Chair ronen good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the november 30th, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. Im supervisor hillary ronen. With me on the Video Conference is vice chair supervisor Catherine Stefani and rules Committee Member supervisor gordon mar. Our clerk today is victor young. Id like to thank sfgov tv for staffing the meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members and employees and the public, the board of Supervisors Committee room are closed. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conferencing and participate to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. You can offer Public Comment by calling 415 6550001. Again thats 415 655000 415 . The meeting i. D. Is 146 045 2296. Again that is 146 045 2296. Then press pound and pound again. You will hear the meeting discussion and will be muted and in listening mode only. When the item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Call from a quiet location, please clearly and slowly and turn your television or radio down. You may submit Public Comment via email to myself at victo victor. Young sfgog. Org. That completes my initial announcements. Chair ronen thank you so much. I just wanted to mention that im very, very excited about the items on the agenda today. We have items that both acknowledge and bring some justice to two communities, the American Indian community and the Africanamerican Community in San Francisco, that it has been denied justice for a very long time. So i just wanted to recognize the historic importance of todays rules committee meeting. And with that, mr. Clerk, can you please read item number 1. Clerk yes. Item number 1 a motion amending the rules of order of board of supervisors by adding rule 4. 7. 1 to require the president to read a statement acknowledging the Ramaytush Ohlone community. Chair ronen thank you very much. This is appear motion that im sponsoring that wool amend the rules of order, of the board of supervisors, by adding a new rule that would require the president of the board to read a statementing recognizing Ramaytush Ohlone. This is a time when we must not only celebrate the history and contributions of native people, but also engage in the critical work of recognizing and repairing the generations of harm caused to native communities at the hands of our own government institutions. It is undeniable that our own city of San Francisco has been complicit in the marginalization of people to systemic underfunding of American Indian organizations. The board of supervisors has a duty to honor the first people of San Francisco, Ramaytush Ohlone nation by recognizing their continued relationship to this land of which we are guests. This motion would require the inclusion of a land acknowledgment statement at every public board of supervisors meeting, as a way to recognize the presence and power of San Franciscos American Indian residents. And inspire others to take action in support of native communities. The proposed statement, which was authored and approved by members of the Ramaytush Ohlone community, reads as follows. The San Francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are the unseated ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, the original nal inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. In accordance with their tradition, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never seated, lost or forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. As well as for all people to reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and members of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. In the coming weeks, we plan to expand upon these efforts by working with American IndianCommunity Leaders to introduce a City Ordinance that would require the use of the statement during the Public Meetings of all city, boards, committing and commissions. I would like to express my deepest expression to agrees of Ramaytush Ohlone and the American Indian cultural district for developing the statement and their tireless advocacy on behalf of the San Franciscos American Indian community. I also want to give a special acknowledgment and huge thanks to paul mohay from my office, who worked very, very closely with this community on this item, as well as the next item, the American Indian cultural district. And with that i wanted to see if any of my colleagues had any remarks. We also have cheryl davis here from the the director of the Human Rights Commission in case she wanted to say anything before opening this item up for Public Comment. Anything . Okay. I dont see anyone. Supervisor oh, director davis, did you have any comments . I just wanted to thank you and your office for your leadership in bringing this forward. And also to recognize sharah and greg. They were amazing and have just been pushing through. And i think coming off of thanksgiving, but false a day of remembrance and having all of these different emotions and feelings about how we engage and how we see people, i think this is really a new habit that im hoping will become so automatic, that we just, you know, realize that we havent done it, so thank you for your leadership on this. Chair ronen thank you, director davis. Supervisor walton, who has joined us in the committee. Googood morning, supervisor wal. Supervisor walton good morning, chair ronen. I want to thank you for bringing this forward. This is something that we should be doing at our board meetings. And i appreciate you for taking that step to make sure that its indoctrinated in our rules. So thank you. Chair ronen thank you so much. Oh, supervisor mar. Supervisor mar yeah. Thanks, chair ronen. I also just wanted to thank you for your leadership on this issue. And for working and also for the leaders of the community for working with you on this. And i would love to be added as a cosponsor. Chair ronen thank you, supervisor mar. Supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani i, too, want to thank you for your leadership on this. I think its so important. And, you know, for the healing to begin over what happened is is actually that i think is required and i just appreciate it. I think its really good to do. So thank you. Chair ronen thank you so much. And ill just mention that i feel incredibly privileged to be bringing this forward, but this statement and this effort has been led by and created by the Ramaytush Ohlone community. And i feel almost like a vessel to bring it forward. But its really their leadership that i feel so grateful for. So thank you for all of the acknowledgment. Really all of the acknowledgment goes to the Incredible Community of survivors and advocates. So thank you so much. And with that, if we could open this item up for Public Comment. Clerk oh, yes. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 415 6550001. Sorry about that. I was just disconnected from my computer. I am on my phone right now. So i am on my phone right now. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item, should call 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 045 2296. Then press pound and partnership pound again. Please dial star 3 to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. Mr. Coup, do you have any members of the public for Public Comment at this time . Yes, i do have three callers on the queue. Caller hi, this is april mcgill. Im the executive director of the American Indian cultural center. And i just want to say thank you to everyone who has supported this. And all of the hard work that shariah has done and also to greg castro. I think its really important as we think about today being the last day of native American Heritage month and thinking about all of the things that have happened in history and, you know, we think about all of the things that have happened in the year in 2020. And how we need to continue to be united and come together to really help each other. I think that acknowledging the Ramaytush Ohlone people and this land acknowledgment is so important. And i think that it follows a lot of the other what was discussed. I want to say thank you to everyone who has worked hard with supervisor ronen, cheryl davis and all of the other allies. The American Indian community has been asking for this for a very long time, to support our relatives. I want to thank you for the support. Clerk thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. Caller good morning, everyone. My name is shariah. Im the director for the American Indian culture. I want to mimic the message april just said and thank supervisor ronen and really thank paul. I cant count the number of times he called me on the weekends or week nights or just text to really get this done. Soy just want to appreciate him and director davis and the efforts of the Human Rights Commission as well. You know, my brother greg for his excellent work. Hes a board member with us and for getting this passed. I really hope that every time you read this, i know ive said this over and over again, this is a reminder that were here and this is a reminder of those survivors, those few folks that came from the original thousands of the Ramaytush Ohlone. And that were alive and that folks still continue to talk about. I say this from the Ramaytush Ohlone acknowledgment. Its a start of acknowledging all of our people. And so and i also want to acknowledge my sister april. This isnt just myself and the Ramaytush Ohlone folks. You know, when people like her and other people in our community have been pushing this for a really long time. This is just now gaining momentum. I want to put this on your plate. This isnt new. This isnt something that myself or greg came up with. Its been in the works for generations. And just today were doing this. So just thank you, supervisor ronen, thank you, everyone. I hope this is a starting point to greater conversations that really, really need to be had as we leave this time of native American Heritage month. Its not just for this month. Its for moving forward. Clerk thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. Caller yes. Hello. Im a member of the california tribe. And i thank everybody around the table for acknowledging this and i thank and i echo the voices of april mcgill and shariah souza. And also for the tireless work of greg castro for the land acknowledgment, for the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Again this has been a long time coming. And bringing it forward now, during this time of this month of native American Heritage month is most positive. And the most innovative way for us to open up those and to prepare repair those from old centuries up until today. This year has been a very crazy and very uncertainty year for all of us. So this is very good that this is going forward. And i also thank even behind the scenes of jonathan cordero, even though he hasnt been doing most of the work. But i think the Ramaytush Ohlone people also allowing us to be, you know, cousins and ancestors to all here today. So i thank you for moving forward on this land acknowledgment. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Can i have the next caller, please. Operator madam chair, that completes the queue. Chair ronen thank you so much. Public comment is closed. Thank you so much. And i do want to also thank april mcgill, who has been serving your community and fighting for the justice you so much deserve for so long. And was so good to hear your voice. And very excited to move this forward. And so i would love to make the motion to move this item forward with positive recommendation. Is that how we move forward motions . I have never moved a motion forward in committee before . Clerk yes, it is. Chair ronen okay. Clerk a recommendation to the full board. Chair ronen perfect. If we can have a roll call vote. Clerk on that motion, supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani aye. Clerk supervisor mar. Supervisor mar aye. Clerk chair ronen. Chair ronen aye. Clerk the motion passes without objection. Chair ronen all right. Thank you so much. Can you please read item number 2. Clerk item number 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to expand the boundaries of the American Indian cultural district, and provide Additional Details regarding the cultural and historical significance of the district. Chair ronen thank you so much. And this is another one of my items that well seek to broaden the boundaries of San Franciscos American Indian cultural district, which was established by the board in april of this year. Cultural districts are one of the most important tools we have as a city to strengthen the cultural identities of neighborhoods and communities, that face the pressures of gentrification of displacement. Few communities in the country that have experienced disappointing as profoundly as the American Indian community. The recently formed district, which is situated within the Mission District and Mission Dolores neighborhood, in an area that spans both districts 8 and 9, provides a recognized home base for the American Indian community, to ensure the history or communications are not for gotten or overwritten. Weve been working with supervisor mandelman and several stakeholders to propose slightly expanded boundaries for the cultural district, than what was included in the original version of the legislation that the board approved. Due to covid and the urgent need to establish this cultural district, in order to channel city resources to the American Indian community as quickly as possible, we decided to approve with the original boundaries and revisit expanding the boundaries through an amendment, once things stabilized a bit more. Now that most functions are back in operations, were following through with the commitment to recognize the roughly bounded by 17th street, market street, dubois avenue and fulton street. At the november preliminary hearing, the Historic Preservation commission unanimously recommended approval of the expanded cultural district boundaries, with an additional mod physician to include Mission Dolores park as part of the American Indian cultural district, which has the support of the American IndianCommunity Leaders. So today i will be introducing an additional amendment to recognize dolores park as a part of the expanded cultural district boundaries, that have been proposed, which will require a continuance to next weeks rules committee for a final committee action. Dolores park and 9 broader area are defined as part of the cultural district, hold a unique concentration of school resourceses and services and gathering spaces that of significant, present and historical importance to the American Indian communities and the San Francisco bay area. It is again my great honor to partner with many leaders to bring this important and historical cultural district to fruition, especially at a time when theyre playing a Critical Role in connecting our communities to the resources and information they need to navigate the Ongoing Public Health crisis. And again a special thanks