Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Full Board Of Supervisors 20221111

Present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. We are in a unseated home land of the original hab stands of the San Francisco peninsula we recognize we tpweupbt from little and working on their era digs al home land. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledge. pledge of allegiance on be half of the board of supervisors i would like to act ol the staff at sfgovtv. We have ms. Mendoza recording the meetings and making the transcripts available online. Madam clerk, the 2 00 oclock special order. The honorable mayor, the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. We have her online. Thank you, madam clerk. Welcome to the meeting, madam, mayor. Thank you, president walton. Good afternoon, supervisors. Its election day. I know there is a lot of work to be done. I will be brief. I want to thank the director for running our elections department. So often in the city we talk about the problems we have. This is a opportunity to recognize that our elections run pretty smoothly with little drama. Thats credit to the process, the election staff doing the manning to get us here to the volunteer poll workers out there today making sure people can vote and have a good experience. I poe elections often heighten divisions. There are those of us that a free on different measures, candidates and those of us at that disagree. In San Francisco unlike other parts of the country we have faith in our elections and process. When the poles close and votes are counted we honor the results. Thats because of our fund phpt al belief in democracy and our elections are well ran. Whatever happens tonight we come back tomorrow and roll up our sleeves and get to work. I hope we work well together regardless of the results. The people of San Francisco truly count on us. Thank you so much. Thank you, madam mayor. Madam clerk, please call the first topic. Housing and services for the unhoused. Thank you so much. Todays question is from supervisor chan. Supervisor chan, please ask your opening question. Good afternoon. For some time now our constituents have shared frustration with city hall. The a butted apbs of correction found and rack of City Services delivered. I know our constituents have many questions and areeager to answers. I reach out to district one president s to let them know about the question process today and wanted to moe what question they wanted to foe the most from the mayor. We had many questions from public safety, raf safety to housing. The topic a receives the post responses was about housing and services for the unhoused. Our neighbors sheila, mar that, glenda, steven, marti and many more ask about homelessness. We found that james question represented the over all sentiment of the tabers. Here is james question im asking on his be half. Its worry some to see instabilities on the streets of our beautiful city. Do agree at that Mental Healthcare is a resource that should be expended . If so what actions do you believe that we, mayor, shute supervisor, citizen, and governor should insure that resources are targeted for those in need of Mental Healthcare this. Is a question from our neighbor, james living in richmond. Thank you, supervisor chan for the question and reaching out to your constituents forgetting feedback on our city. I wish it was simple to provide the services and making a level of difference for the challenges we experience. Especially those struggling with mental ill fess. I know these are very complex issues. My hope is that the con students give ace opportunity to work Better Together to focus on the issues that patter in our district and problematic throughout the city. We know this is pretty much the sentiment of most in San Francisco. Since june of 202 0 we have 50 encampments across the shute adding more housing than we have in 20 years. We have opened and increased shelter beds with placements for prevention and provided rental assessments. Further we expanded our Treatment Network with new programs for the capacity of almost 300 additional beds for people experiencing homelessness and Behavioral Health needs. Were on track to expand the numbers that we have. There are times when addressing these conditions require using the tools around enforcement to accept health. Its not easy. I wish we had stronger laws to force people into treatment. Its why i will continue to work with the state legislatures to strengthen the laws. My hope is to get some changes. We got conservator ship. Its not enough. Supervisor mandelman will tell you as a person advocating for changes to the conservator ship laws he understand the challenges. We cant change local laws. We need help state wide. This office, im hoping supervisors will join me in a push to make conservator ship laws to deal with the folks that we know your constituents want us to help. Until then the best we can do is make sure that the resources that we have available and were providing that support when someone agrees to accept will help. Sadly that can mean enforcement when necessary. It will take a lot of work and significant changed to the state laws. I think you and other Board Members can be helpful in the advocacy to do so. Thank you, mayor. Supervisor chan, you may ask a followup question related to the opening questions. Thank you, mayor, for your answers. Let me say from what i can tell from constituents we have many concerns. At least in the richmond that we would love to invite to you join us in the richmond to directly have dialogue with our constituents and hopefully consider having town hall at least in the richmond and perhaps across the city. I know our constituents are eager to have a dialogue that just like we just had and with you directly. It would be a definitely a plus, think for our constituents being able to spend some time with you. I appreciate your time today. I look forward to seeing you in the richmond. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, mayor. Do you have a question for supervisor chan or any other supervisor pertaining to the same topic. Not now. Thank you. Happy election day. Madam clerk, this concludes our district one topic discussion and our mayoral discussion. Do we have any communications . Yes. Thank you, mr. President. The board of supervisors welcomes the public to join us in the chambers or watch remotely or view a live stream. You will hear the meeting discussions and muted to listening mode only. Once Public Comment is calderon the prompt indicates you have raised a hand. Wait to be unmuted and begin your comments. There are no 3 00 oclock special orders today. Public comment will be take not during item 31. Content eligible will be items 3235. The items for consideration on the floor adoption without Committee Reference calendar and general matters not on the agenda but on the subject matter of the board. All other content has been out for a committee where Public Comment was fulfilled. You may submit written correspondence. You can send an email to bos sfgov. Org. Sign off at 7 00 oclock today. I will invite them to provide instructions in language when item 31 is calderon. If you have issues for the meeting we have a clerk standing by to assist you. Members, mr. President , that kwon includes my communication. Thank you, so much madam clerk. Colleagues a reminder to mute your micro phones when are you not speaking. Lets go to our consent agenda. Items 212. Items 212 are on consent. Theyre considered routine. If theyre objected they maybe removed and considered separately. Thank you, madam clerk. Please call the roll. Items 212 supervisor ronen. I. Supervisor safai. I. Supervisor stefani. I. Supervisor walton. I. Chan. I. Supervisor dorsi. I. Supervisor mandelman. I. Supervisor mar. I. Supervisor melgar. I. Supervisor peskin. You i. Super surpriser preston. I. Please call item number 13. reading item 13 thank you, madam clerk. I dont see anyone on the roster to take this item. Same house same call. Without objection this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. Madam clerk please call new business items number 14, 15 together. Yes, item 14. reading item 14 reading item 15 thank you, madam clerk. I dont see anyone on the roster. We will take these items same house same call. Without objection this resolution is adopted and ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk please call item 16. reading item 1 thank you. I dont see anyone on the roster. So we will take this call the same house same call. Without objection this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk please call item 17. reading item 17 thank you, madam clerk. Seeing no one on the roster we will take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please call item 18. reading item 18 thank you. Seeing no one on the roster we will take this item same house same call. Without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk please call items 19 and 20 together. reading item 19. 