Meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. role call . Thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , we have a quorum. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv, miss men doe didnt mr. Smith who record our recordings and make a transcript to the public available online. Any communications . None to report, mr. President. So today we are approving the minutes from the october 8th, 2019 Board Meeting and any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Made by supervisor furer and seconded by supervisor ronan. And without objection those will be approved after public comment. Madam clerk, will you please call the two pm special orders in. Yes, the special order at 2 00 p. M. Is the mayors appearance before the board and it is the appearance by the honourable mayor london breed and there were no questions by the eligible members of the board, districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 and therefore, the mayor may address the board up to five minutes. I want to welcome mayor breed partnershi. Breed. I know youre talking about this issue and its something important for all of us in the city and i will go ahead and congratulate you and supervisor ronan and supervisor hainey ahead of time and mayor breed, you are welcome to share your remarks. Thank you to the members of the board of supervisors and the public for having me here today. Im excited because as many of you know, we Just Announced what supervisor hainey and ronan compromised to Mental Health sf, where we are going to focus on addressing this crisis in a way that will deliver the kinds of results that we know we need to see on our streets. We owe it to our residents and we owe it to the people that we know are suffering. We have made it clear that we are committed to working together and today, we will introduce a new Mental Health sf piece of legislation that will dramatically improve how those who are suffering from Mental Health and Substance Abuse on our streets receive services. This legislation will allow us to continue the work that were doing right now and to prioritize those who are currently sadly in crisis. Im really proud of our Behavioral Health system which serves over 30,000 people but we know for 4,000 of those people, there are real challenges with providing them the kinds of service that makes a change and we also know that there are some inequities in our Behavioral Health system because of those 4,000 people, 35 are africanamerican which means we have to make specific investments to support that population. While we rethink and reform how we deliver Behavioral Healthcare in the city, we will provide wraparound supportive services, the office of coordinated care, a revamped and refocused on our Access Center and a significant expansion of the services for Behavioral Healthcare treatment beds, Navigation Centers to help those who need help the most. Its a plan to support our most vulnerable individuals including those who refuse service or are unable to accept help. We will not get there overnight and we cannot get it done without working together. This initiative is ambitious, thorough and lets be clear, it will be expensive. Mental health sf will be a priority in any budget this upcoming budget year and i hope it will be a priority in yours. That being said, we need a lot of additional revenue and i am asked our Capitol Planning Committee to prioritize a bond, to pay for Capital Improvements on the november 2020 ballot so we can do things like build more Mental Health beds, acquire and expand board and Healthcare Facilities and enhance the facilities we already have to provide services. I really want to thank supervisor ronan and supervisor hainey for coming to the table and collaborating with us on this effort and i want to thank supervisor mandleman for his leadership on this issue, as well. Im hopeful each of you will work with us so we can put a successful path forward to what we need to do to build consensus around this important issue. The capital funding, as i mentioned, is crucial, but its also going to take Operational Support and in june, president yi and i asked the controller to convene a process, to overhaul our citys business tax with a goal of creating a consensus measure for the november 2020 ballot. I believe funding for Mental Health sf should be prioritized in this measure and know that supervisor hainey and supervisor ronan both agree, as well. Again, supervisors, i will need your help in getting the measure drafted and passed and with these two measures for november 2020, a Mental Health bond and tax reform, we can make a difference on our streets. Each piece is a joint effort and i know that we want to see change now. The problem that exists on our streets was not a problem that was created overnight. And we are prepared to do everything necessary to be as aggressive as possible in making the investments so that we can see real change. As i mentioned earlier, this is not the first time that San Francisco has dealt with a Public Health crisis of this magnitude. In the 19 1980s, when we dealt h the health crisis, sanfrancisco was a leader and for the first time in our citys history, the number has shown that we have less than 200 new hiv infections in this city which is absolutely amazing exwand we can get thereh Public Health, as well, thank you. Thank you, madam mayor for joining us today. And this will conclude our special order. This item shall be filed. Madam clerk, call items 15 on the regular agenda. Five aarons that repeal the codes in their entirety. Item one is the 2016 Building Code and 2019 addition and it enacts a 2019 addition. It repeals the 201 repeal acode enacting a 2019 addition. Item 4 repeals the mechanical code enacting a 2019 addition and item 25 enacts a 2019 addition and all five ordinances adopt the appropriate findings. Madam clerk, please call the role. Items 15. role call . There are 11 ayes. Theyre passed. A Charter Amendment to draft the charter of city to provide Retiree Healthcare benefits who started working for the city on or after march 17 17, 2019 witht a break in service between employment with the Housing Authority and the city and county of San Francisco and to affirm the sequa determination. Same house, same call . This Charter Amendment will be submitted. Call item 7. An ordinance to amends the administrative code for the Advisory Committee and committee on city workforce alignment. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . This has passed unanimously. Please call item 8. An ordinance to amend the code for the safety Advisory Committee to october 1, 2020 and to require the committee to recommend changes to its structure and duties. Im 9 to amend various codes to renew and extend a prior waiver and refund of investigation fees to provide a twoyear extension of medical cannabis dispensary permits and temporary business permits and a threeyear extension of temporary retail use authorization and to affirm the sequa determination and make the appropriate findings. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this passes unanimously. Please call item number 10. An ordinance to amend the business and tax regulations code to add provisions to the traffic mitigation tax and make conforming nonsubstantive change. Supervisor peskin. I wanted to use this as an opportunity to thank everyone of my colleagues on the board of supervisors. Mayor breed and most particularly the electorate of San Francisco for d. Same house, same call without objection. This ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, please call item 11. Item 11 is an ordinance to approve an amendment to the system purchase and installation agreement between the city and motorolla, inc, to increase the amount from 33 million to 81 million and extend the term by 7. 