Good afternoon. Welcome to the March 4th, 2025 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll. Thank you, Mr. President, Supervisor Chan. Chan President, Supervisor Chan. Chan President, Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey President, Supervisor Angardio. Angardio President, Supervisor Fielder. Fielder not President. Supervisor Mahoud. Mahoud President, Supervisor Mandelman. President. Mandelman President, supervisor Melgar. Melgar present, supervisor Saudder. Saudder present, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl present, and supervisor Walton. Walton present, Mr. President, you have a quorum. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Supervisor Fielder is stuck in jury duty. So could we have a motion to excuse Supervisor Fielder moved by Cheryl? Is there a second? Second by Chen. And I think I'm going to say excuse her until she arrives if she arrives. And we can take that without objection. OK. All right. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramitush Alonie, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramitush Alonie have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place as well as for all people who reside in their traditional territory as guests We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors elders and relatives of the Ramitushaloni community and by affirming their rights as first peoples. And colleagues, will you join me in saying the pledge of allegiance? A pledge of 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. And on behalf of the board, I would like to acknowledge the staff at SFGovTV, particularly today, Colleen Amendoza, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, are there any communications? Yes, thank you, Mr. President. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors welcomes you to attend this meeting in person in the Board's legislative chamber, room 250, second floor in city hall, or you may watch the proceeding on SFGOVTV's channel 26. You may also view the live stream at www.sfgovtv.org. If you'd like to provide comment and writing, you can do so by sending an email to bosatssfgov.org or use the Postal Service, send the letter to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the number one, Dr. One, Dr. Carlton, B, Goodluck Place, City Hall, room 244 San Francisco, California, 9402. If you need to make a reasonable accommodation request under the Americans with Disability Act, or to request language assistance, contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling 41555451A4. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Let's go to approval of the meeting minutes. Approval of the January 28th, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes. Colleagues, we are approving the meeting minutes from the January 28th, 2025 regular board meeting. Are there any changes to these meeting minutes? I don't see any of them. Is there a motion to approve? Move by Walton, is there a second? Seconded by Melgar. And Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? On the minutes, supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Soder. Soder, aye. Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor Chan. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chan. Chan, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Angardio. Angardio, aye. And Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud, I, there are ten eyes. Then without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented. Madam Clerk, let's go to our consent agenda items 1 through 16. Items 1 through 16 are on consent. These items are considered to be routine unless a member of Jackson and would like an item to be removed and considered separately. And colleagues, does anyone want to sever any items from the consent agenda? I don't see anyone, see no one on the roster. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll. On items one through 16, supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Saudr. Aye. Saudr, aye. Supervisor Cheryl. Aye. Cheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton. Walton, aye. Supervisor Chan. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chan. Chan, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, aye. supervisor and guardian, and guardian, I, and supervisor, ma-mot. Ma-mot, I. There are 10 eyes. Oh. Doors see I, Supervisor and Guardio and Guardio I and Supervisor Mammoth. Mammoth I, there are ten eyes. Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading and finally passed and resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, can you take us to our regular agenda unfinished business item 17? This is an ordinance to amend the planning code to exempt certain types of projects in the downtown area that replace non-residential uses with residential uses from development impact fees and requirements to include the inclusionary housing fee, remove the application deadline from the commercial to residential adaptive reuse program, and to periodic reporting to the inclusionary housing Technical advisory committee and to affirm the sequence determination and to make the appropriate findings Madam clerk, please call the roll on item 17 supervisor mandelman. I Mandelman I supervisor Melgar Melgar I supervisor Sutter Sutter I supervisor Cheryl Cheryl I. Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sutter. Sutter, aye. Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton. Walton, no. Supervisor Chen. Chen, aye. Supervisor Chen. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Angardio. Angardio, aye. And Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud, aye. There are nine eyes and one no with supervisor Walton voting no. The ordinance is finally passed. Madam Clerk, will you please call item number 18. Item 18, this is an ordinance to retroactively authorize the Department of Public Library to accept and expend an approximate $1.9 million grant award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the JLN reentry services program, term November 1st, 2024 through December 31st, 2021 and to amend the annual salary ordinance for fiscal years, 2024 through 25 and 25, 26 to provide for the addition of three positions one grant funded full-time position class 3630 library and one one grant funded full-time position in class 1822 and admin analyst and one grant funded full-time position in 1823 senior administrative analyst at the public library through June 30th, 2026 Please call the roll on this item. On item 18, supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman aye, supervisor Melgar. Melgar aye, supervisor Sutter. Sutter aye, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl aye, supervisor Walton. Walton aye, supervisor Chen. Chen aye, supervisor Chen. Chen aye, Supervisor Chen. Chen, I, Supervisor Chen. Chen, I, Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, I, Supervisor and Guardio. And Guardio, I, and Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud, I, there are 10, I. Without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, can you please call items 19 and 20 together. Items 19 and 20 are two resolutions that authorize the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expand grants. Item 19 enters into an agreement with BXP and Barca Dero Plaza LP, the downtown San Francisco partnership and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development. Chaining to potential improvements and renovations at the Embarcadero Plaza, the Suberman Park, and to accept cash and in-kind grants from BXPE of approximately 2.5 million for design and RPD project management services and to accept potential additional grants of approximately 10 million, which could include cash grants from the downtown community benefit district or in-kind grants of construction services from BXPE for the term through December 2028 Seeing no one on the roster madam clerk. Let's take these items same house same call without objection these Mr. President, I apologize. I'll just before you gable down. I will say item 20. This. I'm clerk, let's take these items same house, same call without objection. Mr. President, I apologize. I'll just before you gabbled down. I will say item 20. This is a resolution that accepts and