Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Budget And Finance Committee 20221101

And Public Comment prosecute voiding Remote Access via phone. The board recognized Public Access is essential. First Public Comment on each item on the agenda those in person and will be allowed speak and those on the phone line. For those watching channels 26, 28, 78 or 99 and will sfgov. Org the public upon comment call in number is yosz the screen 4156550001. That is 4156550001. And enter the id of access code 2491 103 2787. When connected you will hearting discussions but muted and listening mode only. When your item come up those in person should line up to smeek and those on the phone dial star 3. If you are on your phone turn down year tv. Each speaker will be allowed 2 minutes to speak. You may submit comment in the writing e mail them to myself the budget and finance committee clerk. If you submit by e mail tell be forwarded to the proirzs and include as part of the official file and send written commentsus postal to city hall. Itemings acted upon will appear on the board supervisors agenda of november first unless otherwise stated. Thank you, can you read item one. Item 1. Is an ordinance amending the program established number 14321 upon waiving permit license and Business Registration fees for accidents retroactive december 21st to extend it through june 30 of 23. Increase the gross receipts per missable for a business to qualify for tax and fee waiver from 2 to 5 million and buildingses located on the grounds floor the business types covered from commercial businesses and planning code categories to all commercial businesses extend refunds a year from the date of payment. The procedure for challenging tact collector determinations improperly waived and gross represents above the waiver would be revoke friday 10 million to 15 million and calendar year of or any calendar year during the 3 years following. The date of business commenced businesses within San Francisco are open a new Business Location for commercial use and other reporting changes defined. Member who is wish to comment call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 press star 3 to enter the spoeshg line when you have been unmuted that is time to begin comments. Thank you. So much we heard this item last week well is no further questions we can open up for Public Comment. Minutes who wish to speak and join nothing person should lineup. Listening remote call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 press star 3 to enter the queue. You are in the queue wait until you have been unmuted that is your queue to begin comments. No in person speeshs in the chamber. Unmute our caller. Im here to do Public Comment related to [inaudible] activities. Thank you that is the wrong item that is item 7 if you could wait on the line we will get to this shortly. And press star 3 to go back to the speaker queue until we call that item. We have no speakers. Public comment is closed i like to sends this to the full board with period recommendation. To forward tht full board with recommendation vice chair safai. Aye. Member chan. Aye. Chair ronen. Aye. We have 3 ayes. Can you read item 2. Item 2. A resolution approving a lease amendment from january first of 23 to the date 5 years after tenant improvements for 75,000 square feet at 1390 Market Street fox plaza and llc lands lord for use by office of the City Attorney. At an initial annual rent of 5 million with 3 increases thereafter and city contributing 1. 6 million and approving the use a portion of the premesis for a childcare service. Members who are joining us and wish to comment on this exalt 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 press star 3 to enter the queue. A prompts will indicate you raised your hand when you have been unmuted that is your queue to begin comments. Thank you, we heard this item last week is there anything new to report . Not unless there are questions. I dont think so. Good afternoon chair ronen, the City Attorneys office. I quick leapmented address the budget implications for our office of the 5 year term versus the proposed 10 year term. You may recall under the 10 year term the lefthand side lord would pay the cost of improvements. There is a policy preference wore happy to support at the board for a 5 year term. Because the landlord conditionaled the city is absorbing 1. 6 million of those costs they are not in our budget i wanted make sure haeveryone upon understood we dont Vice President that money now and work with the Budget Office the board legislative analyst and the board and will need your support to have funding included in our budget for hes legally required costs. Thank you. And for the publics knowledge we discuss third degree last week but we thank you is the right direction to go because we believe that office price will come down and so we will get a better deal in the second 5 years and safety city money correct we are happy to work with the board and support the 5 year lose we want top make sure everyone is on the same page with the budget. Absolutely. Im explaining why we incur an expense in order to save money later mr. Clerk, open for Public Comment. Members who wish to speak are joining us in person lineup now. For those remote call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 and press star 3 to enter the queue. No in person in the chamber we have no speakers on the line Public Comment is closed. Supervisor safai you want to dot honors. Sends this to the full board as amended with positive recommendation. Eyes wide open. Yes. Motion vice chair ka safai to forward to the full board safai. Aye. Member chan. Aye. Chair ronen. Aye. That passed unanimously yoochl mr. Clerk read item 5 out of orderive want to accommodate a member of the staff member of the department. Yes, item 5, ordinance amending the administrative code to exempt from Property Taxation Real Property at 1,000 or less and [inaudible] interest valued 4,000 or less beginning in the 2023 to 24 assess am year. Members who are joining remote, call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 and press star 3 to enter the queue. Thank you. I believe lauren is here to discuss this item . Hi. Hello. Good afternoon chair robe sxen supervisors im lauren and im the property tax manager in the office of the treasurer and tax collector. Im joined by amanda freed and holly long from the assessor office. The legislation today seeks approval for exemption for Real Property and interest free. And improve government efficiency and modest cost savings. Exempt all Real Property 500 or less and interest parcels 4 thoungdz or less. Would apply to future bills and not retroactive. The board supervisors is authorized to create an exemption for Real Property under the code. Currently, San Francisco has a low value ordinance exemption for business personal property there is no low value exemption for Real Property or interest. Cam pairing almeida sets Real Property low value 10 thousand dollars. San ma teo 7, 500 and santa clara 5 thousand dollars. For interest alameda and san clairea at 10 thousand dollars. We are seeking this authorization collection of tax on low value parcels is ensive and complex. A share of ordinance of low value Real Property at 500 or less, dont pay property tax bills. If the 500 low value exemption in place for the 2022 auction the city would have saved 138, 460 in auction costs alone. The annual revenue from low value bill system inskew. The last fiscal and loss of city wide parcel tax revenue distributed to the tax recipients. 176 thousand dollars in current collected parcel tax monies been of which 153, 847 is parcel tax ref now. Share said our analysis and legislation with sfusd and supportive of this ordinance. They do element the loss of revenue they note it is small amount compared to what will be collected by on behalf of sfusd. Over all eliminating bills under the 500 result in a cost savingses of 16 thousand dollars annually a low value threshold is revenue newt roll and make operations efficient e eliminating staff time on assessment, appeals and evaluation. Thank you and im happy to take questions you may have. Thank you. Supervisor safai thank you. Supervisor stefani is in the able to be present today. And she is asked that we maker a small minor amendment on page 2 line 23 we delete the word thousand and replace with 500. Lease agreement with a vender and the revenue we generate friday that we pay a dollar amount of tax depending on the rate of the tax is this correct . Yes. Holly . Is that established and set up good afternoon chair ronen. Member chan, this is hole from the assessors office. Thank you for your question n. Last few years we done improvements to the interest program. We have reached out to over 39 diameters and city agencies and state sfusd to better understand the interest like so possess real interests is created when real estate that is owned by Government Agency is used by a private entity or individual for exclusive use. Golden gate park there is food or boat births or leased will government land. We would work with the city departments to identify who is released holder and value that present value to that lease holder yoochl that means that for example i understand for exam the boat lake has the vend and they are permanent low, there are food trucks that will pop up permitted operating Civic Center Plaza or golden gate park. Do we collect the tax from those they are not permanent but permitted for the longterm but not lease agreements . Correct we have 2700 acountses and we are diligent low working with the agencies to discover more. In the event when we wave these exempt these which i understand the costs is costs us more than when we bring in it does not make sense and have cost saving for sure n. Upon event that any of the pearls and is think there are 415 parcels . Under interest we have 120. And so if we waist possess real Tax Collections how do we go back in the events they do the eligible for high amount or. Exempts them does not mean we dont assess them. We will identify them and assess them in annually and determine if they are under the 4 thousand dollars threshold. Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. Can we open this up for Public Comment. Why ychls member who is wish to speak are join nothing person lineup and speak. Remote call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 and press star 3 to enter the queue. Hey. My name is jessica. I am licensed major and family therapist at the institute. And i i am openly jessica you are giving Public Comment on the wrong item you are item 7. If you could stay on the line and item 6 stay on the line and press star 3 we will hear from you shortly. Yes. And we have no more speakers. Public comment is closed roll call on supervisor safais amendment yes. On the amendment offered by vice chair safai safai. Aye member chan. Aye. Chair ronen. Aye 3 ayes great this. Is not substantive or its less than the original so. Deputy City Attorney, no it is not substantive i want to claire fight amendment circumstantial lited you will of you you acted on replaced thousand with 500 where it exists in the legislation not in one spot i want to make that clear thank you. Do you want to do. Sure. Anywhere the word thousand is strike with the word we needed to say that to clarify. City attorney just did. Okay. Forward this item as amended to the full board with positive recommendation. On that motion to forward with positive recommendation as maemdzed vice chair safai aye joovm chan. Aye. Ronen. Aye. Mr. Check read item 3 y. Item 3, is a resolution approving a professional Services Agreement for airport contract shuttle bus searchses the San Francisco airport between sfo hotel inc. And the city and county acting by and through the Airport Commission not to exceed 72. 6 million for 5 years to commence on board approval pursuant to the charter. Members who wish to comment call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 , press star 3 to enter the queue. I know mrs. Bullock is on the line. Good afternoon. Thank you with the airport. The airports seek approval to award a contract with sfo hotel to operate Shuttle Bus Services not to exceed amount of 72 million sick 12,000418 for 5 years the airport will terminate current contract with the Effective Date of the new contract this. Is result of a competitive request for proposal process and sfo Hotel Shuttle the existing provider deemed the highest scoring responsible proposer. The Airport Shuttle bus Service Provide connections for customers sch employees between the terminal and various ping areas. It include bus service with term untils and remote aircraft park on the field. Ferry docks and transit hubs. Contract allows expansion was service to include new routes connects the airport to other locations the operator would collect passenger fees recommends approval and im happy to answer questions along with my colleagues of operations airport service. Thank you. Why thank you. The bla . Item low is a resolution approve a mule contract with the airport and sfo shuttle. The contract has a 5 year term not to exceed 72. 6 million. Shuttle service between employee parking lots cover air train when it is down. To pick airport staff fruhayward and castro to air field bugs the airport may add routes to western San Francisco to cover system over night when not running or sa lono for airport staff. We showed the budget for this agreement on page 15 and skaevent report and recommend approval. Thank you. There are no questions can we open up to Public Comment . Members of the public who wish to speak and join nothing person lineup now. For those remote call 4156550001, access code 2491 103 2787 and enter star 3 to enter the queue. I will start your time. Kim. San francisco Labor Council irrelevant believe that this is going to be a union shot, i believe teamsters 885 and 665 in negotiations with this company we believe these will be high road jobs with real benefits, good pay and pensions. Which is important to the workers. Thank you. Thank you. Seeing no further speakers here do we have, no. We have no one in the queue Public Comment is closed. Motion to sends this not board with positive recommendation. On that motion, vice chair safai aye. Member chan. Aye. Chair ronen. Aye. We have 3 ayes. Mr. Clerk, item 4. Resolution retroactive leave approving an agreement with department of Public Health and California Health Care Services to provide Substance Use services not to exceed 248. Sick million a 7 year term of july first it would have through june 30 of 27 and enter in amendments or modifications to the agreement prior to the final execution to all parties. Are necessary for the purposes of the agreement or resolution. Member who is are joining remote and wish to comment call 4156550001, access code 2491 103 2787 and press star 3 to enter the queue. Provide Health Services and get reimbursed up to 248 Million Dollars over 5 years. The range of Services Covered by ods includes out patient treatment. Treatment, intensive out patient. Residential with drawl and recovery service. Thats all i have. Thank you. Thank you, any questions, clothes supervisor safai. I have a question regarding contingancey management is that allowed yes. New initiative coming up soon. Can you talk about that . 3 providers are selected provide services. And i can get back and provide more. You know the size of the amount of money that will be allocated toward that . No, i dont have that information off hand. Okay. That would be good to know. For the public p management is a form of management with success stance abuse working with people through a rewards system to ensure they are staying clean and sober from drugs. Something that has been upon used more widely in the state not widely here in San Francisco. It has been disallowed part of medical services but the law was changed to allow for that. Correct. 3 Agencies Program it is will be part of this pilot to serve 280 clients in the first year. That will be good. How many clients do you anticipate serving . Over the 5 year period with quarter of a billion dollars across the range of service about 8,000 counts of clients in the prior years. Looking each year ahead 8,000 times 5 is ash stance based treatment allowed yes y. Completely clean, sober environment. Correct. Can you talk about a couple of the organizations or upon entities you work with that do this treatment. I will electric that up and get back. Good to think. Wanted get haon the record. The majority of this money passing through d ph or straight to the organizations that we contract to provide the services. The funding guess through the d. Public health and get reimbursed from the state. And then the d. Public health contracts with nonprofit its provide the services. Correct. And so just d ph do that on reimbursement basis or grant basis . How does that payment for the services occur . So depending on the contract arrangement set up fee for service or cost reimburse am. Jot reason i ask is because in my conversation with prc big are place about sort of what lead to the melt down. They explained that previously they had a contract with the city to provide Substance Abuse care the city reimbursed them 100 when drug medical came they had to switch to drug medical for payment of services and the amount money they received went down. If this money flows throughout city then we should be aware of you know an additional and the payment that went to them i did not realize the medical money flows throughout city. Jot funds flows through the city we set up contracts with providers. Provide them throughout process and proposes the budget and the damage is broken down nushgs nits of services and become you to reemburgs them accordingly. Okay that is interesting. I did in the understand that until now. Will have more questions about what happened then with big are place. But for now that does not impact this contract. Supervisor safai helpful to have a list of the providers to pass through straight from your department to list of nonprofits good to know which are getting this money. Yea. We can provide a list what agencies are funded through. The various service and what performance standards are going into this work. You say 8,000 duplicated clients over 5 years for quarter of a billion dollars. Big questions weure asked consistent low is if we are giving the money what are the standards of adequate and giving money to organizations consistently. It would be good to have that information as you come forward asking you to approve this scale of a contract as well as the will names of the organizations that are doing the new work. Do you have a complete break down or can your department provide a break down and provide contract performance objectives identified in the contracts. Along with the provider scores, and explain why this is retroactive im sure this was rewarded on a time bases and we get it now temperature is july 1 of this year we are novelty that far behind. Gi appreciate that the agreement came from the state in august to us. And worked as fast as possible to guest to todays hearing y. Would be good for your Department Top provide that information between now and when we vote on this at the board. I like that information. Normally i say i dont want to hold thumb it is Grant Funding but better to have a lot of the questions asked answered before we approve this Going Forward colleagues may have the same questions at the full board. Im happy with allow thanksgiving to move forward today but i would ask that you all. Provide that information. Am if we see red flags or have questions we mighted make a motion to continue it at the full board. And i will follow up with my colleagues thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Clerk open this up for Public Comment. Why members who wish to speak on this item in person lineup now. Joining remote call 4156550001, access code 2491 103 2787 press star 3 to enter the queue. And madam chair we have no speakers on the line Public Comment is now closed. Like to make a small amendment it it is a clerical error to the title page 1 line 6. Replace 7 years to with a 5 year term. And then id like to make a motion to send the item to the full board with positive recommendation if we could have roll call. On that motion to amend the resolution to 6 the 7 year term it 5 throughout and to forward this resolution to the full board positive recommendation vice chair safai aye. Member chan. Aye. Chair ronen. Ayech we have three ayes those motions pass unanimously. Mr. Clerk, since we will spend the bulk of the hearing on iteming 6 we have a short item i will call out of order so we can focus and finish. If you could call item 7 out of order. Yes, item 7, is a resolution retroactively the Public Defenders Office to extend a grant in the amount of 1 penalty 2 million from the california board of state and community corrections. To