madam president, all members are president. >> president cohen: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. p. >> president cohen: thank you, everyone. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: there are none to report. >> president cohen: all right. well, please call the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1 through 7 comprise the consent agenda, items considered to be routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> president cohen: all right, excuse me, madam clerk, on the questions, shall these items be passed? please call the roll. >> clerk: on items 1 through 7? >> president cohen: yes. [ roll call ] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president cohen: all right, these items are passed unanimously. all right, madam clerk, regular agenda, unfinished business, please call item 8. >> clerk: item 8 to increase the minimum hourly compensation rate for employees of city contractors other than nonprofit corporations or other public entities to $17 per hour, $17 an hour, and followed thereafter by an annual cost-of-living increase, also to increase the minimum hourly compensation rate for employees under contracts with nonprofit corporations and public entities to minimum wage and to require that the city contractors pay the minimum hourry compensation rate to employees who perform any work funded under the applicable contract with the city. >> president cohen: seeing no names on the roster, same call? without objection, this ordinance is finally passed. congratulations. madam clerk, please call items 9 and 10. >> clerk: here we have two ordinances that waive separate sections of the public works code. for item 9 section 724.1, the temporary street space occupancy permits in connection with tree maintenance by the greater rincon hill association within that community benefit district, also known as the east cut community benefit district, and item 10 suspends item 18478 for 100 banners be placed on city-owned utility poles by the filipino american arts exposition publicizing the pistahan festival and parade. >> president cohen: can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these ordinances are finally passed. madam clerk, next item. >> clerk: item 11 is an ordinance to add provisions to administer the early care and education commercial rents tax to increase the payment required to obtain an extension of time to file business tax returns and to make other nonsubstantive changes. >> president cohen: passed. next item. >> clerk: item to urge kaiser permanente to protect messenger driver, parking attendant, licensed vocational nurse, and department secretary employees from being outsourced. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, i want to thank my supervisors for supporting this resolution, and basically my concerns has always been whether our union workers will be protected, which is why i first agreed to sponsor this resolution. since then there's been some movement in terms of taking care of certain employees of kaiser, and i met with kaiser representatives yesterday, and i guess we had a discussion about what's happening with the workers that are impacted, in particular the workers in san francisco, and they laid out their agreement and how they would handle the workers. they want to -- there's 15 employees that are either drivers or parking attendant folks, and they are right now under seiu, and kaiser wanted to contract that out to make it more flexible in terms of services, and one of the main concerns i have with that is, what do you -- we're going to lose union jobs, and they assured me that the company that they are going to work with is a union shop, and, in fact, i confirmed that with the teamsters who are the bargaining unit for that company. and so we wouldn't be losing necessarily union jobs. now, what happens to these workers, do they get -- would they be able to get the jobs back from these companies from, you know, moving from kaiser employee to be this company's employee, and there was assurance that they would, and, in fact, that they wouldn't be starting at a beginning rate, but actually would be grandfathered to whatever they are making now. and the rates themselves in terms of starting rates, i believe they are one cent apart. the other option that these 15 employees would have, my understanding from kaiser, is that they would be able to work -- if they didn't want to leave kaiser and wanted to continue with kaiser, kaiser would help them look for positions within kaiser that would be similar. and they would have about a year to get that done. so there's a guarantee one-year pay, place of benefits that will roll over for a years, so given my understanding with this, they follow up with a letter that i think i pass it out to some, if not all of you, a letter from kaiser confirming what we just spoke about. i wanted to make sure that we heard the same thing, and the letter does say that given that, and elaine, my main concern is we're going to lose union jobs in san francisco. i'm willing to at this point table this item. now, there are some outstanding issues in this. for san francisco issues, for me, they are taken care of. there's other positions throughout california that might be impacted. i don't know the specifics of that as much, but for san francisco, you know, i think we're fine, and i really want to urge kaiser to take care of the rest of the other impacted employees in california like they did with the employees that they have in san francisco. so if the -- i hope that my cosponsors don't mind, but i'd like to table this item. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor safai? >> supervisor yee: we just heard the gardeners are also being outsourced and we got a number, have gotten feedback from them. a lot of them are san francisco residents, they are not covered in this particular resolution you put forward, and i know this is kind of an evolving situation. i just wonder if you'd be open continuing this item for one week so we can continue conversations with them to understand the situation with landscape. i think you were there, three or four of them had just found out after the resolution was drafted, so if you'd be open, i would request a continuance for one week so we can continue conversations as it pertains to the gardeners and how they are being impacted. and those are also significant number of employees, san francisco-based, as well. >> president cohen: supervisor peskin -- supervisor yee, before you answer, hear from supervisor peskin first. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, i just want to second the maker's motion to table the subject resolution, and as to the issue that my colleague from district 11 just raised, obviously, the item that is before us does not speak to that, it only speaks to lvns and parking attendants and secretary employees being outsourced, so it's probably just as -- you'd probably open that back up to public comment, so i think a new resolution to that effect would be in order, so i would support the motion to table, and i see the deputy city attorney nodding his head. in affirmation of my comment. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor peskin, and city attorney, deputy city attorney is in agreement, so supervisor safai, if this is something that interests you, you'll have to draft something and it will go through the normal process. so, colleagues, supervisor yee has made a motion to table this item and seconded by supervisor peskin -- i'm sorry. >> supervisor yee: let me also -- the question for thor president -- >> president cohen: supervisor yee, you're recognized. >> supervisor yee: i want to respond to it. >> president cohen: please. >> supervisor yee: supervisor safai, i would be supportive, if you were to come up with a resolution, but i agree with supervisor peskin that the item that you're talking about or the issues that you're talking about wasn't addressed in my resolution at all, so i didn't want to mix it. certainly, as i mentioned already, for my concerns, my original concerns, i'm -- i feel like it's been taken care of. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. again, colleagues, supervisor yee made a motion to table the item, seconded by supervisor peskin. can we take this without objection? without objection this matter has been tabled. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: amend the modified use fees in film production to expand the film rebate program to 2028 to authorize the funding cap for the film rebate project account from $4 million to $13 million and add administrative penalties for violations of requirements for film commission programs. >> president cohen: thank you. at this time i'd like to announce to the general public that the overflow room is open. it's being set up and it's open in room 263, which is just right across the corridor. thank you. colleagues, can we take this item -- madam clerk? >> supervisor stefani: this extends the sunset date of the san francisco film rebate program and currently the film rebate program sunsets in june of 2019 and is capped at $4 million. these amendments will actually extend the sunset date through 2028 and increase the program not to exceed amount to $13 million. we've continued this program several times over the years because of its success and i've worked on it several years with supervisor mark farrell, and it's a program that really strengthens san francisco's draw to film and television and provides local economic opportunities. continuing this program is vital to keeping san francisco competitive in the film and television industry and really provides good union-paying jobs. and i'd like to thank the rules and budget finance committees for passing this out with positive recommendations, and i also want to thank susanna robins, who has been instrumental in leading the film rebate program. colleagues, i ask for your support. >> president cohen: colleagues, take this same house, same call? excellent. without objection, this ordinance is passed. madam clerk, next item. >> clerk: item 14 is a resolution to improve a 2011 lease and use agreement to conduct flight operations at the san francisco international airport between thomas cook airlines limited and the city. no change to the agreement term set to expire june 30, 2021. >> president cohen: all right, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, resolution is adopted. next item. >> clerk: resolution to retroactively authorize the department of the environment to accept and expand an approximately $199,000 grant from the california energy commission's alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology program to develop any electric vehicle ready blueprint to accelerate regional vehicle electrify for the period of july 1,2018. >> president cohen: without objection, this resolution is adopted. madam clerk, next item. >> clerk: resolution to authorize the lease amendment to extend rentable space at 25 van ness lower level to the new conservatory theatre center for a monthly base rent of approximately $8,000 for a total annual based rent of approximately $96,000 through september 30th, 2023. >> president cohen: same house, same call? without objection, resolution is adopted. next item. >> clerk: agreement for gasoline between the cities with several options to extend for $32 million. >> president cohen: thank you. same house, same call. without objection, resolution is adopted. next item, 18 through 20. >> clerk: here we have three public health contract requesting retroactive approval. 