19 reading item 20 thank you. Seeing no one on the roster we will take these items same house, same call. Without objection these resolutions are adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please call items 21 and 22 together. Reading item 21 reading item 22 thank you, madam clerk. Seeing no one on the roster we will take these items same house same call. Without objection these items are adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please call item 23. reading item 23 thank you. Seeing no one on the roster we will take this item same house same call. Without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. Mads am clerk, please call item 24. reading item 24 thank you. Seeing no one on the roster we will take this item same house same call. Without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk please call item number 25. Yes. reading item 25 thank you, seeing no one on the roster we will take this item same house same call. Without objections this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, please call item number 26. reading item 26 thank you. Seeing no one on the roster we will take this item same house same call. Without objection this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, please call item 27. reading item 27 thank you. Seeing no one on the roster we will take this item same house same call without objection this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, please call item 28. Yes, reading item 28 thank you. Colleagues before we vote on this can i have a motion to excuse supervisor mandelman from the vote. Made and seconded. Madam clerk on the motion to excuse. On the motion to excuse supervisor ronen. I. Supervisor safai. I. Supervisor stefani. I. Supervisor walton. I. Supervisor chan. I. Supervisor dorsi. I. Supervisor mar. I. Supervisor melgar. I. Supervisor peskin. I. Supervisor preston. Madam clerk please call the roll on item 28. Supervisor ronen. I. Supervisor safai. I. Supervisor stefani. I. Supervisor walton. I. Supervisor chan. I. Supervisor dorsi. I. Supervisor mar. I. Supervisor melgar. I. Supervisor peskin. I. Supervisor preston. I. Preston i. There are ten is. Thank you without objection this motion is approved unanimously. Welcome back supervisor mandelman. Madam clerk, lets go to roll call for introductions. We will come back to item 28. First up for roll call on introductions is supervisor supervisor ronen. I. Supervisor safai. I. Supervisor stefani. Today i will ask to close todays meeting in memory of Lorraine Marie she died on saturday at 81. She is the mother of our lieu continue ant governor. Born march 16th 1940 elaine was a proud greek american. She held deeply the values of persistence, kindness and patriot i am and instilled those values in her children. Elaine was a teacher. Above all else she was a mother. Loved to watch her family grow and cherished spending time with her grand children. In the days up to her passing she was surrounded by the people she loved most. Her children, grand children, great grand children, nieces, nephews and cat toto. I would like to extend my condolences to the Lieutenant Governor as she and her family mourn this great loss. Thank you, supervisor. President walton. Submit. Supervisor chan. Thank you. Supervisor dorsey. Thank you. Supervisor mandelman. I will submit my legislation. Thank you. Supervisor mar. Thank you. Supervisor melgar. I will submit. Supervisor peskin. One piece of legislation. Supervisor welcome back. We will go to our 2 30 special order. We have three accommodations. We will start with supervisor chans very special common station. Colleagues, today were honored to be joined by Congress Woman jackie spear. [ applause ] Congress Woman, were honored to have you with us today. Thank you so much. We want to depend you on this occasion really of regrettably to say its her retirement from congress. Too soon if i may say. Congress wpl spear has served as an elected leader for San Francisco bay year for nearly 40 years. Including the last 14 she has served the bay area in congress. She has demonstrated through her career shes not afraid to stand up to bullies, for the people. Especially the most vulnerable. She shows us that what is righteous is worth fighting for. I would like to share with you today a video that demonstrates her bravery and her strength. I suggest to you we need a society that will be zane. I ask for a i vote. Do you think an assault weapon is a machine gun . Assault weapons are any numbers of guns. Not just you think one squeeze of the trigger will send a burst of ammunition out the front. Automatic rifles will provide a number of bullets in a very short period of time. Youre wrong. Youre wrong, mrs. Spear. You have been shot by a automatic rifle. I have handled many. You have been shot by an automatic rifle . I have not. I. Have i can show you a lot of scars. I planned to speak about something else. The gentleman from new jersey has put my stomach in knots. Because i am one of those women he spoke about just now. I had a procedure at 17 wraoebgz, pregnant with a child that moved from the vagina into the cervics. That procedure you just talked about was a procedure i endured. I lost a baby. But for you to stand on this floor and suggest as you have that some how this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous. [ applause ] colleagues, today is an election day. Its a reminder we need leaders like Jackie Speier from local to federal level. To create a space for more women to run for office. This is the best way, one of the best ways we can honor Congress Woman speiers legacy. Thank you for your tire less dedication and to the people. Thank you. [ applause ] and Congress Woman speier, if you will indulge us we have a few words. Supervisor peskin. Yes. I watcheddered into Assembly Woman Jackie Speiers office. I never met her before. I tried to convince her i was going to win. For some reason she endorsed my candidacy. I think she was the only member of the California State Assembly to do so. I prevailed this that race and im profoundly thank full to this day. We teamed up on the local and state level to combat the finance industries invasion of individuals privacy. A cause for a number of sessions by senator speier. We finally at the local and then the state level prevailed in that matter. Are you still my hero for that and many other things. P 20 years of being in and out of elected office there have been a lot of folks at that i didnt believe in to start with or stopped along the way. Jackie speier you give me confidence in elected officials and our democracy. Its been an honor to watch you do your thing. Congratulations. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you, mr. President. Jackie speier was a legend long before is elected to the City College Board in 2012, ten years ago. But i got to see Jackie Speier in action when city college was threaten with the loss of accreditation. It was a time people said city college should calm down t will be fine. Congress woman speier recognized we needed to fight back. I think city college is alive and continues to serve students in large part because of the work Congress Woman speier did then. Its one item on a long list of hundreds of things she have done for the people of california. Im particularly grateful for that. Thank you, Congress Woman speier. [ applause ] supervisor melgar. Thank you, president walton. I am so grateful you have represented my district, district 7, for awful these years. You have done that with high intellect and grace, service to the people. When we were redistricted the thing i heard the most was how people were going to miss being represented by you. You have so much love. So much love in the community for you. For me the first woman to represent that district you have been a inspiration. Your fierceness and strategicness has been something that is breath taking to watch for all of these years. Im profoundly grateful for you. I hope you get rest and joy over the next year. Thank you. [ applause ] supervisor safai. Thank you, Congress Woman speier, when nobody stood in my corner, you did. You are a true role model. Bullets cant stop you. Words cant stop you. Nothing can stop you. You have been someone that hags been a Guiding Light for this community for so long. For working people. I remember the first conversation we had and the photo we took. I was wearing a labor shirt. You said, ahsha, never forget working people that. Has driven me every day. That is the experience hi growing up. So i truly have taken that to heart. I want you to know i will continue that fight on your be hatch in the very small way that i can. Thank you, thank you for everything you have done for our community, constituents and residents of San Francisco. [ applause ] supervisor stefani. Thank you, president walton. You know growing up my heroes were not celebrities and rock stars. They were women politicians. You have been one of them. I will never forget the first time i got to meet you by myself in person. It was in 2018. I was running for supervisor. I was seeking your endorsement. I think of that time had you your ankle was broken or something. You had your leg up. I went in with your staff. I told you all about my platform and what i stood for. You said to me, i really like and you what you stand for. I want to endorse you. For me it was the heavens opened up. Congress woman speiers would. I asked for a hug. I have had profound admiration for you for so long. Especially the gun violence issue it means so much to me. To know what you have endured. For the clip that supervisor chan shows us. I dont know who he is but we know who you are. To jockey through the senate floor that. Is so important. When you look at what is happening to our country today. The gun violence epidemic. You are constant in the fight. One of the highlights of my career, this year, is