comply with penal code sections mandate to use the funds to support the resentencing of individuals march first of it would have through march first of 25. Members joining who wish to comment call 4156550001, access code 2491 103 2787 , press star 3 to enter the queue. I prompt the indicate you raised your hand when you have been unmuted that is your time to begin comments. Thank you. And Danielle Harris on the line. I am, hi. Hi. Welcome. Thank you. Glad to be here. Are you going to present on this item . I am, yes. Im ready thank you y. Go ahead. Great. Im Danielle Harris im with the San Francisco Public Defenders Office and have been since 1999. Im here to tell you a bit d about the freedom project at the Public Defenders Office the part of the office that has received the state grant we are here to talk about. Our finance manager jan lee is here on teams to answer technical questions that might come up. This item is considered retroactive we have already received appropriation authority through the aao process. This resolution since meet the grantos need for formal acceptance bypass the board. And making res row active alines it w. Budget authority to this resolution. Briefly about me 20 years i worked on cases in pretrial and trial face of the criminal legal system. Line attorney for 15 years and 5 years supervisoring the line attorneys handling felony case. I seen things overnight last 23 years. Perhaps the most rewarding work i have done admit past 3 years. Once we started the freedom project. In 2019 the board gave funding to look in post conviction case. What the freedom project was. And to identify people who are eligible resentencing in one form or another. Overnight last 4 years the state legislator has expanded opportunity for people serving long prison terms to either show that their conviction was unjust or that they are so far from the person they were at the time of the conduct, that further imprisonment no longer serves its purposes. The legislator strengthened the laws based on a large benefitted research. Showing that many folk in prison dont represent a serious risk anymore. And that their imprisonment some degree more harm than good to communities. We show that long sentences dont serve the deterrents goal we might hoped they would. Have hoped they would. And also that 75 of crime victims support reducing sentences for folk who is are now deemed to be low risk and many of the folk in our prisons are of an age where we than criminal conduct is reduced. We show that it would will am reduces after age 40 and more after age 50. Thankful locality legislator did not only pass the lus creating opportunities it also appropriated money to the cause. Last year 50 Million Dollars was allocated state wide to public defenders and other offices in every county. Around the state. That includes the 1. 2 million that has been given to us for this first year and expected to come for 2 additional years. 3 year total. And it will going to the Public Defenders Office and to the bar association. It is san fran bar association. The public defender hiring a lawyer, paralegal, 2 social work and ares the money to support the work through hiring of experts and equipment and things that our clients need when they do come out of prison. Currently, there are 600 people serving prison time from commitments in sentences from San Francisco. Of those folks 56 are serving life sentence. And just under 50 are age 55 or older. Many of the people we represent are folks in 50s and 60s and some in 70s. Who are convicted as minors or young adults in the 70ss and 80s 90s. These are folk who iss children are in their 30s and 40s and have no memory of their parents except in prison. Grand kids have never seen them in person. Yet suffer generational trauma come with having a parent who grew up with incars ritted parent. In 3 year the freedom picture helped 66 people find a path to freedom. And i want to emphasize our work does not end when we see client come out of prison. Social workers help people plan for reent reand well for them every step of the way to sfil fill in the shameful gaps that exist. Folks come out of prison with no identification. No medical. No other benefits. No case manager to help them navigate. They come out with a parole agent who is more interested in seems more interested in watching for problems that than in ensuring there are not any. Our commitment is to review each of these case individually in order to assess whether they qualify urn the new laws passed. Our commitment is to each family to bring their mom home and dad home and grand ma or grandz dad and our commitment to San Francisco ensure we do our part to undot damage that mas incarceration done to our communities. Thank you. Thats all i have peeps. Evereverprepares. I would longer to a cosponsor. Open up for Public Comment. Yes, on noted. Members of the public wush to speak joining in person line up to speak for those lynching remote call 4156550001, access code 2491 103 2787 and press story 3 to enter the queue. Unmute our caller. Is there a caller on the line . Do we have other speakers . I dont have no speakers. Public comment is closed. I want to thank mrs. Harris for her work sxendz this to the full board with positive recommendation. On that motion to forward this to the full board, vice chair safai. Aye member chan. Aye chair ronen. Aye. That motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Mr. Clerk long last read item 6. Yes. Item 6 a hearing to discuss employee wages and benefits at the Felton Institute received 20 million from the city and the Operational Impact of labor disruptions on employees and social service at the institute. Members who are joining remote and wish to comment on the hearing call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 and press story 3 to enter the queue. I. To thank supervisor melgar for joining us and i will turn it over to you to manage and conduct this hearing. Thank you, so much chair robe sxen colleagues, thank you for hear thanksgiving item. We are hear today to hear from workers and the administration about the immunization and negotiation uppers at the Felton Institute provides Mental Health and social services and treatment that transform lives with emphasis on the needs of underserve the communities including families with below the Poverty Level and disabilities. And provides early care and Education Programs and assists pregnant and parenting teens. We are not here to criticize or scrutinize this work had is institution the purpose of this hearing is to prosecute mote good faith negotiations by both parties restoring the positive working relationship that existed and ensuring the needs are met for workers, organization and the communities served by felton without interruption. We have invited representatives from seiu10 between who are finalizing a contract with the Felton Institute. We will be hearing from workers at the Felton Institute who are not represented by the union. And also will from management. We have the department of early care here on stand by as well. We see funding from the city and county of San Francisco. Most of the funding from government, and including abc fund and we all. At work on getting upon fund its make sure we have this very important need met in our city for universal childcare. We have the right and the duties of inquiry to why these negotiations are not going well. My goal is to expose the sticking points and see if we get everyone back to the table to negotiate in good faith and ensurety communities that benefit from the Services Provided by the Felton Institute continue to receive the service uninterrupted. The Previous Union contract has already lapsed. And so we are here, we need a speedy resolution. First up we will have brendon dawkin the Vice President of organizing for 1021. He will share his time with [inaudible] the field rep for the felton organizing. And they have slides i believe. And we will also hear from workersch mr. Dawkins, come up you have 5 minutes. Good upon afternoon everybody im brandon dawkince the Vice President of organizationing local 1021. I wanted open it up by you know, introducing had and saying that just asking the question of is Felton Institute Union Busting on the taxpayers dime . Just a brief over view Felton Institute workers have been providing crucial Mental Health and social services to the bay areas note vulnerable members. Years of short staffing. Lack of support. Bully and low pay for front line staff lead to turn over and burn out. All which impacted cline services at the 2730 bryant street location, which some of the workers joined the union in 2011. But now the rest of the workers are organizing to join the union and fight to improve working conscience. They have been met with bullying, harassment and unfair labor practices. So you know that some of you may or may not know represents 30 nonprofit in San Francisco. Our members fought and won strong contracts attract and retain talented workers. We our members work including tenderloin housing clinic. Project open hand, home rise, institute on aging, conread house, Charity Cattle like charities, hyde street clinic. Larkin street youth services. With hasaid i want to bring up hector who is the field represent for the organized workers at felton. Hector . Good it afternoon. Im hexer and im union rep over at the branch felton that we represent at bryant street. Where majority of the workers are women. Most are prepare of color special a longer latin x presence at this Mission Neighborhood facility. Some employees are former program participates and people who have graduated. From the service that felton provides. Currently we are burglaring a successor contract the original contract expired on june 30. And at the request of felton we extended september 30. Felton did not agree on schedule bargaining until assessment. And bargaining is in the a short process. With that, feltom with held impelementing the prop baby xrshgs Wage Initiative to our representative bargaining unit. And has impelemented the Wage Initiative as of september 30 under the same organization. The union would not impose the implementation of the prop and we would welcome it. In the former contract that we had managed signed a legal low binding agreement to remain neutral over or Union Organizing and agreed to not discourage unionization they have done the opposite. On top of that, we have file aid litany of labor practices i have copies for you to electric