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Good morning, everyone. The meet willing come to order. Welcome to the may 28, 2020 regular meeting of the Public Safety and neighborhood committee. Were joined by vice chair Catherine Stefani and supervisor shamann wallton. Our clerk is john carroll. I want to thank corwin cooley at sfgov tv for staffing this meeting as well as i. T. For lending their support to todays matter for all that you are doing to keep the board of supervisors running smoothly in these strange, virtual times. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you, mr. Chair. In order to protect board members, City Employees and the public during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. Both San Francisco cable channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming a Public Comment callin number across the screen. 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Thank you, mr. Chair. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please call our first item . Agenda item number one is a hearing to consider the premisetopremise transfer of a type 21 off sale to selma wines and spirits incorporated. Doing businesses east cut traders located at 301 howard and will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this hearing should call the Public Comment number, 4156550001 and enter the access code 926116335 and press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and then press the star key, followed by the number 9 to enter the queue to speak. Mr. Chair . Thank you. First up, well hear from our a. L. U. Good morning. I am here. Hello. Good morning. Good morning. Are we ready . We are ready. Give us our report. All right. You have before you a p. C. N. Report for east cut traders. They have applied for a type 21 license and, if approved, this would allow them told operate as an offsale general premise. There are zero letters of protest. Zero letters of support. They are located in plot 238, which is considered a highcrime area. Theyre in census track 615, which is considered a high saturation area. Southern station has no opposition. A. L. U. Recommends approve value with the following condition. Number one, they should actively monitor the area under their control in order to prevent the loitering of any persons on their property as depiktsed on the form and should be noticed that they had agreed to the above listed conditions. All right. Thank you, officer sammondson. I believe we have our applicant on the line as well. Yeah. This mr. Ammana . Yes, sir. You can make any remarks youd like to to the committee. Yes. Thank you so much. I dont want to take too much of your time. But im applying for a 21 under soma wines and spirits and weve been doing business in soma since 2006. This is our third location. Wed love to assist the market with [inaudible] and groceries. No protests. I would like to get this thing done so we can hopefully, by the time the city opens, we can start with a recovery. Any questions, ill be able to answer. I dont see any comments or questions from my colleagues, but thank you. Caller thank you. Mr. Clerk, you can open this up for Public Comment. My the instructions that i have around Public Comment are a little different i think from what i heard you say. At this point, do we have any folks in the queue . Mr. Chair, operations will check to see if there is there are any callers in the queue. Please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. For those who already connected to our meeting via phone, please press the star button followed by 9 to be added to the queue to speak for this item. For those already on hold in the queue, please continue to wait until youre prompted to begin at the beep. For those who are watching our meeting on cable channel 26 or via streaming link on sfgov tv, if you wish to speak on this item, please call in by following the instructions on your screen. Dial 4156550001 and enter the access code. Todays access code is 926116335. Press the pound symbol twice and then press star and then 9 to enter the queue to speak. Do we have any callers who are connected for this agenda item . Operator mr. Chair, there no callers wishing to speak. Great. Then Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, my understanding is that supervisor haney is supportive of this item moving forward with positive recommendation and given that, i will move that we do forward this to the full board or i will ask that our clerk prepare a resolution binding that this license will meet [inaudible] necessity and then i will move that we forward that to the board for rel daysing andic that without objection. We [inaudible] on everything. Well be taking roll call vote on everything, please. On the motion to forward resolution finding public convenience or necessity for this service premise, vice chair stefani . Aye. Member wallton . Aye. Walton, aye. Chairman mandelman . Aye. Mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Great. The motion passes. Mr. Clerk, when youre ready, please call the next item. I do have a lot of paper im shuffling. Agenda item number 2 is a hearing to consider that the transferer if of a type21 offsale general beer, wine and distilled Spirits Liquor licenses to safeway incorporated doing business in andronickos Community Market located at 375 32nd avenue with an alternative address on clements will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. As before, members of public who wish to provide Public Comment, call 4156450001, enter the access code of 926116335. Press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and then press the star key, followed by the number 9 to enter the queue to speak. Mr. Chair . Again, well hear from the a. L. U. Officer . Ok. Andronickos has applied for a type21 license and there is one letter of protest, zero in support. They are in a lowcrime area. Theyre in census track 427, which is considered a high saturation area. Richmond station has no opposition. A. L. U. Recommends approval with the following condition. Petitioner shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the license premise as depicted on abc 235 form and should be noted on april 24, 2020, the approximately cants agreed to the above listed conditions. Great. Thank you, officer. And i believe we have the representative of the approximately applicant on the line as well. Mr. Zuckerman or ms. Hager . Good morning. Justin zucker. Ill keep it brief. Safeway andronicos reestablish add Grocery Store at a vacant building that was previously a fresh and easy. We want to add Liquor Stores to ensure the viability of the Grocery Store while also providing the neighborhood with a convenient onestop shop for food, household supplies and beverages. Were available for any questions that the committee may have. Great. Dont see any questions. And so we can open this up to Public Comment. Ms. Clerk . Mr. Clerk . Thank you, mr. Chair k. Operation will check to see if there are any callers in the queue. For those who have already connected to our meeting via phone, please press the star and then the 9 key to be added to the queue to speak to this item. For those already on hold, please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin at the beep. For those watching our meeting on cable channel 26 or via streaming link on sfgov tv, if you wish to speak on this item,members of public who wish to provide Public Comment, call 4156450001, enter the access code of 926116335. Press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and then press the star key, followed by the number 9 to enter the queue to speak. Do we have any callers . Operator mr. Chair, there are no callers wishing to speak. All right. Well close Public Comment. And colleagues, i believe that supervisor fewer is supportive of this item moving forward. So i think we can direct our clerk to bear a resolution, determining that this license will serve public means and necessity and i will make a motion that we send that resolution forward to the board for positive recommendation. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. On the motion to forward a resolution finding public necessity for this proposed service premise [roll call] mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Thank you. Its great to see a good union Grocery Store going back into that space. Not that that had any bearing at all on the vote that we just cast. Mr. Clerk, can you please call the next item . Yes. Agenda item number 3 is a resolution supporting the nonviolent activists facing prosecution in Sonoma County over their attempt to expose the conditions of animals in factory farms. Members of public who wish to provide Public Comment on this resolution should call the Public Comment number. 4156550001 and enter the access code, 926116335. Press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and then press the star key followed by the number 9 to enter the queue to speak. Ms. Mcdonald, youre from supervisor haneys office to present. Yes. Thank you, chair mandelman and good morning, committee members. On behalf of supervisor haney, thank you for hearing this resolution today. And id also like to thank the animal control and Welfare Commission for passing this resolution and requesting that the board adopt it. I believe you all have received an email from the commission expressing their support. A similar resolution was passed by the Berkeley City Council earlier this year and simply urges that Sonoma County d. A. To dismiss charges against nonviolent activists. Many of whom are San Francisco residents who were investigating the confinement and conditions of commercial animal operations. In order to share evidence with state regulatory agencies to enforce state law. San francisco has a very long history of protecting Animal Rights, including becoming the largest city to ban fur sales in 2018. We prohibited pet stores from selling dogs and cats not obtained from Animal Rescue organizations in 2017 and have supported numerous Animal Rights bills at the state level over the years. Aye also like to close by thanking the activists with direct action everywhere in compassionate bay for their advocacy and should you have any questions about this resolution, we also have a representative from the organization, john fronmeyer on the line to answer. Thank you and i hope we can count on your support. Great. Thank you, ms. Mcdonald. I dont see any comments or questions from colleagues. So we can open this up for Public Comment. Thank you, mr. Chair. Operations, well check to see if there are any callers in the queue. Please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. For those that already connected to our meeting via phone, please press star and then 9 to be added to the queue. For those already on hold in the queue, please continue to wait until youre prompted to begin at the beep. For those watching our meeting on cable channel 26 or via streaming link or through sfgov tv, if you wish to speak on this item, please call in by following the instructions on your screen. That would be by dialing again 4156550001 and enter the access code 926116335. Press the pound symbol twice and then press star and then 9 to enter the queue to speak. Do we have any speakers for this item . Operator yes, i do have one caller in the queue. Before you do that, i will just say a few things about Public Comment. Namely that speakers do have two minutes. We ask that you state your first and last name clearly and speak directly into the phone. If you prepare add written statement, youre encouraged to send a copy to our city clerk, mr. Carroll, for inclusion in the official file and in the interest of time, speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition of previous statements and we can hear from our first caller. Caller can you hear me . Yes, we can hear you. You have two minutes. Caller thank you. Thank you. Good morning. Jordan davis. Im speaking to you today as a san franciscan asking you to support the resolution pending before you. Im a proud Animal Rights activist and what my comrades were doing were not only morally right, but allow under state law [inaudible] for sick and dying animals and yet these brave individuals are being prosecuted by a District Attorney. Its really getting hot out there and i know that everyone listening would smash a window to get a dog out of a hot car. Why cant we extend that right to rescue pigs, sheep and cowsle. We must also consider this a covid19 crisis which has upended the world was caused by animal exploitation [inaudible] investigation exposes and rescues animals from. I urge you to pass this, but also take a step further and with collaboration [inaudible] push for policy initiatives that prevents animal abuse and cancel animal [inaudible] for the animals, for our health and for our environment. I would also encourage good modeling for city leaders and urge you to stop buying, wearing, using, needing animal products. Its not only cruel and inhumane but are the reason we cant be there in person. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any further anymore callers . That completes the queue. Then Public Comment is now closed on this item. Colleagues, any comments . I dont see any. And if there are none, i will make a motion that we send this resolution forward to the full board with positive recommendation. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. On the motion to forward this resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation [roll call] mr. Mandelman, there are three ayes. Motion passes. Thank you. Mr. Clerk. Mr. Clerk, please call our next item. Agenda item number 4 is a hearing on suicide, Domestic Abuse and Family Violence during the covid19 pandemic. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this hearing should call 4156550001 and enter the access code of 926116335. Press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and then press the star key followed by the number 9 to enter the queue to speak. Thank you, mr. Klo erk. Mr. Clerk. Vice chair stefani, this is your hearingful thank you for introducing it. The floor is yours. Thank you, chair mandelman and good morning, supervisor walton and to all those on this call. Im glad were having this hearing today. You know, from the onset of this pandemic, one of my foremost concerns was the impact this crisis would have on the Mental Health and wellbeing of all of our residents. Particularly of those who are in already stressful situations. At the onset, i also sent out an email to all of my constituents and everyone on my list about basically saying, you know, theres no shame in admitting that this is going to be very difficult. Especially for those who suffer from anxiety, depression, those who are in recovery. You know, anything about addiction. Those who need to deal with their addiction often go to 12step meetings and those meetings keep people sober. They keep people on track. They keep people out of isolation. And right now peop