when we walked across the Golden Gate Bridge in june for National Gun Violence awareness day. It means so much to me that you have paveed the way for women in politics. You are so resilient, just someone i will continue to admire forever and always. I hope to follow your example of incredible leadership. Thank you for what you have done for your district, the city and county, and for this country. Thank you. [ applause ] supervisor ronen. Thank you. Congress woman speier, i never sought your endorsement or met you. I always admired you from a far. Because you are a true fighter for the people. You cant say that about that many politicians, unfortunately. You have done it your whole career. What makes you stand out in my mind more than anything is that you reached out to me which i was just floored by. You were in San Francisco and you wanted to meet me. I was like, wait Congress Woman speier wants to meet me. Im a brand new supervisor. You asked me what i was working on, what i cared about and you gave me feedback. It was unexpected and beautiful. It shows the person you are when the cameras not rolling. To reach out to a young, brand new elected official in that way it was extraordinary. Nobody had done that before or since. I want to thank you so much for doing that. It really meant a lot to me. Congratulations and thank you for everything. [ applause ] supervisor dorsey. Thank you, president walton. Congress woman speier. Its an honor to serve with you for four years on the democratic central committee. I know you were not at the meetings. I had the opportunity to work with brian, your proxy. I appreciated when it was a priority that i cared about like hiv and aids issues you always were a co sponsor and in our corner. The other thing i wont forget the years i worked in this building down the hall in the City Attorney office from 2004, a nine year legal battle for marriage equality. Not everybody was with us, you were with us in that battle. Your championship for lbgtq plus committee and marriage quality is nothing i will ever for get. I deeply appreciate all you have done for our city, state, country and our party. Its an honor to have served with you. Congratulations on your retirement. [ applause ] supervisor preston. Thank you, president walton. I wont repeat what my colleagues have said. I will second what everyone said. I want to add just the, just maybe the reality check in the time in which you serve in a institution that so many people in that institution have collectively lost their minds completely. Yet those of you who have been carrying the torch for decency in our government have had to press forward with composure and fight the fights you have fought for so long in what seems to be a more and more difficult environment. I want to thank you for doing really the thank less work of serving in congress for so long and specially doing so at a time when voices like yours are so absolutely essential. Thank you for your service. Madam clerk, please add me as a co sponsor to this resolution. Thank you. [ applause ] and Congress Woman speier, i will add to the chorus. One, im truly humbled you came in person today for us to say thank you for your service. Appreciate your fight for gun control. I a phaoerb yate your fight for womens rights. I appreciate your resources and dollars for caltrain that is near and dear to my heart. I really appreciate you enduring, fighting through tragedy and coming back to serve for this entire country. I thank you so much for your service and you will be missed in your roll. I have a feeling that some how you will continue to fight for all of us here in not only San Francisco but quite frankly across the world. Thank you so much for your service. We would love for to you say some words. [ applause ] thank you mr. President , and to my friends and colleagues on the board of supervisors. I have loved representing San Francisco in all of my iterations for 33 years. It has been a relationship that i have treasured. Many of you may or may not know i was born in San Francisco. I was born in maris health hospital, raised for a short period of time in the sunset. Came back to live in the city when i was going to hastings law school. Now its calderon San Francisco law school, the university of california, i guess. It has always been where my heart is. So, to be here today. To have you recognize me is really a great privilege. Supervisor chan, a special thanks to you for initiating the resolution. Let me just say that i may be leaving congress, but im not retiring. I am coming home. I am coming home to reengage with the communities that i love. As i think about what im going to do in the future, it has really struck me that we live in one of the richest counties in the country. Yet, we suffer with such great need. I am starting to first focus on San Mateo County where twenty billionaires live. Five thousand people who makeover a Million Dollars a year. Yet 33 of the children in schools are on free school lunches. Two thousand are living in unstable housing or are homeless. So, i hope that when i return that we will have an opportunity to Work Together and do a deep dive here in San Francisco about what the desperate needs are and how we can best address them. The privilege we all have to serve is truly profound. I think when youre at the end of that particular path, you realize even more strongly the power that you hold. That maybe you just took for granite at different points in your career. That you didnt use it as effectively as you could have on be half of your constituents. So, i urge you to dont, dont dismiss the power that you have. Use it to bring goodness to all of the residents here in San Francisco. I have absolutely been privileged to serve you and the people of San Francisco. I will never forget the fact you have repeatedly given me the opportunity to serve. I look forward to being in the private sector, so to speak, the non elected sector to work with you in the future. Im just going to end with a favorite quotation of mine. Every time we turn our heads the other way, when we see the law being flouted. When we tolerate what we know is wrong, when we close our eyes and our ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or because we are too frightened. When we fail to speak up or speak out. We strike a blow against freedom and decency, and justice. That was a quotation from robert f. Kennedy. We really have an obligation to speak up and speak out. On be half of all of the residents in San Francisco for decency and just i gos. Justice. And i thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] thank you, so much Congress Woman speier. Thank you supervisor chan for making sure we honored her for her Amazing Service for all of these years. Now i am going to call on supervisor stefani and supervisor peskin. Thank you, president walton. Oops, i voted sticker. Colleagues, this is a be lated accommodation celebrating two Italian Americans celebrating italian heritage month, last month in october. I want to thank president walton for accommodating this for the contributions to the Italian Community and the city and county of San Francisco as a whole. Were honoring the two grand marshals of the 156th italian heritage parade. Larry, i apologize in advance he insisted. So we will see what happens. I want to say happy early birthday to larry. We found out that we were born in San Francisco one day apart. He was born at st. Marys. I was born at st. Lukes. When i found out it strengthened our italian bond. Happy early birthday, larry. Yes. In 2019 this bod other established october as italian heritage month in San Francisco and for good reason. October is very important to the Italian American community. Its when we have the heritage parade, italian organizations host month long celebrations in recognition of what Italian Americans have brought to the city and county of San Francisco. All living beings lead him to act as a champion for those in extreme profitery and the natural spaces of the world. I think its fitting for italian heritage month. First italian immigrants arrived in 1840s around californias statehood and San Francisco. The city owes a great deal of gratitude to those making many contributions to the culture, landscape, prosperity. This spans a broad array of our most iconic city institutions, bank of itly which is now bank of america. The fishing industry, performing arts and literature. I will finish with this part. Italian americans have been a part of every Civic Institution and Artistic Movement in San Francisco since the city pounding. Perhaps some of the greatest contributions are in public service. We know three american italian mayors have lead. Rossi, the first mayor, a 00 percent italian decent to lead a major u. S. City. Presiding over the building of the golden gate and bay bridges. The mayor over the 60s and 70s and maimer capitol projects such as bart and the trans america per immediate. Fighting to keep the San Francisco giants in the city. We have Speaker Nancy Pelosi the first woman speaker in the house of representatives. In honor, i am thrilled we get to honor two italians who have served their community so well and so honorably. Its my great honor to commend randy di martini for his service. Again the longest running parade in our nation and all of his other contributions to the city. Randy served in distinction as the grand marshal for this historical event. Randy is well known for