look at. Things you finds in the unfair labor practice practice include calling the police on our organized Union Members for having a lunchtime roll tow kickoff bargaining. Terminating and threatening employees and threatedning with discipline. Coercing and questioning. Approximate worse of all. Surveying employees filming employees, taking down names, that is under the Union Activities that we have. From heril pass it over to my clothe who will peek about our organizing efforts. Good afternoon. Im an organizer have the privilege to organize with the workers who are Front Line Work and w through the pandemic. And just as my colleague mentioned over 10 unfair labor charges against felton while felton management gets a cash amount they pay themselves. Makes over 300 thousand dollars. At the same time employees are not getting funds buzz they are union mean there is are felton workers earning 18 dollars an hour above minimum wage who should earn 28 or more thats a bit behalf is going of tell is shame to feel have a Nonprofit Organization mistreat their workers. Verbally assault their team members because they want a union and rights to be protected this is in the how kidnap nonprofit should act they are receiving public commends. I will pass it off to workers we have Courtney Loraine current employee staff. Thank you so much loraine and carol, i want to acthank you is a difficult thing to come forward and speak about this. And im glad you are here. Thank you. Thank you for hosting. Im courtney a clinical case manager at felton for 4 years and intensive methal health programful issues with safety and turn over i started talk with coworkers about forming a union couple years ago. Since we went problem in december of 21 felton intimidate and bullying me and cowork who is support union. Violated legal obligation tree at the time with neutrality. Discourage us from signing authorization cards and talking to Union Arrangements they calleds thugs and outside agitators and imposing on operations we care passionate low about our clients and the programs this support them. Liz the head of hr told me im not allowed talk to coworkys about union without consulting hr and told others they cannots post union flyers in public space. Illegally attended a general organizing meeting on zoom using a false name and airlift cowork are active in the chat was fear the of january 27 i handed out flyers on public property and i was threatened with a call to police. Felton managers called police on other occasions and my coworkers exercise their rights. This is a gross misuse of city resources and intimidation made my coworkers afraid to acknowledge support for the union public low. In april when i was requesting disability accommodations related an illness hr referenced my Union Involvement a reason for additional documentation from doctors making me afraid frilled Lose Health Insurance while i was sick because i care about my job to advocate. Using public money to trample on my rights and it needs to stop. Thank you. Do we have mrs. Carol . Hi. Thank you for hole thanksgiving hearing i appreciate temperature im mei work for the Felton Institute theom buds man program for elder live nothing nursing hopes and assisted living. I cover 25 facility its is a lot. I have a masters in jeern to and worked for felton for 8 years i earn 65 thousand dollars a year in San Francisco does not go far. When the pandemic hit, we had people in Nursing Homes who had covid. Did in the know who was positive or negative. No vaccine. Activelies a stressful time going in facilities and talking to people and finding out later they had covid and you had no vaccine or a way to protect yourself except your mask. And in 2021 i asked for a raise after this happened i was told there was no way i could because there was no monnet budget. I irrelevant liked felton and work thering i wanted to be fairly compensated i feel the union might be helpful. There are a couple thank yous we are asking to hold felton accountable to follow the current agreement 1021 and including honor the neutrality agreement and felton to return to the table in a timely manner and burglar in good faith. And ensure felton respects the rights of workers to organize under the labor relation act if they are to receive funds from this city of San Francisco. Thank you for listening. Thank you so much, mrs. Carol. I appreciate that. Next up colleagues we want to hear from felton manage and want they could not be here present in person we do have Sarah Richardson bake are director of Communication Community engagement at the Felton Institute on [inaudible] can you confirm she is here with us . There she is. Hello. Thank you. Mrs. Baker. Good to see you good to see you as well. I the start when we are ready. Go ahead. Okay. To the members of the board of supervisors im Sarah Richardson baker. Im sorry hold on. This is in the part of her presentation i believe this is part of cius presentation go ahead. Sorry. This is felton management. Correct. Yes. Great. So im sarah baker im happy to be here director of communication at felton and thank you for allowing me to make this statement on behalf of gill befrment feltons president and ceo. Accept this statement enemy lieu of a personal appearance at the informational hearing. Since 971021 represented 55 of felton 500 employees. In 2 of feltons promise. Felton prides itself on a projune, proemployee organization. We had a great relationship 1021 for the past 25 yoors. During these years and currently we adhereed all obligations including a check card new talitity cause a new section felton am agreed to under our contract. We support the arrive felton employees to organize form a union, join a union and engage in activities. All of feltons executive and Leadership Teams hold progressiveville and respect employee rights. Also for the last 25 years during felton relationship, feltons Leadership Team remained consistent. This long standing Leadership Team considers 1021 a partner in addressing the needs of unionized employees. I am pleased report that there has been no labor disruptions ever in the history of felton. Over the last few months 1021 made concerning allegations regarding Felton Institute to the National Labor Relations Board and to members of the board of supervisors. However, it is not clear yet union has chosen it raise concern in tho this form and the not grievance process or negotiations or infurthermoral low with management or any of the other numerous opportunities there zb have been to community inform response to the hearing felton invested many hours meeting with each board of supervisor to astain concerns. And today im providing you an over view what we discussed seize thanksgiving opportunity for transparency of as part of check card clause over the last year were 1021 has been active leave organizing to obtain authorization cards from unrepresented felton employees. 1021 believes Felon Institute called the Sf Police Department on picketing activities. No one from Felton Institute called the police. Sfpd relayed the call was made by residents who is were frustrated with the noise and the disruptive activity near their homes. Despite financial limitations a electronicallyed the fact the majorities of felton funding come from budget allocations of the city and county of San Francisco over the last 5 years we increased all employee wages by over 25 . Last year alone employees received 8 to 10 increases agency wide. With regards to prop c compensation increases. When Union Negotiations wrap union staff will also receive their retroactive increase it july first. Feltons goal is get the deserved and much needed increases to our educators who have been waiting a language time to receive them. Given the public nature of the informational moring we are reiterating publicly we have not interrogates, cohearsed, questioned, surveilled, pressured, disciplined, terminated or threatened discipline any employee engage in the Union Organization activities t. Is important to note this if has not requested recognition as the booringing representative of any group of employees other than those that it representatives and made no representation to if he wanton about majority support among the groups of employees. It is 1021 Management Discretion to determine are had to call a membership enroll am vote. Our aim feltons aim is to focus on being a premiere organization providing High Quality Services to those in need and further from opportunity. We believe that 1021 and Felton Institute share the same goals doing right by employees, working and promoting labor piece. Felton continues to welcome an open discussion 1021. And at this time i will not be making further comments but thank you for your time. Just to be clear, are you not going to answer question sns is that what you that last statement was . Correct that is correct. Supervisor. No answering questions from us either. From any of the supervisors. Thats correct. Thats disappointing this is a hearing. We will be preparing a longer statement and packet that will be delivered to each supervisor today. But will address more than the 5 minute time. That we had that is disappointing there is no time limit on answering questions i have lots of questions for you most of my colleagues are you not empowered answer questions about the statement that you just made or any of the situations that have arisen . Not empowered we made a decision to read this statement and then open to meeting with each of you again after as we did before. I find that just totally unacceptable that is not that was not my understanding of what your role was in this hearing. This hearing is specifically to shed light on the situation. There are allegations that have been made. I understand this you made a statement but you know the goal as i told when you i met with you was to get to a place where we can have labor peace it does not seem by not engaging we can get to a place of understanding. We feel there will is labor peace. We have been at the table. Noeshth negotiations never stopped and so we feel it it is in our best interest to read the statement. Provide you all with a complete packet and go from there. I hope you will understand and respect. I understand this you think this it is in your best interest. I would dispute that others dont think have you labor peace and thats obvious from when we have heard today. Thank you for coming and reading the statement. Thank you. Okay. So. Colleagues. I think