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Can you please read item number 1. Clerk item number 1 is a Charter Amendment to amend the charter of the city and county of San Francisco to create the office of public advocate, set of Public Advocates powers and duties, authorize the public advocate to review the administration of city programs and services, including programs for transmitting information to the public and departments Customer Service plans, and to receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints regarding City Services and programs, authorize the public advocate to receive and investigate specified whistleblower complaints, and to provide for the Public Advocates election, removal, and salary at an election to be held on november 3, 2020. Chair ronen thank you. Supervisor mar, did you want to make any comments . Supervisor mar i just wanted to make sure you can hear me because im getting a little feedback. Chair ronen thank you. Supervisor mar colleagues, [inaudible] i do have some final amendments that i want to make today that my office has shared with you in advance of this meeting. On page 7, line 18, weve replac replaced notified and confer with confer. [inaudible] that relate to potential disciplinary issues shall be referred to the [inaudible] [please stand by]. Chair ronen okay. Thank you. If theres no questions, we can open this item up for Public Comment or comments. Supervisor stefani, did you have any comments . No . Okay. Can we open this item up for Public Comment . Clerk oh, there goes my notes. Sorry. If youve not already done so, please press starthree to be added to the queue to speak. For those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. Mr. Kao, do you have any members of the public online . Operator there are no callers wishing to speak on this item. Chair ronen okay. Then Public Comment is closed. Supervisor mar, i just have one question about we had talked about the date for when those elections would be held last time, and im wondering if you had thought those through anymore, and if had you it seems like youre not making any changes, but i just wanted to see what your thinking was on that. Supervisor mar yeah. Thank you, chair ronen, for raising the question. And again, you know, its my preference, and as reflected in, you know, the current version, amended version, that we have the first election for the public advocate be in november 2022, and and thats really the next available opportunity when were going to have a general election, you know, after this year. And then but then, we have the regular election for public advocate in november 2024, which would be the next general election after that, and that would be in line with the president ial election, where, you know, we would expect the highest voter turnout, and thats the most Voter Participation in this important decision. Chair ronen my one, just, thought, is the chance were going to have a special election next year i think is higher than normal, given all the uncertainties around covid19 and its impact on our economy and our country, so im just concerned cost wise about that and wondered if you just want to state clearly that the first election is in 2022, as opposed to the next general election or special. Supervisor mar yeah. Actually, im open to that, that additional clarification and amendment. [inaudible] chair ronen clerk, do you know what that noise what that was . Clerk we are looking into that right now. We will update you as we as we find information. Chair ronen okay. Okay. So i would like to propose that amendment, as well, then, and to make clear, i dont have the legislation in front of me like i should, sorry, but in the place where it says that the first election for the public advocate should be during the next general or special election, if we could just clarify that the first election for the public advocate will be during the 2022 general election. I see the City Attorney. Hi, chair ronen. Good morning. If it would be okay with you to continue this item until later in the meeting to give our deputies time to prepare that. Chair ronen sure. Id prefer to have a couple of minute to see do that because minutes to do that because we cant do Charter Amendments on the fly, so if youd agree to continue this, and we can bring this back later in the meeting. Chair ronen sure. That sounds good. Supervisor mar . Supervisor mar yes, that sounds good. Chair ronen okay. Deputy City Attorney ann pearson. Thank you. So were leaving this item as is and asking the clerk to call item number 2. Clerk item number 2 is an amendment to amend the charter of the city and county of San Francisco to create the sanitation and Streets Department to succeed to specific duties currently performed by the department of public works, to create a sanitation and streets commission to oversee the sanitation and Streets Department, to create a Public Works Commission to oversee the Department Public works, to require an annual perform ann audit and cost and waste analysis for both departments, and affirming the planning departments determination under the ceqa at an election to be held on november 3, 2020. Chair ronen okay. Were joined by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, did you want to add comments and amendments . Supervisor haney yes. I do have some comments, and i do have some amendments, as well. Thank you very much, colleagues. Im very proud to bring this back with my cosponsors stefani, ronen, walton, and mar [inaudible] accountability, public input, policy settings, contract approval, and oversight over these two critical sets of city responsibilities. This item was heard last week, and we had a full presentation and discussion, so im not going to go over it in full again, but i want to reiterate a couple of points and then discuss some key amendments we are introducing. I said last week, and this is no secret, San Francisco has become infamous for his filthy streets, and for folks who are worried about any spending associated with this measure, they should also look to any money we have lost because of this reputation. It has serious consequence on our residents and businesses. 