expends a grant retroactively from the California State Coastal Conservancy for the great highway promenade planning project in the amount of 1 million. All right, now let's take that note. Let's take these items same house, same Without objection these resolutions are adopted Now let's go to item number 21 item 21 This is a resolution to approve and authorize the general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute the first Amendment to a contract for engineering services for Sen. All Valley water treatment plant Ozenation with CDM Smith Inc. To increase the contract amount by 9.6 million for a total contract amount of 24.6 million. And to increase the contract duration by four years for a new term of 10 years through February 2030. And let's take this item, same house, same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. And let's go to item 22. Item 22, this is a resolution to retroactively authorize the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to accept and expend a $675,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation for the Northern California Apprenticeship Network Sustainability Grant for the term through October 11, 2027. And we'll take this item, same house, same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call our next item. Item 23, this is a resolution to approve and authorize the Director of the mayor's office of housing and the community development to execute loan documents for the permanent financing of 1135, 1155, and 1175 illustrate with 1155 LSGP LLC, pursuant to the small science program and the preservation and seismic safety program for a loan amount of 50.6 million and to confirm the secret determination. And let's take this item, same house, same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, let's go to our next item. Item 24. This is a resolution to authorize the Department of HSH, the homelessness and support of housing, to execute a standard agreement with the California Department of Housing and Community Development, having anticipated revenue to the city in an amount of approximately 8.2 million of project home key grant funds to retroactively accept and to expend these funds for the acquisition of the property located at 42 Oda Street for permanent support of housing. And to support its operations for costs incurred March 3rd, 2021 through June 30th, 2026. And to approve and authorize HSH to commit approximately 8.7 million in matching funds for acquisition of the property in a 10 year minimum of operation subsidies to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings. And we'll take this item, same house, same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 25. The time 25 is a resolution to approve an agreement between the city and new flyer of America, Inc. To procure four- Clerk, please call item 25. Item 25 is a resolution to approve an agreement between the city and new flyer of America, Inc. To procure four 40 foot and three 60 foot battery electric buses, along with spare parts, special tools, manuals for training, and telematics licenses through a cooperative purchasing agreement established by the state of Washington for 13.4 million and a five year term. And we can take this item, same house, same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, can you please call our next item. Item 26, this item was referred without recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee. It's a resolution to approve the third amendment to the grant agreement between the city and brilliant corners to administer the flexible housing subsidy pool program to increase the agreement amount by approximately 19.3 million for a new total amount of approximately 59.5 4 million to extend the grant term by 12 months. June 30th, 2025 for for a total term through June 30th, 2026. Supervisor Dorsi. Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, I wanted to provide additional context on why we referred this item out without recommendation. At last week's Budget and Finance Committee, we had a robust discussion about this contract with the department and my committee colleagues, Chair Chan and supervisor and Guardio. For background, brilliant corners provides housing location, coordination, subsidy administration and landlord liaison services to support scattered site, permanent supportive housing for up to 500 adults in private rental units. However, it is consistently struggled to meet its 75-day placement target, averaging 140 days instead. And despite serving more clients, it is also significantly underspent millions in funds allocated over the past three fiscal years due to staffing shortages and slow placements. Now, some of this contractual underperformance is attributable to the contractor. However, it also appears that some underperformance issues are also attributable to the department, at least in terms of setting goals and objectives that were apparently never realistic for these types of services. But either way, I think this is unhelpful to us and our role as supervisors to make prudent budgetary and policy decisions. As of last week, we are informed that brilliant corners is at full capacity for enrollments with 90 households actively searching for housing. Importantly, HSH is also in the process of repercuring this agreement for this spring, for 2025. As we discuss during the committee meeting, they will be standardizing agreements to maintain consistency across all flexible housing subsidy pools providers, including adjusting the timelines for housing placement. Although this contract was moved out of committee without recommendation, I will be voting for it to approve it today, given the forthcoming procurement process as well as the near term progress we have seen since the committee meeting. However, I did want to flag this as an item of concern for me borrowing a page from the playbook of budget chair, Connie Chan, who I always appreciated for occasionally highlighting similarly worthy matters that are worth the attention for the full board. I think this did merit further explanation. Thank you President Mandomin. I just want to express that. Thank you President Mandomin. I just want to express that. I think this did merit further explanation. Supervisor Chan. Thank you, President Mandomin. I just want to express that my sentiment and concur what was expressed by a supervisor Dorsey, our vice chair, on the committee. I regretfully wanted to say that I think the committee actually has a share of sentiment that we have a consensus of how we're going to approach items like as such. So colleagues, I urge you to evaluate and feel free to ask any of the member of the committee questions. Should you see any items that come out without recommendation, it really is actually still a indication that we are in consensus as these items coming out without recommendation. I hope that you will see less of it, but regrettably I don't think that's the case because we are going to be tougher and tougher days ahead. Thank you. Supervisor Cheryl. I wanna add my voice to my colleague, Supervisor Dorsey and Chan, whose remarks I will not repeat, I wish to add my voice to my colleague, Supervisor Dorsey, and Chan, whose remarks I will not repeat, but I wish to echo. These contractors require adequate resources and support to be successful, but there must also be clear accountability when agreed upon performance metrics are not met, or when agreed upon performance metrics are not realistic. Supervisor Dorsey mentioned very clearly that this contract has a 75-day target, when in fact the results are closer to 140. Based on my personal work in the past, I know that those results are driven almost entirely by the fact that individuals who do not actually get placed are languishing longer and longer. In my mind, it is difficult to appropriately judge contracts where we have performance metrics that are in some ways impossible to meet, and which do not look entirely at the population they are looking to serve. Many people do, in fact, get housed before that 75-day wait. Many people never get housed, and they drive these average numbers up. Does that mean that brilliant corners is doing a good job? Does that mean they're doing a bad job? It's almost impossible to