that you see that we dont have anyone to request from the administration but if you have questions specific low for the presenters for the organizationers or the. Wheys come before us. Now is the time to ask. Any questions, colleagues . Okay. Supervisor chan . Thank you. Chair ronen, i see that we should go to Public Comment and i thank you we should listen more from the workers. Does that mean that felton is no longer like will they be staying on line . For this or it seems felton is not prepared to make any further statements other than the statement they read in the record. Nor will they answer our questions nor address any of the things that you know the union or workers said despite stating that they are a proUnion Organization. Deeply concerning. And does not evidence good faith. In my book. So but that is where we are. Actual loyal i think that as a response speaks volume. About who they are. By not answering questions answer a lot of questions. So i look to chair robe tone help us facilitate the remaining of the hearing and look forward to hearing from the work and Public Comments and will have more comments after. Thank you. We are all speechless here. Felton does receive proirm funding from the city so to not answer questions from supervisors who make the funding decision is extraordinary. Im speechless myself i never seen this before. I will ask call on supervisor safai and then open to Public Comment. And then im sure there will be more questions after Public Comment. Why yes, thank you. Just looking at the list of departments the big one is department of public hasnt. May be are they here as well . They are not. We have the d. Early care. On stands by to answer questions. And provide a statement but you know they the department of early care provides funding for the units are represented by 1021 right the reason i asked i was assuming the ones not representatived in the d. Public health represent almost 50 more than 50 on 60 or 70 of funding felton gets. It would be helpful i,000 is the first time felton responsiblesed this. Approximate men we are not appropriated for this environment seems as though you were clear when your expectations were they made a concerted decision. We have the ability to continue this item. Yes. New date and get real clarity. I know you know how to handle it. I wanted put that on the record. Of i want to thank all the workers for coming out. I think that this board, this city the residence of San Francisco are supportive people having an opportunity to organize free and fair from intrefrns. I know from listening to the workers out there, making sure they are providing Tremendous Service this is is an important right they should be afforded and should feel confident and supported in that environment. Felton had counter statements that is why it is important to have them answer direct questions. Im at a loss for words. Would be great to have the opportunity top ask those questions. I will hundred it become over to supervisor melgar. Thank you for coming out and look forward to hearing on their experiences and understanding this organization will is a right that we encourage and i personal low have been involved in and stands by 100 . And than all my colleagues do. Lets i would like to go to Public Comment and hear. I wanted say a couple things. It is deeply disappointing and unexpect third degree folks from the administration will not be here to give the most basic answers to questions from this committee. I also. To set it in the context when we are trying to do in terms of recovering the pandemic. Of making sure that workers have a living wage. We are properly staffed and providing these essential service to most vulnerable. The childcare workers, we near a crisis in check in our city and country. This this it is most low female workforce. That is in the paid appropriate low for the very essential w they do for our society. And prospect c was passed by voters to do that. To which make sure this kweef have a workforce that is sustainable that can provide the services. It is inexcusable that those public monies have not gone to the workers in that in addition the excuse have been we have not sat with a union to negotiate this that is not necessary at all. And that the contract has been allowed to end without the bargain session being schedule by the employer. There are questions i have. You know in light of the statements presented that i would like to push becomes on. But we dont have that opportunity. We do have the opportunity to hear forecast worker. I think this is irrelevant important because this is a public setting and i want to make sure that peoples voices are heard. I doment to ask this at the end of this hearing supervisor ronen we continue this to the call the chair. And make sure that keep coming become to this issue until it is settled. So Felton Institute does receive about 30 Million Dollars a year in public money which is most of their funding and 20 of this is from us from the city of San Francisco. So i do think that we have a responsibility to make sure public monies used consistent with our have yous and they go toward serving the most vulnerable. With this if okay chair ronen lets go to Public Comment inths hear from folks here. Public sxhent now open members of public when wish to speak and are in person line up. Listening remote call 4156550001 then access code 2491 103 2787 and press story 3 to enter the queue. Upon ton wait for the system indicates you have been unmuted and that is your significant until to begin your comments when your red i will start your time hello. Im [inaudible]. I am a felton employee of 18 years. Im representing the half of the employees that could not be here but will be online when i heard about this organization erhave ptsd and hard feeling. Employees need to hear might have experience and there are 2 sides of every story. I reached out to the once organizing to let them know my spfrnls 2011 was the i was the first organizer to start the program at felton. A win win situation a night marry for me and others. I told i would be represented by union. Job was coverd and given raises. We were promised many things. After this is where the problems geoff begant management is in the there. I was not represented by the union when i was written up or demoted. Im going to e maim [inaudible] as well. Thank you thank you. Next speaker. Discipline she need an interceptor. We did not receive a request for service. I can upon translate for you. [speaking spanish]. I was a pioneer to start the youn at many years ago. But i was diselusioned by this union because they lack of responsiveness. They never respond to our phone calls and never came to talk to us. I was ready to start signing the documents with my co workers and then i thought they came to present themselves. But i was delusioned because during the pandemic they never presented themselves or came with coffee or do nuts to talk you to. They never came by with masks or ghag we needed during the pandemic and the felton management paying us and check in on us to make sure we were okay. Im no longer there. Thap is why i switched to a Different School that does not have a union. While they keep annoying my former coworkers, wanting them on join the union. And we me and 2 of my coworkers are all in agreement we dont want the union. Because they dont help us. They are here now they near negotiations when well is no negotiations they disappear. Thats all i have to add. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im james chung the political director. I wanted address the body and response to some of the statements or per of the statement that you know was begin you to by felton. I think the committee here saw an indication of the disrespectfulness we have seen. We yet to meet with al gilbert or yet to air the occurrence. Directly with the highest levels of manage examine remain stuck in unfruit will negotiations past june 30. Feltons claim they are meeting all Union Requirements and obligation system not true. Right. We are talking about 2 things we know they are in the bargain nothing good faith and they are not respecting the neutrality agreement. We see all this 18 Union Organizing activity. As surprise melgar specify when we move in the measure c they say we have to bargain again over all the wages and things we want this is in the true. We as a collective with meant supervisors here with labor, the clc special we move measure c to make sure it was to lift up those wages wic low as possible to get us competitive on the childcare service. And lastly i want to address the thing we are not asking for special treatment or Carte Blanche organizing but to have drks play out organizes are working hard. We think we have the number and if the company was not objecting and block the unions this would be a well represented and strong unit to improve the lives of the of folks and constituency that felton serves. Thank you. Why thank you. Next, speaker. Please. Good afternoon board supervisors iman an. And im a head teacher at bryant street. I have been with felton for 5 years special here to share my experience. On august 9 of 22 i experienced intimidation, harassment by our coo. That day we had staff developmentidate teachers from other centers came and payment in the trainings. One day prior to our supervisor in the afternoon told us we had to wear a felton uniform this was never the case when children are not in session we do free dress. Knowing we had a rally i brought my union shirt with me. Prior to training i was outside of the building wearing my union shirt. I was propped by the first time telling mow it wear nile felton shirt i will make sure i have it once i enter the building. As i centered i took off my union shirt and paymented on the trainings in the morning. When it hit lunch i put my union shirt on and went out and paymented with in our Union Activities. 8 minutes prior i wents in the build to use the strom and propped a second time. And asked me to take my shirt off. I heard the moment i did not responds she said ana take your shirt off. I said i heard you. I go up the stairs and noticed she was following me. I went to the top and took my union shirt off and noticed she behind me. I continue its take my shirt off and walked the training hall and she was not there at this moment i felt singled out harassd and followed. The following day august 10, i was propped by my supervisor telling me that she wanted to have a meeting with me. I asked for myune representative. Thank you sorry it cut you off everyone gets 2 minutes. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im employee worker preschooler. We are losing worker because they have taken over process as the felton wages this impacts our class and morals. Applying prospect c to nonemployee and the new by applying to learning union and new higher ticket. Keeping the new teacher without wages. We already dealing with a lot of stress in our daily working. For the hard work in Early Childhood education and the felton is increasing that stress by holding the compensation for teach are working at bryant street in San Francisco. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Board of supervisors. Im grace. I have been with felton for 3 years. About almost 4 years. Mail be 4 years im a teacher assistant at brian like on october 26 i was denied prospect c wages i resignod october 14 i did in the feel comfortable with my supervisor and teacher i work with. I felt intimidated by them and Union Meeting im sorry in the meeting we had with noune if present it is lun fair felton use the prop c wages to discourage us from being spicht. Keeping them away from only Union Members. Nile last daily be this friday october 28. I decided to come today i want to let my right and coworkers rights be heard. May i ask the board to hold Felton Institute accountable and pay my prop c wages. Thank you. Good afternoon board. Im nicole im one of the San Francisco political chairs. Whenever combu reached out i have been honest i will be honest today. Felton is screwing over the workers. What they are doing is not only disrespectful it is disgufth. With holding wages we than is Union Busting. They are with Holding Rights to organize. Again Union Busting. Ultimate disrum the budget and finance they could not answer your questions and than i had a talking head prepare a statement today. That is not a hearing. That is not what this is supposed to do. 1021 is a strong union and we fight for the rights of working people, family and community. And thats why we are here to ask to you help us in this fight. The only way this individual is going to understand the strength of this city council is in the pocket book. He does not understand how strong we are and unified this office of and labor is. But you can show him today. I appreciate you for hold thanksgiving hearing i really do this is important. This is the fudamential right to earn a liveable wage for yourself and your family. Thank you so much i appreciate you for this today. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Im jason to be fair im a former employee of felton. Institute while there i work in the marketing department. At alameda. And i one of the reasons why i left is because of what i perceiveed be questionable practices went agency. And i did sign card to be a part of the union. I felt that if the employees felt you know our front line employees felt the best way for voice to are heard was through a youn they deserveed have the vote. But what i responsiblesed and what i would consider what i perceive to be hostileful sentiments toward further unionization and in meetings there were comments. There were mass e mails sent out with scare tactics about medical information and forced it reles this information if there was unionization. Upon one occasion i was asked to right an e mail for the company regarding Union Activity and i kept my Union Affiliation secret because there was a general feeling in the Upper Department that would not be welcomed. So. Im supporting them buzz i believe this they deserve the right to have the vote. Thank you. Thank you, jason. Next speaker, please. Thank you im Courtney Loraine i wanted say im really disappointd and feel insulted this management does not come to answer questions but it feels like a perfect mirror of my previous experiences with them. Where they stay what we are family and door is open and im here on my personal time am trying to fight for a Better Agency and Better Services for clients and they dont want to hear my concerns or ideas that has been the story the whole time i work there i want it clarify respond top a piece of misstatement that said neighbors called the police and on january 27th a member of management to my face actual dont leave in 5 minutes we are calling the police. I wanted fill in a detail my coworker was placed on administrative leave the day after this interaction with johana. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im stefani a Community Member and supporter. And i mainly wanted say that im cowork and prounion and i feel like this is something this is important because you should not be at the whim of employtory get pay raise and a union may not be perfect it is just a group of workers trying to fight for what they deserve. Upon right. Even though i feel like unions may not be a magic wand that will if i can the problem this is is a step in the right direction and people trying to dot best nay can to increase wages. And over all be represent in the their work accomplice. Prosecute union. Thanks for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good upon afternoon. Im sam meridith the tenderloin housing chapter president. We are supporting with the felton group. Min low want to say we support allegations we all heard the management statement. Fully denying everything. I think it is clear if there was nothing going on as workers would not be here they took time out of their day and spent time to voice what happened to them. When there is we recognize when there is smoke there is fire. We so so i think this everyone summed up what happened. But we want to encourage the board to do your jobs and hold felton a countable and contract larger wave move ams going on. I think you are aware of our contracts and our strike in july. Project open hand, glide, all the organizations that are trying to get better rights and unionize. Consider the Group Struggle in the context of the learninger movement. This issue is in the going, way and needs to be address said. Enough is enough. Thank you. Im here in support of felton work and here to ask supervisors to reach out to the employ and ask them to come to the table and settle this contract. This workers have been working throughout horrible pandemic and than i need to be pay accordingly they need a living wing so they can provide the services they are providing to that communities. So thank you for your time and for hearing this hold thanksgiving hearing. Thank you. Next speaker, please. San francisco Labor Council. Several points that make me really pissed off here. First off, when they say like they have thought they had labor paechls labor decides when there is labor piece by definition. 2 two. I run a nonprofit that represents 100,000 wing fell in san than front i dont make half of what that guy makes. This was great low disturbing. As a taxpayer, im greatly disturbed by those numbers. I think when will management says they are making that much money and workers saying they made 66,000 and change,il give you 67,000. There is something wrong with the system that alus nun profits ceo to make that much money off the backs of these workers and perhaps we should electric at rowels loimg if you run a nonprofit, and you serve this many people you should not make more than 3 times the average saul row that is absurd. Im may be demand an odd and i order it audit their books. Because [applause]. Something is writtening when we funds at that complefl well is in the acounterability or feeling of accountability toward you as a body and the rest of us as taxpayers on top of it. Those are my suggestions we should look into if call them. Because we need to make an example of them. Thank you. [applause] thank you. I do have to note there is a rule regarding oddable support. If you have support thumbs up and thumbs down thank you. Next speaker. I support those comments. Sister. Rudy gonzalez secretary treasure of sudden front trades council. And our unions and members stand with all workers especially felton worker in right catharsis protected since 1935. Fighting for rights to be in the youn to 2022 when the question of our drks is on the line. The determine that takes place is important for workers to have a voice and protection to speak out against unprofessional or criminal conduct. It is absolutely important and we have to protect the rights. Now you dont have to protect the rights hopeful locality religions act will. We see play out is the long broken process when 71 support unions and millions upon millions say they will join if they had the chance. Those laws are broken and will take months to get justice for the wars if we leave it to the federal government. Thank you to the board of supervisors your move am and attention can bring justice about faster for workers. To the workers we stand upon with you. Dont give up. The right to unionize and taxpayers and labor unions alike know what is going of the community and lected representatives will stand by you. Serve the most vulnerable population approximate deal with the bully, harass am. Threatening to be fired if they are affiliated with 2021. Threatening to be fired. There were folks if than i associate themselves that will be promoted to a supervisor position and once they step away from 1021 they are not given that position. I find it disturbing fa that felton is doing the things hurting the very same population they should be serving. And than i are dog that on taxpayers dime. We need for something to be done about this. My hope the future hearings will happen and hope the next time felton will show up thank you. No further speakers in the chamber. Unmute our first caller we have 19 on the line with 12 in the queue. Hello caller. Am hi. Upon im maria a teach are at the bryant street location. Im more disturbed after this call than i was before when this i appropriateed talk about. I have no whered who she is i never seen her before. And to then and there she is the one representing felton and telling untruths no labor disruptions. That is a lie. This week we had 3 people quit because of the lack of funding to prospect c saying they have not surveillanced stuff thats a lie. Ask every person a part of union discussions all of us being videoed and watched by supervisors. Hannah claimed that she called the police. Saying they dont know who called the neighbors were disturb third degree is an untruth. Im feeling helpless. There is no accountability