Good afternoon and welcome to the may second, 2023 meeting of San Francisco board of supervisor. The you call the roll. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor chan. Present. Supervisor dorsey. Present. Introerz engardio. Present. Supervisor mandelman. Not present. Supervisor melgar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Mr. President have you a quorum. Thank you. The San Francisco boards of supervisors acknowledging we are on the unseedan cest ral home land of the Ramaytush Ohlone original inhab tantss of the San Francisco peninsula. As indigenous sureds of the land and with traditions. Ramaytush ohlone have never seed, lost nor forgotten responsibilities as care tashgs and for all people hos reside in their traditional territory. As guests we benefit from living and working on their Traditional Home land. We acknowledgean cestors, elders of the recom
This year, and im not just talking about academy awards. Im talking about the progress that we re making after very challenging. Several years as we are bringing our Community Back after covid in the wake of anti asian hate, as we move things forward, and each of you again has been a part of that. I also want to say that San Francisco this year theres so much that we are doing to continue to anchor our status as the Asian American capital. And that includes the fact that this fall in november San Francisco is going to be the host city to apec, which is the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation leadership summit where we will be hosting literally heads of states from countries to our east, representing where our communities came from, and its going to be an incredible moment to showcase who we are. Um. I know today were going to be acknowledging a lot of folks and shortly were going to be hearing from our great mayor. Were going to be hearing from our city administrator. I want to take a m
Devices you have brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to include as part of any of todays files, you should submit them to me. You can do so by bringing them forward to the rail. Public comment will be taken on each of the two items on todays agenda. When your item of interest comes up in Public Comment is called, please line up to speak along your right hand side of the room. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment and writing in either of the following ways. You may email them to me. My email address is j o n period cac c a r r o l l at sfgovtv. Or you may send your written comments via Us Postal Service to our office in city hall. The address is one. Doctor Carlton B Goodlett place, room 242 44 San Francisco, california 94102. If you submit Public Comment in writing, i will forward it to the members of this panel and also include your comments as part of the official file upon which you are commenting. And finally, madam chair, items acted upon tod
Would also like to acknowledge and thank Karina Mendoza for sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you, madam chair. Please ensure that youve silenced your cell phones and other Electronic Devices you have brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to include as part of any of todays files, you should submit them to me. You can do so by bringing them forward to the rail. Public comment will be taken on each of the two items on todays agenda. When your item of interest comes up in Public Comment is called, please line up to speak along your right hand side of the room. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment and writing in either of the following ways. You may email them to me. My email address is j o n period cac c a r r o l l at sfgovtv. Or you may send your written comments via Us Postal Service to our office in city hall. The address is one. Doctor Carlton B Goodlett place, room 242 44 San Francisco, cali
Astonishing success rate and for African American tenants, it was even more pronounced with 80 of those facing eviction who were provided an attorney able to stay in their homes. That data was compelling and provided initial evidence that providing tenants with a guaranteed attorney stops displacement and gives San Francisco residents a fighting chance. When facing eviction. In that first budget year, and in the years that have followed, my office has prioritized funding for this program, fending off threatened budget cuts during the pandemic and, in fact, securing a budget increase to the program. During my term in office, i called this hearing so that we could review the evidence from a more comprehensive data set. This time data from years instead of months. And im very excited at what ive seen so far in terms of the data and for the conversation and presentation. We are about to have. I also called for this hearing because we are predictably seeing a sharp rise in eviction filings