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Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, safai not present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . Yes, mr. President. The board welcome public, Department Staff to attend in person in city hall second floor room 250. This meeting is airing live on sfgovtv channel 26 or view the live stream at www. Sfgovtv. Org. As is the case with many similar bodies in california, the remote Public Comment of the board of supervisors and committees has been continued accept as legally required with anyone with a disability to participate in the Board Meetings. You may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways, you may email them to bos sfgov. Org. If you submit via email it will be forwarded to the board of supervisors and included as a part of the official file. You may also send comments via u. S. 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Is appearance by the honorable mayor london n breed to engage in policy discussion with eligible members of the board and prior to discussion the mayor will address the board up to 5 minutes. Thank you. Madam clerk. Madam mayor, good afternoon. Do you have opening remarks . Yes, thank you president preston and good afternoon. In less then month we will host Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation in San Francisco so many city staff have been putting in tremendous amount of time to make plans for apec and i want to recognize all of them for their hard work. We also received tremendous amount of support from our business community. We set a goal of raising 20 million and we achieved that goal. We put out a call to get volunteers to help. We received over 1200 volunteers who are interested in helping us. People are excited for apec because it means the city we know and love will be on the world stage. Now, of course putting on Major International economic conference means there will be impacts to certain parts of our city. Last week the secret service along with ourpolice department discussed the areas directly impacted by apec and how we should be planning to manage this. There will be enhanced security in parts of downtown, especially around muconey sent r. Our office of economic and Workforce Development is leading Small Business and resident outreach in these efforts. They already started holding organizational Community Meeting and starting today they are going door to door. In fact, especially with many seniors who live in the area to insure that they have access to paratransit vehicle jz other resources they need to continue to go about their daily lives with minimal disruption. The department of Emergency Management will be running a joint Information Center to get information to our residents and the media on a continual basis. The important thing for people to remember is they can check the website, sf. Gov apec to find up to date information. Lets not lose sight of the fact this is a major major opportunity for our city. It is one we should embrace and celebrate. Yes, we got work to do, but im not going to shy away from stepping up to show off this incredible city and want to thank and acknowledge supervisor engardio for the work hes doing around a apec bike ride down in the sunset. That should be really fun to get them down to the beach. Please share the information about apec with your constituents. Make sure they know they can go to the website to find more information scr lets do our part to insure apec is really a great event for San Francisco. Last, i want to say, this is also an opportunity to generate close to 53 million for local economy, Hotel Tax Revenue and other resources that pours into our city budget where we are consistently providing resources and support to our city as a whole, so all this goes hand in hand and if any of you have other questions or concerns our office is available to answer your questions, to meet with your Community Groups and do all we can to make apec is huge success, so thank you so much. Thank you mayor breed and let me share in acknowledging so many people in this government who are working to make that a successful event. Madam clerk, could you please read the first of the three questions that are before us this afternoon . Yes. The first topic submitted by the member representing district 5, supervisor dean preston is Housing Element. Thank youed madam clerk and good afternoon madam mayor. My question concerns Affordable Housing and reaching our housing goals under the Housing Element and specifically, i arept to ask about Affordable Housing opportunity in my district stalled for nearly two decades. Parcel k, a paved lot at corner of hayes and octavia was transferred from the state to the city in 2003 with express purpose of developing 100 percent of Affordable Housing there. It has the capacity to create nearly 100 homes for low income san franciscans in a neighborhood where working People Struggle to find Affordable Housing. March this year following extensive advocacy by our office your office of housing and Community Development published a timeline for development with a public commitment to start the Development Process by issuing an rfq by august this year. Despite this promise, no rfq was issued in august and when we followed up with your office of housing we were informed there was no longer a timeline on this site, which is rather stunning given the previous promise. My question madam mayor, given our requirement under the Housing Element to produce 46 thousand Affordable Housing units in the next 8 years and given this is a city owned site that has been designated for Affordable Housing development more then 20 years, will you commit today to issuing the rfq for Affordable Housing on parcel k, the so called proxy site by thend of this calendar year . Madam mayor. Thank you for your question supervisor preston. I dont have all the clear facts on this particular case and as i say every time during question time, when you ask a question, my office is open and available to talk about these particular things, but im not go toog answer a question on the spot until i have information clearly from my department and have a better understanding of exactly what happened with this project. Im happy to do follow through and to get the answer back to you at a later time, but unfortunately i just dont have the information necessary to make any commitments. Thank you mayor breed. Supervisor preston you may ask a follow up question. Thank you. We have been engaged regularly for over 3 years now with your office of housing and have elevated this repeatedly and i want to give a little more background and ask a followup question. For more then 2 decades this site has been designated for Affordable Housing. Earlier this year your office of housing promised the rfq by august and now mohcd has withdrawn any timeline. The original plan which currently operates the space was for the use to last 2 or 3 years. When you were district 5 supervisor you pushed for a 7 and a half year lease extension for that interim use for proxy in 2013. Blocking this from becoming Affordable Housing for years. When i talk office your Administration Proposed another longterm extension for the interim use to come i objected on grounds this was and is a site for desperately needed Affordable Housing. Since i took office i have convened many productive conversations with neighbors, with oewd, mohcd and at a previous question time i asked you about this in may of 2022 and i asked you about the timeline for creating Affordable Housing on this site at that time and you said you were not familiar with that site. That was about a year and a half ago. All these efforts culminated in office of housing finally publishing in march the timeline for development with commitment by issuing rfq by august this year and there is no revised timeline impt this commitment was made to our office which elevated this monthly three years now but also public presentations by office of housing to the community and still no rfq has been issued. I understand your invitation to provide still more information about this, but i justwe are in urgent situation needing Affordable Housing, this is city owned Affordable Housing site you are very familiar with from your time as supervisor and mayor and im asking for a commitment that the rfq is forthcoming and what the timeline is for that. Thank you supervisor. First of all, let me just say that you are saying to me that my office promised something that i have not gotten communication from this office that they promised anything, so i do think it is appropriate that i have a conversation with the office of housing to understand what the facts are, not what you are saying, because you cant speak for them. You can only speak for yourself and your own experience as it relates to your office. On the one hand you said im not familiar with the project. Im very familiar i used to represent the district and i understand the decisions i made based on the surrounding community and what they wanted to see. There was in fact housing including Affordable Housing that has been built in this Community Already and there will continue to be additional Housing Units i believe from my understanding based on the commitments we made from this project to make it so. I want to get the facts of where things are and get a better understanding before i answer a question or provide a commitment, but separately from this particular project, there are a number of policy directives that i as mayor have pushed through the board of supervisors you serve on land use committee. The question is why isnt the mayor and mayor staff here and it should bow about the policy and what we are try toog push to meet the Housing Element. We need aggressive changes. It isnt just about this one project, it is about many projeblths including many Affordable Housing projeths all over the sit a eand county of San Francisco and my hope is that we dont use these projects as a opportunity to imply something that isnt necessarily the case. This is just an excuse for why we are not being more aggressive in passing changes to our housing policies that are truly going to help us reach a goal that we committed to that every member of the board of supervisors voted to support, so lets not speak out of both sides of our mouth. Letss polk make such in addition to this project and any other project and any other policy change necessary to move us forward with the Housing Element is also equally a part of the discussion. Thank you mayor breed. You may now ask a question of supervisor preston or any other supervisor pertaining to the same topic and if not, we will conclude the district 5 topic discussion. I do not have a question at this time. Thank you. Alright. Madam clerk, can you please call the next topic . Yes, the next topic submitted by the member representing district 7, supervisor melgar is the Behavioral Health and Homeless Service for west side neighborhood. Please ask your opening question. Thank you president peskin. Good afternoon madam mayor. I would like to discuss Behavioral Health and homelessness in the west side of town. The bulk of services are concentrated downtown and on the east side of the city. We have seen a significant increase in people experiencing drug addiction and homelessinize on the west side, particularly on west portal avenue and other commercial corridors. We have all most no non profits that connect people to help and no regular outreach by the various city teams that address these issues. Some of the same people have been on the streets in the same spot sin i took office in 2021 and know by name. Would you please help us by dedicating staff to be assisting the Homeless People get off the streets and people with Behavioral Health needs on the west side of town and coordinate with other departments for badly needed support services . Madam mayor. Can i ask for clarification on a question . Sure. And, when you say significant increase, can you give me a ball park of where you were and where you are now . So, west portal avenue, which has seen the steepest increase, we had 2, 3 folks before the pandemic who were known and we know and know their stories. Now we are seeing between 15 and 20 folks regularly sleeping on the streets in the growth of addiction, which are very visible. Thank you supervisor. So, i am in touch withwe had this discussion about some of the challenges you face and one of the most recent incidents that occurred in west portal where a shop owner was attacked and the concern in terms of a elevation of the amount of violence that is occurring as a result of people who unfortunately suffer from Behavioral Health and Substance Use disorder. The city treats about 16. 500 people for Mental Health disorder and over 4500 individuals for Substance Use disorder. We know many of those services are cons traitsed in the center part of the city where we have sadly hundreds and thousands of people who suffer from these particular issues. I do want to work with you because i think working together is doable to try to combat some of these problems. I will tell you one of the Biggest Challenges that the teams wesent out to the area to deal with some of these issues is you know we cant force people to move, but we can try to continue to make sure we are doing a better job around outreach to the constituency to try to at least try to get them into services or treatment. If is complex, but im really grateful for the new tool that well have that well be able to use in january to really push for conservatorship for Behavioral Health challenges, which also now includes Substance Use disorder and our goal is to try and be a little more aggressive and pushing people into treatment and services. Right now the tool is not in effect, it should be january 1 and i already issued a executive directive so we can prepare for what may come when we try to address people who struggle from these two things so look forward working with you to try to address these challenges in the area. Supervisor do you have a followup question . I do not. Thank you madam mayor. Madam mayor, do you have a question for supervisor melgar or any other supervisor . If not well go to the next topic. Okay. Madam clerk. Are yes, the topic submitted by member representing district 8, supervisor mandelman is senate bill 43 implementation. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you madam clerk. We started the conversation about sb43. You supported it and it passed senator susan eggman has been a champion around this and as you explained sb43 changes the Eligibility Criteria for conservatorship for the first time include Substance Use disorder and also to add inability to care for ones medical needs or personal safety as potential criteria that could be the basis for a conservatorship. As you know, more then half unhoused folks in San Francisco suffer from Mental Illness or Substance Use disorders. It is my hope and know yours as well, sb43 expansion of conservatorship will allow the city to provide treatment and service to people deteriorating only our streets and require involuntary care. I have a specific question about implementation but you referenced the directive you already given. I wanted to see if you had anything else you wanted to say about sb43 implementation before i ask the followup . First of all, supervisor mandelman, i want to thank you for your hard work and advocacy both thon local and state level to help us deal with the challenges around behavioral helt health in San Francisco especially those dual diagnosed with Behavioral Health and substoons use disorder. People see what is happening on the streets, see city workforce and folks out there trying to get people to help and support they need and often times we have to walk away because in some cases unless a crime is committed we cant force anyone into treatment, and i think with what senator scott wiener tried to do and now senator susan eggman who carried it over the finish line this is extraordinary. Between this and care courts, i truly believe that it will help us make a dent in some of the challenges that we are experiencing around behavioral helt health in San Francisco. Sb43 goes into effect january 1. I issued executive directive to departments to prepare and they include three things to immediately device policies and procedures to implement the law so we are alreadywe have those things in place and can move forward once the law goes into effect. To remove any barriers and avoid delays in submitting referrals. We know there is sometimes a lot of confusion of different programs and where the beds are and where they arent and who should be here and there. We need to be on the same page and this needs to be done a lot more efficiently then it has in the pass. And also require data, because it is important that we know where we are now and where we are going and whether or not this is a effective a tool as we hope it will be. We are preparing for it, it is great tool i think will be very helpful for us and my hope is well be able to implement it and get people struggling on the streets the help and support they need, so this is just one of some really great options that happened just the housing bills and the Behavioral Health support. I feel as though the tide is changing around what we have been living in and dealing with in San Francisco and we finally instead of trying to explain why we cant do something, we are finally able to get to people and actually do something and my hope is they will start to see and feel the difference with the work we are putting in to prepare for it and execute it. Thank you again for your work and advocacy. I again in no way doubt your commitment to solving this problem and know for your as personal for me and anyone who has someone with severe Mental Illness in their family, i think we tend to have low tolerance for people who imagine they are protecting autonomy of folks to slowly die on our streets. That being said, i think one of the biggest impediments to expanded application of conservatorship law is lack of appropriate placement in facilities and the need for these type of facilities has been obvious and growing for years, and yet our department of Public Health has struggled to expand the supply of accessible beds for san franciscans who may need these type of beds over an extended period of time. In deed, dph struggled to come up with a method of analyzing our need for such beds, much less proposing a plan to get there. Given that, do you have confidence that dph can rise to the occasion and opportunity presented by sb43 and if not, what needs to change at dph to allow the department to do what we all agree needswe dont all agree, but many agree needs to be done in terms of expanding access to beds for sb43 should allow us to finally reach. Thank you for that question supervisor mandelman and this is a longer discussion but start from high level. First of all, these beds on any different level, whether a locked bed or a bed where people can move in and out at their leasure are very very very expensive, and in fact, we added about 350 beds of the 400 bed goal recently and we need it continue to do more. About 12 percent of people conserve succeeded in some of our Community Based settings, so there is a lot of different layers to these beds and ill tell you, the locked beds are very expensive. My hope is with what is happening on the statewide level with additional resources, i love to see the state take a little more responsibility in helping us with state facilities that can operate in different ways other then what we are expected to do here locally. We dont necessarily have the capacity we truly need right now, but i think that what we are doing and investments we are making are leading to better results, but any given night our beds are not at full capacity and that is a problem, but it st. Not a problem because we are not asking the questions to get people into treatment, it is a problem because now we have the tools where through conservatorship laws beginning january 1, we will be able to use the court system in order to compel somebody into treatment and those beds may or may not be locked, but it is very complicated, very expensive, and my hope is that our system will become a lot more efficient so it is a lot easier once we go through the court system or once we are out on the streets trying to help people indoors that were able to move people right away, and it is expensive and it is going to continue to go up with this law if we are able to implement it right, we will need more beds then we do have. Mayor breed, if you have a followup question for supervisor mandelman or any other member of the board, please proceed. If not, this concludes our mayoral discussion and madam mayor, thank you for joining us today and well see you next month and these matters have been discussed and are now filed. Thank you mayor breed. After Public Comment. After Public Comment. Madam clerk, can you please call the approval of the Board Meeting minutes of september 19, 2023 . I just called them, is there a motion to approve said minutes made by supervisor safai and seconded by supervisor dorsey. On the motion, a roll call, please. On approval of the minutes as presented [roll call] there are 11 ayes. Those minutes will be approved as presented after Public Comment. Madam clerk, could you please call the Consent Agenda . Yes, items 211 are on consent and considered to be routine. If a member rejects a item may be removed and considered separately. Seeing no names on roster , same house, same call. The ordinances are finally passed. Next item. Item 12 is retroactive authorization for the dph, department of Public Health to accept and expend 100 thousand grant from the Purchaser Business Group on helt to participate in the calhive Behavioral Health program from july 1, 2023 through january 21, 2027. Same house same call, the resolution is adopted. Can you read item 1316 together . Four resolutions that authorize the placement of commemorative street name or plaques designation. 13, adds street name of elsie tonelli street to Mission Street between santa rosa avenue and excelsior avenue in recognition of her contribution to San Francisco. 14, authorize the sidewalk placement for lodginghouse district along 6th street corridor between Market Street and Howard Street. 15 authorize the placement of soma pilipinas filipino Cultural Heritage district plaques at various locations markers along 6th street corridor between market and Howard Street to provide for creation of plaques in the soma pilipinas cultural district. 16, resolution to authorize the placement of the comptons transgender cultural district in certain areas on the sidewalk along the 6 street corridor between market and Howard Street. Supervisor ronan. Can i please be added as cosponsor to item 15 and 16 . Thank you. Supervisor stefani. Thank you president peskin. I like to be added as cosponsor to item 13 and recognize my good friend paul tonelli. This is his mother and think this is fitting thing to do. Supervisor safai. Thank you madam clerk. Please add me as cosponsor to item 15 and 16 as well. Noted. Thank you. No other names ton the roster, same house same call, the resolutions are adopted. Next item. 17, resolution of intent to establish a street plaza at eagle plaza, 383, 12 street under chapter 94 and urging the public works to initiate the process to sulits a plaza steward at this location. Same house same call, the resolution is adopted. Item 18, ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the library laureate programs and to authorize the library to grant stipend to individuals through a competitive process as laureates or finalists in recognition of their achievements leadership and cultural contributions and in exchange for service to the city. Same house same call, the ordinance pass first reading. 19, authorize the assessment appeals board to host remote hearings and conferences at which no aab members are present and hybrid remote hearing and conferences in some but not all members are present. Same house same call, the ordinance is passed first reading. Why we dont we go to the 2 30 special order commendations starting with supervisor stefani. Thank you. It is Italian American heritage month and like to call up tony my good friend as we will be honoring him today. When i met tony, it was dont know how many years ago but someone i felt i had known all my life. We have grown a lot alike. Felt like a cousin of mine. Maybe because my great grand father fss a teamster hauling grain. My brother was a teamster. Tony has been a incredible friend and incredible member of our Italian American community in San Francisco, but hes more then that. Im honored to offer special commendation to a special individual who left a indelible mark on city and county of San Francisco. It is great pride and gratitude we get to celebrate him today. Tony has been at the for front advocating for rights and wellbeing opworking men and women in San Francisco. Teamster local 665 under his leadership stands the largest affiliate of International Brotherhood of teamsters in San Francisco. Testament to vision and tireless efforts. But extends, he serves as officer on teamster 7 representing the [indiscernible] throughout Northern California and northern nevada. His role on the council involves spear heading initiatives from Union Organizing to major labor contract negotiations all while tirelessly championing outreach on behalf olf working men and women. In recognition of his unparallel dedication, tony appointed as the nlsh einternational bruthser hood teamter director of parking in the United States. Underscore remarkable influence in the Labor Movement nation wide not just San Francisco. Also for front of the Autonomous Vehicle debate at ta earlier today and i know hes very happy and will be celebrating later today if he hasnt started already. Demanding Public Safety assurance and working protection as we adapt to new technologies. In 2023, tony commitment to serving his Community Lead him to a new platform. He joined a winning state of [indiscernible] to represent San Francisco 17 Assembly District and election is testament to strong unyielding support within his district. It is not just professional accomplishment that define tony, he is known and respected as a Community Leader in San Francisco iconic north beach. Also deeply involved in the San Francisco itailian American Club and athletic club. Institutions that celebrate Cultural Heritage and showcasing his commitment to Italian Culture and heritage remembering what 80 bring to the city and county of San Francisco. His dedication to the Community Extends to Numerous Councils and commissions inudclooing the San Francisco building and construction trades, the San Francisco Labor Council, the San Mateo County Labor Council and south bay Labor Council. I told you would have to say all this about you. Chairman of bay area Automotive Group providing Healthcare Benefit coverage to 3 thousand Union Members and families. Unwavering commitment to fellow laborsers. He serves as a board member for sf city drive and workforce investment San Francisco, San Francisco film commissioner and Basketball Commission on the athletic board of saint roberts school. Earned associate from sky line college and bachelor from California University hayword. His roots run deep growing up in excelsior district and raising his family there. 