on the eventses that occurod august 15th. I wrote a letter. Behalf of all of us and what she put us through. Terminated we wrote a letter to liz who is our head of hr and nothing happened. That went out august 15th we heard nothing in response. We ever all fearing our jobs johana stated that she does not have any intention to give us the funds until next year. I feel like cry thanksgiving is should being and i hope that you guys other ones this we can go to to help us. Get our right in feel safe in our jobs and to have access to the funds that have been thank you. Prop c. Next speaker, please. Hi. Im [inaudible] felton employee i like to stay unanimous for the purpose of to avoid the harassment from the union employee. I would like to strategy low disagree with the union. I would want it say im a woman a person of color. Raising 2 kids. And and the institute has been wonderful and supportive to my team and myself during the time pandemic when my 2 young kids were i was given the chance to be fleckable with my hours and in my work schedule. I have been given the given the opportunity to grow and ask questions and i have been improvised. So i would not the union should mention that how they would harassing us by forcing us to joint union. Thank you. Thank you hi. Im singsiat Family Support specialist at the San Francisco remind early psychose program. I have personal experience in Family Member dealing with psychose inspired me to work with Community Members in the same position. I care about my work with my clines. I believe in organizing union at felton we with the Community Day in and day out. Some of us such as myself have lived experience in the communities. We know what needs to be done for our clines and deserve a seat at the table. Prosecute void services had needs are not listened when i joined my union clothes at the rally, i was shocked learn the management called the police on us. When i weir a union shirt i was intimidated boy manage export made to feel unwelcome and uncomfortable. When we put up union literature in the work place management remove today which is a violation of federal labor lu. We want to organize our union free from interference for our cloinlts and dignity at work. Thank you. Im an Office Coordinator for Felton Institute. I have worked for felton for 48 years. Can i have been harassed at my home and at my office. I have never been interested in joining the union. I will never be interested in joining the union. I have been happily being a part of felton family. I have been well taken care sxf compensated. I am deeply concerned about staff saying that they are not supported by management. If you reach out to management, management is there to help you. If you are not reaching out, dont blame management blame yourself for not investigate courage to reach out. On behalf my colleagues respect our wishes. Unions police stop hawatts rasing us. Thank you. I identify queer adhd and prior it felton spent 7 years providing Community Based upon Mental Health for under served populations i feel the most expected welcomed at felton in any other approximate suspicions i have been inform i feel supportd and received i raise everifiy 4 month probation. Anything i needed have been met. And i have felt like i can encourage and supported to follow when feels right for me. I have been welcomed to talk to union organize and my choice not to. Because i feel uncomfortable by them. There is a day when you Union Organizers were at the office pacing outside and i did in the want to go to my car because they were pace nothing fronts of my car and worried about harassment. From them. I committed to felton it is one of it best Nonprofit Organizations i ever worked at. I have the highest [inaudible] here i had in my career and im in support of Felton Institute. Thats all i wanted say. Felton treated me and my clothes amazeingly. Why thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. Im porschea i am the Child Development specialist and like to say im against joining the union at felton. Since i started working here in august i had no communication with the union. I tried for the last week to reach Union Representative he has not returned my phone calls. Union has been harassing my colleagues. One called at 8 p. M. At night. There is not a benefit that i see from joining the union the thing they can tell me security fiwere fired. I think than i are taking advantage the teachers dont have that voice in them. So the only time they are coming on Bargaining Agreement and i work under the [inaudible] department and no one talked to us related. It hen a hasz and he will strug toll get anyone on the phone. Yesterday hector would not talk to me. Im against the union temperature is a horrible process i dont want these people representing me. Next speaker, please. Gro hi im former felton employee. Call in remember the union is a boat dp we all get the right to vote and nobody should be taking someone else to say yes or no. [inaudible]. Quickly, felton runs case management. There are people San Francisco clients who near Mental Health facilities buzz they cannot get intensive case management. We are spending thousands of dollars a day to keep people locked up against their will because of under staffing. It was consistent low under staffd and i am per of a youn i got a pay raise 50 from the same j. W. In the same city. So many times many of us clients were standing outside in the rain by december nothing was done. They had to get bisd while we were serving medication out at franklin and bush. Most private conversations with people buzz they could not be bothered do it fast enough. When i left a year later, they still had not done temperature questioned a cost of living raise after a year did not receive it. And then i can say during covid our case loads were the same our transportation to clients houses and safety really expanded. We were told our supervisors working 50 and 60 hours a week. The few people are supported will majority of us are not and we reserve the i apologize we are timing each at 2 minutes. Next speaker, please. [inaudible]. If you are lynching to a broadcast. [inaudible]. Im stepping out of the room on the laptop im debbie. Im and i wanted remind the board that 25 years ago in 1997, the staff that they were working nurse and refused to recognize the employees union making them in a union they did both process and failed to recognize it the board of supervisors took back the Ryan White Fund they must recognize they unionized and done it properly. They took the Ryan White Fund back from suand provided care for those patients. Themselves. With a city run agency. May be we should look at doing Something Like that pulling become funds and providing the service ourselves. Thank you. Next speaker, please hello im gent. Im a sadder at the Felton Institute at bryant like i wanted stands by the notion that Felton Institute is using taxpayer dimes to union bust. And in addition to that, i passport that it to be known this felton management claims that they are trusting and respectful and trans parent. They are not. I have not felt safe working here the past 2 years. They upon under staffed at this location especially and i feel like a lot of my teachers and i are all burnt out. When it come to working every day im here for the kids. Even though im not well compensated for the work and all of that i do, it is discouraging that management is not here to listen. Approximate i thought this was the day we valid a voice but clearly they are not ready or prepared to which stand up and actually be held accountable for what they are doing. I appreciate this. Thank you. This is management broken my spirit. Im dealing with, let of mental issues. And it is hard to work here. And but im here for the kids approximate my colleagues. I want to stand with the 1021 they have been supportive. Nothing but supportive. And understanding and than i just listen, which is great. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is mu a case manager at Felton Institute in the [inaudible] division i have been here for 4 years in the beginning i did listen to the Union Requests with an open mind but i dont see the reason for mow to pay dues for something i dont need. I can and have always been able to discuss my needs with my manager and i dont feel slight in the any way. I love my job and how im treatd that is my statement. Thank you. Im jamaica. I am an organizer at 1021 supported forming the union at felton. This past spring was at the summer jam on september ninth i directly witnessed intim idation and disrespect of felton staff specific low felton upper leadership toune members exercising their rites to Union Activity. The p is a public space. They tried call the police on Union Members and Union Supporters for participating in our summer gentlemen. I thought it was shameful a public low supported institution would treat workers that way. In alignment with feltons mission they are rooted in equality i like to reminds the institute that equity starts at home and with your employees and the way you treat employees directly core lites to how they perform their jobs. They are performing essential functions for their communities. Offer them that same support that you say you do. And i would like to reminds you like social justice ethic and value also starts at home. And thank you. Thank you for sharing your comments. We have 19 listeners with for you in the queue if any of the then have in the provided comment and wish to dial star 3 now. Next speaker, please. Im nicole im with felton at the [inaudible] location. I have been an employee for a year now and i have been able to grow in my position with the support my superiors. I have never been this a company where i have had so much support i hear this workers foal they are not heard. I foal like i have access to my managers. Im at a place i have access to Senior Leadership which is unheard of and our ceo. I feel like the union does in the make sense for us. There is a lot of misleading information on why you should be a union and i worry this people are not getting the protect information they should get on that. Awfuls we are doing important work at this felton and i feel like so much time is wasted on it which was wing on this union, everybody trying to organize. And i think we need to focus on the work that is important and i have been at companies where i was not heard and felt like i was not treated correct low so i left. And you know i