Then the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Take care. Thanks. Ok. Good afternoon, and welcoo the april 7th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] [roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee thank you, madam clerk. Just a reminder, if you are not speaking, please mute your mic. Im hearing a lot of echo. So, at this time please place your right hand over your heart and will you please join me in reciting 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. Supervisor yee ok. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who will record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Mr. President , i have a communication that ive been providing during this covid19 Health Emergency to the public that the Board Members will participate through Video Conference to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting for the publics reference, item 18 is general Public Comment. That is the opportunity to contribute live comments for up to two minutes by dialing the following telephone number 8882045984. Thats 8882045984. When prompted, enter the following access code 3501008 and press pound. 3501008pound. Press pound again to joining meeting as a participant. When you are connected, you will be able to hear the meeting as a participant. Best practices are please make sure you call from a quiet location, speak clearly, slowly and turn down your television. And when Public Comment is closed, i will provide this information again. And if you would rather submit written comments, you can use email or us postal service. Email is board. Of. Supervisor board of supervisors or room 244 at the number one dr. Carleton. B. San francisco, california, 94102. Thank you, mr. President. Thank you, madam clerk. Just to remind also if you are speaking, dont forget to unmute your speaker and your video. On behalf of the board, i would also like to acknowledge the staff that has been working hard to make these meetings possible. Linda, director of the department of technology for green lighting Microsoft Teams and providing us the best Team Possible to work with us. Jack chin and his staff, tom from Media Services who have provided a Program Framework and created answers to all of our questions. From the office of clerk of the board, john c. Who understands this board so well and has been indispensable to us. Lisa samora whos skills have been remarkable. They chase around board policy and structure helped us in thinking through Microsoft Teams could function. And arthur cool and Eileen Mchale from the Clerks Office who are behind the scenes right now to make sure the public is able to engage with us. Of course to our clerk, angela, for being so organized in leading us into this new territory. Im going to take a moment here to break away from our usual agenda. Theres been request from different supervisors, especially supervisor fewer and i agree that it would be a good idea that we can give a brief update of what is going on e. O. C. So that people would understand what were going through. The weekly updates will be given by the last supervisor that was there the week before. So since i was there the week before, i will give some kind of update. I want to provide an opportunity for every Board Meeting for this to happen and the board team that is stationed at the operations center. First, i want to thank the supervisors who have volunteered their staff. Heidily and andy from supervisor stefanis office, percy birch from supervisor waltons office was from the Clerks Office and this week we have supervisor fewer and her entire team, chelsea, angela, yan and jackie are going to be down there along with john carole from the Clerks Office. And this week and this has a direct connection to the center of all the operations revolving around the covid19 Health Emergency. We are all able to help elevate issues and concerns within the team to the department of publichealth, Health Services agency and the department of Emergency Management. I know that there needs to be more coordination around Food Security and housing. We have been in Constant Contact with those designated to see how we can be more responsive and to leverage our Community Resources so we can better serve our residents. Today, the city launched a data tracker for the public so we can better gage how we are doing around cases testing and acquisition of alternative housing sites. This should be available on the Sf Department of publichealth website. The department of Emergency Management will be providing standing briefings with the supervisors so that we can get direct updates moving forward. This is something that we started a while back but we it away with it because of concerns with the brown act but we, have since then answered that question so we can do this. This will start happening throwe times a week starting tomorrow and you should be getting an email from madam clerk to give you the information you need to get on that line. I really urge this to be on there or have it staffed to listen in as this is important work that is changing everything. You want to get the latest. I want to thank all my colleagues for the innovative ways you have been reaching out to Vulnerable People