see because of the lack of thoughtfulness in putting together some of the performance metrics in these contracts. We need to have an in-depth conversation on all contracts, both new and soon to be renewed and amended going forward. And I want to thank my colleagues on the budget committee for their thoughtfulness in bringing this to ahead here today. Thank you supervisor Cheryl. Thank you supervisors for your comments. It sounds like we can take this item same house, same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. And Madam Clerk, can you please call item 27? Item 27, this is a resolution to affirm San Francisco's commitment to birthright citizenship as a constitutional right and to oppose President Donald Trump's executive order that attempts to unconstitutionally limit birthright citizenship. And we can take this item, same house, same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, can you please call item 28. Item 28, this is a resolution to authorize fundraising for services related to immigration, LGBTQ rights, environmental protection, reproductive rights, and racial equity, notwithstanding the behested payment waiver. And I think we can take this item same-house same call without objection. This resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, can you please call our next item. Item 29, this is a resolution to support the SFMTA, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Joint Development Program, Goals and Policy, to set a citywide policy on the joint development of transit and housing projects to address the SFMTA's budget deficit and advance San Francisco's housing and equity goals. Supervisor Melgar. Thank you so much, colleagues. This is a resolution supporting the policy that the MTA has developed in past recently. As we all know, Muni is facing a $321 million structural deficit every year in the next couple years. Threatening service cuts, fair hikes in the loss of essential programs like school crossing guards. This structural deficit is due almost entirely because of the loss of parking revenue. Over the past decade, people have been driving their own cars less, parking an MTA parking lots less and taking Uber, Lyft, Waymo's more. The pandemic has accelerated this trend but it did not start it. The joint development program goals and policy unlocks new income streams possibly for the agency in the future by developing the real estate assets the agency owns for revenue generating uses on you under utilize FSMT own land without burdening taxpayers. This means more of the things we need, like housing, affordable housing, services for riders, shops, a stronger transit system, and a boost to our local economy. Major of the things we need, like housing, affordable housing, services for riders, shops, a stronger transit system, and a boost to our local economy. Major cities around the world have all done this. Anyone who has ever visited Grand Central Station knows that riders can drop off their dry cleaning, pick up their dinner. Do you any number of things that interact economically with the train station and it is really wonderful. The SFMTA owns dozens of properties across San Francisco, including stations, century old bus yards, parking garages, and lots. These properties are valuable assets that can serve more than one purpose. Under this framework, we can develop housing on SFMTA on land helping us meet our housing goals while securing a stable revenue stream for public transit. It's a win-win and it will help our city's economic recovery. By doing this, we ensure that Munich can continue to serve the public without resorting to fair increases or service reductions, remaining the vibrant accessible affordable system that it always has been. And just as importantly, we can activate land to create vibrant transit-oriented communities. Thank you, Supervisor Sotter and Guardio Dori in Mahmoud for your early support. I want to also thank my committee vice chair for the Land Use Committee Supervisor Cheyenne Chen for her assistance and her amendments to the resolution. Thank you so much and I hope to get your support. Thank you. Supervisor Milgar, seeing no more names on the roster, can we take this item same house, same call without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, can you please call our next item. Item 30, this is an ordinance to amend the campaign and governmental conduct code to update the conflict of interest codes form 700 filing requirements. All right. I think we can take this item same house, same call, without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. And Madam Clerk, can you please call item 31? Item 31. This is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to authorize the tax collector. To refund property taxes to the SSC or latest record owner of the property, if the amount of the refund is less than 10,000. And there has been no transfer of the property during or since the fiscal year for which the taxes to be refunded were levied. On 31, we can take this item same house, same call, without objection. The ordinance is passed on first reading. Supervisor Chan. President Mendolyn and colleagues, my apologies. I have overlooked my vote and if I could request that you may indulge me to allow me to resend our vote for item 28, which I can explain further whenever President Mendelman sees it. Okay. Do we need a motion on second representative voter? We just... The motion to resend. Motion to res rescind. That was moved by chance seconded by Walton. We can take that without objection. Yes. All right, so the vote is rescinded. And then, Supervisor Gia. Thank you, President Mandomin. Collex, I am going to be voting against item number 28. For the reason previously, I voted in support for this waiver granting to our mayor and city attorney, but I am voting against this particular waiver for assessor recorder. First and foremost, assessor recorder, walk him towards Torres has been a great elected but also formerly as our great city staff has done really tremendous work during the pandemic related to same costs as a mayoral staff during a very critical time. I know now that's viewed his role as assessor recorder, again, very role as a independently elected in a process that is critical time, as always, but more than ever that he will oversee. He and his team will be overseeing a lot of, potentially a lot of appeals from corporation and other entities through the appeal process, involving poverty tax and related matters. So with that, I feel uncomfortable to see that he received and his team to receive, he has pavement waiver that I think there's, even though there's, I do not think that in any way, there's no allegation of inappropriateness, just a perception of it. And with that, I will be voting no against item number 28. All right. Madam Clerk, please call the roll on item 28. An item 28, supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sotter. Sotter,, I, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, I, supervisor Walton. Walton, I, supervisor Chan. No. Chan, no, supervisor Chan. Chan, I, supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, I, supervisor Angardio. Angardio, I, and supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud, I. There are nine eyes and one no with supervisor Chan voting no. All right, the resolution is adopted. And then Madam Clerk, do we need to revote on 29? Since we took that same house same call, or how do we do that? Mr. President, can you repeat that question, my apologies? So we had taken, I think we had taken 29 same house same call. Do we need to revote on that or no? No. Okay. Great. Can you call item 32? Item 32. This is an ordinance to amend the Business and Tax Regulations Code to remove the requirement that parking operators certify and report periodically to the city the ratio of their unaccounted parking tickets to total issued tickets for each parking station for the reporting period. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. On item 32, supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye, supervisor Melgar. Melgar, aye, supervisor Sutter. Sutter, aye, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, aye, supervisor Walton. Walton, aye, supervisor Chan. Aye. and I, Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton. Walton I, Supervisor Chan. Chan I, Supervisor Chan. Chan I, Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey I, Supervisor Engardio. Engardio I, and Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud I, there are 10 I's. With that objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call our next item. Item 33, this is a motion to reappoint. Clinton Loftman to the Citizens Committee on Community Development, term ending February 23rd, 2027. All right, let's take this item. Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. And Madam Clerk, can you please call item 31. Item 34, this is a motion to reappoint Cindy F. Lopez Chastain to the early childhood community oversight and advisory committee term ending October 8th, 2026. Let's take this item, same house, same call without objection. The motion is approved approved And now to clerk let's go to our 230 special order recognition of commendations. Yes the recognition of commendations from Maritoria service to the city and county of San Francisco Supervisor Saudder Thank you present mandemann colleagues today I I rise to celebrate Sam Woe, a treasured cornerstone of San Francisco's Chinatown for over a hundred years. I think we all know there are restaurants in San Francisco that are more than just restaurants and Sam Woe is one of those. It represents the preservation of cultural heritage, serves as a bridge connecting many generations in our city through authentic Chinese cuisine. Many of you may be familiar with the renowned barbecue pork rice rolls with hot mustard, and many of you probably have spent some late nights at Sam Woe. During 2020, I had the honor of collaborating with Sam Woe through our North Beach Deliver as Initiative where we distributed meals to those sheltering in place during the pandemic. Sam Woe has been a second home and a community gathering space to so many throughout our city. This has all been made possible because of the long-time chef David Ho. I want to extend my deepest gratitude to David Ho for his remarkable 40 years of service to our community. He leaves a legacy of hard work, of hospitality, and dedication to a craft, a very delicious craft. Joining him today are his family and his friends. Jason Fong, excuse me, Jane Fong, Jason Ho, Julie Ho, and Stephen Lee, our former entertainment commissioner and now port commissioner. And I would like to invite Stephen first to make remarks. Afternoon supervisors, welcome new supervisors. I just want to say, Samwell has been as mainstay for us all the way in college. I remember going there at Seoul, the rudest waiter in the world. Mr. Ho took over after at Seoul passed away. I had a chance to be with the whole family back in 2012 when the restaurant was shut down. I helped to save it at that time. And I had a chance to work with Mr. Ho and I'd have to say the reason why I support a lot of the small businesses in Chinatown and the hardworking mom and pops is because of this man right here. This guy works 12 hours a day. He doesn't stop. He loves the legacy of Sanwoa and what it means to the community. And this is why we support him. I met Julie and Jason. Julie worked there at nine years old after school. And Jason with their same time. So during the Koveg, when we had to shut down. And at that time, we were running three shifts at San Wool. We were still doing the late night dining to in the morning. But when COVID hit we had to lay everybody off and we were stuck either losing their restaurant again or doing takeout or what we did later thanks to the board and the non-profits to help feed those seniors that couldn't go out. Mr. Ho actually was a supervisor then of other what three shifts and he didn't have to do a whole lot then but then he came back and worked 12 hours again for two years because pandemic lasted too long. And we as investors who helped save sound well again, we really are proud and dedicated and thank you Mr. Hoel and the family and it's sad that he has to retire and now we're stuck looking for new chef hopefully but I want to introduce Jason Ho, he raised a Julie who is also a nurse, and of course Mr. Ho, a good friend. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor. All right. And I have the second commendation here. I'd like to invite Rob Connolly to come up. And I would note that we have been joined by our former city attorney and PUC General Manager Dennis Herrera as well as our former police chief Greg Sir and I think they may be here for Rob. as I was handing out the certificates to get my colleagues to sign today, they got worried that you might be retiring. That is not what is going on here. Rob Connolly is not retiring. But it is the 25th anniversary year since he joined the boys in Girls clubs of San Francisco or BGCFF where he is president. Rob received his BA from Yale University and attended Oxford University as a visiting study fellow. He began working for the boys and girls clubs in 1998 serving two serving two years with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America's government relations team in Washington, DC. And then he joined the organization San Francisco Chapter as Executive Director of Quarter Century ago and then was named President in 2005. During his time with the Boys and Girls Club San Francisco, Rob has focused primarily on expanding the reach of the clubs to serve more youth and more communities while modernizing the programs and services they provide. He is a prodigious and constant fundraiser for the organization bringing in the money they need to attract and retain top talent and renovate facilities to ensure that youth have safe spaces where they can learn, grow and succeed. He and his team have developed and implemented programs and services that measurably improve the lives of young people, focusing on academic success, healthy lifestyle, good character, and community engagement, and job readiness with earning potential. As President Rob currently oversees BGCFF's eight traditional clubhouses, five school-based clubs, and Camp Mendocino, a 2000 acre residential summer camp in the Redwoods of Northern California, he manages an operation of over 300 staff members. Under his leadership, the clubs have raised up 10 winners and six runners up for the esteemed national program Excellence Award. 16 Club Youth have also reached the state finals for California Youth of the Year. Three were named California Youth of the Year and one was named National Youth of the Year. In 2021, Rob was recognized with the Horizon Award for his outstanding contributions to the growth and development of the clubs in the Pacific region. Last year he was recognized with the Masters and Mentors award one of the clubs highest honors. Rob played the lead staff role in raising more than $60 million through the club's brighter futures capital campaign in 2018 under his leadership. The Boys and Girls clubs of San Francisco also launched a $50 million capacity building campaign, and they've raised $49 million, so almost there. Each campaign included new club houses, important upgrades that exist in club houses, and at Camp Mendocino, and an investment in competitive compensation. Rob is the former board president and current board vice president for the California Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs. Which advocates for funding and public policies that support the success of clubs in urban suburban and rural communities around California. I want to thank you Rob for your service to our youth and our city. And to wish you a very happy 25th anniversary of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco. And my colleagues are lining up to senior praises. So, Supervisor Walton. Thank you so much, President Maddeman. And I'm gonna be brief, but Rob, one, I just wanna thank you for your decades of leadership of our clubs. Most of our young people within community have gone through the doors of Boys and girls clubs in one way or another Whether it has been as members or as young people that you have employed and so I want to thank you for continuing To focus on leading our young people to success even so many years later You could go on to do so many different things But I appreciate the fact