think this we should be learning to focus on what matters here and i dont feel like union makes sense for us and never been happier in a company then and there here. Thank you. Hello my possession under the top programs im trying to get out of youn i have no interest in or benefit from. I deponent need someone speaking on my behalf. I have been a part of felton for 11 years. Im 21. I decided to come become and be part of felton i life to work with families and work with the community. Variety of programs and programs with the community the staff and families benefit from which felton has a partnership with advanced program im enemy to condition with my education. Thank you. Im krivent hardy im the new Vice President for 1021. And im coming here as a labor lead and also a San Francisco native. As well as public approximate county worker a liesh lead exert San Francisco current and old residence devenlts seeing the money filter in the felton nonprofit that is Union Busting on people trying to get an affordable living wage. Upon maintain above water in this overly priced city is disgusting. Once i found out not only my city dollars are going on help fund the 35 of this saul row and members this are being had rased buzz they want the right to have a seat at the table to make sure they have fair working conditions. Safe and healthy working conditions and liveable kaij wages to support their families as me being a San Francisco native and a residents, and a labor union, for you to have this in San Francisco which is a union town, is disturb to me. We have come from the boards of supervisors to ask you guys to assist us in stopping. 95 of fun suggest from San Francisco taxpayers. This is a reflection of the city not only i was born and raised in. I work in and represent members in. We are coming to you guys to assist us and putting some reign on felton Union Busting and antilabor tactics. This is not anything that they sign up for this is their rit to have the right to organize. I appreciate the board. I apologize thank you for your comments. Why next speaker, please. This is the unattended line. Next speaker, please. Hello. Yes. Hi. I wanted make sure. May i start. Yes. Okay. Um hello im melissa with felton since 2006 and i was part of the crew that helped with expansion program. I am a director beneficiary of a parent in i union. He his job was protected by his union. So i am prounion at heart and believe in peoples choice and folks at felton have a choice whether they want to be part of a union or not and they should not be harassed in accepting being part of the union. So i want to advocate for pes in the program there is a divide with people prounion and people that rather not be per of it. And it is very clear. And it is getting in the whistle of the work we are intending to dom we do good work. The union issue is a very big divide with ones that want typeset and withins this dont the withins this dont should be accepted when than i say no this evening thats all i want it say. Appreciate your time. Have a good day. Thank you. Next speaker, please. That does it if we want to take the last in the chamber thank you very much. Supervisors first we appreciate the time that you spent today listen to the testimony. Workers, in favorite union and in the in favor of the union and to the those of us who have really spent hours, days, weeks, months and going on years now trying to make felton a fair employer. Not to violate the rules the voters passed with the exposition of funds by prop c. Which says in the luthat the voters voted on that the funds are dispurse in the october. Thats one point. Second low, i have been doing this work a long time. And i started out as a rank and file leader fooiz myself i was early special end teacher were in San Francisco. I got organized by the union i had trepidations i did not know what the union was or what it meant for mow top go to strike for sick week in my first month of teaching all i knew conscience were bad for the children president families i was trig to serve and thats the testimony of the workers who took the time today. To come and tell you in person at their own expense they came. Unlike the workers over the phone at work and speaking on union time. We will be back supervisor melgar, supervisor safai and ronen and chan. Thank you for today. And we would request that you continue this hearing as you mentioned the frnlts of the meeting. I want to actual i have never in my more than 35 years of being a youn organizer seen an employer treats workers as bad as this employ and families and the community. Thank you very much. We will see you at the next hearing. Where appreciate your support. Thank you. No further speaks last call we will not reopen. And we did have 2 more on the phone before we close. Next speaker, please. We hear you. Can you hear me . Hello . Can you hear me. Yes, begin. Can you hear me yes, please, begin. Hello . Mr. Lamb there is a miscommunication with that caller. We hear you. May be we should come back. No audio. Okay that line is unattended. Give the other call are a shot funding release to the felton it is released on the basis they are treating workers with respect and are following the rowels and the laws. I will let you know i was one of those people where i saw felton call the police they locked workers out and threatened workers. I was there. So was the priest Pedestrian Union temperature is in the true they are working with us. Not true they are accommodating and not being partners with us. Every worker has the right to be able to be unionized and thats when we are standing for. Standing for the rights of workers and want to make sure every worker has the right to have the best working condition and best salary possible. That does in the come unless there is union and there is representation and workers are abused. We know workers are being abused and paid to drop out of the union. That is Union Busting that is in the when San Francisco standses for and we ask the board to stands with us against this bad boss. Thank you. Thank you. I apologize for the glitch. That was of it. Public comment is closed. Supervisor melgar. Thank youil let you closeup. I wanted to say a couple things. You know i have been a Union Organizer for a bunch my life. And i will say first, there is no more effective way to lift people out of proffer than a good union contract. The w of this committee to make sure that Public Resources are used fastest to make sure that we serve the needs of our population. And the same time reach economic equity. Nothing this we do under scores motor need for a union than when we saw today. Second point is that i see a cernel organizing campaign i rescue noise this when i see it. When i hear folk who is have the same talk happening point and talk how hem they are at work. And you know they have the same points they are maining there is a counter organizing Campaign Going on make no mistake. That pisses me off. We are not here to ask whether folks are happy, we are here to see if public funds being utilizeed bust union and have a cernel organizing campaign i think had we heard today and saw today under scores that. This pisses me off. I think clothes thattil ask that we continue this item. But in the meantime we all do our diligence to see what contracts are being begin to the organization. And to get to the bottom of whether or not public funds are used for this purpose. And to make sure that the funds that were approved by the voters of San Francisco to increase wages. Toim grants, female, women who take care of our most vulnerable kids approximate citizens in this city. Are given the way they were intended in the law. By october they would get a raise. Our mayor had a press conference and we all celebrated they are all getting a raise except ones unionized. How ridiculous is that i never that before. So, colleagues thank you for lynching to the workers and for this long hearing, i do intends to keep pursue thanksgiving and want to make sure the workers guest their due. And also that there is an expectation from our nonprofit Service Providers if they are getting public funds and signed a neutrality agreement well hold them tom it. It is in the acceptable to do what the folks are doochlg thank you, colleagues. Thank you supervisor chan. Thank you now im seeing we dont have the majors office nor the controller nor our City Attorney present. I want to be on the record that we should confirm with our City Attorney about the contract specific low the city contract with felton on neutrality and labor harmonyism think that we should follow up with the City Attorney to get an answer to the body. Before any felton contract come before budget exit think this the direction that i would like to give the controllers and here and ana earlier and i will follow up with them, too is to say, lets flag all the felton contract. I think this an agency have the audacity to with hold raise to workers unionizedd that is upon funding granted by the city through city contract, than the city should have the obgigz to with holds the contract in a form or fashion before releasing the funds to ensure well is labor hrm neil before we do that. I dont continuing it is for approval but current funding that exists i think we need have those answer. I assume we want to continue to the call the chair i will prefer i prefer to have these answers from both the City Attorney and Controllers Office perhaps in the next couple weeks. I will do a separate inquireo that. Thank you. Thank you. I wanted thank all of the workers for coming out and testifying it is in the an easy thing to do. And we see you and we respect you and your work very much. Thank you for take the time to come and share your stories with us. We really appreciate it all the workers. Thank you. And yes. Sorry. One more thing we would like it put all these i think the all the thank you. All the unfair labor practice the files on National Board relation board wield like to keep these on the electronic files on file the next hearing we have these reports long with the hearing. Thank you. You want to make the motion . Sure. Like to make the motion to continue to the call of the chair. On that motion by member chan the hearing continue to the call the chair. Safai. Aye member chan. Aye. Chair ronen. Aye. That motion passes unanimously. Mr. Clerk are there other items today. They concludes our business. The meeting is adjourned. It. 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