18 with baker places, inc. for behavioral health services not to exceed approximately $55.4 million through june 30, 2022, item 19, through seneca family of agencies doing businesses through seneca center for behavioral health services not to exceed $40.5 million through june 30, 2022, and item 20, health right 360 behavioral health services for adults and older adults for health right 360 not to exceed $84 million through july 1, 2022. >> president cohen: without objection, the resolutions are adopted. madam clerk, please call items 21 through 23. >> clerk: here we have three resolutions requesting retroactive approval through office of district attorney. authorizing $1.3 million in grant funds from the governor's office of emergency services for the county victim services program through december 31, 2019. item number 22, authorizing accept and expend with an authorizing of in-kind gift from the urban institute for data analytic and research support, and item 23 authorizes accept and expend for $150,000 in-kind gift for code for america, a pilot for new approach to automate criminal record expungement for eligible convictions. >> president cohen: all right, seeing no names on the roster, colleagues, same house, same call? and without objection, these resolutions are adopted. madam clerk, next item. >> clerk: item 24 is an ordinance to establish a process for review by the building inspection commission of legislation proposed by the board of supervisors and to affirm the determination. >> president cohen: same house, same call? without objection, ordinance is passed. madam clerk, next item. >> clerk: item 25 was referred without recommendation from the land use and transportation committee. >> president cohen: supervisor peskin. >> clerk: the affordable housing act on the november 6, 2018 ballot and reaffirm the city's report of appeal of the costa-hawkins rental housing act. >> president cohen: thank you very much. supervisor peskin, floor is yours. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president, colleagues. i want to thank you for your indulgence. i think this is the third time this item has appeared before the board of supervisors and is very consistent with a previous resolution that this body passed in support of assembly bill 1506 authored by assembly member david choo, which would have repealed the costa-hawkins act at the state level. as we know, ab 1506 couldn't get out of committee in the state assembly, and a broad california movement then turned to the initiative process and qualified proposition 10 for the ballot, and i thought it appropriate that san francisco, that adopted rent control in 1979 be on record in support of proposition 10, which is on this november's ballot. and i want to thank the members of the land use committee, who listened to plenty of testimony on the resolution, which is before you, item 25 today, on our agenda. i am rising to make an amendment, specifically to remove items 11 and 12 on page 3 of the resolution, as well as the clause "and/or single family homes" at lines 13 and 14, and i do so, obviously, this is a nonbinding resolution, but i do so because i think it is a conversation we should not restrict ourselves from having, should proposition 10 pass. there are 125,000 single-family homes in san francisco. as we discussed at the last board meeting, obviously, rent control does not apply to an owner-occupied house, but there are many homes that are rented out, and i think that we should at least be able to have a conversation about how to appropriately, if at all, think about rent control solutions and everything should be on the table in the middle of the housing crisis that we find ourselves in. i want to point everybody to the study commending proposition 10 as one of the quickest things that if local governments have the ability to use would positively impact rents and community stability in san francisco and the state of california, and with that i would like to make -- move to remove lines 11 and 12 in the clause and lines 13 and 14 that i mentioned. >> president cohen: all right, supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: question i have is, in looking at the amendments that you would like -- you're introducing, it crosses out the word on line 13, page 3, "and/or single-family homes." if you were not to cross it out, i'm trying to understand it better. you don't cross it out, does it mean that there wouldn't be any discussion? seems like leaving it in there you would have a discussion. >> supervisor peskin: no, it does not mean that at all. it just means that we are not -- the previous clause says single-family homes should be exempted from rent control and then goes on to say that application of rent control in new construction and/or single-family homes should be adopted only after economic analysis. i see no reason to tie the board's hands around that issue going forward. i mean, this is kind of all semantics in so far as this is a nonbinding resolution that's going to be voted on by millions of californians, but i see no reason to include those words that were put in at the committee level, and i think there's broad public sentiment that is expressed at least to my office that that should be removed. >> president cohen: supervisor yee, do you have any other questions? >> supervisor yee: no, just not understanding what impact it has if you have it in there or don't have it in there. seems you can still get to whatever you want to get to if you have it in there. maybe i'm not reading it right. >> supervisor peskin: i hear what you're saying. i think the first clause is very clear, which is a policy statement we want to exempt single-family homes, but you're asking should a single-family rent control be adopted only after an economic analysis, frankly, 6-1, half a dozen -- we did economic analysis when we did inclusionary. not the end of the world one way or another. i would fight hard for the previous clause, but whatever the will is of this body and i would defer to my colleagues. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor yee, do you have another question? >> supervisor yee: no, i just want to state that i would support the amendment eliminating 11 and 12, but i would like to see the other words be left alone in line 13, 14. >> supervisor peskin: madam president, maybe we can divide the question, 11 and 12 one vote. >> president cohen: let's do that. let's first make sure we hear all the members' comments. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: thank you. i think i agree with supervisor yee in his comments in that i think part of this discussion came up in land use committee, as well. i don't think it hurts the study, the single-family home issue, and whether you go that way or not, i think we should analyze it. i totally understand why you'd want to take the previous clause out. that is fine with me, that we'll disagree on that point, but i would say, again, as per the discussion, i would love for the second clause words to remain as-is, and i also, as has been stated many times, don't know that we as a policy body will actually be able to craft whatever local measure will pass. certainly, i wish we could, but i think it will probably be in the hands of folks who will bring it directly to the ballot, so in that case, that is why i wanted to in committee put in lines 11 and 12 just given the district that i represent. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: yeah, i guess as i sit here at this particular moment, i am not particularly inclined to think the city ought to be imposing rent control on single-family homes. i also think that whether or not this body takes position on prop 10, that is irrelevant to that, and i think that it's not appropriate for us to be trying to have that fight about single-family homes right now, so i am inclined to not include discussion of single-family homes in this resolution. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. just as a point of clarification, you don't need a motion to divide the -- to divide this matter, this item. is there any other discussion? madam clerk, i think we have a divided file. >> clerk: madam president, supervisor to amend? i didn't catch the second. >> president cohen: i don't think we have a second. sorry, madam clerk, before we go further, i want to acknowledge supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, president cohen. i agree, i think what we were trying to do is strike a nice balance. i think that part of the conversation is -- and this is not to tie into some of the conspiracy theorys as it relates to single-family homes, but it's really about what's happening in realtime on the ground. there are existing people that are renting out single-family homes, who are concerned about that conversation about rents being adjusted and raised on those as a result of anything happening, so this is really an acknowledgment of people that are living there and also respecting the fact that we do want to move forward with the resolution to support proposition 10, so i would be in support of leaving in the language as it is proposed, as well. >> president cohen: that last part you said you would be in support -- >> supervisor mandelman: as originally written in committee. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor brown? >> supervisor brown: well, if you're going to -- if we agree on leaving the language as it came out of committee, i just want to say, you know, i agree with that, because i support prop 10. i think it does untie our hands in san francisco, so we can strive to address the housing and affordable -- not affordable crisis that we have in this city, and i'm concerned about any changes made to this legislation in committee that seek to tie our hands in the issue of single-family homes, even before we know the outcome of an election. from a process perspective, i think this type of carve-out is wrong, and especially so preemptively, and i want to go on record saying that i feel strongly about supporting prop 10 as it came out of committee. thank you. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. any other discussion, colleagues? all right. so just for the record, supervisor peskin has divided the question. items 11 and 12, for one question, and item -- lines 13 and 14 as a second item. could you just read for clarification what you'd like to see in items -- sorry, in lines 11 and 12? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president. as set forth in the amendment before you, i would like to remove the further resolve on page 3 at line 11 and 12 that the city and county of san francisco also affirms that single-family homes should be exempted from rent control and be it. so i would like to vote to remove those words that were inserted in committee as our first vote. >> president cohen: okay. and we can do a roll call vote. >> clerk: all right, on the motion to strike lines 11 and 12 -- [ roll call ] yee aye. supervisor brown, aye. supervisor cohen. aye. fewer? aye. supervisor kim, aye. mandelman, aye. peskin, aye. ronen, aye. safai, no. stefani, no. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. mr. peskin, if you could restate the second portion of your motion. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president. the second portion is to remove the words "and/or single-family homes" so that it will now read on page 3 at line 13, "further resolve that any application of rent control to new construction should be adopted only after an economic analysis from the office of the comptroller." and the reason i think that in committee there was a -- on the first item there was a split vote, the one we just voted on. on the second item there was, i think, a unanimous vote, if my recollection serves me, but i think that really is based on our history with inclusionary, where we were very sensitive about finding the maximumly feasible amount of inclusionary. i think that's what we want relative to new construction, and it's appropriate in new construction. single-family homes is a totally different ball game, so that's why i would remove those five words, "and/or single-family homes." >> president cohen: madam clerk, roll call vote. >> clerk: tang, no. yee, no. pardon me, supervisor brown? brown, aye. cohen, no. fewer, aye. kim, aye. mandelman, aye. peskin, aye. ronen, aye. safai, no. stefani, no. there are six ayes and five noes with supervisors tang, yee, cohen, safai and stefani in the dissent. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. madam clerk, are we to take a vote on the entire document? >> clerk: item as amended. >> president cohen: item as amended, okay. peskin, any last words? all right. let's do a roll call vote. >> clerk: 25 on twice amended. [ roll call ] tang, no. yee, aye. brown, aye. cohen, aye. fewer, aye. kim, aye. mandelman, aye. peskin, aye. ronen, aye. safai, aye. stefani, no. there are nine ayes and two noes, with supervisors tang and stefani in the dissent. >> president cohen: all right, ordinance passed -- excuse me, resolution shall be adopted. next item. >> clerk: item 26 -- >> president cohen: i'm sorry, madam clerk, i want to call your attention to the time. >> clerk: yes, it's after 2:30. >> president cohen: madam clerk, do we have a 2:30 special order? >> clerk: yes, we do, 2:30 commendations. >> president cohen: we have three commendations, starting with supervisor fewer, followed by supervisor brown and close with supervisor peskin. supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, president. i would like to call up to the podium officers jared lee and michael malone from richmond station and also captain michelle jean, i think, is in the audience also. >> president cohen: come on down. [ applause ] >> supervisor fewer: today, colleagues, i have the honor of recognizing two exemplary san francisco police officers who went above and beyond in responding to and rescuing residents from an apartment building fire in my district. on the afternoon of august 31st, a first-alarm fire broke out, the results from an electrical issue. within minutes of being on scene, officers jared lee and michael malone immediately and fearlessly ran into the building, kicking down doors to rescue a resident from the building before themselves becoming impacted by smoke inhalation. three people were injured and sadly a family dog was lost to the fire. a number of residents were also displaced by this fire. in the richmond, we take care of the neighborhood and we take care of each other. officers lee and malone put their lives and well being of our residents first. they are truly our one richmond heroes. by that weekend, both officers were back at work and returned to support our neighbors. michael and jared met when they first entered the 231st lateral police academy. they formed a friendship and have worked as partners for the last one and a half years. officer michael malone has been an officer for 15 years. he has served with the san francisco police department for six and a half years. he previously worked for antioch p.d., he's also a trained officer. he's been awarded a medal of honor, life-saving medal and numerous captain commendations while serving on the san francisco police department. officer jared lee has been an officer for 12 years. he has served with the san francisco police department for six and a half years. he previously worked in the -- for the pleasanton p.d. jared was born and raised in the sunset district of san francisco. his mother was a dispatcher for the city and retired in 2015. he, too, has numerous captain commendations while serving on s.f.p.d. i also want to thank the san francisco fire department and support from the red cross and h.s.a. for displaced neighbors. colleagues, both officers are dedicated, hard-working officers who serve as role models for officers at richmond station, and i am beyond honored they are serving in my district and my residence. on behalf of my 88,000 residents, i would like to extend our deepest appreciation and gratitude for the heroism and putting their own well being at risk to ensure the well being of our neighbors. officers, thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you very much for the recognition. i do feel it was something that any police officer in san francisco would have done, but we do greatly appreciate it, and i am glad that we were able to make a difference for the people inside of that building, so thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. >> thank you very much for your words. thank you, supervisors and madam president. it's a privilege to serve this city, it's a privilege to serve in your district, and as officer yee said, we would gladly do it again any time, and thank you very much for allowing us