Earlier today. Several large corporations have already taken steps to follow public guidelines, and this is helpful, but we know its not an option for many Small Businesses, most of whom survive month to month like many residents. A shutdown lasting weeks or even a slow down could mean the end of them or for them. In San Francisco, there are thousands of these Small Businesses employing hundreds of thousands of workers. Small businesses are the life blood of our neighborhoods and our communities, and we simply cant let them go under, so im working with the City Attorney and the Treasurers Office to create a Small Business rent stabilization loan to issue no interest loans to businesses who are unable to meet rent, mortgage, or other fixed operating costs. I plan to introduce this next week. As the covid19 crisis evolves, we want to send a message loud and clear. If you are following the Citys Department of Public Healths recommendations, which you all should do, weve got your back. San francisco is united and resilient, and we will not be driven by fear, but focused on sensible solutions, and ill describe the details of this measure in more detail next week, when i introduce it. I also have been working with supervisor ahsha safai to encourage banks to step up during this crisis. The second item that i will be requesting is a hearing from the s. H. A. R. P. Office. On september 13, 2019, the mayor signed into existence the office of sexual harassment, assault, and rape prevention, the s. H. A. R. P. Office. Since then, the Human Rights Office has only hired one of the three Staff Required by the ordinance and funded by the board. The office has only received and addressed one complaint, and no publicly available information about the offices existence or services exists. Theres just theres no outreach, no website, theres no information on the Human Rights Commission rights commissions website. The one complaint that they did issue was because the survivor came to our service and we passed them onto the s. H. A. R. P. Office. This lej this legislation was passed several years ago when rape survivors stated their situations to the city. I am specifically requesting the presence of a leader who can answer all of our questions about the hiring process from the department of human resources, preferably, the director of that department, the director of the Human Rights Commission, and the director of s. H. A. R. P. Final finally, today, im proposing changes to existing u. S. Border policies. Residents of San Francisco deserve to live in safety and Thriving Communities where everyone is treated with respect, but because a city is located within 100 miles of a coastal border, San Francisco is considered a border city. That means that families in San Francisco are subjected to inhuman rights and make every person a recipient of the widespread corruption of the border agents. Because San Francisco is a border city, federal immigration agents can assert the power to board Public Transportation and harass children on their way to school, parents on their way to work, or adults on the way to their Grocery Store all without reason, moorely with merely with suspicion. A new border vision offers an opportunity to move away from the myopic governance at our borders by forming National Policy and grounding National Politics in our values. Specifically, this framework seeks to expand Public Safety by focusing border authorities and resources on legitimate public activities and ensuring that all enforcement is held accountable. It seeks to protect human life by keeping families together, providing immediate aid to people in distress and allowing people to seek protection without barriers. Finally, it seeks to welcome newcomers in a humane way by welcoming residents, immigrants, and asylum seekers, minimizing the pole throle thar authorities play in the immigrant community. It is incumbent upon us to lead again by embracing a new border vision that adequately protects human rights. I would like to thank the Southern Border Communities Coalition and the students and faculty of the Berkeley Law International human rights clinic for leading this critical campaign, to enhance human policy government at our coasts and our borders, and for asking our government to be part of this collective effort, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, madam clerk. Today, i rise to talk about an introduction as it related to many of the things that have been talked about today with regard to covid19 and our coronavirus and how its impacting particularly working families. I know that supervisor peskin took the angle to tenants and those living in buildings where theres a landlord. This particular request im working on this with supervisor ronen, as she stated, but also supervisor fewer, yee, mar, haney, mandelman, peskin, preston, and stefani. Were calling for a 60day moratorium on the default of residential loans that are held by private individuals and Small Businesses, along with Public Utilities. That would include gas, electric, garbage, refuse, and water. And i know already from hearing from our Public Utilities commission that the director has asked the commission to do a halt on any cutoff on water services. We appreciate that. We would like all the different entities that weve named to come up with an action plan on how theyre going to help