10 and 5, so good to see you boys. Today we want to express our appreciation for tonys profound impact on San Francisco. You are a man of principle, champion of workers, Community Leader and incredible member of the Italian American community in San Francisco and the entire bay area and most importantly to me you are my loyal friend and i just cant thank you enough for everything you bring to the table. Ioaare a incredible human being and im so lucky to know you and really happy we get to honor you today. The floor is yours. [applause] before i call on supervisor safai and walton, i want to disclose im actually tonys favorite member of the board of supervisors. Supervisor safai. Thank you president peskin. Just want to add a few words. Someone that i have worked with over the years, have deep respect for, i think supervisor stefani summed it up great. All the accomplishments. Just want to add a couple things. I dont think there is anyone that has more pride in Italian Culture then tony. Anything and everything that has to do with Italian Culture, i get a text, i get a call, i get a image, reminder, i will be held accountable and i really appreciate that and it goes to show how much of a leader you are for your community. Obviously the work weve done with working people over the years and all the things supervisor stefani mentioned but you walk in the footsteps of the great italian leaders in the city that put people first and what i have seen in everything you do and embody in your commitment to San Francisco and greater bay area and working people. Love of culture, love of fighting for working people and as much as you profess to be rooted in north beach i know your heart and born and raised in the excelsior and that is where i see you in action working with people thin community and work you did. Lastly, ill just say that just to see you and how you incorporate your children and being a proud dad and getting them to events, getting them to games, getting them to see what you do on a daily basis and understand they have shoes to fill and tradition to carry on and i think that is wonderful rolemodel for your family and great to see your kids here today. Thank you supervisor stefani, honor tony and proudly recognizing italian heritage month. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor walton. Thank you president peskin and unlike commissioner delorio, i will be brief. I couldnt think of a better person or better labor leader to honor at this body and want to congratulate you this morning. We rallied against cruz and lack of safety of their vehicle jz they get suspended. I think that is a testament to your leadership and you are a great labor leader and good person and so, want to thank supervisor stefani for honoring you this afternoon. Mr. Dalorio, the fact California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended cruz permit has nothing to do with the fact you are honored today by the board of supervisor, but congratulations. Thank you president peskin and rest of the board. I have done work with all of you over the years. I like the minutes are not going. Shamann knows me well enough. Ill try to keep this brief but im speechless by the kind words. Catherine, i mentioned this before, but obviously our beautiful city is named after saint francis. We [indiscernible] joe demogio, francis ford copala. Anglo rossi and joe [indiscernible] Catherine Stefani, future Assembly Woman and we had a talk about second favorite supervisor. I made it clear. Did not know until recently supervisor engardio is italian, so number 2 may be up for grabs yet again. Thanks to all of you. I want to say thatit is threw ahsha thank you for those words. Being a teamster and Italian American, people that know me i embrace the stereo types, all in. Third generation teamster. However many generations italian. At a young age, had all the qualities what it meant to be and feel it ties into together. Being a teamster is about family, being italian is about food. Food is very important to us. It is about hugging, kissing, embraces. If you held my hands i wouldnt beable to speak. All seriousness, the Italian American community hit a little of a speed bump with the Christopher Columbus stuff and i have never shied away from it. It has been under attack the last few years but as a fellow Italian American it wasnt about columbus, it was that our day to celebrate being italian. I remember four years ago Catherine Stefani took the lead, ahsha safai, shamann walton, taking down the statute so there will be violence and that was the right move to do. Since then, we havent put up a new statue and we could do saint francis, we could do [indiscernible] or take president peskins recommendation of putting a statue of me up there, but i think i have to pass away first probably before we did that. The work that catherine did that was important again was never about the man Christopher Columbus and people that were Italian American didnt understand. That was just our day, it wasnt about the guy. We felt under attack and what we have done recently and the leadership is we have either[indiscernible] some have combo. But the unbelievable challenge from the leadership of Catherine Stefani is getting Italian American heritage month and for that i absolute you for that. Ahsha cosponsored aaron cosponsored and shamann. Shamann i dont know if you remember but i thanked every supervisor and said shamann said thank you for giving me this month and your response is every culture deserves their month. It couldnt have been a perfect day for me besides the 9ers losing last night. Got my colleague from local 350, couldnt do the work without him. Members of my team with my children and you are right, ahsha, i do bring my children to picket lines. Not just stuff like this where it is fun and games and getting awards, it is about letting them see that daddy goes to work and see daddy on tv or the newspaper we put in the work and help people and thats what we do in the Italian Culture and as teamsters so thank you. Thank you tony. [applause] okay. Our next special order commendation will be presented by district 7 supervisor melgar. Thank you president peskin. Congratulations tony. Today colleagues im honoring vernon ang. On september 27, the owner the manager and 85 year old customer of shaws ice cream and candy on west portal avenue were brutally physically attacked that sent the three of them to the hospital and would have been much worse were it not for vernon ang. In a era where hesitancy and fear often dictate ones actions where individuals might prioritize personal safety over intervening for the welfare of others, mr. Ang, if you could come up, your bravery and your fortitude shine as beacons of hope and inspiration. There are those who speak of valor and there are those like you who embody it. The incidents on september 27 at shaws candy was not just a testament to your physical strength and training, but more importantly a demonstration of your unwavering spirit and the commitment to the safety and wellbeing of your community. Despite being faced with overwhelming odds and outweighed by about a hundred pounds, you rose to occasion displaying gallantry. [indiscernible] three indant individuals not only requires skill but a heart that values justice of humanity over personal risk. Such acts reverberate beyond the immediate moment. They leave an indelible mark on our community reminding each of the potential for goodness that resides within all of us. Waiting for the moment to shine, so your actions mr. Ang have given those words and meaning and as a representative of this district 7 community, this proud community, the San Francisco board of supervisors wishes to extend their profound appreciation and also admiration for selfless act. It is not just a commendation, it is declaration of gratitude from the city deeply moved by you. Vernon ang was born and raised in San Francisco. He attended Presidio Middle School and is a proud graduate of lowel high school joined by his wife crystal and 9 year old avery mason and 4 your old jackson couldnt be here because he is in preschool. For those wondering vernon does train at the [indiscernible] on 16th street and taraval. Vernon on behalf of San Francisco and the resident of district 7, i thank you for your bravery. Thank you supervisor. [applause] born and raised in the city my wife and i and raising our two sons and it is hard raising children in this city. I learned yesterday the attacker before this incident happened was arrested for indecent exposure in front of children and he end up on the street, attacked three victims, so diane is the owner of shaws and suffered concushion. Her life will never be the same. Nina the manager takes punches to the head. The third victim mentioned was 85 years old. Gracey, 85 years old. Concushion, last week fainted at the local school fair because of the injury. Thats not right. The whole incident never should have happened if you just locked him up and put these people away. Great, i was there, great. I was able to subdue an attacker twice my weight class and height, so thank you to my professor, instructor black belt third degree from brazil and teammates and coach and teammates from the academy in the sunset district. Also ritchie jon from asians are strong. These are combat gyms and organizations creating warriors right now, and no one is coming to help us. I like to thank the San Francisco police department. These are men and women out on the streets dealing with this evil every single day. Every single day. Yet, they have been defunded, the rules of engagement are crippled, and their resources have been depleted. To my San Francisco natives, my fellow neighbors, my San Francisco citizens, no one will help us. Our elders are being attacked, adults hurt, children threatened. It bullies. We have to take back our streets and dangerous and learn how to fight, control the energy, learn how to be relentless, be a monster and control the energy on the training mats if we take back our streets. Thank you for the award. Thank you for the commendation. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next well go to supervisor rafael mandelman. Alright. Thank you mr. President. Castro street fair folks, come on up. We are at the beginning of the castro street fair 50th anniversary year. Colleagues, im offering a special commendation forecast row street fair board of directors. Harvey melic organized the first crast row street fair in 1974. Since then, the fair has grown from 5 thousand attendees at the first event to 1 of San Franciscos largest lgbtq plus events other then pride. Some things remained constant. Cruising. Food. Fun. Music and drag. The castro street fair draws together castro residents merchants and visitors from the city and across the world. Whether you want to dance in the streets, hang out with friends and neighbors, browse for art or contact with Community Fair organizations there is something for everyone. There is a rich history of giving back. The fair raised more then 1. 6 million for non profit schools queer sports teams, spiritual communities and more. The gathering long stood for Diversity Inclusion and unity bringing together people from all backgrounds orientations and walks of life. And none of this would be possible without the 200 volunteers but especially the fairs board of directors lead by chair jen myer, vice chair alfred lopez, george ridgely, [indiscernible] in addition, each year a small army of organizations individuals help out with the fair. This year these include bd plus 20 events. [indiscernible] cheer sf, sundance saloon [indiscernible] next year as i said or we have already begun the 50th anniversary, mark your calendars for october 6, 2024 and stay tuned for exciting amazing second 50 years. This years event the 2024 event is in great hands with the castro street Fair Organization and i thought the given all you do getting nothing for it you deserved a little recognition here in the chambers, so i think not jeni think alfred lopez, the vise chair will share a few words. Thank you so much supervisor mandelman and the entire board of supervisors. We are thrill to be here. Im alfred lopez, the vise president of the board of directors of the castro street fair. Privileged to have been on the board for over 15 years now i think, and as supervisor mandal mentioned, the longest continuously running street fair in the lgbtq plus community in San Francisco. So many people are involved as supervisor mandelman said, too many to name now but we want to thank our volunteers. So many former Board Members and also of course the current board, some here this afternoon, some couldnt make it today. The castro street fair is absolutely a labor of love. It takes countless hours to prepare for every year and all of that work is absolutely worth it. When the streets are full of happiness and smiles, the shops in the castro are full of people and shoppers, and so many necessary funds are raised by local non profits. Raised for local non profits. Especially local schools and sports teams in the castro. As supervisor mandelman, ploud to say we raised over 1. 6 million since we started our Fund Raising Program at the castro street fair and appreciate the people who make it happen. And obviously the Supervisor Office in district 8. Finally, we do this, spend all this time and work all these many hours not only to celebrate the neighborhood to celebrate the amazing diverse neighborhood that is the castro, but also to honor the legacy of harvey milk, the fair founder and we are so so excited to head into be in the 50th anniversary year of the castro street fair. So looking forward to next year and hope to see all you celebrating with all of us in the streets of the castro in october 2024, so thank you once again for this amazing commendation. We really appreciate it thank you. [applause] madam clerk, can you please go to item 20 . Item 20 is ordinance to amend the administrative code to remove the authorization for cash Revolving Funds for certain city departments and reduce the maximum amount of the cash Revolving Fund for port of San Francisco. Roll call. On item 20, ronan, aye. Safai, aye. Stefani, aye. Walton, aye. Chan, aye. Dorsey, aye. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, absent. Melgar, absent. Peskin, aye. Preston, aye. There are 9 ayes. Ordinance pass first reading. Next item, please. Item 21, ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the graffiti Advisory Board to advice the board of supervisors and mayor on issues relating to graffiti prevention and abatement and set forth the membership and duties of the Advisory Board. Roll call. Item 21ronan, aye. Safai, aye. Stefani, aye. Walton, aye. Chan, aye. Dorsey, aye. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, aye. Melgar, aye. Peskin, aye. Preston, aye. There are 11 ayes. The ordinance is passed first reading. Next item, please. Item 22, motion to appoint jane redman termnding march 1, 2025 and edda mai johnson and mara math termsnding march 1, 2026 to inhome Supportive Service public authority. Same house same call the motion is approved. Item 23, motion to approve the mayor nomination of amy campbell for appointment to the Historic Preservation commission termnding december 31, 2026. Same house same call the motion is approved. Committee reports, please. Yes. Items 2425 considered by the land use and Transportation Committee at regular meeting on monday october 23. Item 24 was forwarded as committee report. 