that you stay there step fast within our communities. And I just want to mention before our schools had the enumerant amount of after school programs that they have now located on our campuses, there was the Boys and Girls Club there from the very beginning. So I appreciate your step fast and committed leadership. of course just looking forward to the very beginning. And so I appreciate your stephash, stephash and committed leadership. And of course, just looking forward to the continued work with our young people through Boys and Girls Clubs. Thank you, Rob. Thank you, supervisor Walnut. Supervisor Dorsey. Thank you, President Mandelman. And I just, I was actually the supervisor when I saw that we were signing something for you. I just thought, oh no, no, please, I hope he's not retiring and I'm glad that you are not. You were not the only one. The other thing when Dennis Herrera's name was mentioned and I didn't see him here, I thought I might have to step into the role that I'm familiar with at being spokesman for Dennis Herrera. But apparently I don't have to do that because he is here. I just want to express my appreciation for the work that you did. When I was in that office, we had a case that the aim co-case where we were able to, after a lot of contention, find a win-win that was great for all the parties, but the boys and girls club were such a part of that and it became the Willie Mueh's Clubhouse. And it was just an honor for me, even 20 years ago. I remember how proud I was and how proud the office was to be a part of that because of your leadership. So thanks so much. Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey. Supervisor Melgar. Thank you. I was also one of the folks who was just like, oh, no, where is he going? And so I'm glad we're just celebrating your time. So before I was an elected supervisor, I was the executive director of the James Town Community Center and collaborated with your staff. And I have to say two things about your leadership that are so amazing and important. One is the culture of collaborativeness that you have instilled with everyone in the agency. So we had tournaments for girls' got goals inside your gyms. We had all kinds of trainings for youth development and trauma and forced practices and everything. It was just such a wonderful thing to see all of the people in the community working together for the young people in our community and doing it with collaboration and love. So that is something that comes from the top and you have created that culture and I am so thankful. And the other thing that I always admired was the amazing training that your staff had. So it was always thoughtful and intentional, culturally competent and deeply community rooted. And for that, I also thank you so much. And I'm glad you're not going anywhere. So congratulations. So well deserved to have this recognition. All right, Rob, it's your turn. Just wanted that one. All right. Well, Supervisor, thank you. That was super kind of, of all of you. Supervisor, Manelman, thank you for thinking of doing this. Does sound like it's something that happens when you retire. So now I'm not quite going anywhere yet. I do. They're probably are some that are ready for me to move out of the way so they can move in to the seat. But I am grateful to be recognized in front of you all in this steam chamber. And I just want to thank all of you. There's several of you have been out to events at Clubhouse's recently, including Board President Mandelman, Supervisor Field, there's Supervisor Chen, Supervisor Walton, we've had these Clubhouse youth at a year events, and then we had a main youth at a year event downtown, President Mandelman. Thank you for coming to that. The mayor came to that as well as Supervisor Chen. So we love it when Supervisors come out or families love interacting with you all at the clubs and seeing the support that leaders like you all extend to the community. You know, I think a lot about the type of services, I deal with boys and girls comes across the country and there aren't many cities that invest in young people the way this city does. So kudos to all of you and the predecessors who sat in these seats for the work you do to empower DCYF to do the work. It does. The collaboration which really have been through a lot of mayors in those 25 years but as much as you know they may be you know back and forth bickering on this or that between between the mayor's office and this chamber. It's not about kids and I feel like there's pretty good alignment around the fact that like, this should be a city in which we have great services for young people and opportunities for kids to realize their full potential. And that of course aligns very closely with, you know, what we're after. So thank you for your investment in young people. So thank you for how that investment shows up so that boys and girls club can do the work that it does. Supervisor Dorsey, thank you for calling out attention to the Williams clubhouse. Supervisor Walton's been up there many, many times. That is a project that I too am very proud of. We're now, we've been there now since 2000 and late 2005, the building was finished renovated about 2008 and really has had a strong impact in that community. And then this year we opened up a new club in Sunnydale, Supervisor Walden, thank you for all your support in making that club happen. The transformation of Sunnydale community, the housing in particular for people there is truly impactful. But our partnership with Mercy Housing and with Wu Yee out there and the opportunity to provide services. So that's not just housing, but it's services that can help young people learn, grow, and succeed is so important. I'll switch to some remarks that I wrote down here. I'll say that running boys and girls comes to San Francisco in this city has really been one of the blessings of my life. The work has never been easy, but I've loved every day of it. I feel lucky and proud to have served this story organization, which I'll talk a little bit more about in a second. I feel lucky to be able to open doors and build bridges and expand horizons and exponentially grow kids' confidence and the skills that they have. Speaking of which, I should introduce this little girl right here. This is my youngest daughter, Amelia, who would probably rather be any place in the world, but in front of you all. So if you want to go back to mom, feel free to. All right, stick with me. I feel lucky to be parts of moments where families are kind of bursting with pride when they see their kids achieve things that they perhaps didn't think were attainable. And I feel lucky to work with an outstanding group of staff members who are smart and talented and hardworking and passionate about making the world we live in a better place. While most people know Boys and Girls Cubs as San Francisco, not enough people truly understand the depth and breadth of our services. Boys and Girls Cubs is a rock solid organization with a passionately held set of core beliefs. They keep the bow of the ship pointed in the right direction, no matter how much the political, social, economic, wins might blow. The organization was founded in 1891, south of Market Street. We hold the unique distinction of being two of the original 53 clubs in the country. We're actually older than Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Our Mission Clubhouse and Supervisor Fielders District is the first boys and girls club built West and Mississippi River back in 1928. It was rebuilt in 2010. This organization has stood shoulder to shoulder through all sorts of things. The two world wars and two global pandemics, great depression, a great recession. Just one thing after another, September 11th, this organization has stood with kids through that time. This club, this organization is one of the very first to serve kids across the country, one of the very first to open a club in public housing, and one of the very first to have a computer center back in the early 1990s. We've reached 14,600 kids a year, and as you heard, we have 13 different locations across the city, and we have a summer camp up in Mendocino County. So while I appreciate the personal recognition of my contribution to the