families and help those through no fault of their own have had their livelihood and their jobs impacted. And i can tell you, having gone to a meeting with our Janitors Union yesterday, speaking to our teamsters that do our refuse collection, talking to our nurses, many of the folks in our frontline work hours, many of them are being impacted in terms of their work hours and potentially their salaries. In this time of crisis, they would potentially lose their homes they could potentially lose their homes, they could potentially lose their businesses, and we dont want any additional fines or fees imposed during this period. Our partnership with mayor breed has made some aggressive recommendations for communities and our colleagues here, directed by the department of Public Health, and im fully in support of all of those recommendations talked about today. But because of that request and because of the impact on peoples jobs, we want to take some aggressive steps, and were asking for that 60day moratorium. As you go out, as youve seen in San Francisco, its had a tremendous impact on Small Businesses and workers and employers all over the city. And because of the cancelling of shifts and because of the loss of income, we feel like this is an appropriate step. There is precedent for it. When Northern California and our area experienced natural disasters through fires, i know that our banks took some aggressive steps to ensure that fees werent being attached to a. T. M. S and lay fees late fees and so on, and i think thats what were asking in this instance. So all the banks and businesses that do business in San Francisco and are conducting themselves in San Francisco, wed like to see immediate action. It looks like our Public Utilities commission are already taking those steps. We need to ensure the lives of our businesses and residents, although theyre being disrupte disrupted we need to take immediate steps to protect our communities, that theyre not having financial crises, as well. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor stefani . Supervis supervisor ronen, you wanted to speak . Supervisor ronen yes. Im just a horrible human and did not thank my wonderful staff for all of this work. Santiago, paul, and jennifer have been working nonstop on all of the items that i introduced, so thank you so much. Clerk thank you. Thank you, supervisor stefani,. Supervisor stefani thank you, madam clerk. Just want to thank my colleagues and the public for coming together against protecting us against covid19. Politicizing this in any way is not something we should be doing. It is my understanding that the School District, the San FranciscoSchool District has voted not to close schools, and jo i dont know if that will change, but it does raise an issue for child care for those parents that need to get to work, and now they have no place to get their kids, so its something that i will be following up with the Mayors Office in the event that we need to figure out child care for schools that may close. Im also announcing today that ive asked the City Attorney to draft legislation that will save single screen theaters. It will a i am seeing this in my district with the closing of the clay theater, which is one of the oldest movie theaters in San Francisco. For over 100 years, the clay theater has been one of the most successful cultural institutions in the neighborhood. In the weeks since we learned that the clay will be closing, i have heard from so many residents, merchants, and neighborhood associations about how much of a loss it would be for the fillmore neighborhood commercial district and for the city as a whole. I will do everything i can to preserve these important cultural institutions, and i look forward to working with the City Attorney to draft this legislation to ensure we save the clay theater and other singlescreen theaters. Im also submitting today a formal letter of inquiry to the department of Public Health regarding the no overdose advertising campaign. While i understand the intent of the campaign, the images that were brought to my attention provided a very incomplete and inaccurate picture of what Drug Overdose and addiction looks like. Im absolutely in favor of Harm Reduction techniques like providing narcan and overdose training and Overdose Prevention sites. This is not the only tool at our disposal, and we must be laser focused on promoting new cases and getting those suffering from the disease in treatment. I want to know more about how the campaign was set, and how much the city spent on the campaign. I also want to know if other departments had the opportunity to weighin on the conten. It is crimintical to our city t we get input from businesses and residents. I look forward to receiving a response from the department of Public Health and sitting down to continue this discussion when i meet with the Harm Reduction coalition next week, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor stefani. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you. First, i would like to be a cosponsor of supervisor prestons street naming legislation. If you could name me. First, im opposing the United States department of housing and urban developments proposed further fair housing rule that was announced on january 7, 2020, by secretary ben carson. I want to thank the Tenants Union and the community for Housing Partnership for working with us, as well. There was no meaningful guidance on this law until 2015, when the affirmatively furthering fair housing rule was established. The affh requires all federal agencies, including hud and their funding recipients to proactively address segregation and programs and activities related to housing and community development. It also requires that these entities complete a robust analysis of segregation and fair housing disparities in order to receive hud funds. Now hud is attempting to eliminate a key fair housing regulation that promotes diverse equitable and inclusive communities. This new rule will continue to advance the administrations deregulation agenda. Huds new proposal will not require jurisdictions and housing authorities to directly examine or address the legacy of unequal housing opportunities in our communities. Instead, huds proposal makes fair housing an after thought rather than a starting point of discussion about a systemic lack of housing opportunities for communities of color or persons with disabilities. Huds new proposal will minimize oversight and accountability for communities that receive federal housing dollars. It will not require communities to advance housing policies for groups that have historically experiences housing discrimination. Huds new regulation will stop the collection of data. It will also attack protections for tenants, workers, and the environment. Huds proposal specifically identifies rent control as a potential obstacle to fair housing choice. The proposal also tries to use this rule to discourage important labor and wage standards to govern housing rules. I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing huds new proposal. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor walton. Supervisor yee . President yee colleagues, as we discussed earlier, im going to be introducing an imperative item for the board to ratify, the Health Officers declaration of local Health Emergency regarding the Novel Coronavirus disease, and this is going to be also cosponsored by supervisor peskin. As we are all aware, the city and county of San Francisco is working tirelessly to address the growing impacts of covid19, and there this is given to extend the notification beyond seven days, into the foreseeable future. I believe th i the rest before i submit everything, supervisor peskin, id like to be named as a cosponsor for your street naming. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, we are facing an unprecedented challenge during this time as the city is responding to the Novel Coronavirus. I recognize that the city is working furiously to strengthen our citywide preparedness via the City Operation Center as much as possible and to mitigate the impacts to our most vulnerable populations, our seniors and people with underlying medical conditions. However, while departments like d. P. H. And d. E. M. Are thinking of preparing us on a macrolevel, we as supervisors need to think on a microlevel. This is the time where we need to step up our leadership to bring people together while adhering to the Health Recommendations for social distancing. It is time for every supervisor to do a deep dive into the infrastructure of our districts, to assess where there might be gaps in the safety net serving our most vulnerable communities and to think critically and creatively about how we can meet those needs, we need to be in communications with our Senior Service providers who best know the needs of their clients. We need to push the private sector as well, but it is also our responsibility to be a model employer, and i hope that for our public facing employees, our bus drivers, deputy sheriffs, and counter staff, and especially our health workers, how we are working to keep them safe and encouraging flexibility as an employer to reduce opportunities for spread of covid19. I just want to make sure that we have clear plans for communicating to workers in each department in exploring steps like allowing workers to work from home and telecommute. I do appreciate the hard work of our administration and city department, and i will be working with the Mayors Office to explore how we can promote robust precautions for city workers. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor fewer. Mr. President , seeing no further names on the roster, that concludes special business. President yee thank you. I want to remind my colleagues that if these hearings are not time sensitive, please refrain from trying to have these hearings, like, in the next week or so, so just take that into consideration. Okay. Madam clerk, lets go to Public Comment. Clerk at this time, the public may address the entire board of supervisors for two minutes in items appearing on the board agenda, and at this point, mr. President and members, i would like to deviate from my routine script. At the top of the meeting, d. P. H. Director tomas aragon presented information on the ongoing emergency. At the time, there is an opportunity to limit the spread of covid19 to making changes on how we conduct business in our normal routines, in addition to doing so in the committee room. As president yee stated at the top of the meeting, the department is open for business, and we believe the decisions that were making today will perhaps save some lives in the future. And to that end, although we are encour