70 of comments to a recent chamber of commerce poll said the overall cleanliness of our city has deteriorated in recent years. This, despite the fact we have poured tens of millions of dollars into the d. P. W. Budget with little to show for it. Its clear that departmental corruption has paid a role. This isnt about one person or one leader, this is about the structure of government thats failing miserably and lacking in accountability and needs a commission. The recent controls report made that very clear, and we have provided for that in our Charter Amendment. But simply putting a commission over public works will not solve the absolutely horrendous state of our streets. San franciscans deserve clean and healthy streets, and the only way we are going to get there is by creating a department with proper accountability, public input, and transparency, with the focused resources and guiding leadership to get the job done. My district represents some of t the citys most vulnerable residents. We are committed as a city to equity, and so when fate gives us opportunity to make a huge difference in the quality of life of these residents, our priorities should be later focused on getting this done, and we shouldnt make excuses or lack the political will. The tenderloin, mission, and bayview should not have to wait to have clean sidewalks. This is unfair. It is a huge priority and quality of life for these residents, and this will help solve that problem. But i want to make it clear that this is not only about the neighborhoods that are most directly and obviously impacted. This affects every single resident in San Francisco. Wherever you live, you spend time in our downtown neighborhoods, you work there, you visit there, and youre also affected by our citys ability to shore Economic Activity and tourism thats connected to the state of our streets. As our citys legislative body, we must do our part to make sure that the city recovers from our economic downturn and taking care of our streets and sidewalks in some of our citys most visited areas. Im afraid that our city will never recover. The need for a Sanitation Department with baseline services, accountability, and transparency is essential to also address the Public Health concerns related to covid19. We know that the coronavirus can spread easy. We also know to keep our public areas clean during the pandemic or while we have the threat of one. San franciscos deserve clean streets and sidewalks now more than ever. This is a Public Health issue. Ive addressed the costs before, but just to reiterate a few things, our residents expect we get the basics right. We have a 12 billion budget, and so many of our residents, especially in district 6, ask, can you just keep the streets clean first. The cost that the controller put forth in this is something like. 0001 of our budget. Maybe we should start to ask the question if there is something fundamentally broken with the structure that were referring to. Does it make sense to continue to throw precious limited resources into a broken unaccountable system that doesnt get the job done . Thats what this amendment fixes. Again, want to reiterate that this measure does not cost a penny over the next two fiscal years when we are most concerned about our budget situation. The board has the authority to have the city administrator provide some Additional Services to the new department, which will further bring the cost down, and is one of the amendments that we are providing for today. Weve also added a clear responsibility of both commissions to do analyses for cost efficiencies and buricracy, and i have no doubt that these commissions will find more ways, inefficiencies in the small costs that have the controller has that the controller has put forward. Supervisor stefani has put forth an amendment that would delete roughly 80 of the amendment in front of us. I want to be clear, ive been working on this with residents, with employees, with stakeholders for over a year hello . Chair ronen sorry about that. Were having weird issues this morning with feedback. Continue, supervisor haney. Supervisor haney so we have been working on this over a year. It is carefully crafted. It was crafted with input from employees. I have been in hundreds of hours of meetings about this. It was carefully crafted with input from the people who are most impacted, who we represent. I have sat in on various meet and confers and worked out all of the issues presented, and the Charter Amendment reflects all of that work. This version was formally announced four months ago. It would be unthinkable to me in the 11th hour and this is not even the 11th hour, because i believe this is the last day that amendments can be taken in committee, really, at the last possible moment that this would be a proposal that there would be a proposal to gut 80 of it without consulting me or the folk thats have worked on it. I have only been here 1. 