city, this has always been a team sport. The smartest and the best thing that I have ever done is to get and keep talented people around me. Staff like Maxine Wilson, Lisa Rosetti, Harold Love, Heidi Cofur, Joni Lockbin, Erin Gutierrez, and Carlton Eichlerberger have all worked alongside me for more than 12 years. And I have been fortunate to work with a talented and generous board and trustees. And I'm honored today, and I'm ready, attention has been called to some of them, to be joined by my friends Greg Sir, Dennis Herrera, Derek Brown, and David Noyola, who all have been tremendously helpful to Boys and Girls Club and have served this city with distinction. And I'm also honored to have my friends Rocky Fried and Fernando Aguilar and Sanjay Banker, I'll serve on our board here with us today. Finally, I'd like to thank my wife and her two daughters, one here. For all their love and support, as you all know, from your own roles, this is a demanding job and they sacrifice so I can do this work. Again, I want to thank you all for the honor, and particularly I want to thank you, President Mandelman, for calling attention to my service. I truly appreciate the recognition, and I look forward to working with you all to continue to advance opportunities for young people in this city. Thank you. Thank you. Great. All right, colleagues, let's go to roll call. First member, up to introduce new businesses, you Mr. President. My goodness. All right. I have an ordinance and two in memoriams. First, today's supervisor Walton and I are introducing an ordinance to amend the healthy airport ordinance, which was passed by this board in November of 2020. Since the healthy airport ordinance passed, thousands of San Francisco's airport service employees have gained or improved their ability to provide for the health care needs of their families. These improved benefits have helped attract and retain high quality employees whose work impact safety and security, improved airport safety and security for travelers in the public by promoting a healthier workforce, and minimize the potential for contagion to spread from the airport, which is a major worldwide transportation hub to other environments. The purpose of the amendment we're introducing today is to preserve the improvements made to airport safety and security through the healthy airport ordinance while providing covered employers expanded flexibility to determine how best to provide health care expenditures to their employees. I want to thank SCI U-USWW, local two and teamsters, local 856 for their feedback on the legislation. I want to thank City Attorney Ian Eliasov for his work to draft the legislation. I want to thank City Attorney Ian Eliasov for his work to draft the legislation. I want to thank Supervisor Walton for his ongoing partnership and getting high quality health care to our airport service workers. And I want to thank Onha in my office and Natalie G and Supervisor Walton's office for their work on this amendment. The first in Memorial I have is for David Sighgan who died in a car crash on February 9th at the age of 72. Dave was born in San Francisco in 1952, one of four children. He attended the St. Teresa School Archbishop Reardon High School of the University of San Francisco and he earned earned his MBA at Goldengate University where he remained actively involved in alumni activities. He started his career with a job at Chevron USA where he worked in the retail marketing and training division. Later he launched his own business, the Castro Street Chevron, which is still in operation today. Dave later opened gas stations in West Lake and Pacific Heights. He was active in his community serving on the Small Business Commission and actively participating in the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, the merchants of Upper Mark and Castro and the Friars Club. Castro, merchants president Terry Eston Bennett remembered David as someone who was passionate about the community and quietly did everything he could to support it. He was only allowed when he needed to be. Notwithstanding all of his community involvement, Dave made time for his family and friends. Some of his favorite activities were dining out with his wife Lynn, coaching his children's sports teams, traveling the globe, cheering on the giants and playing with his granddaughters. Rest in peace, David Sehagan, Mayor Memory Be a blessing. Then secondly I'm asking that we adjourn our meeting today in memory of Charles Fan, the founder and longtime owner of the slanted door, who passed away unexpectedly on January 20th at the age of 62. Charles was born into a lot, Vietnam in 1962. At the age of 13, following the fall of Saigon, he and his family came to San Francisco as refugees. As he grew up watching his mom and aunt cook, his interest in food and cooking also grew. He studied architecture and clothing design at UC Berkeley for three years before opening a Vietnamese restaurant, despite never having cooked professionally prior to that. In 1995, the Bay Area had already been established as a global destination for California cuisine, dishes that focused on simple preparations of seasonal ingredients sourced from local farmers. However, while there was an abundance of Italian and French-inspired restaurants that popularized this approach, there were no Vietnamese restaurants that specialized in farm to table. Then, Charles opened the original slanted door on Valencia Street. Inspired by restaurants like Chapinese and Zuni Cafe, Charles created iconic dishes like as cellophane noodles and dungness crab, grapefruit and hickama salad, and fish and sauce, caramel clay pot, chicken made with boneless skinless cuts to accommodate a Western audience. The combination of the slanted doors, Bay Area Farmed Table approach with additional Vietnamese comfort food and its upscale westernized-style service was an immediate hit. In 2004, slanted door moved to its Grand Waterfront location at the ferry building. It quickly became one of the most celebrated restaurants in all of San Francisco, and for a number of years was also the city's single most lucrative restaurant. Both Charles and the slanted door, one James Beard Foundation Awards, and Charles published two cookbooks, the Vietnamese Home Cooking and the slanted door, which won international association of culinary professionals awards. During the pandemic, the ferry building location closed down. However, the slanted doors are mainly locations in Napa, San Ramon, and Bonne, France. France, continue to operate. During the pandemic, Charles also opened a casual Santa's shop, Chuck's Takeaway in the Mission. He had planned to bring this land to door back to Valencia Street later this year. Rest in peace and power, Charles fan, Mayor Memory Beablessing, and the rest I submit. Thank you, Mr. President. Supervisor Melgar. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, happy women's history month. At this month, we will be celebrating the contributions of women to our city, state, our country, our world, and highlighting and fighting against all the ways in which we are still unequal, economically, politically, socially, and now face new threats under this current administration. I look forward to this board weighing in to make this a memorable march for women in our city. I also wanted to bring to your attention that this morning the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision in favor of San Francisco. In the San Francisco versus EPA lawsuit, that was the subject of a resolution I authored last year and we passed. The decision, as folks in the environmental movement feared, was not narrow. Today's Supreme Court ruling has confirmed what we feared. This was a misguided effort that has resulted in a pieric victory. So while the city and county of San Francisco prevailed, the decision will have an enduring and damaging loss for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Water Act, and the American people. It is deeply troubling to me to see San Francisco, a city known for its environmental leadership, play a significant role in weakening the very protections that safeguard our water and natural resources, not just for us, but for the entire country. This decision aligns