25 was not forwarded as committee report. Item 24 was referred without recommendation. This is an ordinance to amend the planning code to change the zoning controls in the castro street neighborhood commercial district to exclude article 10 landmark buildings from the use size limitation and allow night Time Entertainment with conditional use authorization on the second floor to affirm the planning departments ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. Roll call. On item 24ronan, aye. Safai, aye. Stefani, aye walton, aye. Chan, aye. Dorsey, aye. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, aye. Melgar, aye. Peskin, no. Preston, aye. There are 10 ayes and 1 no with supervisor peskin voting no. The ordinance passed first reading. Lets go to roll call for introductions. First member up to introduce new business, supervisor ronan. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor safai, submit. Stefani, submit. Thank you. Supervisor walton, submit. Thank you. Supervisor chan, submit. Thank you. Supervisor dorsey, submit. Thank you. Supervisor engardio, submit. Thank you. Supervisor mandelman. Sorry. [laughter] but i will be brief. Earlier today i asked the mayor about implementation of sb43 and i do believe that the challenge we will experience with implementation of sb43 is we just dont have the right placements for folks with severe Mental Illness. There is a lot of conversation in this meeting even about Behavioral Health needs of had city and plain people who need lock facilities or board and care and those facilities are getting scarceer and scarceer and the need is growing. For the last 3 or 4 years all of us, but i think especially chair ronan behavioral homelessness and Health Committee have been tracking along with dph their proposal to implement bed study from 2020 and as i have pointed out a number of times, i think [indiscernible] intended for the 2020 bed study to be a point in time analysis of flow, not the end all be all direction to the city in moving forward with the creation of beds for people with severe Mental Illness, none the less that is the target dph has been directing energy and last year, thank you chair ronan for calling for a hearing to check how they were doing. This year they appear based on the chart they have posted on the website appear to be closing in on the 400 bed number and the mayor cited the progress that has been made getting those beds up and running but i point out, the vast majority of the beds are not the beds that would be appropriate for someone with severe Mental Illness and that i think is an ongoing challenge. I think that chart raising a lot of questions. I think we are still waiting on the beds Optimization Study long promised and we have been told that they are within a month. Dph will be ready to give us the results of their update on the use of lands now 4 year old work. I think there are new questions raised by the reduction in capacity at laguna honda in what we learned about the non use of some of those beds in the 400 because of inadequate staffing, and i think if we are successful with sb43, we desperately need to figure out a plan to get more of the right kind of beds. Not to mention, getting the folks stuck in the jails or hospitals inappropriately placed there or just on the streets into care. I want to thank the chair ronan for her cosponsorship as well as supervisor stefani and i am looking forward to continuing this conversation with dph at this hearing. The rest i submit. Thank you supervisor mandelman. Supervisor melgar. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor peskin. I will submit and i believe that supervisor engardio would like to be rereferred. Okay. Thank you. After supervisor preston. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor engardio. Thank you madam clerk and president peskin. Since we had so many submission today i thought i would spend one minute to talk about the mayor earlier today referenced a bike ride to the sunset during the apec summit so i want to describe that, because this is about the world media is going to be looking at San Francisco that week and i was thinking of ways we can show joy and not doom loop and so we are doing more then just a bike ride. Calling the great sunset joy ride and happy hour out at the great highway. Supervisor melgar is cosponsor and starting in her district, jfk ride. Have a parade of bikes friday november 17 and at 4 oclock, that is at 3, 4 oclock happy hour with live music and food and all watch the sunset at 457 p. M. November 17. Maybe do a little dancing out to the live music. So, this is my effort and supervisor melgar to bring some joy and show the world that San Franciscoshow our best side. I hope to invite all you out there and we love to see maybe World Leaders and staff out on their bikes as well. Thank you. I submit the rest. Thank you supervisor engardio. Seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business. Madam clerk, lets go to Public Comment. At this time, the board welcomes general Public Comment. You may speak to the approval of the september 19 Board Meeting minutes, the policy discussion that occurred here when the mayor attended this meeting and items 2837 on the for adoption without reference to committee calendar. All other content is reported out to the board by a appropriate committee. You may also speak to general matters not on the agenda but within the board subject matter jursh jurisdiction. Lets hear from our first speaker. Welcome. I want to give you a short view in the future. I said last week i said i would so i will. The future is that anyone understand that one owns ones self. The private [indiscernible] individual ownership means that in fact it is energy that you own. [indiscernible] new system of education. How to use it in the best way, because it teach you what you are the most attracted by, therefore, the better odds it goes throughout your life. What happens is that you exchange this specific energy with others. There is no more [indiscernible] there is no [indiscernible] as it exists today. There will be a transition that will be touch, but it is going to work. Thats the future. [indiscernible] i have been asked to take care of San Francisco first. To showto make it precedent for the rest of the world. It is coming. The good thing you see about [indiscernible] is that sooner or later it just says destroys. So, we are going to see the [indiscernible] bringing forward this new future. Cant avoid it. It will be damage on the way, but thats the challenge. Have a good day. Thank you. Welcome. I would like to read comments from matthew commentary. He got saved when he was 10 and the only guy who wrote a commentary on the entire bible. This has to do with our first martyr of the church, steven. He writes when he was 40 years old in the prime of his time for proferment in the court of egypt. It came into his heart for good put there to visit his brother and see how to do service. He showed himself as a public person with public character as israels savior. He gave a specimen of opressed israelite [indiscernible] moved with compassion towards the sufferer and just indignation alt the wrongdoer as men in public stations should be and evingeed him that was opressed and [indiscernible] if he had been only a private person he could not lawfully have done. I think about peskin saying gender affirming surgery. Cut the balls off [indiscernible] you know, judgment day is coming. It was 85 sabbatical cycles between the two destructions of jerusalem [indiscernible] both times the temple was destroyed it was [indiscernible] we are in sabbath year right now and i really wonder about this year, because this is a sabbath year and it is 285 sabbatical cycles when christ was anointed. There were 85 cycles between the two cycle. The bible teaches why able to destroy the temple in the sabbath years because the jews accumulated total of 70 sabbath years. Can we hear from our next speaker, please . Good afternoon supervisors. Gloria berry from district 10. I wanted to comment on the question addressed to the mayor in reference to the hayes valley freeway there used for Affordable Housing and how important that is. I was born in the fillmore, 1969 where i lived for 18 years. Ill never forget the big contversery of taking the freeway down and the promise as usual how much that project would benefit the community, get jobs and take care of blight and solve so many problems and it is to the point where it is ridiculous now with these projects that promises are not met and what the community is told, 20, 30 years ago never prevails, and then we want to wonder why people are homeless. I personally was homeless for three years here in San Francisco. I would have been deemed one of those people who refused help because refuse to stay in two shelters i was sent to and it took 9 months in transitional housing in Treasure Island to finally get a unit in San Francisco. We need to be forward thinking that decisions we make effect the future. You think things are bad now, pay now or pay later, it will get worse and worse and worse. The market rate housing availability and vacancy is through the roof. Needs help getting the market rate unit i can find you hundreds of them sitting empty. We need more Affordable Housing and im not naive enough to think it will trickle down to the community that used to be here, but at least it will help someone and prevent them being homeless, so please support the mayor and use your influence to get a project like Affordable Housing completed at hayes valley. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. My name is [indiscernible] let me tell you what got me through. I had a house, my family, my aunts, cousins helped me. Not just in meals, they gave us 3 meals a day. Good meals. These Homeless People, they dont have those meals. [indiscernible] i was so depressed and sad, i [indiscernible] the homelessthey are homeless. A lot have a lot of health problems, and so they turn to [indiscernible] the cheapest thing around. Have sympathy and understanding for their plight. I dont think Mental Health is the only solution. I think we got to address the issues that face not only the city, but the whole country. The issues of lot of money versus people with no money. Most people have had a health emergency,erant raised, lost a job, they lost a loved one. [indiscernible] they want housing. Housing and meeting all their needs. I dont know, to me this conservatorship, i dont know if anybody can call, but to me it is [indiscernible] they need housing. The other thing i wanted to talk about is that rv. I talked with people that live in the rvs and they want housing also and they want a collective. [indiscernible] helping each other is what is needed. The other thing is, israel was not a country. Israel [indiscernible] bible says the bible was [indiscernible] thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello. Im tomar. We live in [indiscernible] im here to speak about the tiny cabin project and also from israel and support israel. I have a family there. Lets focus on the tiny cabins. We have 68 tiny cabins approved through emergency approval process. My issue is that we already suffer from events of drug use open in the streets. Mental breakdowns once a week. It evolved to assault or close to assault not every time, but definitely not present to live there the homet. [indiscernible] k5 Elementary School, marshal. I have a 7 year old. The other kids that are young and constantly as parents watch constantly to maybe there is something dangerous around us. I dont feel there was enough Due Diligence of the impact with us the neighborhood cht there was a meeting public, but flooded with a lot of non profit organizations that have a stake for such a facility to take place next to a school and residents. I dont feel our voices were heard. Even though hillary had a meeting in her office and did listen to us, but still there is [indiscernible] Impact Review and option for us to have discussion review and usual cases. This was approved under the ordinance of urgency setting taking place in 2019, so i call here again, please reconsider, please involve us. Get our feedback. [indiscernible] and have the neighborhood buy into it, because it isnt right the way it is at the moment. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello supervisors. Im also a resident of district 9. Im here to voice support for the efforts to get those in need of services off the streets. People need to be housed, clothed, fed and cared for, but im also here to voice my concern and dismay at the process and what i believe is likely outcome of intended placement of 60 or 70 minihouses at 16 and mission. Represent many memberoffs the Mission Community worried about the likely consequence and unintended consequence of placing these minicabins behind the walgreens. We believe the area will suffer from increased blight, trash, violence and fires. If you look at the safe sleeping site at there bottom of south van ness, the city promised there is patrol and safety patrols and hasnt happened. There is fire, violence and crime. Same at the gough street minicabin. There was never a Community Involvement process. Even by the state articles of notification, we were not given 72 hours notification for meetings. There was a post24 hour before a meeting that there was going to be review of this, and it was only on hillary ronans email list so not everybody in the community was notified. In addition the minicabins are poposed to go, there is no posting or notification, but if you walk one block away and have photos to prove it, on corner of 15th and south van ness both corners where there are several large project there have been notifications posted over a year. At the moment, there is a 7 million budget to place 70 minicabins. That is 100 thousand per unit and as i understand the unit are 65 square feet. That is 1545 square foot. I have a house, if i can get 1545 square foot i would sell my house in a minute. We are very concerned and feel this is being placed in our community because our community is a community of lower income people who feel they dont have a voice and not being heard. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Lets hear from the next speaker, please. Hello supervisor. My name is chad and i want to speak about the apec summit coming up. Operate a small restaurant called fresh roll between mission and howard. Apec will more then likely necessitate a shut down of our restaurant. We dont have the ability to stock cold or room temp food for a week. Our vendors are not able to deliver between 10 p. M. And 6 a. M. In the middle of the night. Even if they were able to do that, how would our employees get the food from pier 27 all the way to 4th and mission . There hasnt been a lot of information about how we are actually going to get food to our restaurant at 4th and mission in the middle of all this. The fencing and security is going to discourage locals from walking 4th street, but thirdly, if we have to shut down, more then likely we will have to toss food. 80 percent of the revenue comes from corporate caterings and third party deliveries. If we cant get vehicles and dont mean scooters, if we cant get larger vehicles to our restaurant, then we lose 80 percent of revenue during the day, plus whatever walkin traffic is left. We really want to highlight the impact apec will have on our Small Business, and within the securitythank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Welcome. Kim. San francisco Labor Council. Im here to talk about the apec resolution that is before you today and speak in favor of it. Apec is going to have a huge impact on so many people and particularly working families. The amount of money apec will wind up costing the city, even though i hear projections we know it will cost the city a ton of money. It is bazaar because most will be spent on money keeping san franciscans away from apec and they are charging 4 thousand a ticket. It isnt like normal working people can go to this thing. Sure, you can apply for a pass at 4 thousand a ticket, it is kind of absurd so much money will be spent to keep san franciscans away from the event and trying to say it is a gamechangeer event and deis not. It is hurting more san franciscans then it will help. If it continues and apec continues, which it will, we will find probably at some point wind up with a nasty trade deal staff to nafta which is problematic. It is all aimed at corporations making a lot of money at this thing, at the expense of the citizens of San Francisco. So, i stand in support of this resolution, and i really really really want you all to keep track of the amount of money that will be spent on apec and how much it will cost the citizens and the fact that they will not have a voice at the summit at all. You will hear from some others in labor. It is really tragic what is happening. The Small Businesses are not the only ones kept away from their businesses. It is workers too, and it is having a costly impact on every day working families here in San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome. Good afternoon supervisors. Mike casey with San Francisco Labor Council local 2 and resident of district 9. I am here to talk about apec as well. We have grave concerns as billionairs, Global Corporations and all their political minions are coming to San Francisco to [indiscernible] meanwhile working people our members in particular are required to submit security clearance information over 3 and a half 4 weeks ined a vance of the event. We have scores of members who will not be able to work. Maybe hundreds who dont feel comfortable about filling out forms in order to do their job. The secret service and this apec thing is superseding collective bargaining agreements. It is superseding past practices. All the rules that exist and i want to remind somebody in our union missing one shift. That can mean the difference between a pension and health and welfare contribution for their family. That is the effect what apec is. I want to thank supervisors chan, preston and ronan for driving this and encourage all to support this. This might be great for those who have a lot of wealth and money, but this is going to further highlight yet again the huge gaps between those with all the power and money and those of us just try ing to get by in the city. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome. Good afternoon supervisors. Carl kramer, San Francisco living wage coalition. We are opposed to the apec because of a parallel process taking place negotiating the Pacific Economic frameworkismt this is taking place behind closed doors with only access to corporate lobbyists. At this point it doesnt have the minimal protections of the u. S. Mexico canada agreement. Isthe is going to be a race to the bottom. This is a trade strategy of pitting the vietnam [indiscernible] philippines against each other to race to the bottom to replace china of workshop to the world. With that, also downward pressure on wages in mexico and Central America where the Central American Free Trade Agreement has not been renegotiated with any worker protections. This is going to be dev straighting to the economy, particularly in latin america where we see that root cause of the force miigation of people. We dont need a instagram moment to sell real estate in San Francisco, we need to protect the right to protest. We are supporting supervisor chans resolution because it affirm San Francisco values. The right to protest. Protecting immigrants in our city and instead of the federal authority if they want to declare San Francisco a National Security event, they should pay it. We shouldnt be shelling out 10 million to pay for that, instead that should go to mitigate the damages this is causing. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome. Good afternoon. My name is jake hunter copresident of iconic d3. I want to take the time to welcome world leadsers coming for apec to San Francisco. But we as resident of San Francisco want the very basic things a city requires. We want more police officers, we want clean streets, we want businesses to stay and drug dealer s to go. We dont want the problems you all push into our neighborhoods to keep yours clean. Now, i agree with all you Board Members. I dont want crime, drug dealers tents and more in Telegraph Hill supervisor peskin. I dont want the issues in bernal height supervisor ronan, dont want in [indiscernible] richmond supervisor chan or vallejo supervisor walton. I dont tents, drug dealers crime, theft, bokeen businesses engageered citizens anywhere in San Francisco and neither does majority of San Francisco itself. I wouldnt be here if all of you ran the city like your own personal neighborhoods, but because you refuse to it is left to people to find better replacement or change how elections are done in the city. Even going back to city wide elections if you still all refuse to fix the problems of the city. This board has gotten so comfortable with the people not tuned in with dangerous antisf policy the board passes, like mayor breed said, the time is changing, people are waking up and no longer willing to accept the failure from this board. Thank you all. Thank you for your comments and before the next speaker speaks ill justi didnt want to interrupt you midspeech, jacob, but jake for everyone else who will address the board, please make sure you are addressing your comments to the board as a whole not to individual members of the board. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is ronald carter. Im the founder and developer of something called American Economic Recovery Project Foundation International commission which contains 30 or 40 different ethnic economic Recovery Project foundations i created websites for and listed on face boork. As you all may know, facebook suffers gaps and expose everyones private information to people and that their facebook websites were hacked and compromised. Not wanting to allow for that calamity to have any effect thon reason i created these companies were to be companies that could develop funding to go to Community Services such as homeless advocacy, housing, drug and Alcohol Addiction Program services and that. I have ideas about strategy on how to get the money and raise money for those purposes, but yet im on it outside looking in. Now, supervisor walton has been successful in creating and getting created the Reparations Commission and i think to myself if i had a floating boardif i had a board and had infrastructure and support from the city that i would bring these 49 companies to it so they could take over the task of helping me to make sure these things work. Thats why im coming to the board to ask the board and supervisor ronan to allow me and help me to create a constructive proposal resolution to present to the board to be voted on to bring me in, bring these things into the city to see if we can make them work and thats all i have to say. Thank you for your comments. I look forward hearing back from the board as soon as possible. Thank you for your comments. Good afternoon board supervisor. Thank you everyone in the room for denouncing hate and discrimination. I know everybody in the room has taken a prnl agenda to do that. The political environment, there is a lot of hate, lot of political hate. Just go back to last tuesday, that morning someone used political speech to try to run me over. We talked about that last week. Wednesday i posted some comments about San Francisco and some other things im taking on with the cdc, health and Human Service about San Francisco. Thursday there was a judge in my home town in Washington County that was shot, so you understand the realty of what is happening and i think we all know what is happening today. To change the topic a little bit, i will go back to my alma mater, North Eastern university. Back in 2022, they backed down on surveillance and privacy lab and noted that it was invasive from the graduate Student Perspective and emitted radio frequency noise that interfered with research. What do you think it does to a person that does drugs on the streets putting surveillance on a person emits a radio frequency that cause anxiety so we need to rethink our strategy on surveillance and political surveillance because that increases the hate, discrimination and each other attacking each other so that is what we need to focus on, but i want to thank the board of supervisors for denouncing hate and discrimination. Thank you so much for that. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome. Good afternoon. Mark solomon speaking to the board and people at home. Been around the block in this building so many times but what happened in nort mission over the past 9 muckts is beyond appall. The proposed cabin village an 1979 mission informed back in january. We were told by the supervisor she would not take action until criteria is met and she contacted us first. None of that turned out to be the case. We were informed last week the decision is made even though there was a Committee Meeting held several days later. Learning the deal is done we told why waste your time going. We wanted to see what it was like and turned out the entire non profit apparatus, that run Mission Politics was there to go ahead and shut down the voices of residents in our community. Which meant that our tax dollars were financing operations to come in and aggregate residents political speech. Intimidation was high. Personally my hoz told me somebody was standing behind me with their hands on my chair making motions toward coming at me. I was too [indiscernible] other non profit urged me to pipe it down because i called our supervisor a liar, which is [indiscernible] and mr. Dodge a nimby. We have a bunch of people that dont live near us saying we are nimbys. Our neighborhood welcomed Affordable Housing, 4, a 5 is on the way. We want more, but when you put a homeless cabin village adjacent to a Elementary School that populated by young people of color immigrants some homeless and people call you on that, thats how you get the reaction we saw. We call out for the racism they engage in and their only response is darvo. I dont expect this to change. When you get this collapse you see where everyone stands. The naked lunch where everyone sees the [indiscernible] so, we recommended you do this at the ucsf parking lot. That is a much larger facility, permanent and 2 3 disused but we asked the supervisor and she said we talked to ucsf. [indiscernible] not to be the case. When we have supervisor holding constituents in contempt and misrepresenting herself, this was over the top. What can we do to get representation . This kind of hijacking of progressive project lead to progressives being extrapated from politics accept for one here in San Francisco and lead to alack of responsiveness and contempt which these people hold residents is what has lead to this collapse. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Maam, you already had two minutes. [speaking in the background] next speaker, please. Should i go on . Yes, please. Eight year and eight months. A native of San Francisco and resident of Bayview Hunter point over 40 years. I continue work within therecommunity as care giver teacher and advocate for children and families. 8 years and 8 months of mothers suffering with very little resources. Why does a mother or any other Family Member have to be dragged back and forth to court to relive the injury of trauma over and over again . After 8 years and 8 months no trial date is set for San Francisco quadruple homicide. Where is the support for the families . We need a place full of resources just for us. Im a sister of [indiscernible] murdered here in San Francisco and witness of many who walked down the road of losing a loved one to gun violence with little or no help outside of help with burial services. 8 years and 8 month s, where are the real resources for healing . 8 years, and 8 months, where is a place to go for comfort and Meeting Basic Needs . 8 years, and 8 months where is someone to talk to who actually understands . 8 years and 8 months, we the families of murdered victims need our city support. We need your support to see our hearts and to see our needs. 