his personal commitment to celebrating his Italian American heritage and supporting the Thriving Community of north beach. He describes as the greatest district in the world. He was raised in north beach and attended school. Youngest school of george and marie who had four boys. Ronnie, ricky, robbie and randy. During his years randy spent a great deal of time at the boys club. It was not yet a boys and girls club. The club was randys second home. He played sports and learned threater production. The club was the place to be. For randy it still is. His dream was to study acting and perform on broadway. He does a mean elvis. He felt his community had a deeper calling for him. Recognized as a gifted youth leader. This time randy was offered a position at the club and chartered as a role model. He serves the boys and girls club as executive director. For 43 years randy has served the north beach community. North beach would not be the same without randy dimartini. If you dont know him personally someone you know certainly does. Hes loved in our Italian Community. He does it all from painting the poles in north beach in green, white, red. Acting as a referee in cyo basketball games. Mentoring our youth in north beach. Hes a shining star and someone i feel lucky to know. Finally every i tralian has a cousin not really their cousin but says theyre cousins. We recently found out that randy is somewhat related to my husband through marriage. We are truly cousins. I love that. Its my great pleasure to present you the certificate of honor. Randy, if would you like to say a few words. [ applause ] thank you, supervisor stefani and supervisor peskin for this acknowledgment this. Is a great day for me and the boys and girls club. We have celebrated our one hundred lgt anniversary this year after the pandemic. Its a great honor to have this celebration coincide with this great honor today. I want to say working with children all of my life has been the greatest reward. I love every child on the planet. You mentioned the mayor, he originally came from our boys club back in the 1920 skp z 30s before becoming the mayor of San Francisco. Nancy pelosi her granddaughter was one of our little, little bella was a member a few years back. The boys and girls club goes a long way back with our heritage, many great people in the world. Thank you, once again. Its a great honor, especially to supervisor stefani and supervisor peskin for looking out for me. I will leave this to you. I dont know if we can do this next year. When i spoke with someone after this years italian heritage day parade the person making the floats came up to me and said how come this parade is not televised. All others are televised. I reached out to a dear friend of mine in television. I mentioned it to hip. We will try to get it televised next year. Again thank you for this great honor. I am joyed to celebrate with my good friend. We made a good team this year at the parade. Thank you all very very much. Much appreciated. Colleagues i in stilled in acknowledged mr. Mazolla. For the better parts of 20 years we fought like cats and dogs. We have mellowed with age and see each others way of seeing the world. Now 20 years later the guy is a friend of mine. In these chill over the last couple of months we have celebrated a lot of incredible different cultural contributions from various communities. To day its my honor and appropriately so to give love and recognition to the constituents and tkphaoupbt who have made italian heritage month synonymous with what i think is the greatest neighborhood in San Francisco, north beach. Which has as you have heard the longest running italian heritage parade in the entire country. This year was 154. If were you not there supervisor stefani was there. It was packed. I have never theyre always well attended. This was off the charts. You cant think of San Francisco without thinking about the many treasures and night life of north beach. You cant think about north beach without think ing about these two dimartini and mazolla in the chamber today. The grand marshals. You may know randy for considerable work with youth in the community and his totally spot on elvis impersonations. Larry is a reminder of the significant contribution thats italians have made to organized labor. Not only in San Francisco but in this country. Many new immigrants from the mediterranean in the 1850s and 1860s worked on the docks of San Francisco under remarkably oppressive conditions and at the heart of more radical origins of organized labor fighting for better working conditions against discrimination treatment by corporate profiteers. I have known larry for many years. Since we started getting along have had the opportunity to Work Together successfully on things like the project Labor Agreement that we successfully concluded with supervisor safais help. Have ushered in him becoming a member of the parks and recreation commission. Remember, larry, its phil who wont let you put your ferarris on Washington Square park. You can deal with that. And by the way even though i know there is a disagreement between the Building Trades council which larry is the head and the super majority of this board as it relates to splitting the department of department of public works. Not only do i know that larry knows eight of us are on the right side of that position. I wanted to give him this award anyways this. Is all to say i feel an honorary italian in the long working relationship we have had together. Its an honor to recognize larry mazolla for all do you for San Francisco. The floor is yours. [ applause ] thank you, very much, supervisor peskin and supervisor stefani for the acknowledgment. I accept this on be half of my family and Union Members in ua local 38. Like aaron says 20 years ago i wouldnt cross the street to spit on his hare if it was on fire. Today its a much different relationship. I appreciate the relationship we have, aaron. We have come a long way. Better for the building tried building tradeand city that we. I have Mutual Respect and appreciate all you have done for hraeuber and the Building Trades. We have a longstanding history here, as you know. My grandfather, my dad. You know they were the ones that started this for local 38. Im here because of them. Im proud to be a San Francisco, life long. My grandmother was born in north beach. Lives around the corner from gino and carly. Lived in San Francisco until she was 105. This city and my italian her damage mean more to me than anything. Im proud of both of those things. Im proud to be in a position to help Union Members and non Union Members and lift people through apprenticeship programs. Im proud to be part of this city. To get this award today. Like i said, i accept it on be half of everyone i mentioned. Family and members of local 38. A lot of italians came here and were not treated fairly when they got here. Things have changed for the betterment. Im proud to be here and i want to thank you both for this acknowledgment. It means a lot. Thank you. [ applause ] can i say one more thing. I forgot. Aaron peskin is in north beach way more than me. You need an italian name. I think we should call you from now on aaron peskini. Thats what im calling you. [ applause ] congratulations begin randy, larry. If this wasnt such a busy day we would have great things to say about both of you. Congratulations. Im glad. Thank you supervisor stefani and supervisor peskini. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you, president walton. I wanted to invite howard to come up to the podium. Want to say nice things about you. One of the coolest parts about this job is learning about all of the san franciscans who outside of the limelight never in the paper but every day do things that make their neighborhood better and make San Francisco better. Howard is one of those people. He lives in the try angle neighborhood. He was born in los angeles in 1950. Grew up in la and Orange County with six siblings and moved to San Francisco in 1972. He has lived in the try angle since 1975. Howard is a veteran of the hotel industry. With over 40 years under his belt at the Saint Francis and hes the historian for both properties and continues to work part time. Hes highly regarded in San Francisco Hotel History and convention management. Howards attention to detail and sense of responsibility ex continues pond the hotels he works at. The triangle and the castro neighborhoods. He walks his doberman faithfully. Unlike many of us howard goes the extra mile, he picks up trash along his walks every single day, several times a day. He is also a long time member of the Neighborhood Association and inspiration to many neighbors. Some of whom who i think have shown up here today. When my Office Reached out to the Neighborhood Association for stories about howard. We learned he doesnt only pick up trash, he repaints the decorative trim on the 30 something concrete ballards for the mini parks every year. Howard is a Good Neighbor. Hes an amazing neighbor. Loved by his neighbors. Its my honor to extend this accommodation as a thank you from the neighborhood and the city. [ applause ] thank you, supervisor. I am proud of what i do. I have inspired others. I would love for this to catch on and people will keep the city how we want it to be. Being a Good Neighbor is being important. Taking care of people. On my walks i pick up packages if amazon leaves them and i know people are