with President Trump's broader rollback of environmental regulations, and I fear the long-term consequences for the environment in the United States, and it will be severe. So despite today's ruling, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission still has a responsibility to uphold the highest standards for water quality and environmental stewardship. Combined sewer out overflows continue to discharge millions of gallons of waste water untreated into the bay in Pacific Ocean every time we have rains and we're having more of them more often because the climate crisis is real. We must do better. Regardless of this decision, our commitment to protecting the environment in San Francisco and in our country must remain steadfast. And the rest I submit. Thank you, supervisor Sotter. Submit, thank you, supervisor Cheryl. Today I'm introducing three pieces of legislation. First, I'm introducing legislation to create an entertainment zone on Union Street. I am extremely excited about the possibility not only of just allowing businesses to have a little bit more flexibility to serve their customers, to serve their community and just frankly have more fun, but also to increase the vibrancy of both District 2 and San Francisco. Throughout this city, our restaurants, bars, and small businesses are still fighting to recover. And I think it's incredibly important to note that 2024 was perhaps the hardest year for restaurants since 2008, and we need to be doing more to help them thrive. Entertainment's zones work. We've seen them introduced recently by President Mandelman. We've seen them transform places like Front Street and Thrive City and now it is Union Street's turn. This legislation builds on the success of our Union Street Festival and annual event that brings thousands of visitors to District two. And now by establishing an entertainment zone during the festival, we want to encourage these visitors to eat and drink at our many lovely brick and mortar restaurants on Union Street, which is going to massively support these shops' bottom lines. Now I've spoken to business owners who are ready and eager for this zone and I'm grateful to have the support of these shops and the support of Regan Capone, the head of the Union Street Merchants Association who's been a great advocate for the health of this corridor. And frankly, more energy on the streets benefits everyone. These activations make our shops a destination and encourages more opportunities to inject energy, energy into our merchant areas. By expanding the number of entertainment zones, and I'm looking forward to being back talking on this same topic again soon, San Francisco continues to lead the way in supporting our small businesses. This is a simple step. It's a simple step, but it's an effective step towards making our commercial corridor stronger, more vibrant, and built to last. We simply need to make it easier to succeed in San Francisco, especially for our small businesses. And I look forward to working with all of you to make this reality and to continue to finding ways to bring life, energy, and vibrancy back to our neighborhoods. Next, I'm calling for a hearing to examine how the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing is structuring and managing its contracts. Now, this is not just a bureaucratic exercise. This is about accountability. This is about transparency. And this is about ensuring that taxpayer dollars are driving real results. Right now, HSH has roughly 300 contracts in place. But we don't have a clear picture of how many of these contract include specific performance metrics, specific accountability measures, and what the outcomes that those contracts are intended to drive towards. We need to understand whether we are holding contractors accountable for delivering those outcomes, whether those outcomes are the ones we want, whether these outcomes are even set up for success with realistic funding, and whether we are issuing contracts competitively or defaulting to sole source agreements that limit oversight and efficiency. We need to invest in programs that are actually moving the needle because, quite frankly, homelessness, as we all know, is one of the most pervasive issues in San Francisco. Every district, every San Francisco, whether it's individuals who are experiencing homelessness or otherwise are impacted by this crisis, not to say our perceptions of safety, our economic recovery, and the overall health of this city. If we're serious about solving this crisis, and I think we as a group are very serious about solving this crisis, we have to be just as serious about how we manage and evaluate the services we're paying for. I want to thank the mayor's office. I want to thank HSH and the controllers office and the city administrator for being willing to join this hearing to answer key questions about the contracting process and performance tracking. The goal is not just to identify issues. Frankly, we already know that many of these contracts are being scrutinized. We want this goal of this hearing to be to work together to establish a new and consistent contracting standard moving forward to deliver real results for San Francisco. This hearing needs to be about not having gotchas for the public servants who work so hard for us and for all San Franciscans. This needs to be about starting a conversation and driving towards a shared success not only on the board of supervisors but with HSH as well. I also want to credit my predecessor Assemblymember Catherine Stephanie, who is long championed this kind of fiscal oversight with a focus on government efficiency. Without her leadership, we may not be in the position to hold this hearing. And I'm grateful for her continued focus on these critical, critical issues. Simply put, we need a contracting process that matches the urgency of the crisis we're facing, and this hearing is a step toward that standard. Finally, I'm introducing resolution in support of Assembly Bill 5458, excuse me, introduced by Assembly Member Catherine Stephanie. She and I share deep focus on safety regarding gun violence and preventing gun violence from communities. This measure will bring much needed transparency and safety to California's firearm procurement process. A recent investigation by Brady United against gun violence revealed that California law enforcement agencies lack a rigorous vetting process when choosing firearm vendors. This means that public funds are being funneled to businesses with documented history of violating federal firearm regulations. I want to give Assemblymember Stephanie an enormous amount of credit for being creative, time and time again for pushing the boundaries on preventing gun violence and ensuring that firearm-related safety is not just the standard, but a priority for all of us. If a firearm dealer manufacturer fails to meet these compliance standards or refuses to disclose their history of federal trace requests and inspection records or compliance violations, their contracts will be canceled, their bids will be rejected. Thank you to Assemblymember Stephanie for your leadership. This is beyond just sensible gun policy. This is about keeping our families safe, and I am incredibly grateful to you. The rest I submit. Thank you, supervisor Cheryl, supervisor Walton. Thank you so much Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I will be introducing a resolution urging the mayor's office and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to explore locations for unhoused shelters throughout San Francisco. San Francisco has been in a homeless crisis and while the city has expanded shelters and supportive housing, the reality is some districts are carrying way more of the weight than others. Right now, districts 10, 9, 6 and 5 have the majority of shelters and services, while other neighborhoods, especially in the western parts of the city, have very few or none at all. This is inequitable, especially considering the concentration of our unhoused neighbors in other areas of San Francisco. The same communities, many of which are lower income and home to people of color, keep getting asked to do more while other areas have been stepped up in the same way. Homelessness is a citywide