8 years, and 8 months we need a hub, a sanctuary for this pandemic of murders. For 8 years and 8 months we the families have barely been making it. Supervisors, i urge you to please help us and support our request for a physical hub specifically shaped for multhers and families filled with mothers who understand. Thank you for your ear, thank you for allowing your heart to feel and thank you in advance for your support. I wrote this in 10 minutes as a prompt in a class environment. This was on my heart and it cameute just like this. Thank you for your comments. I just want to thank alicia rochelle standing by my side. She is very aware and watching the pain and suffering myself have been going, 8 years and 8 months of still no trial date concerning the murder of my son. I say [indiscernible] calls the universe and [indiscernible] this is the time of the feast of the tabernacle because we are the true hebrews. There are wars all over the country and those crying out and claiming for identity who we are. It says in scripter we make you not as a nation. I have come to the knowledge who i am and my position is rise and stand and show forth the call african American Community the hebrews, the israelites are here. They are the nation of people that have been scattered all over the north, the south and east and the west. I find it interesting when it says chosen people and it says shalom means peace. Why are bombs dropped on children and homes scattered and lives destroyed in the name of a god you say a religious war . The time is now, everyone of us are held accountable and judgment day is here. The murder of my son life would not be in vain. I rose to be the woman who i am. Chosen by my people to be their representative and i accept this position. I will reign in justice and of shalom and equality. Im thankful for the italian cultural month for every culture should be acknowledged. I find it interesting the African American thank you. Thank you sella. Next speaker, please. I supported the things sala is doing. That incident happened in my Community Years ago in the Western Addition and we havent recovered from it. So many murders. Im here todaymy name is ace on the case. You see in the reputation, not here to talk about it. Im [indiscernible] i still want my 5 okay . But im here to talk about the [indiscernible] the Western Addition. Addition. Fillmore Heritage Center as you may or may not know, our honorable mayor put out press release last week that committee has been considered in that position. I talk to several leaders, reverend brown and others there will be a meeting november 12, second fridaysunday. My issue is i like to know what is going on. Who are the select committee members, board. I know it has to pbefore the board so will take time. I do investigating to find out what the hell is going on. My name is ace, im on the case and trying to put together a town hall meeting perhaps maybe before reverend brown meeting or after to fiend out what is happening. I got 30 seconds. I got through that quick. I got about 32 seconds. My name is ace, on the case. I look like black santa claus now. Listen, i talk to my supervisor representative do a town hall meeting and try to work something out because i have information my supervisor dont have. I dont think he have members on the select committee. I worked hard to get it and got it. My ace on the case and im going to be doing that finding out what is happening. Thank you ace washington. Lets hear from our next speaker, please. Thank you jocelyn. Hi. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is brandon lee, and im with the San Francisco committee for human rights in the philippines. I was born and raised in district 4 and live there until i moved to the philippines in 2010. Every board of supervisor meeting starts with a land acknowledgment that we are on ramaytush oholone land. If sincere about land acknowledgment we would not host apec. False solutions that allow Foreign Mining Companies to exploit and profit 100 percent from the plundering of Indigenous Peoples lands. Through the philippine mining act of 1995, it has exacerbated Climate Crisis through its environmental destruction and displaced countless indigenous community. When people protest they are met with the wrath of the state. The communities are militarized with artillery fire and bombed. Activists are threatened and harassed, placed on surveillance, slapped with bogus charges, arrested, obducted, tortured and silenced. I am living proof of the consequence of political oppression every day. I ask everyone here in this chamber, is this what San Francisco stands for . I ask the supervisor here to pass the resolution. Do not allow political oppression on our soil. To stand with the people and allow us to protest front and center without fear to our lives. Stand with indigenous people. Stand with the environment and Climate Justice. Thank you. Thank you brandon lee for your comments and coming down today. My name is [indiscernible] and work in excelsior at Filipino Community center and here to share fear [indiscernible] dedicated providing a safe space to Access Service receive support and build community. We serve Migrant Workers essential to the workforce of the city. Apec will impact all San Francisco residents and workers especially low wage Migrant Workers who live in the nearby area where apec will be hosted. Apec will make it difficult for workers to commute to and from work. Low wage workers cannot afford loss of income as already difficult to afford living and working here in San Francisco. Loss of income means loss of income for families in San Francisco and also families they support in their home countries like the philippines. Policing and security will discourage workers going to work as threatens safety, especially undocumented Service Providers care givers and undocumented works too afraid gee to work during the apec leader meeting. The itisy lack of transparency how apec will impact undocumented works is a big concern for me. Workers will be essential to economic workforce of San Francisco and our city needs to priorities needs of workers and concerns. Workers and Community Based organizations have fight against the budget cuts the mayor proposed earlier this year. Most Vulnerable Community can not afford another 3 percent budget cut the mayor is proposing next year. Funning for Affordable Housing, service for unhoused, feud Security Resources and programs to support low wage workers and protect rights of workers needs to be top priority and not apec. I call on support of the board to urge the mayor office to prioritize the community provide appropriate real time information and outreach about apec and prioritize 10 million on the reserve for the community instead of apec and prioritize all the residents and neighborhoods impacted by apec including loss of income for workers. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Want to introduce arturo [indiscernible] doing the interpretation and you can use the microphone when you are ready. [waiting for translation] the following is a translation of speaker comments. Good afternoon supervisors, my name is [indiscernible] i live in district 10 and a member of tuwu workers united. Im here to stand against apec because they are being given resources that should be guided to programs such as housing, the food bank and also here to protest that Small Businesses and housing are being effected by apec, especially around the area of moscone. I ask that the rights of the most vulnerable be protected, especially for the expression of their political views and be protected also with the special security service. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. [waiting for translation] the following is translation of the speaker comment along with additions. Good afternoon supervisors. Thank you for letting us come here to express ourselves regarding the upcoming conference for apec. My name is muhea and i live in district 9. Im also a parttime worker and member of tuwu. I am here to ask mayor breed, why is money being invested that could be going for services in the community in thisfor this conference . We need funds and programs like the food bank and food stamps and Affordable Housing. We also need to have transparent information regarding what apec is. We dont really know what kind of effect it will have in our lives. We also ask you to respect our rights to protest and express our opinion as well to protect the citys policy as a sanctuary city. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon everybody. My name is [indiscernible] representing no to Apec Coalition and executive director of lawyer guild. I live and work in district 9. Human rights warriors that pr eseed and follow. Speaking in support of the resolution introduced and of the statement that has drawn 178 individual signatures and out of 24 organizations so far because that will continue and i have copies of it resolution to share with you. I want to speak about the impact of apec on human rights and relationship between apec and human rights. Thats both in terms of impact of apec on the human rights of San Francisco including our rights to peaceful protest, expression and organization and to be free of unlawful surveillance intimidation and overpolicing which is inherent in effect the militarization of the city imposed by its designation as a National Security special event. But it is also pornts to keep in mind the impact of apec on human rights and well documented links between so called free trade, neo liberal policy on labor rights and human rights everywhere they are imposed. This is a especially [indiscernible] october 24, which marks the 78 anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and of when the unert chaer went into effect drafted and signed here in San Francisco june 1945. That is why we have un plaza. We should always remember that history. It is un charter in turn which provides the framework for human rights issues we are addressing today and lays the foundation for the universal declaration of human rights who 78 anniversary will be observed [microphone turned off] thank you for your comments. [speaking in the background] thank you for your comments. Have no place in San Francisco and are not welcome here. Thank you. Thank you. Can we hear from the next speaker, please. Yes, well collect that from you. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome. Thank you. Hi, everybody. Im a Senior Campaign coordinator jobs of justice San Francisco here to talk about impact of apec on workers. I want to speak in support of the resolution. It is really striking to me personally how many people in this room are here outside city hall 6 months ago. Begging you all for 10, 15, 20 grand to fund vital Community Services like our food bank, services for folks with hiv, community farms, et cetera, mean while 20 grand to fund vital Community Services like our food bank, services for folks with hiv, community farms, et cetera, mean while we got 20million to spent on security for a summit focused on destroying workers rights abroad and forcing san franciscans north American South American Workers to compete with working people abroad. We always talk how there is a doom loop in San Francisco but it is bodies like apec that birth doom loops around the world. My parents are nigerian [indiscernible] bodies like apec birth this sort of displacement. I feel we should focus and building sustainable economy in San Francisco for the people who built the city and live here and i just want to say, many i have seen you walking up and down picket lines up and down the city saying San Francisco is a union town. Days like today we show it. I want to speak in support of the resolution. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Lets hear from our next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is bob price, resident of district 8. Retired city College Instructor and organizing with freedom socialist party. Our office is 4 blocks north on polk street in the tenderloin number 5. Also member of the American Federation of teachers local 2121 retiree chapter and former Labor Council delegate. The city promoted apec says it will be epic. Actually, it will be epicly disruptive. As a former educator i have seen first hand the effect of neo liberal policy promoted by so called free trade grouping like apec. During my 34 years at ccsf i saw the college provide a broad raisk of courses to address the needs of san franciscans from New High School grads to immigrants and seniors, however in the past 10 to 15 years budgets lead to drastic cuts. The broad effect of pretrade produce these situation and limit Community Access to education and public services. The more immediate effect of the apec summit is the havoc it wreak on People Living and working going to school in the exclusion zone. Sitsy college is downtown campus will be effected along with schools from the Sf Unified School district. Our youth and student are more important then a strategy meeting to benefit corporations and billionairs. You should spend money to accommodate Community Members not aid to apec. A colleague with a disability couldnt come today but they had planned to. They asked me to point out the importance of independent Living Resource Center and Vital Service they provide to the disability community. Locatesed within the exclusion zone their office will not be readily accessible. Please use city funds to assist unhoused san franciscans pushed out of the exclusion zone and into other neighborhoods like the tenderloin. No sit a funds for apec, provide money for effected san franciscans, not billionairs. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Lets hear from the next speaker, please. Thank you. [waiting for translation] the following is translation what the speaker just said. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is [indiscernible] i live in district 6 in soma. I am a member of [indiscernible] workers united. I am here in support of the resolution and demand that the funds be funneled to our community that is effected by apec. Why are you supporting billionairs and not your community i ask . I demand that you support Small Businesses, schools and the workers effected by apec. Just as well i think you should protect the rights that we have as a sanctuary city and rights to protest and to free speech. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for the interpretation. Next speaker. [waiting for translation] the following is summary of what the speaker just said. Good afternoon memberoffs the board. My name is [indiscernible] a member of [indiscernible] and live in the tenderloin. Im here to ask you to please prioritize the funds being allocated for apec to our neighborhoods that are effected by apec and also the Small Businesses. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. [waiting for translation] good afternoon supervisors of San Francisco. It a pleasure to be here and be able to speak for my community, which is excelsior, district number 11, and im here to support the immigrants number one, because they arethey work from across town, come from the mission and come downtown, which is their main job, and they are scared if they are undulated, they are afraid to be arrested and this has beeni come here since im a little girl. Im a immigrant and i found San Francisco has always been a sanctuary place, but i wonder if it is respected on the days coming. I just want to represent them, the elderly to be protected, the immigrants, the elder that stay home, that they dont want to come out because of the event. You can be a millionair, you can have all the money you want, im not against that, im against the way you spend your money. Lets do it in favor, not to cost any damage to our city in a certain way by closing little businesses and people in the community here. I thank you for being able to speak for my community for the immigrants that are here undocumented and they are afraid to come in. Please protect us in those days. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. [waiting for translation] the following is summary of what the speaker just said. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and members of the board. My name is juana inez. I am here to represent vulnerable communities. I want you to think about the people that have to go to work and when they show up they dont know if their work will be open or closed, but still have to put food on the table but dont know how they do that. I am asking you to think how you are going to be applying the funds and to think of the people whosorry, im trying to read my notes here. I want to respect everyone that is also effected by this. There are peep who do not have identification and cant go through checkpoints. This is also a danger for them. What about their housing . What about food . When you make this decision i want you to please think about our community and not just yourselves. Thank you. Thank you for the interpretation. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisor. I live in district 10 and work in district 11. Before i come to deliver this message since it is the first time i havent been limited to one minute, i like to point out that what we are discussing today, all this money that goes to the apec and making it as comfortable for the visit as possible, that money could very well be invested in interpretation for all these meetings. It is super unfair. That was my mom and she cant understand anything you are saying but has to be happy and content with the summary to you and these are your constituents and the people who live and work in San Francisco. I cant tell you how much that would mean to them to be able to participate in a process that should include them because they live in San Francisco. I just wanted to start off with that. I am here today to ask you to please support this resolution, because i cant explain to you or in words what it looks like for our communities who have to go through the check points to go to work and school. There are families bracing themselves. These immigrant communities are bracing themselves to stay home for 7 days, and that looks really ugly. I think all of you went through the pandemic with us and know what that isolation looks like and for some of these immigrant families that is what every day looks like when they have this fear in them and we are a sanctuary city. This ordinance is super imperative to uphold that during this week so people can live their regular lives. This isnt something they asked for, not something we asked for. We have been opposing it from day one and i want you to keep it in mind. We have to keep this San Francisco. Not the San Francisco on instagram or facebook or commercials but the real San Francisco we love. There is a reason all you ran to represent the city. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Apologize for cutting you off but we are setting the timer for 2 minutes. Thank you. Next speaker. [waiting for translation] thank you for your comments. The following is summary what the speaker just said. Good afternoon members of the board. My name is gloria. I work in the community for just cause. Im just here to ask you for one day to be humane and to think of the day to day lives of the poor. People who have no measure what so ever. Upcoming conference is going to Effect People who are poor and more likely going to make them even more poor. We need your respect. We are here to watch, to see if youre supporters or if you dont care. Im here to support supervisor chans resolution. Im here to ask you to support, we need to know you stand with us and also to protect the people who are unhoused as well. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is jorge. Im 82 years old. Im a [indiscernible] right in front of Moscone Center. This is about apec. I dont know of any instance where an event of this magnitude is held where many seniors live. Yet, no outreach have been made to get our input, our concerns. What our concernsmany of that has been said already. Access to emergency services. Transportation. Food availability. Maybe it is late in the game. Maybe this will not happen anymore. So, we will just survive this event. I could be wrong, but my request is that whatever plans have been approved to please give usprovide us with written information about apec restrictions and exclusion zones. Example, are we supposed to carry picture id . This should be in hard print, because seniors are not computer literate. People just keep saying, oh, check the update on the internet. Many seniors dont have computers. That is what i have to say and thank you very much. Thank you so much for your comments. Next speaker. [waiting for translation] god bless you all. Good afternoon. I live in 4th and folsom street. Im thankful we were chosen to host this big event, and because of this a lot of leaders from high positions are coming from different countries. Im happy apec will be held in San Francisco, the most beautiful city. However, for a senior like me, i have so many ailments. I have many schedules i go to and other senior activities and not only that, i have an appointment with my doctor. Thats why im confused if i am able to go out of my house. Doia do you have a way to i can go out and come back to my house without going through the checkpoints . Would i be given a solution what i just said to you . Will i be safe if i go out to go to my daily activities . I support the resolution of supervisor connie chan. Thank you. Thank you for interpretation. Next speaker. [waiting for translation] good afternoon to all. 72 years old and living on howard and 4th street south of market. When i heard about the apec, i was worried because i just live in front of the Moscone Center. This is where apec is held. I have a lot of ailments and why i many doctors appointments. All most every day i go to different Senior Centers and i heard that the place will be closed. I use paratransit to go to the appointment so will this still be possible to go there . Do the apec meetingone of my concerns is if i will be safe during this period because i will be going to manybecause there will be many heads of states coming here. Because of what happened to ukraine and israel im freightened that it may happen here in america, especially in San Francisco. Thats why i would like to leave this question to you. Will we be safe . From our enemies just like the terrorists and suicide bombers. I support the resolution of supervisor connie chan. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Just a block away from the Moscone Center in 4th street where many senior residents are located. The seniors are really concerned about this apec, becauseabout our access in going out from our house and coming back when moscone will be secured because of the security for the dignitaries. How about the security of the seniors, our safety and security in the streets . Are we also protected . It is a week long conference and our routine activities will be effected just like going to the Stores Carrying heavy loads, because the traffic ithe bus stops will be rerouted and going to churches, Senior Centers doctor appointment and many more and transportation will be interrupted and you have a long way to walk to the bus stop and we dont evenwhat bus to take. Which is the bus stop for our bus . And also, thank you for giving the seniors the chance to express their concern and i urge the board of supervisors to support connie chans resolution to protect the seniors and residents and my Community Concerned during the apec. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is mary lou. I live in [indiscernible] have no work. I need food stamp and income for my health care. Thank you. Thank you so much for your comments. Next speaker. Hi. Good afternoon supervisors. I hope you listen to our concerns. My name is margarita and i live here in San Francisco for 28 years. [indiscernible] housing here in San Francisco is too expensive. Save that money and instead spending it on apec. Giving to the people who needs that especially Food Security, medicine. We need more access to our every day basic needs to more policies and surveillance that will [indiscernible] thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Hi. My name is sharlo and live in district 10 and work in district 11 with the Filipino Community center. We are under the lines of the San Francisco immigrant legal and Education Network or sf island. Here to express my concern on how apec Leaders Summit will impact the immigrant community and trying to echo what all the seniors and also imMigrant Workers shared with you all so far. There has been a lack of transparency on the planning of apec and the only way people know apec is coming here is through the sf muni buses and all the ads that have beenlike going around the city. But it doesnt show how big this conference is and how it will bring many police, secret service and other Law Enforcement on the week of the leader summit. Additionally, there will be checkpoints around moscone where many immigrants workers travel to frequently. They already dont knowdont feel comfortable having police around and having the checkpoints and will continue to scare them, especially those undocumented. And because of had lack of transparency the community cannot prepare themselves during this week which is a big concern. We get many questions around what is expected during the apec summit especially around soma and tenderloin and we cannot answer those questions and dont know where to lead them because the lack of transparency, so we ask [indiscernible] no to wasting public funds and provide [indiscernible] about the route changes, the restriction zones and all of the information to prepare Community Members and it is our responsibility to make immigrant communities feel safe in their city and neighborhood. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello. My name is trina and lived my whole live in San Francisco. Here to support the resolution by supervisor chan and express concerns regarding hosting of apec. I work with high school migrant youth and strive to equip with essential Services Like Young Workers rights, Food Security, culturally relevant education and urge to develop Leadership Community organizing [indiscernible] the voices of the future the youth can insure a balance sustainable inclusive future through science, invasion and technology. What concerns me is apec vision and [indiscernible] is fundamentally at the expense of working class youth and rights and wellbeing exploited access to education stunted and will cause negative ripple effects regarding continued forced miigation [indiscernible] undocumented migrant youth home lsds youth are frightened by risk of militarized policing and street sweeps throughout San Francisco. The practices are proven to traumatize young people who face the same ill treatment they tried tew scape in home lands so confused angry and prepared to protest and the right to do so should be protected. Allow the community to express the grief against apec without fear of retaliation, especially different the different World Leaders who caused economic crisis and environmental plunder and ruined the lives of our people overseas through violent policy. During the budget advocacy sf made it clear they do not want more money and resources towards policing, let alone apec that seeks to make decisions and trade deals that set dangerous precedent for youth counter parts overseas in the next decade. No to wasting the money on the e event. Shift attention to release of funds on housing Food Security and Community Based solutions the youth desperately need. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello board. My name is nicole a student at city college of San Francisco and member of [indiscernible] ccsf and worker in the excelsior district. Here in support of connie chans resolution on apec. Ccsf naseed budget cuts and lack of wage increase despite facing inflation in the cost of living on the rise. Ccsf is threatened to be downsized we 10 million trying to be allocated to apec where heads of state where president [indiscernible] invited. It is dispointing to hear our mayor wem comes the fascist president who committed killings arrests and surveillance on workers students and poor people. Apec only aim is to sell out people and harm Natural Resources and indigenous people. In the guise of neo liberal policy to uplift women and stem or Free Trade Agreements it means to advance Technology Used to surveill and target activist in the philippine and exploit Worker Rights. I urge you to reallocate the 10 million to Community Service and paying workers livable wages to make city college run efficiently and that you protect our rights to protest leading up to apec. People over profit, no to apec. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Hello. My name is [indiscernible] i am a proud palestinian indigenous what we see today and also had the pleasure to work with inFilipino Community center and student at usf. The last couple weeks i witnessed the horrific site forcebly removing houseless people off the street. Seen displacement of folks happen all around the world now. Attacks on [indiscernible] the west bank and occupied parts of the [indiscernible] we know israel. This is not only an issue that effects citizens and businesses in the city but around the world. I see what you prioritize here. You have a decision to make. Are you going to continue to let profit be over people or going to protect your people . Let this money be used for good to get folks rehabilitated and get in a environment where they dont have to fare for their lives and dont have to worry where the next meal is going to go. Ill leave you with a decision, are you going to put people first or will you continue tolet billionairs to pull your strings . Dont forget that the power is with the people and we will prevail. The best form of [indiscernible] is using your voice. We will find a wie to prevail because i come from the people who use the rebel of demolished houses to fight back. [indiscernible] we in america who aided the terrorist attacks all over palestine we see you aiding these billionairs and starting to put thatstart putting that money to the community. I come with folk s that work tirelessly to take care of members of their communities that dont have the ability the privilege to focus on thank you for your comments. [speaking in the background] thank you. Speaker time concluded. Next speaker. Thank you for your comments. Can we hear from our next speaker, please . It is on. Good evening board of supervisors. My name is cia a City College Student in the excelsior are district. [indiscernible] Filipino Youth organization in district 11. Only a few months ago [indiscernible] in regards to the budget. London breed cut funds for service for education, child care, housing to increase the Police Budget to protect these billionairs for a whole week. The 10 million london breed is fund raising shouldnt go to hosting apec that in the end isnt for working people rchlt the apec meeting is accessible for working people especially working women. The choice by the billion air can [indiscernible] push for more people, especially women like nurses to leave their homes and force to learn how to survive somewhere else while supporting families back home. We deserve the right to speak about the struggle of our people and fear about how apec effect our families here and back in our homelands. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello board of supervisors. My name is christine and today will read a letter from kristen [indiscernible] the coowner of [indiscernible] based in district 6 and operation will be severely impacted by the apec summit. Today our team is writing to wholeheartedly endorse connie chans resolution to provide vital support to our Small Businesses during the summit. Our Small Businesses have been through trials in recent times many say are intensity and pace impossible to process. The pandemic inflicted economic blows many are still struggling to recover from. The Small Businesses demonstrated adaptability they showcase and generosity they provide despite the loss is nothing short of remarkable. There is reason Small Businesses stuck it out to care for their teams. Small business care for their city and defend the city from all the criticism and doom loop headlines. These businesses are confronted with a multifaceted crisis and this selfinflicted by our beloved cities and told to make the most of it. As we prepare for the apec summit which is less then 3 weeks away and with no clarity, we must acknowledge the disruption it will bring that threatens to tip the balance for these Small Businesses. The additional strain of road closures [indiscernible] exacerbate the fragile situation many of them find themselves in. As we have checked with other Small Businesses it is difference between survival and bankruptcy. What troubles is they are asking to do so while cutting off acsess to regular local Customer Base and access to Third Party Platform delivery drivers, door dash, uber eats, corporate catering. Amount to 40 percent of the total revenue stream. The city comments apec only effect for 72 hours is a gross misrepresentation. While the convention is 3 days, the set up and take down of the perimeter limit traffic to area for minimum of 5. To operate for 5 days with minimal access to Customer Base while accruing normal rent cost and retaining staff hurt our businesses significantly. For the many soma businesses struggling the past few years and already behind in rent to the landlord it could be a potential death blow. While the world is watching, the city needs to show it will support the pillars of our community in our time of need with as much vigorwe support today resolution to subsidize Small Business owners. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is [indiscernible] someone born and raised in San Francisco by filipino immigrants im here to express support for supervisor chan resolution and here as a climate organizer that supports Grassroots Movement concern td about the harmful impact as relates to Climate Justice locally and globally. Our freedom to move around the city as you heard today has been directly impeded by the International Conference that plans to negotiate agreements on trade. Which just exist as a way to consolidate power within big businesses, take away power from the community and turn Vulnerable Countries into servants of large corporations. Trade agreements have done and continue to do harmful things like preventing pay raises for workers, overruling local and environmental regulations and their ability to transition away from polluting Industries Like fossil fuels. Similar to what nafta did in the 90 which my generation will deal with for the rest of our lives, the framework known as [indiscernible] being negotiated at apec will set finding rules governing 40 percent of the Global Economy and will have major impacts on climate policy, Worker Rights and more for decades to come. Past trade deals have all most always been horrible for workers and communities and the planet. It is textbook green washing to promote Sustainable Future for all when under the glitter and goal big oil and industries granted special power within trade agreements to attack developer nations sovereignty and environmental movements. My home town in heart of San Francisco thank you for your comments. Lets hear from our next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is jaime, tenderloin resident and member of [indiscernible] speaking in support of the resolution on prioritizing and protecting impacted communities through apec summit. We are told apec will bring prestige to the city. A city that know how to take care of people not just [indiscernible] where our elders and people with disabilities live in peace, not worry about their next meal and well taken care of even when hundreds are located in the center where National Security event takes place while having Small Business able to thrive in it. A city where robust system that house the homeless and people with Addictions Health needs are met rather then politicize and people criminalized. There is a police force that fulfills its job and oath rather then politicizing policies to hold it accountable and not lose job because of extra paperwork or focus in protecting the wealthy. A city with clean streets and sidewalk free of urine feces and garbage. [indiscernible] doing things shortterm for foreigners and corporations visiting for a week. Apec represents being internally grateful for [indiscernible] have their chump change [indiscernible] rather then payer fair share to address problems resulted from and exacerbated by massive income inequality. Rather then saying golden peace, iron in war the moto should say, gold for the wealthy [indiscernible] if you want to change that ethos, you can support this resolution. Thank you for your time and resolution. No apec funds. My name is [indiscernible] work at dolores street with the sf Island Network a San Francisco immigrant legal. In support of connie chans proposal to move the 10 million earmarked for security and over policing to Community Services. [indiscernible] include 12 different organizations that work with Community Service and education as well as direct Legal Service and can tell you every single one of them tells me they are at capacity. And we repeatedly ask for more funds for direct services, dolores street Community Service recently had to cut our Food Distribution programs and think interesting when the city prioritizes certain activities they can find the funds internally and externally, so i do believe this is the least the city could do. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors. Robin here, urt the year resident of hayes valley following up on supervisor prestons comments earlier today with the mayor to urge the city to move forward with the development of Affordable Housing on former central free way lot on parcel k. That development is installed for all most 20 years since the freeway came down in 2003. A little background, in 1999, after several years of ballot measures, voters approved proposition i put on the ballot by supervisor [indiscernible]. Called for the replacement of central free way and mandated housing, much affordable be constructed on 22 former freeway parcels. Since then, much of the promised Housing Development has occurred, however decades later several parcels along the east side remain empty, in some cases garbage and lined with encampments. The mayor office of housing controls those parcel. Include parcel k purchased in 2005 by former San Francisco Redevelopment Agency with Affordable Housing funds. Several months ago, mayor office announced some time in august an rfq would be issued for development of Affordable Housing there, but unknown reasons that has been put on hold. The Affordable Housing crisis looms more acute and the city falls behind on the housing goals. Parcel k could support all most 100 Housing Units. It is ready to go. So few available sites, it is astounding the construction of Affordable Housing didnt occur there long ago and shamefully embarrassing it continues to be delayed. Im here today to urge you to join colleague supervisor preston, convene a hearing to press the mayor office to honor the San Francisco voters and expedite parcel k. Thank you very much. Thank you robin. Our next speaker. My name is andrew signer, resident of district 5 and live in hayes valley and also here to advocate for development of Affordable Housing on parcel k also known as proxy. Couple months ago, myself and neighbors realized the timeline of that project is at risk and motivated some to create a group called hayes valley fl all and start petition to ask the mayor office of Housing Community development to move the project. Since then gotten over 450 signatures in about 2 months and there is a lot of enthusiasm in the neighborhood for this. We feel like we called ourselves hayes valley for all nots because we want hayes valley for all people, but think we can have all things. We think it is false choice between public space for people, retail and housing what is there now is a coffee shop i go to all most every day. Ioacan get ice cream, there is a gym, juice shop. These are all things that can be exist in a Affordable Housing complex. Myself, i live on parcel h. Developed mostly market rate about 10 years ago. The only reason i can afford there because i worked in the right industry and just the right time. A Lottery Ticket like that should not be the price of admission to our neighborhood. We are in a had crisis. Please keep the pressure up until people that live work in hayes valley can afford to live in hayes valley. Please keep the pressure up. Thank you so much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is natalie burdick, a twechbl year neighbor in hayes valley and San Francisco taxpayer and voter and going to read the statement into the public record. Our housing shortage hurts our residents. Our economy, our communities. The shortage wasnt createdane year and will be solved in that short a time. But, we have to act with a sense of urgency to make fundamental changes to meet our ambishish housing goals to allow 82 thousand new homes to be built in the next 8 years. To be fair, that is not my statement. Those are not my words, however, i wholeheartedly agree with them and i hope that you do as well. In truth, these are mayor breeds words. She shared them when she gave a 3 month update on her housing for all executive directive. Yet, despite this directive as we heard, there is a site that was already owned by the city. There is a site that was already approved for Affordable Housing going back as far as 1999 and this site despite that has no timeline for building up to a hundred Affordable Housing units and adding more much needed public open space. The Mayors Office of Housing Community development missed the deadline to act with urgency. It was a deadline they set in august but today we have no idea when or if they will start that rfq process. When mayor breed issued housing for all directive, she challenged all city departments with the responsibility for achieving the goals of the San Francisco Housing Element. As a hayes valley residents along with 450 of my neighbors, im here simply to urge the city to do what the mayor has already directed. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. We have a number of housing Affordable Housing buildings in the impact zone. We have 800 residents within a block of moscone. I work for these residents. They are seniors all over 60, most over 80. They are very worried right now. What i can tell you is the information that has been pumped out, there is a lot of it. I was in manila in november 1996 when they were holding the apex summit there. And ial