not there. I hold onto them and give them to them. So i want to thank you very much for the acknowledge ment. It mans a lot to me. I have family and friends here. Thank you to all. Its interesting and inspiring to watch your work today and be here for Jackie Speier. Thank you very much. [ applause ] congratulations again. Howard, thank you so much. Supervisor mandelman. I want to say congratulations to our honoree this is afternoon and thank you to supervisor chan, supervisor stefani, supervisor peskin, and supervisor mandelman for acknowledging everyone today. That concludes our 2 30 p. M. Special order of business. Madam clerk, lets call item number 29. Item 28 was con considered. This matter was recognized to the full board as a committee report. Its a resolution urging the Mayors Office and Public Health to urge no gap in serves for those served by the tenderlion center. Thank you. Supervisor preston. Thank you, president walton. We discussed this. This urges the Mayors Office and Public Health to insure that replacement serves are available for the visiters using the tenderlion center for us, we wish we had our queue and we created spaces that are active. Food and drinks. There is a lot for a lot of folks and community. For us, it started back in 1966 and it was a diner and where our ancestors gathered to connect. I think coffee and food is the very fabric of our community as well as we take care of each other. To have a popup in the tenderloin gives it so much meaning. We are always creating impactful meaning of the lives of the people, and once we create a space and focus on the most marginalized, you really include a space for everyone. Coffee is so cultural for many communities and we have coffee of maria inspired by my grandmother from mexico. I have many many memories of sharing coffee with her late at night. So we carry that into everything we do. Currently we are on a journey that is going to open up the first brick and mortar in San Francisco specifically in the tenderloin. We want to stay true to our ancestors in the tenderloin. So we are getting ready for that and getting ready for celebrating our anniversary. It has been well supported and well talked about in our community. Thats why we are pushing it so much because thats how we started. Very active community members. They give back to the community. Support trends and give back and give a safe space for all. We also want to let folks know that if they want to be in a safe space, we have a pay it Forward Program that allows 20 to get some funds for someone in need can come and get a cup of coffee, pastry and feel welcomed in our community. To be among our community, you are always welcome here. You dont have to buy anything or get anything, just be here and express yourself and be your authentic self and we will always take care of you. Good morning and welcome to rules committee of San Francisco board of surprisers for today, monday november 7, 2022. The day before election day. Dont forget to vote if you have not already done so, youve got about 30 hours left. Im the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined by vice chair supervisor mandelman and supervisor connie chan. Our clerk is mr. Victor young, mr. Young, do you have any announcements this morning . Yes. The board of supervisors and its committees will convene hybrid meetings that will allow inperson attendance, remote access, and Public Comment Via Teleconference. Visit the sfgovtv website at www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meetings and watch meetings on demand or watch live meetings on San Francisco cable channels 26, 28, 78 or 99 depending on your provider . Members of the public may provide Public Comment inperson at the above noticed location or remotely Via Teleconference detailed instructions available at https sfbos. Org remot emeeting call allowed to first and those on the telephone linethe the number is 4156550001. And then enter the meeting id of 2 488 9877754 then press pound and pound again. When connected youll hear the meeting discussion and muted and in listening mode only. When your item interest comes up and Public Comment is called those in person should line up to speak and those on the telephone should dial star 3. If on the telephone remember to turn down the television and listening devices. Well take Public Comment those in person first and then go to the Public Comment telephone line. You may submit in writing email them to myself, the rules Committee Clerk victor. Young sfgov. Org. Or city hallthat completes my initial comments. Thank you mr. Clerk. Could you please read the first item . Yes, first on the agenda is item 1. Motion approve, the mayor appointment of alex ludlum to Successor Agency term ending november 3, 2026. Thank you mr. Young. Colleagues you recall that we confirmed the mayors nomination of mr. Ludlum to a balance of a term that expired last thursday and he has gotten his feet under him on the Successor Agency commission. I concur with the mayor as to his reappointment. Is mr. Ludlum present . Come on up, alex. Tell us how the initial term on the redevelopment successor commission has been. What have you learned . Well, i learned very much supervisor. I have been parsing budgets and i feel been able to make valuable contributions pointing out where items are of unusual cost. I also i think been a valuable year to the district 6 which i occupy helping with some of the parks in transbay working with the east cut cdb director Andrew Robinson to advocate for shifting ocii staff attention so that they can meet critical dates which have to do with fundraising and joint ventures with the transbay authority. I feel confident in my contributions to the commission and would be very pleased to serve another term. Thank you mr. Ludlum. Any updates on block 4 . Block 4, none that i believe are official, but you know, we can tell which way the wind is blowing, and i expect ongoing discussions to continue to advance that project. And then while i got you here with regard to 706 mission street, which is in said district, im pleased to report that im not going to have to hold a hearing on their request to extened out their last 3 and 3 and a half million payment because they have agreed to make it by the 31 day of march of 2023, which is acceptable to this supervisor so we will have that Affordable Housing payment in hand through your agency in about 5 months. Yes. If i may, ill say director was most appreciative of your call to him on the matter. Excellent. Any questions or comments from Committee Members . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on item number 1 . Yes. Members of the public who wish to speak on the item and joining in person should line up to speak at this time. Those remotely please call 4156550001 and enter meeting id 2488987754. Pound and pound again. Press star 3 to enter the speaker line. Those in the queue wait until the system indicates you are unmuted. There is nobody in the room for Public Comment at this time and there is nobody in line on the telephone for Public Comment. Public comment is closed. Mr. Ludlum, thank you for your service and willingness to continue to serve. I will make a motion to amend the subject. Motion by removing the word rejecting in line 3 and word rejects in line 12 and recommend that we snd the item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation. On that multifaceted motion, a roll call, please. Yes, on that motion [roll call] motion passes without objection. Next item, please. Next is item number 2. Motion approving directingexcuse me, motion approving rejecting the mayor nomination for appointment of mikem lambert term ending october 8, 2026 to children and family first commission. I was able to verify a rejancy waver is not required for mr. Lambert. Thank you for that and thank you mr. Lambert for your willingness to continue service our children and families and for the mayors putting your name forward. Come on up. If there is anything you would like to say, i do have some questions not for you, but really for this panel relative to the motion that is before us that makes representations on the mayors behalf im not willing to make but we can figure that out. That is just a technical issue. Good morning chair peskin, vice chair mandelman, supervisor chan. Thank you so much for your consideration of my appointment to the children and family first commission. As background, tomorrow marks my 30 year working in public libraries, and i had a charm ed career, in particular since about 1998 i have been working with youth and families to prepare young people 05 to enter kindergarten ready to read and learn and succeed in life through my Prior Experience in San Mateo County library i have lots of experience working with first 5. Since i have been with city and county of San Francisco i served on the our children our Families Council so i have a lot of experience working in this area, and i would be proud to serve and contribute as best i can in this capacity. I do appreciate the mayors nomination and i appreciate the board of supervisors consideration of my candidacy. Seems like a good fit for seat number 5, which requires you to be a department representative, and thank you again for your service not only to this body but to our libraries. Are there any questions or comments from Committee Members . Alright; seeing none, any Public Comment on this item . Members who wish to speak on the item