in your own districts. This week, we were able to launch an automated Driver System in district 7 so that volunteers from the homes can check on elderly neighbors through the technology. I want to thank supervisor stefani for helping to create that framework and commit all of you for the way you are trying to ensure no one is alone during the emergency. Next, as i mentioned, supervisor fewer will provide an update from her time at the e. O. C. So thank you. Before we get started, just a friendly reminder to all the supervisors again, to mute your microphone when you are not speaking. So madam clerk, lets go to our Consent Agenda. Clerk items 15 are on content. Considered to be routine. If a member projects a item may be removed and considered separately. Supervisor yee ok. What are is it 15 . Yes, 15. Supervisor yee ok. Would anyone like to officer any items from the Consent Agenda . Ok. Seeing no names on the roster, madam clerk, please, call the roll. Clerk on items 105. Supervisor preston. Aye. Supervisor ronen. Aye. Supervisor safai. Aye. Supervisor stefani. Aye. Supervisor walton. Aye. Supervisor yee. Aye. Supervisor fewer. Aye. Supervisor haney. Aye. Supervisor mandelman. Aye. Supervisor mar. Aye. Supervisor peskin. Aye. There are 11 ayes. Supervisor yee the ordinances are passed in the First Reading and finally, the resolution is adopted unanimously. Lets go to the regular agenda. Clerk item 6 is an ordinance to amend the Building Code to extend the time for existing buildings with a place of public accommodations to comply with the requirement to have all primary entries and pads of travel into the building accessible to persons with disabilities or to receive a city determination of equivalent to solicitation technical and feasibility or unreasonable hardship to extend the period for granting extensions from those deadline and to extend the time for the department of Building Inspections report to the board of supervisors. Supervisor yee can you please call roll . Clerk on item 6. Supervisor preston. Aye. Ronen. Aye. Supervisor safai. Aye. Supervisor stefani. Aye. Supervisor walton. Aye. Supervisor yee. Aye. Supervisor fewer. Aye. Supervisor haney. Aye. Supervisor mandelman. Aye. Supervisor mar. Aye. Supervisor peskin. Aye. There are 11 ayes. Supervisor yee ok, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, please call the next item. Clerk on item 7, an ordinance to amend the planning code to correct typographical errors, update out rated cross leverages and make non substantive revisions to clarify or simplify code language to amend the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. Can you call the roll. Supervisor preston . Aye. Supervisor ronen. Aye. Supervisor safai. Aye. Supervisor stefani. Aye. Supervisor walton. Aye. Supervisor yee. Aye. Supervisor fewer. Aye. Supervisor haney. Aye. Supervisor mar. Aye. Supervisor peskin. Aye. There are 11 ayes. Supervisor yee without objection this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to item number 16 committee reports, mr. President . Clerk item 16 was considered on monday april 6th and was forwarded as a committee report. Its an emergency ordinance to temporarily require private employers with 500 or more employees to provide publicHealth Emergency leave during the publicHealth Emergency related to covid19. And mr. President , pursuant to charter section 2. 170 the vote threshold would be eight votes. Supervisor yee supervisor mar would you like to speak . Yes, thank you, president. San francisco was ahead of the curve in sheltering in place and im grateful for the early leadership of our Health Officer and taking action that is saving lives. To keep flattening the curve, we must continue to shelter in place. So while we take shelter, we must also take care. We as Public Officials need to take care to help reach our security guards on furlough and take care of parents trying to work a fulltime job from home and also being full time care takers. We node to take care of seniors and People Living with diabetes and people that are h. I. V. Positive or immuno compromised and im asking we take action to help people stay physically and economically healthy. If we adopt this leave, over 200 san franciscans will access two more weeks of paid leave to take care of themselves and their families as soon as its signed into law. Hundreds of thousands of people who will have more Economic Security when they most need it. Our current economic crisis is something weve long known. Economic justice and publichealth are we are only as healthy as our neighbor, our Grocery Store clerk, our front line essential workers and if they cant afford to stay home when they need to, were all worse off. Under this law, if you work in San Francisco, for a large private employer, any company who nonprofit with more than 500 employees you are eligible. Even if you are the only employee in San Francisco, even if you started working a month before shelter in place, even if you are a temporary worker or furloughed, with publicHealth Emergency leave if you are sick or cant work or need to take care of your kids, or you are over 60 or have a compromised immune system you can take paid leave. I want to clarify the process. I know