating for our communities. i urge for your support today. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor ronen? >> thank you, colleagues. i have to say, i have struggled with this appointment quite a lot and i keep going back and forth, to be honest. here is where i am of two minds. when i was the chair of the rules committee, i led an effort to stop the appointment of two members because they did not have a strong background in police reform and i think during this time in the history of the united states that it is very important to have experienced reformed advocates on the police commission that have deep experience in this realm. the other side of my mind is this city in the whole world is experiencing an uptick in the experience of violence against the asian community. it is outrageous and very worrisome. it's something that really concerns me. i have gone back and forth probably 50 times in my life about how to vote on this and honestly, i'm not sure what the right decision is, but i am going to support him today i respect the rules committee to unanimously put his name forward and then secondly, the prior mayoral appointment for the former supervisor -- [indiscernible] -- is the person who fits that bill and has a strong history and experience in police reform. i know the mayor has an upcoming appointment here today. it will be an immigration attorney that i do not know. i will be expecting that person to have a history and experience in police reform if i'm going to support that person going forward. this was a struggle for me this one, and i just wanted to share my thinking so as not to be accused of being inconsistent with my prior statement and rules. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor melgar? >> thank you so much, president walton. i will be supporting the nomination of larry yee. i have known him for some time and he is one of the loveliest people i know in the community, aside from a deep commitment and deep roots in the chinatown community. his work as an advocate for workers. i know he is fierce and his advocacy for the values that we both share. i agree with supervisor ronen that we need strong advocates for police reform on the police commission. we also need folks who will help us to the work of cultural change in our city towards the system that relies less on incarceration and more on evidence-based practices that support the lowering of recidivism and giving people a chance. i think larry is going to do that. i believe he will be fair, that he will be channeling the hopes and dreams of the community as it pertains to our work of holding police accountable. he will also make people feel included in the process, which i think it's something is crucial for us to be able to make progress on this issue. so for those reasons, and the fact i think he is a great appointment, i'll be supporting him. >> thank you, supervisor melgar. >> thank you, president walton. i too, being the former chair of the rules committee, we spent significant time a few years ago vetting whole series of candidates. we did that in partnership with former supervisor cohen. she came in and prior to covid in private if you -- prior to people being able to call and all over the country and use the system to flip the public comment line, prior to that, i think that was the longest series of meetings that we had as a body. i think it went on for eight hours. there was an extensive process and we set the bar really high. it was really about police reform. [indiscernible] really thinking about how we can move our department into the 21 st century and very -- be a leader. we have some very strong members some of whom who have let us down recently, but for the most part, we have had a really strong body of people on the police commission. i am very glad to support larry yee. [indiscernible] and being part of the san francisco labor council, that does give a perspective. one of the things that have been an impediment was the consult of meat and prefer. knowing some and who knows the process intimately is really helpful. besides all that, we have desperately been needing a strong voice for the chinese-american community. but i think not having that voice has been a disservice to our city. having someone like larry that is from the community, knows the community and will be a voice and be able to speak up on that, as particularly as we have seen a spike in violent crime against the eye -- a.p.i. community, i think larry will do this. he hit every single note 100%. i am very proud to support him today. i think he will bring some good balance. as i said to all the commissioners, continuously making myself available to work with them and ensure we have a good line of communication between this body and the police commission. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. supervisor peskin? >> i will defer to supervisor stefani. >> thank you. >> supervisor stefani? >> thank you. i just wanted to say that i too will be supporting larry he's commission -- appointment to the commission. [indiscernible] his voice is definitely needed on the commission. he has been an advocate for the community for decades. he is the right choice at the right time to take on issues that matter most. including reform. he feels a strong sense of urgency around the department of justice's reform for the san francisco police department. he also spoke about something that is important. [indiscernible] we spoke about expanding the street response team. most importantly, he spoke about striving for unity during the time are we have seen far too much division for even the highest levels of government. he wants to step in and serve the city in such a challenging time. i am extremely confident that he will be a bridgebuilder and a champion for progress and reform during this time on the police commission. thank you for the opportunity to speak. i am happy to support the nomination. thank you, supervisor stefani. >> thank you, mr. president. i think everything has been said i think i am the only person who has not said it. to my friend of over 20 years, mr. larry 50/50, on behalf of the rules committee and this unanimous vote, you've got a body of work before you. have courage, do the right thing , and colleagues, let's vote him up unanimously right now. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, please call the rule. [roll call] there are 11 yes. >> without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call eight and 27. >> item 27 was considered by the government audit and oversight committee at a regular meeting on thursday, march 4th, and was recommended as amended as a committee report with the same title. item 27 is an ordinance to amend the police court -- code to allow services employers to provide health and scheduling protections related to covid-19 to workers and to subset an emergency ordinance with similar requirements. >> thank you. madam clerk, please call the role on 827. -- on item 27. >> on item 27... [roll call] there are 11 yeses. >> without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madam clerk, please call eight and 28. >> item 28 was considered by the rules committee at a regular meeting on monday, march 8th at 10:00 a.m. and was recommended as a committee report. item 28 is a motion to appoint supervisor raphael mandel and to the transbay joint powers authority for an indefinite term >> thank you. colleagues, before we vote on this item, we need a motion to excuse supervisor mandelman. moved by supervisor peskin and seconded by? i heard supervisor melgar over my other colleague. i can't tell so i will go with motion made by supervisor peskin to excuse supervisor mandelman. can we have a roll call vote? >> on the motion to excuse supervisor mandelman from mike and 28... [roll call] -- supervisor mandelman from item 28... [roll call] there are 10 yeses. >> without objection, supervisor mandelman is excused from item 28. [please stand by] >> what they call commercial shoplifting and many of our anchor institutions being targeted for crime and wall greens, cvs, safeway, target, this is something going on in our city for a year now and also, our small businesses along our commercial corridors. i know supervisor mar is going to introduce something to talk a bit about the status of things in our commercial core and we'll work together with this over all conversation. i can tell you last summer, when i witnesses firsthand adult and juveniles stealing out of wallgreens as seniors stood buy in shock, many of whom were leon this as a daily space for them to get the medications that they need, the things that they need, to survive and be healthy in our neighborhood as one of the districts with one of the highest, if not the highest number of elderly residents those aging in place, i can't continue to turn a blind eye to this rampant crime happening in our anchor