to serve. >> president cohen: thank you for serving. [ applause ] >> president cohen: okay, thank you. next up we'll hear from supervisor brown. >> supervisor brown: thank you, president cohen. today i'm proud to stand with the community to commend the removal of the last day statue. this is particularly important to me because of where i grew up in utah and my native american heritage. to begin this recognition, dede ybarra will offer a song and tribute. >> song honoring and welcoming our ancestors. it's a california cultural song, and our ancestors deserve to stand here right along with us. ♪ ♪ >> supervisor brown: thank you, thank you. [ applause ] i'm going to stand here with the community. like many of you, i've walked by this monument too many times to remember. always with a heavy heart, feeling ashamed and hurt. it's taken almost two decades of energy, hard work, and dedication to remove this racist monument. the statue depicts the systemic genocide and cultural representation of native americans and indigenous people in california. our civic center and public places are no place to celebrate such a brutal, brutal legacy. through our incredible advocates and allies here today, thank you. i appreciate you for fighting and standing in solidarity to take down a symbol of colonial oppression here in san francisco. this is one small, significant step towards healing from a past filled with racism. what you have all accomplished not only supports the native american indigenous community, but it takes away a destructive and misleading narrative, and we have an activist right here, she's already an activist. it recognizes the true san franciscan natives, the ohlani people as those who originally belonged to this land and bring light to the forced removal and abuse they were subject to. today we celebrate a resilience and strength. i also want to thank my colleagues who have been part of this long journey. thank you to supervisors peskin, kim, fewer, ronen, for sponsoring the resolution back in may. thank you for the historic preservation committee, the san francisco human rights commission, the san francisco arts commission, and the san francisco board of appeals for heeding our call for justice. this is a small victory and a long fight. all of you have shown that when we stand together and fight for what is right, we can overcome anything. thank you. [ applause ] >> president cohen: congratulations. the next presenter, presentation, is supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president and colleagues. today i want to honor a gentleman that i've had the pleasure of working with for, i guess, about the last 20 years, and he is known to all of you on the occasion of scott sanchez stepping down from his eight-year post from one of the city's least-known, most-powerful positions, that of the city zoning administrator. and for those of you who do not know what the za, as we commonly refer to it as, is the individual who interprets and enforces the planning code and makes determinations on various applications, manages the department zoning and compliance team, monitors and maintains data regarded to ongoing implementation of the code. it's a pretty esoteric and intense job, which requires going to the board of appeals every wednesday night until the wee hours. and just as important, the za advises the planning director and the commission on the constant tweaks of all 12 articles of the planning code, zoning maps, and code cross references, so he's affectionately known as, or referred to by his colleagues as encyclopedia scott. he started in 1999 as an intern at the planning information counter, where he began to amass an impressive cache of terms and institutional knowledge, and ultimately came in and out of the department of action, i gave him a certificate of honor the last time he left the department for a stint at the company, but that's another story that i'll leave for another day. so he's been at the department for 15 years, over half of which serving as the zoning administrator. ultimately what i'd like to recognize about scott is not just his incredible service to the residents of san francisco and, obviously, to all of his detailed knowledge, but really, scott, to your integrity. you did not succumb to the political whims and pressures that you were often undoubtedly subject to, and i think you have consistently defended and interpreted this planning code that we amend and discuss here at the board of supervisors every week. so there's many, many stories. i want to salute you for really standing up at the right time when city attorney herrera got serious about the ongoing violations and massive conversion of residential buildings in the academy of art matter, and i know that you are still working on that, but -- and he's not really going away. he's going to be working part time and still staffing the board of appeals, but i think at long last finally spending more time with his wife robin and son milo. so you can still fully expect to get a call from me whenever i've got a tough question. if you don't have his cell phone number, i'll give it to all of you colleagues. maybe i'll tweet it out after this meeting, and i also on behalf of my constituents in chinatown, where you had some really thorny za issues to deal with, just a couple of e-mails that i got when i was telling people about you leaving your position as za. one of them says, "i'm such a fan of scott. he is patient, knowledgeable, fair, but also has a place in his heart for the underdog." i think that says it about right, "and i found scott to be responsive to neighborhood inquiries and explaining all those difficult things in zoning -- not in zoning speak, and he made his letters of determination in regular folks' language, so you could understand them, and i appreciate it. his sensitivity to community planning and the immigrant community in chinatown." so on behalf of the board of supervisors, thank you for your incredible service as za. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: thank you, i wanted to echo my thanks and thank you, supervisor peskin, for honoring our incredible za, and i think it says a lot that supervisor peskin is honoring you, right? in any case, i wanted to give my thanks to you, because i know this job is difficult in a city like san francisco, and you have to be incredibly fair, unbiased, and just, again, be able to respond to people in an incredible manner with respect to all different sides. and i'm sure that everyone wants to throw everything at you, but you always come out as someone who is very trustworthy and we know you've given a lot of thought in your decision. i want to thank you. i'm glad you're staying with the department, we'll miss you in that role, but thank you for your service. >> supervisor peskin: i have to add, scott, last time you left the department and came back, i made you give back the certificate of honor, so i'm giving you this on a condition if you come back, you have to return it. >> thank you. >> president cohen: supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: i also want to express my thanks and acknowledgment to your career and all of your work. you're probably the name that comes up the most often in my office, because we always have questions, and it's certainly a question that comes up a lot, but you have a complicated job. you do it with grace, and thank you for your commitment and service and being such a dedicated public servant. >> thank you. >> president cohen: scott, i want to add my voice. i'm a fan of yours. i think you've done a tremendous job. there's been a lot of changes to the southeast, a lot of zoning changes. you've been available in town and out of town to answer questions, not only that i've had, that my staff has had, so i'm excited for you as you transition on, but it is a little bit of a bittersweet moment, because you're going to be going. but we're grateful for your command and understanding of the zoning rules and planning code and we're grateful for your service. thank you. >> thank you, president cohen and supervisors. i appreciate this. this is a tremendous honor to receive this recognition. it's been a privilege the last eight years. it's been a very dynamic eight years from the depths of a recession, to the peak, this boom in the housing crisis, as well, and i appreciate all the support this board has provided over the years to make numerous amendments to the planning code, to improve the planning code. it's changed dramatically in these last eight years. responding to these issues, be it short-term rentals, be it protecting housing, increasing affordable housing opportunities, this board has really risen to the occasion to deal with the issues that we're facing as a city. also really want to thank everyone in the department. we have a tremendous planning department staff, i think as you all know, before you often defending their decisions, it's been an absolute privilege to work with the staff in the planning department. i have the utmost respect for everyone in that office, in particular i'd like to note director ram. without his support and giving me this opportunity for the past eight years to serve as zoning administrator and to allow me to serve in the capacity which i feel is necessary for the job, i couldn't have done it without any other planning director, and so i really want to thank director ram's excellent support, and tina tam, our coordinator and cory, who's done a stellar job when i've been out of the office. just want to thank you. this has been a tremendous opportunity from working at the information counters and intern, being the first person in my family to go to college. i've never thought i would have this opportunity, and i'm so grateful for having had the chance and lucky to stay and continue working for the city, so thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. [ applause ] all right, madam clerk, could you -- i think we can resume the agenda at item number 26. >> clerk: item 26 is an ordinance to direct the arts commission to direct a work of art depicting maya angelou at the main library to set city policy regarding the depiction of women on city property and to create a women's recognition public art fund. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. supervisor stefani, i'm sure you'd like to speak on this item. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president cohen. colleagues, it is an absolute honor to see this legislation cross the finish line. legislation not only to bring a statue of maya angelou to the main library, but legislation that will also increase the representation of women in the public realm. i feel really so grateful to be surrounded by such amazing women on this board and that we have a majority right now. president cohen, supervisor kim, supervisor ronen, supervisor brown, supervisor fewer, and supervisor tang. i am so impressed by each and every one of you, and i thank you for your co-sponsorship on this legislation. every night my 9-year-old daughter reads a quote out of her book, "you can't spell truth without ruth." she's obsessed with justice ruth bader ginsburg. she especially likes when r.b.g. says, when i'm sometimes asked when there will be enough women on the supreme court and i say when there are nine, people are shocked, but there