this ordinance has moved quickly. Why apologize for that because we cant afford to wait to act and we have worked with dozens of stakeholders from unions to businesses to make this as strong as possible. This ordinance will go into effect if passed today and signed by the mayor. Theres also a duplicated version of this ordinance we will be voting on next week. That will additionally expand paid leave for Healthcare Providers whose employers cannot have the current version of this ordinance. We made that substitute amendment to a duplicated file because we didnt want to wait to slow down this benefit for the 200,000 workers who covered by the ordinance before us today. I would like to thank my co sponsors supervisors haney, ronen and mandelman and our drafting attorney who worked latenight, Early Morning to bring this before us. I want to thank the coalition we worked with in writing this legislation including job a justice with San Francisco and the Labor Council and United Service workers and legal aid at work and San Francisco chamber of commerce. I wants to thank the frontline workers this is all about and every organization that work in support of this legislation including the California Association and San Francisco state, chinese progressive association, coleman advocates for children and youth, daily labor program, days in action bay area, harry milk, lgbtq democratic club, housing rights committee, pte21, job justice of San Francisco, labor and community studies, college city of San Francisco, National Union of healthcare workers, San Francisco rising, senior and disability action, siu101, siuusww, south of Market Community action network, united educators of San Francisco, united food and commercial workers local 5, and united for respect. And thank you. Supervisor supervisor safai. Yes, thank you president yee. I think this is timely and i think its appropriate. I think the speed with which it moved was absolutely necessary. Just want to be added as a cosponsor and appreciate all your hard work along with your co sponsors. Supervisor yee call the roll, please. Clerk supervisor preston. Aye. Supervisor ronen. Aye. Supervisor safai. Aye. Supervisor stefani. Aye. Supervisor walton. Aye. Supervisor yee. Aye. Supervisor fewer. Aye. Supervisor haney. Aye. Supervisor mandelman. Aye. Supervisor mar. Aye. Supervisor peskin. Aye there are 11 ayes. Supervisor yee ok. Without objection this has passed unanimously. Lets go to the next item, roll call. Clerk supervisor preston, you are first up. Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today i want to provide an update on our efforts to protect tenants after the current public healing crisis and let you all know about legislation that i planned to introduce. Since the mayors declaration of a state of emergency in february, my office in conjunction with many of my colleagues worked quickly to bring evictions effective low to a halt in San Francisco in that initial effort, weve been successful stopping evictions for nonpayment of rent and most elective evictions having the San Francisco spirit courts suspend eviction proceedings and getting the Sheriffs Office to agree to pause serving writs ex this swift action has put in police a stopgap on displacement during this very uncertain time and i want to thank everyone for coming together on those protections. We all know there remains a palpable anxiety among tenants particularly low income and communities of color. My Office Hosted a virtual roundtable last week on tenant protections with more than 80 attends and one of the most common questions and im sure many of of my colleagues are getting the same questions, were is what happens after the state of emergency. For those that are losing income through no fault of their own, how will they make up a months rent of after a moratorium has end and what is to stop a wave of displacement down the road. This is the question my office has been working on with tenant advocates and the City Attorney office with recent days and weeks and im announcing next weeks Board Meeting will be introducing the strongest protections for tenants to deep folks if their homes, not just during this crisis but beyond and to prevent tenants from being penalized for an ability to pay rent during this time. This will include longterm eviction protection and protections against late fees. I want to thank my colleagues, supervisor haney and ronen for spearheading efforts to call on state to implement rent and mortgage payment moratorium, a resolution i was proud to cosponsor which was passed unanimously by this board last week. I believe it will take a coordinated effort at all levels of government to ensure that no one is left behind. We must do everything within our power to ensure that this publichealth crisis does not add yet another dimension to our housing and displacement crisis. While we work on the rental burdens and obligations i want to acknowledge we are, as is the case in many as respects of this crisis, in our uncharted territory, we want to extend a thank you to monu for his work from the City Attorneys office for his work on this effort and look forward to saying the details of our legislation with you next week. I also wanted to announc