5 years as a supervisor, but frankly, i have never seen an amendment to gut a Ballot Initiative or a proposal in its entirety. I think such a proposal would be offensive, not to me but to the tens of thousands of people in our city that live in squalid conditions. And i note that there were dozens and dozens of people who called in in favor of this proposal last week who also, i believe, deserve some respect in this. If someone wants to propose solely a Public Works Commission, i recommend that you put that forward in your own proposal. That is not what this is. This is not what we will allow this to be. That is not what we have spent over a year crafting. This is a new department with new responsibilities, with new oversight and accountability. All of that goes together. You cannot cut out 80 of it and expect that the 20 that is left is going to get the job done. It will not. So i imagine im not sure if that amendment is going to be put forward, but i just want to say, respectfully, that since i have been working on this with my colleagues, with my cosponsors, with the stakeholders, with the workers for over a year, that i would appreciate if that work was not undercut and that was respected. If you are against this proposal, youre welcome to vote against it. If you believe there should be a new proposal that is just a Public Works Commission, i encourage someone to introduce that separately. That is not what this proposal is, and as the person who has worked on this extensively with many others, i would appreciate if that is respected. With this Charter Amendment, we have an opportunity to make a real tangible difference on the streets of San Francisco. We need this in every neighborhood and for every resident. What i want to do now, just lastly, is go over some of the amendments that are here in front of us that address some of the remaining issues, and i hope that these are the last set of amendments that we will take. On number first, on page 3, line 15, were removing section c under duties of the department of sanitation and streets in the prior draft. The intentional of this was to make sure that there are no yesterday empties as no impediments of referring work to the department of sanitation and streets, but the City Attorney has assured me that this would hold true without this amendment. We understand this would create new barriers when it comes to contracting out, particularly with smaller contractors, so weve eliminated this part of it completely. We just wanted to maintain the status quo as it relates to work that is being done inhouse or work that needs to be contracted out. So this particular part that had some concerns from some of the contractors, this has been taken out. So if youre listening or planned on calling in for that purpose, weve listened, and that is no longer an issue. Weve taken out. Next, weve clarified sidewalks to say that nothing shall relieve the owners of responsibilities set forth by state laws, including those laws as may be amended in the future. Page 13, under refused collection update, shall performed the duties assigned to the director of public works by the refuse collection and disposal ordinance of 1932 as may be amended from time to time. Page 3, line 13, the board of supervisors may submit an ordinance directing the director and d. P. W. To create a new department saving costs and giving the board the power to change this in the future. Again, this allows for the further possibility to reduce costs. Allowing the board of supervisors to give the department of streets and sanitation the ability to create its own Administrative Offices through ordinance. Page 4, line 2, were clarifying that the date of the commission wont start until july 2022, so everything will not start until july 2022, which means that it will have no impact on the next two fiscal year. Page 6, line 2, page 4, line 2, are also just clarifying that everything will begin on july 2022. Page 7, line 7, were removing Program Management as a qualification. And then, page 8, line 10, were changing one word there, from may to shall requiring the appropriate bodies to approve and sign off on public works projects affecting City Infrastructure and submitting this to the commission. This was something that was very important to our neighborhood allies and colleagues, and we just further worked that amendment out. And i think pretty much those are the main amendments. You have, i believe, all of the amendments in front of you. We have worked on this many, many months and very, very carefully. Its well thought out. It has the support of, right now, five supervisors. I very much hope that, ultimately, this is something that we can all get behind and that we can all support. It addresses both the need for clean streets and the concerns that have been very broadly shared around corruption. I do not want to see a change by deleting 80 of it today, and again, i appreciate the support of the cosponsors, including supervisors mar and ronen, and i hope that we can have the support of the entire board. Thank you. Chair ronen sorry. The mute button is going to be the end of all of us. Any thank you, supervisor haney. Any comments or concerns from my colleagues . Supervisor stefani yes, chair ronen. I have my name on the roster . Chair ronen oh, im sorry. Supervisor stefani . Supervisor stefani thank you. Let me start off by saying i take my obligations on the rules committee very seriously, and what is before us is something that i investigate and review to the best of my abilities and knowledge, and tha