had been nine men and nobody's raised a question about that. despite comprising half the population of the united states, women at the most comprise 20% of elected officials, media figures, and private sector leadership roles across the country. we make up only 20% of the senate and 19% of the house, and i think we saw last week what a problem that is. representation matters. there's that saying, if you can't see it, you can't be it. especially if young women don't see women represented broadly across different leadership roles, it becomes more difficult to fully realize they can be anything they want to be. this legislation is the inspiration of two of my friends and colleagues, margot kelly, they were inspired after attending a speech given by the first female treasurer of the united states, rosy rios, when she was discussing the importance of female representation in the public realm and an international movement to increase female representation by 30% by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. why 30%, why not 50%? well, at 30% representation, we really do start to see a shift. research suggests that 30% is the proportion when critical mass is actually reached in a group setting, the voices of the minority group become heard in their own right rather than simply representing the minority. in san francisco and across our nation, women are underrepresented not only in leadership positions, but also in public spaces. the accomplishments of great women deserve to be recognized along with the accomplishments of great men. all children deserve role models they can relate to and this law is a step forward to accomplishing this goal in our public spaces, and people have asked why maya angelou. dr. angelou is a national and san francisco icon. she was san francisco's first -- sorry, first african-american female streetcar conductor. dr. angelou earned a presidential medal of freedom as an acclaimed poet, author, and civil rights activist. her poems, such as "phenomenal woman" and "still i rise" continue to inspire generations of female activists. it is truly fitting that when san franciscans visit the library, they'll be greeted by dr. angelou. [ please stand by ] >> i would like to thank the arts commission on the library commission and the department on the status of women for the role they have played in this as well and i would like to close with a fitting quote and one of my favourite quotes from maya angelou. just like the moons and like sons but with a certainty of tides, just like hopes bringing high, still, i will rise. thank you again. i really hope to have all of your support today. >> supervisor cohen: thank you supervisor stefani. his be done -- >> supervisor brown: i would like to give a special thanks to supervisor stefani and i want to commend her staff. for producing this proposal in the wake of the presidential election, gender representation is still a moving target. this helps move san francisco forward. as a women in leadership, i feel comfort --dash confident that should open more doors and i'm happy this will be christened under the name of one of the most famous female poets to come out of the fillmore. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you colleagues, we will need to take a roll call vote on this item. please call the roll. [roll call] >> supervisor cohen: thank you, very much. this ordinance passes on the first reading. madam clerk, it is after 3:00. i believe we need to go to our three cheap -- special order. >> clerk: item 30-33 comprise the first special order at 3:00 pm for a public hearing of persons interested in the certification of a conditional use authorization for a proposed project at 143 corbett avenue issued by the planning commission. by its motion dated june 21st, 2018. item 31, 32, 33 are the emotions associated with the public hearing. >> supervisor cohen: all right thank you. colleagues, we are in receipt of a letter from the appellant, mr gary vice of corbett heights neighbors. he is withdrawing his appeal. i want to recognize supervisor madeleine to make a few remarks -- supervisor mandelman. to make a few remarks. >> supervisor mandelman: i want to thank the project sponsors and the corbett heights neighbors for their willingness to work together and find solutions that work for all parties and i especially want to thank my aides for their extraordinary work on this item. >> supervisor cohen: all right are there any departments that would like to speak on the agreement that has been reached? all right. seeing none, we need to take public comment on these matters. ladies and gentlemen, if there is any member of the public who wish to provide public comment under the understanding that this appeal has been withdrawn already, please come on up to the podium. as a reminder you will have two minutes to speak. all right. seeing that there are no speakers, public comment is now closed. this hearing has been heard and filed. is there a motion to approve item 31 and table items 32 and 33? motion made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor peskin. without objection, item 31 is passed in items 32 and 33 are tabled. madam clerk, next special order. >> clerk: next special order are items 34-37 for a public hearing of persons interested in the certification of a final environmental impact report for a proposed project is 700 and900 ennis avenue and shoreline park. issued by the planning commission dated july 26, 2018 to develop an approximately 1500 residential units up to 1800 parking spaces and 1600 bicycle parking spaces, in addition to new and improved publicly accessible

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