and joining in person should line up to speak at this time. For those listening remotely call 4156550001, enter meeting id 2 488 9877754 then press pound and pound again. Once connected you will need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. For those already in the queue please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that is your queue to begin comments. F i do not see anybody in the room for Public Comment and there is one person on the line for Public Comment. First speaker, please. Can you hear me now . Please proceed. Excellent. David pillpel, good morning. Happy to speak in support of Michael Lambert to the children Families First commission. Director lambert is a excellent city librarian professional and caring and think he will serve well in this capacity. One of my not sure how to say thisone of my Favorite Department heads. There are many, but he is one of my favorites. Im sure you will have to tweak page 1 line 17 to page 2 line 6 to remove the reference to the residency waver, but i would urge you to support and approve the mayors nomination of Michael Lambert to the children and Families First commission. Thanks for listening. Are there any additional speakers on item number 2 mr. Young . There are no additional Public Commenters for this matter. Alright. Public comment is closed. Mr. Youngthis might take care of my technical problem indicated at the beginning of this item that a residency waver was not required, is that correct . Yes, can amend it to remove anyremove reference to residency waver. I thought mr. Lambert lived in the city but i verified he does live thin city. There we go. A Department Head who lives in the city. Alright. In that case, because i was not going to be willing to do the representation on page 2, line 3, subsection 4, because i was not going to say that this board of surprisers exercised Due Diligence and concluded there was no other possible representative that would be on the mayor, not on this board of supervisors, so i was not go toog do that but it sounds like that matter is mute and i would therefore suggest at line 3 we remove residency requirement waived in the long title. At line 12 and 13 remove the same language, and then eliminate line 17 throughon page 1, through line 6 on page 2 and at line 7 on page 2actually, we can remove that entirewe can remove everything on page 2. Do you agree madam deputy City Attorney . That further moved is only relevant to the residency waver. I can verify that myself. The second page regarding the further moved is only language regarding the residency waver. Yep. I think we can just make those two changes and remove the rest of the motion starting on page 1 at line 17. I mean, you could keep the first 2 representations. I dont know we have to do that. We do not center have to do that so i make a motion to amend the motion by removing everything from line 17 on in the motion and taking out the residency waived in the long title and remove word rejecting in the long title and remove the word reject at line 12, and send the item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation on that motion a roll call, please. Yes, on the motion [roll call] motion passes without objection. Thank you mr. Lambert. Do right by our children and our families. Next item, please. Yes, item 3 is hearing consider aopponenting one member term ending october 8, 2026 to children and Families First commission. One seat, two applicants. Thank you mr. Clerk. We will hear from these individuals both of whom are for seat number 7, both of whom would require a residency waver. Well hear from them in the order they appear on our agenda starting remotely i believe with cesnae crawford and going on to lilli milton. Good morning everyone. Appreciate first of all the flexibility as i deal with covid and recovery from that. Thank frz the flexibility and thanks for allowing me to attend remotely. I appreciate it. It is a honor and privilege to be considered for this important role. Over the last 25 years i dedicated myself to education and professional experience and supporting Diverse Communities represented in San Francisco. Im currently the Senior Executive directive of urban service ymca committed to Children Family and communities. In my work i oversee the reflection of the organization which includes our 3 Family Resource centers within the city county of San Francisco. Our truancy program, Youth Development program, wellness and many many more. I had the good fortune to Serve Community in many ways and come to the recognition without the establishment of relationships and goals of inspiring the voices of community is embedded in everything we do. We will be doing nothing more then making symbolic gestures and not informed action. Much of my experience is k12 non profit justice involved experience. Have a proven track record inaudible sound evaluation process and implementation of goals and ideas to completion. Given the wide range of services and city wide lens of my work across all populations we serve in San Francisco i do believe my experiences would be a great asset to the work ahead. If given the opportunity to serve as a board member i look forward continuing the mission of putting our children and Families First in all Decision Making moving forward. Once again, i like to thank the respective board for their time and appreciate the consideration. Thank you. Thank you mr. Crawford. Now well go on to lilli milton. Good morning. Thank you so much supervisor chan, vice chair mandelman and chair peskin. Happy to be here. My name is lilli milton and i along with cesnae am honored to put my application forward for children and Families First commission. I sit on the inaudible been there over 14 years and hpp is a paramount Resource Center in the city serving the most vulnerable families focus on pregnant and families 05. Homeless suvs housing wellness, everything to break the psychof of poverty and further the mission of Family Resource center. Also the core part of fabric in San Francisco and implementing integrative Family Centered Services is the parts this is aiming to do so exciting to put forth my application because i feel the opportunity to bring the voices of the providers and families to the board in a dynamic and innovative way is a great opportunity for me and wonderful opportunity for homeless prenatal. I feel that i bring to the commission an ability to articulate how working together to further the mission of children and Families First commission. I feel we have a long way to go in terms of improving our systems and making them more family centered. Right now our systems continue to be siloed and while we are a community of great weth we find some of the most Core Services are underresourced, under staffed and there are a lot of things our community can be doing and commission can be doing and alliance can be doing to further that mission. So, i am thrilled. I think cevnae is a wonderful college and inaudible out to the community and make sure the city is putting Families First. There are so many systems serving families but not all working together and feel my role on the commission would really create a opportunity for more voice and more integration. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Are there any members of the public who would like to comment on this appointment by the board of supervisors to the children and Families First commission for seat number 7 . Yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item and joining in person should line up to speak at this time. For those remotely call 4156550001, enter meeting id 24889877754 then press pound and pound again. Once connected you need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. For those already in the queue please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that is your queue to begin comment. There is nobody in the room for Public Comment at this time and we have one caller on the line for Public Comment. First speaker, please. Hello, my name is [difficulty hearing speaker ] i can attest to the fact that he is a fair person and sometimes it takes making hard decisions even though it will anger some people and disappoint, he is able to dothat in a safe and compassionate way. inaudible 6 oclock in the morning he is out there helping set up for community events. inaudible saying no we cannot do that, because it isnt for the Greater Community. I think he would be really good at being fair and compassionate and he brings a lens of being very openminded and not having tunnel vision. Think outside the box to be able to elevate families and to help them achieve what they are trying to achieve in a way that is very compassionate inaudible i live in potrero hill Public Housing inaudible very dear to what he does and is true to his word and very compassionate as well as stand his ground when there is a lot of pushback when people dont want to do something but it is for the Greater Community inaudible i thank you very much for letting me speak and you could not get a better person then cesnae. Thank you. Can we have our next caller, please . Good morning. Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak. I ammy name is inaudible and i am calling in support of my colleague ms. Milton. We both Work Together at inaudible i have known her the past all most 7 years and just like to say that i have never worked with a more innovative inspiring and compassionate colleague in my life. I wholeheartedly would support and consideration of ms. Milton. Thank you so much. Thank you. That completes our list of Public Commenters for this matter. Public comment is closed. I want to thank both of the applicants who are both committed and qualified and want to hear from my colleagues. I would just offer this, which is just looking at the 9 seats, all of which now with mr. Lambert would be occupied, that it is as we seek to balance by gender and ethnicity and other criteria heavily weighted to women and for that reason i would lean towards mr. Crawford but would love to hear from my colleagues. Supervisor chan. Thank you chair peskin. Preston, peskin, it is all good. Im sorry inaudible i have much more followers on twitter. I concur with your sentiment chair peskin and about just overwhelming right now the appointees on this body is women. I also see that there is a vacant seat that is a mayoral appointment but love to encourage the Mayors Office to consider ms. The vacant seat is the seat we just filled with mr. Lambert. That was number 5 . Which i think would make him the only other male out of 9. In deed. Okay. Vice chair mandelman. One of the items where i dont love being on the rules committee. Both of these candidates are excellent. My staff had the opportunity to talk to mr. Crawford. Very impressed. We havent had the opportunity to talk directly to ms. Milton but heard very good things about her so i could support either of these applicants. Alright. Of course there will be future opportunities on this body and other bodies that work for our children and families, so i will make the difficult choice and make a motion to send mr. Crawford with a residency waver to the full board with a positive recommendation. On that motion, mr. Young a roll call, please. Yes, on that motion [roll call] motion passes without objection. Next item, please. Next on the agenda is item 4, hearing to consider aopponenting one member term ending october 8, 2024 and one member term ending october 8, 2025 to Early Childhood Community Oversight Advisory Committee two seats, four applicants. Alright. Here is one of those potential opportunities. Why dont we hear from the applicants. There are four of them. However, one of them is the only applicant for seat number 9, that is Monique Guidry not able to attend today but there is only one applicant for that position for which she is qualified and has a specific requirement that it is representative of the child Care Planning Advisory Council and so i let her know that we could hear the item today with her absent, which gives us the three remaining applicants for seat number 8, and well hear from them in the order they appear. Cindy lopezchastain, isabela hill, Savitha Moorthy that requires a residency waver for seat number 8. Is cindy lopez here . Thank you, good morning everyone. Thank you so much for permitting me to be online. Im currently a speech therapist and working in practice today so im jumping on this call in between appointments. Board of supervisors thank you for your consideration. I am wanting to state very briefly that my passion for Early Childhood education stems from my professional work of 20 years as a speech therapist in San Francisco, but the deeper commitment is born and raised san franciscans myself, first generation immigrant family from el salvadoras a professional i have been deeply committed and in the groundwork of Early Childhood supporting not only the children in their Speech Therapy work with me, but their families, colleagues and develop my own program in the connection in 2008. As response to working in the School Systems and seeing a huge need for our Spanish Speaking families, our families of color and families of low income to receive and Access Services in the community in a timely manner and a way that worked for them. Since 2008, i have done not only that work as a practice, but created teams, worked in countless child care programs, preschool centers, collaborated with non profit agencies, the school districts, the Golden Gate Regional Center to name a few and in that time i not only provided the direct service to children and families and professional, but also developed different programs and different models to provide screenings for children, Early Intervention approaches and favorite part of the work is working inside the community to like the other colleagues said, to integrate our systems and stop working in silos, which has been something to the detriment of our community in Early Childhood. I come to you today just to share my passion and to want to bring my expertise, my commitment, my stories every day lessens i have from families and colleagues to bring to the table to Work Together with the city, with the board of supervisor, with committees to come up with solutions because i have been working prepandemic, during pandemic and now at this recovery stage of the pandemic with the families that need it the most and i want to be able to come up with solutions that all integrate together. Thank you. Next well go to isabela hill. Good morning. Hello, supervisors. My name is isabela hill also a born and raised san franciscans and so exciting to be in the room and participating in the process. A Early Childhood educator 10 years and working in the classroom at c5 Children School next door in the state buildsing. The call to action came during the pandemic when i was on unemployment and making more money then i had been as a full time teacher in the classroom. If up to me i would be a pree School Teacher for the rest of my lif, but that seems unrealistic in the current economic environment of our city. My career depends on creating a more Sustainable Future for educators in the city. This is such an inspiring and hopeful time to be involved in early inaudible move to universal preschool and im so in ah of the advocacy the city members of this committee have done to get us to this point. However, i believe i would beif on the committee i would be the only one currently working in the classroom. As someone working in the classroom i can speak to lived experience how policies and Funding Impact educators and families. Experience first hand the economic social cultural realties working and the first point of contact for children and caregivers in the community. In order to provide recommendations and expanding Early Childhood programs in a way equitable high quality and sustainable i believe it is essential to have teachers in the field represented. My goal is advocate for policies that inaudible diverse qualified Early Childhood edge s who empower the communities they serve. Thank you for your time. Thank you ms. Hill and thank you for your work and sorry that it is not compensated as it should be in this society, but we have tried i go back 20years and it waswe did child care plus and all sorts of things and yet it has fallen behind again. We very much appreciate the cares program that has been a tremendous boom to us and so excited to see what changes continue to be implemented. Thank you. Next well go to Savitha Moorthy. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, rules committee. Im so so honored to be here so thank you so much for having me here and giving me the opportunity to talk to you about my application and interest in serving on the Early Childhood citizen advisory oversight Advisory Committee. Over the last 2 decades, my work has been in Early Childhood education. I have been a etch toer, researcher and non profit leader. My story and my history with Early Childhood education is personal. I wasnt able to attend college directly after high school so i took a vocational course. I worked entry level jobs thin Service Industry for 3 years and then facing burnout in early 20s and took up a job as paraprofessional in a Early Childhood classroom and it changed my life. It lead me to complete my college degree, get teaching credential. Teached in the clasroom a decade and go on to grad school and work as a researcher and end up where i am today. Because of my diverse experiences as a parent, as a educator, as researcher, non profit leader im familiar with the field of Early Childhood education, variety of learning context. The preschool classroom, head start agencies, Family Child Care homes, Family Resource centers and parent of young child and because of this history this work is personal to me. The child is the center of my work and im passionate promoting high quality urldy childhood experiences and the urgency to do that for marginalized communities so all children arrive in kindergarten ready to learn. Im the executive director of inaudible early learning. We are small but think mighty non profit working at the intersection of social justice and Early Childhood education. We serve about 7,000 children and families in the city and county of San Francisco so our programming is present in every preschool and transitional class room in San Francisco unified. We serve all the major head start agencies, we partner with 101 Family Child Care homes and several Family Resource centers. I bring this up because i dont live in San Francisco and i need a residency waver but i assure through my work im closely connected to this community and care so deeply about it. I made it is a point and priority to be present and to build deep relationships with partners and families. I attend community meetings, community events, support programming and really hands on way. Im seated on the child Care Planning Advisory Council through Supervisor Chan Office and serve on the board of directors for the third Street Youth Center and clinic lead by my wonderful colleague joy Jackson Morgan and offer this as additional evidence of my commitment and connectiveness to the city of San Francisco. Thank you soyoure in a tough position because you have three amazing chan candidates to choose from so dont envy the decision you have to make but honored and humbled i got to be here today and tell about myself and work we do. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your presentation and thank you for your work and for your applying this morn ing. Why dont we go to Public Comment mr. Young . Yes are. Members of the public who wish to speak on this item and joining in person should line up to speak at this time. For those listening remotely call 4156550001 enter id 24889 aket 77754 and press pound and pound again. Once connected you need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. Those in the queue please continue to wait until the system indicated you are unmuted and that is your queue to begin comment. There is nobody in the room for Public Comment at this time. Just checking, and there is nobody on the telephone line for Public Comment at this time. Okay. Public comment is closed. This is a tough decision. I will note that there are no men on this body. There does not appear to be anybut could be wrong asian nor latinx representation on this body, which is 9 seats. Nor does there appear to be any representation from somebody with current lived experience, so there you have it. Comments from Committee Members . Im at a loss with three perfectly qualified candidates. Supervisor chan. Umyeah, i think that it is a very challenging decision. Im looking at purelyi always really just want to thank of course our d1 appointee, Savitha Moorthy for her service across. I think it is a great opportunity for someone like a educator like isabela hill and bringing the perspective educator to the body. It is a tough decision, but it is definitely great to have someone who is bilingual and understanding having cultural and language competency to one of the Largest Community in need of Early Childhood services in the city and typically just from my experience with children council, that is a great need in a city like ours when Child Care Cost is extremely high for immigrant and community that are mono lingual. We have some decision before us. I am probably in a space where leaning toward an educator like isabela hill for this reason because the lack of educators perspective while seeing that ms. Moorthy has been involved in many other bodies related to child care already. That is probably where im leaning towards. I should note that ms. Lopez chastain chimed in online, that she too is a practicing educator in classrooms and home based work for the committee edification. Vice chair mandelman. Thank you chair peskin. I also have a very hard time with this decision. I will say i heard positive things about supervisor chans appointee, mrs. Moorthy. And beyond that im not sure i have a ton to contribute. Alright. Sure is great being chair, isnt it . Colleagues, for a number of reasons i am going to suggest that we make a tough decision and i will suggest cindy lopez chastain for seat 8 and Monique Guidry for seat 9. Supervisor chan. I do want to actually speak on Monique Guidry for seat 9. I want to say i know her for a very long time, two decades now, and she has been dedicated in this work and she has alongsideher service does reside in district 7 alongside with former board president norman yee have done a lot of work around child care so i know her work speaks for itself and it is the reason why i did not question the fact that while she is not physically present and make a presentation i know her work a long time so more than happy to appoint her for seat 9. Because again all three legally qualified in outstanding candidates i think i respect chair peskins decision for seat 8 with cindy lopezchastain. Thank you. Again, as i said in the last item, there will be other and are more opportunities for your expertise and involvement. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll on that motion for item number 4. Yes are. On the motion to appoint cindy lopezchastain to seat 8 and Monique Guidry to seat 9 [roll call] motion passes without objection. Next item for i dont know, 4, 5 time. Item time ordinance amending the administrative code to require the board supervisors approval of policy governing the funding acquisition and use of certain Law Enforcement equipment consistent with the criteria set forth in state law and approving the Police Department use of equipment policy. I want to thank you and public and Police Department for your patience as we heard this repeatedly. The good news is the department has evolved their ab481 military equipment policies largely in line with the comments that i made a couple weeks ago. I dont know if im the only one, but i generally delve into these things on sunday evening and by the time i delve through the entire grid that the Police Department provided us late last week, maybe friday or so, it was like 10 oclock and i thought too late to call the pd and start negotiating. So, i want to make some comments based on the responses and i think we are all in receipt of this fine good work the department for laying it all out and you can see who made the suggestion, which is largely me. Some from the pd, and you can see that some of them were accepted in whole and some accepted in part and some declined in whole. But a lot of progress, and this is a first time that any of us are doing this. I actually noted that this is a law that was sponsored by our now City Attorney and former state Assembly Member david chu so if we want legislative intent we can walk down the hall and find out first person. With that, what i like to do is just go through some thoughts that i jotted down last night too late to call and then i have arranged for a meeting between myself and the department on wednesday morning to discuss these at length and then hopefully we can finally, we are past the 180 day deadline but we are not the only in the state of california to be wrestling with this. So, in order that they appear on thisi note that as it relates to robots, thei asked a question at a previous meeting whether or not robots could be used for deadly force. The department has responded that yes, they can under prescribed limited circumstances, so i think that is a question for us relative to ab481 whether or not we agree with that, so we canthats somethingthis would be a Good Opportunity because we cannot talk about this offline, if you have any sentiments as to that you might want to express them during the course of this meeting. There was relativethis is r3 page number 5. Whether or not it should be command staff which is what i recommended the department suggested commissioned officers which are lieutenant or above. I note that oakland i believe in their policy they are a little ahead of us, landed i think on command staff could only authorize deployment in these instances. Something to think about and discuss. As to the bear cat, i guess the question that i was left with is, really defining what is a high risk tactical situation. I think we all have a sense of it, but it is not for the sake of the policy defined. Obviously i think we all want deescalation when ever and where ever policy. I think the policy speaks to the fact that deescalation is deemed to be futile, but anyway thats some food for thought. Jumping all the way to my favorite device, the l rad. Its actually you included language which i appreciate that said it would not be used for crowd control, and so i think that in authorized use we should say that isnt a authorized use because thisi just restating what you guys were saying, but we can figure that out wednesday. And by the way, there also is and not yet looked into this another New California law, i think ab48 we need to look at in light of lrad. We can talk about that further on wednesday. Jumping to specialized fire arms. I think the City Attorney said that can be deleted in entirety or not. That is a policy call for us. Any thoughts that colleagues have as to whether or not we want to delete that, speak now. That does not mean you need to forever hold your piece. But it is a place where we have a opportunity again to emphasize and speak to deescalation if it is in the policy whereas, if we make the line call say and it is not in the policy those words dont is a place. I lean towards keeping it in the policy, which is our call. Jumping to r24, i are think we have ab48 questions, which we need to get our arms around and figure out. R26, i just have some questions about destruction of property as it relates to the definition of exigent circumstances. I am reluctant to unless it is better defined say that destruction of property could trigger. I mean, if a person is smashing a window which is not good, i dont know that its okay to shoot them, but im not saying you would do that, im saying the way destruction of property is listed in here gives me pause. We inaudible rise to hostile crowds where barricades are being broken, vehicles broken and buses taken over, things lit on fire. Talking large destruction of property. I think if we say that mass scalewe saw what happened in the nation capital