Welcome to the october 12th, 2023, regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. I am catherine stefani, chair of the committee and to my right is vice chair engardio and to my left is supervisor lee dorsey. The clerk is mr. John carroll. And id also like to thank Kalina Mendoza at sf. Gov tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes thank you, madam chair. The board of supervisors and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow inperson attendance and Public Comment while still providing Remote Access and Public Comment via telephone. The board recognizes that equitable Public Access is essential and we will be taking Public Comment as follows. First, Public Comment will be taken on each item on todays agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first, and then we will hear from those who are waiting on the telephone line. The Public Comment callin number for todays meeting is 415 a6550001. When pro
And Public Comment while still providing Remote Access and Public Comment via telephone. The board recognizes that equitable Public Access is essential and we will be taking Public Comment as follows. First, Public Comment will be taken on each item on todays agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first, and then we will hear from those who are waiting on the telephone line. The Public Comment callin number for todays meeting is 415 a6550001. When prompted, enter the meeting id for todays meeting. The meeting id. Is 26635936535. After youve entered the meeting, id press the pound symbol twice. Youll be connected to the meeting. Youll hear the meeting discussions, but your telephone line will be muted and in listening mode. When your item of interest comes up in public. Comment is called those joining us in person should line up to speak along the curtain wall that ill point out each time. And those on the telephone should dial star three to be added to the speaker l
Youre unmuted. This meeting will come to order. Welcome to the october 12th, 2023, regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. I am catherine stefani, chair of the committee and to my right is vice chair engardio and to my left is supervisor lee dorsey. The clerk is mr. John carroll. And id also like to thank Kalina Mendoza at sf. Gov tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes thank you, madam chair. The board of supervisors and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow inperson attendance and Public Comment while still providing Remote Access and Public Comment via telephone. The board recognizes that equitable Public Access is essential and we will be taking Public Comment as follows. First, Public Comment will be taken on each item on todays agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first, and then we will hear from those who are waiting on the telephone line. The Public Comment callin num
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone and welcome. E. This is a joint hearing of two subcommittees a committee on oversight and accountability. The subcommittee i chair the subcommittee on Cybersecurity Information Technology and government innovation at the others a subcommittee on Economic Growth and Energy Policy and regulatoryh, affairs. Its chaired by my esteemed colleague from texas. We will have Opening Statements from the chairng and Ranking Member of both subcommittees. Thats a total of four Opening Statements so ill keep mine brief. Cybersecurity has beenor a major focus of power since i became the subcommittee chair and im concerned that we are not prepared for the increased sophisticated cyberattacks that will be fueled by ai. Businesses and Government Entities in my district and across the country cafe cyberattacks and were forced to pay a huge sum of money and ransom for the federal government itself sets of data tens of millions of dollars its decades older t
Details on what the costs of this to the city would be. We are also continuing to examine as the Ethics Commission has raised, limiting the fundraising window for Office Holders to run for office, both prior to election day and after election day. And also, adding to the pamphlet that is sent to San Francisco registered voters, Current Campaign activities for all of the candidates and ballot measures to a certain date of that election day. I look forward to this ongoing conversation, both with the stakeholders, the board of supervisors, and the Ethics Commission and colleagues, hope to get your support as we move this ordinance through the process. The rest i submit. President breed supervisor peskin. Supervisor peskin thank you, to supervisor kim through the president , i have not read the legislation, but it sounds very good and upon reading it, hope to afix my name as a cosponsor. Colleagues, as many of you know, i have been actively looking for a temporary Navigation Center in dist