President walton: good afternoon and welcome to the april 20 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk: thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk: mr. President, you have a quorum. President walton: thank you very much, madam clerk. The san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the ancestral land. Land of the ramaytush ohlone. The ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, forgotten, or abandoned their responsibilities to this place. As yet, we recognize that we benefit from living on and working from their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the members, elders, and ancestors of the ramaytush ohlone. Please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president walton: and on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors, we would like to acknowledge sfgovtv who records each of the meetings and making them available online. Madam clerk, are there
Good morning and welcome to the board of supervisors rule committee monday, april 12th, 2021. I m the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor mandelman and soon to be joined by supervisor connie chan. Our clerk is mr. Victor young. Mr. Young, do you have any announcements? clerk: the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting through its video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present comments to speak during public comment are available by phone by calling 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 185. You ll be muted and in listening mode only. Dial star 3 to be added to the line to speak. Best practices are to call from a quiet location. You may email me myself. Public comment by email it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the official file. And i would also like
Clerk: mr. President, you have a quorum. President walton: thank you very much, madam clerk. The san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the ancestral land. Land of the ramaytush ohlone. The ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, forgotten, or abandoned their responsibilities to this place. As yet, we recognize that we benefit from living on and working from their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the members, elders, and ancestors of the ramaytush ohlone. Please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president walton: and on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors, we would like to acknowledge sfgovtv who records each of the meetings and making them available online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements? clerk: yes. The board recognizes that city access to public services is essential and invites public participation in the following ways. You are able to send your written correspondence to
To be revisited. Chairman: thank you. Agenda item number 2, i do participate in all of the police commission meetings and there is a lot of politics going on at that police commission meeting. One of the main persons who is creating a lot of confusion at all the police commission meetings is the chair. She has the habit of making comments, often when people speak on public comment and some of the commentors are very astute. I ve known them for a long time. In my humble opinion, this police commission, the way it operates has to be completely revamped. Now you have this commission, he may say what he wants to say, but i don t think he lives in a time that is relevant and knows what really is going on ground zero. Bayview is not what it used to be many years ago. With all the shootings and killings, we need somebody who really knows the difference between gangs and [inaudible] and we really need a person who knows about the community response network and we just can t have somebody comin
Clerk: mr. President, all members are present. President walton: thank you. San francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the homeland of the ramaytush ohlone. Ramaytush ohlone have never lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. As well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests we recognize that we benefit from the living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Colleagues, please place your right hand over your heart and join in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] on behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov tv. We have them with us today, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. As we have a special guest with us this afternoon, madam clerk, please call