5 years through december 31, 2029. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, its passed First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, next item. Item 12 a resolution to authorize the Risk Management division for the city administrator to enter to a First Amendment for Insurance Brokerage services with alignant services to increase the amount to 74 million with no change to the term length and to expire on june 30, 2020. Colleagues, same house, same call and without objection, this is adopted unanimously. Item 13, please. To approve amendment 44 to the Treasure Island land and structures master lease between Treasure IslandDevelopment Authority and the United States navy, to extend the term for one year to commence december 1, 2019, a total term through november of november 19, 1998 through november 30, 2020. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, next item . Item 14, a resolution to approve a First Amendment to the Grant Agreement between the city and institute on aging for the provision of the Community Living fund for a total amount not to exceed 10. 5 million through june 30, 2021. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, its adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, the next item. Items 1517, mr. President . Yes. Theyre called together and they are companion items. Item 15 is an aaro ordinance see of the lawsuit by the sheriff claiming that the bail schedule when used as a basis for prearraignment or release of a arrestees violates the constitution and item 18, to appropriate 2. 2 million for the right serves an and to implement the terms of the final judgment in the title of rhianna buffen and crystal paterson and item 17, aaron number 170. 19 in fiscal 920 to implement positions and for a limited term through fiscal year 2021 at the District Attorneys Office and Sheriffs Office to implement the terms of the stipulated fine judgment for the aforementioned action. Colleagues, can we take these items, same house, same call. Without objection, these ordinances are passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, please call item number 18. A resolution to rename one block of gilbert street between bryant and branon and perpendicular to jeff adache way. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, call the next item. Item 19 is a resolution to approve the jurisdictional transfer of 1419 bryant street under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Transportation Agency and to the Real Estate Division on behalf of animal care and control or the acc and 1,215th 1200 15th street and subject to the terms and conditions of a memorandum of understanding between the mta and the acc and adopt the appropriate findings. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, item number 20. Item 20 a motion to appoint laura geraden to Ballot Simplification Committee term ending november 30, 2020. Colleagues, same house, same call . Without objection, this is approved unanimously. Thathat madam clerk, item 21. To appoint tim think matthews and chu to the terms ending november 21, 2020. Same house, same call . Without objection, this is approved unanimously. So madam clerk, i think well go to item number ill call for introductions. Supervisor furer, youre the first up for new business . I refer. Supervisor hain earthquakes . Ey . I refer. Supervisor mandleman . Yes. Supervisor peskin. Thank you, madam clerk, colleagues. On the eve of the budget and finance committees consideration of a storefront vacancy tax for the march 2020 ballot, i wanted to provide an update of sorts on another facet of the perennial issue of our ailing Small Business community and vacancies along many commercial corridors. In july of this year, i submitted a letter of inquiry to our clerk to city departments inquirying about frequency and amount of fees saysed on businesses in San Franciscos neighbor commercial districts. At the time, my office was fielding numerous concerns that Small Businesses were being feed to death before they could open their doors. The data we received in response to that letter of inquiry supports that perception in part. In some instances, Small Businesses are confronted with fees and thousands of dollars and improvements that many Small Businesses are paying while waiting for city approvals. It should be fundamentally clear by now to every single one of us that every time we impose new mandates, those mandates frequently come with inspections and compliance deadlines and that means more costs and that is not to say that we shouldnt pass regulations to better protect Public Health and safety, but we should absolutely particularly, when its the citys failure to regulate, we have to take account of these externalized costs and as a policy matter, i want to advance the following idea. Just because we can recover costs doesnt mean that we have to recover all of the costs. This comes as no surprise listening to my office discuss these matters for the better part of the past year. Today im submitting a City Attorney request to establish a Small BusinessFee Relief Program that would allow for substantial reductions in city fees on Small Businesses in the city and county of San Francisco. Approximately 80 of businesses in San Francisco have under ten employees and approximately 9a hav95 have 100 employees. Theres an enormously important segment of our citys economy and i want to thank the merchants who have worked to provide data and insight to inform this process and proposal and i look forward to working with all of you to ensure its success. Thank you. The rest i will submit. Supervisor ronan. Thank you so much, colleagues. I just wanted to repeat some of the remarks i made at the press conference just proceeding this Board Meeting. With the announcement that we are introducing a Mental Health assess today as an ordinance at this board, we are very close to creating the first universal Mental Health and substantive Healthcare System in the country. If you are homeless, uninsured or on medicale, Mental Health sf will treat you, create a plan toward a stable and healthy life and imide yo guide you. If you have insurance but are not getting the care you need and deserve, we will stand beside you and advocate with your prior until you get that care and if we see any patterns of the legal behaviour, we will hold those Insurance Companies accountable. Once Mental Health sf is fully up and running, no one will stand alone battling these diseases of the mind and San Francisco, if you see someone on street with Mental Illness or drug addiction, you no longer have to walk by and feel guilty for not doing anything or debate with yourself about whether or not to call the police. You will have a 24hour, sevenday a week team of clinicians to assist and that mobile team will have the Mental HealthService Center to take people to to get Immediate Care from psychiatrists and psych nurses and we will no longer waste money, time and good will as patients and the rest of us by watching people cycle from the street to psych emergency services, to residential treatment and right back to the street where its impossible to stay healthy, because we will have an office of coordinated care helping to keep people on a path to recovery and well have an expansion of services that ensures availabilit