issue and like my colleagues who provide the Cheryl just share it a few moments ago a San Francisco issue and Every district should be part of the solution not just a handful and Not just the east side of the city our office has been working with HSH the last year to implement a 2.25 acre industrial site on Gerald Avenue to build a village of 68 tiny homes with 20 RV parking sites. But our office was informed by the mayor's team that instead of the proposed plans vetted by and discussed with community, they now want to do a bait and switch and build a homeless shelter with 200 plus homeless beds and eliminate the safe parking. This site was supposed to be hybrid, a mixture of folks living in tiny homes and in vehicles, and with a much smaller footprint. We also have four other homeless shelters in District 10, including 128 bed navigation center on Bayshore Boulevard. If you can show me the data and the plans for homeless shelters throughout the city as promised, then we will be having an equitable conversation. This resolution is about making sure we distribute shelters and provide services for our unhoused neighbors more equitably across San Francisco. It's not about forcing something on neighborhoods. It's about asking every district to do its part. We need to have an open community driven process where new shelter sites are placed in a way that makes sense and serves people effectively. If we're serious about addressing homelessness, we have to stop overburdening the same neighborhoods and make sure resources are shared across the entire city. This is about fairness, equity, and making real progress on one of the biggest challenges we face here in San Francisco. I also just want to briefly state that I'm continuing to co-sponsor the Healthy Airport ordinance with President Mandelman. I want to thank our labor partners who have been in this process with us to make these changes. And I also want to thank President Mandelman for acknowledging our staff for their hard work on this and the rest I submit. Thank you, Supervisor Walton, Supervisor Chan. Submit, thank youton, supervisor Chan. Submit, thank you, supervisor Chan. Submit, thank you, supervisor Dorsey. Thank you, Madam Clerk and colleagues in preparation for legislation. I am working on with Board President Rafael Maldoneman. I am today submitting a letter of inquiry on the resources necessary to implement a wastewater drug testing program for the city and county of San Francisco. We're seeking responses from three city agencies, our department of public health, public utilities commission and office of the chief medical examiner, to offer us one in estimation of resources and staffing necessary to implement such a wastewater based epidemiology or WBE program. Two additional policy or resource considerations we should be aware of as we legislate this program into existence. And three, any available results from San Francisco's participation in a biobot analytics pilot that the National Institute on Drug Abuse started as the wastewater surveillance program in 2023 and 2024. This kind of program would enable us to measure progress in our fentanyl and methamphetamine crisis and also to monitor for deadly new drugs and drug adulterants like tranc metatomidine and others. Although relatively new in North America, wastewater drug testing has been used successfully in Europe for the last 15 years And I look forward to the forthcoming information and partnership from the relevant departments and colleagues in this effort and Before submitting I would ask that I be re-referred after Supervisor Mockwood's introduction Thank you supervisor Dorsey supervisor and cardio Submit, thank you. Supervisor Mahmoud. Colleagues, today I would like to introduce legislation to help bring our government into the 21st century. I firmly believe that City Hall should work for the people and that as elected officials, it is our duty to do all we can to make our government run smarter to better serve the public. That's why I'm introducing legislation today to tackle archaic bureaucracy, preventing key city departments from accessing data and information subscriptions that would benefit their work. With the support from the City Attorney, City Administrator, Accessor Recorder, Treasure, NC Librarian, the data and information subscriptions legislation, peels back unnecessary approval layers, and lengthy procedures that have delayed city departments from securing the essential digital subscriptions needed to ensure city operations run smoothly. This legislation provides simple software access for city departments and empowers them to save time, access more vendors, and ultimately serve San Francisco's better. If we look at the current code this legislation is amending, we see it was written in the 1990s when physical book manuals were invoked. As a result, certain departments like the Treasurer and Assessor Recorder are delayed for months every year in purchasing the software they need, while others like the city librarian have to provide outdated paper manuals instead of digital content subscriptions to residents who rely on their public resources. The current contracting bureaucracy is so cumbersome for vendors that some tech companies won't even bother selling their product to the city, putting our government at a very serious disadvantage. It doesn't have to be this way, and this legislation is simply tagelable stakes if we want to bring our city government into the 21st century. And this is just the beginning. With this new administration, City Hall, and the collective will for collaboration, legislation such as this demonstrates the public that we are making strides to improve government efficiency Modernize archaic code and foster collaborative forward thinking solutions. I'd like to thank my colleagues board president Mandelman and supervisors Melgar, Sotter and Cheryl for co-sponsoring this legislation I'd also like to thank our department head city attorney David Chu City administrator Lambert, Treasurer Jose Cicineros, and SSR recorder walking Torres for their steadfast support of this ordinance and for collaborating with my office to address this issue. I'm deeply thankful to the public servants and our city called colleagues in this city administrator's office, city library, SSR recorder, and Treasurer's offices who provided exemplary service to this residents and came together to help bring the solution forward to our office. Specifically, Sophie Hayward, Simone J. Jax, Holly Lung, Molly Peterson, Joe Swice, Taisel Shaw, Eric Manke, Angela Yip, Mike Fernandez, Marcus Lange, Alex Barrett Shorter, and Amanda Fried. And a special thank you to Sam Logan and my chief, Jessica Gutierrez-Gorcia, in our office for their hard work on this ordinance. Second, I'd like to today introduce a resolution that is deeply personal to me. As the first Muslim elected to the Board of Supervisors, it is my absolute honor to introduce the resolution honoring the commencement of Ramadan and recognizing the contributions of San Francisco's Muslim community. The San Francisco Bay Area hosts one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the nation with over 250,000 residents from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. In my own neighborhood, the tenderloin has been long been a hub for immigrant communities, including many Muslim families, small businesses, and faith-based organizations that provide critical services such as food distribution, housing support, and workforce development to underserved residents. It's a home for a significant population of Muslim and Swana children who deserve meaningful investment, supportive resources, and safe spaces for growth, education, and well-being, as well as a broader sense of security that allows all residents to thrive without fear or harm. In recent years, there's been a wider acceptance and awareness of Muslim holidays. For example, in August 2022, the San Francisco Board of Education passed a resolution recognizing Idl-Fitr and Idl-Adha as District Holidays. This is important because Muslim students in California experience bullying twice the national rate, underscoring the urgent need for inclusive policies and protections within our schools. The Islamic Center of San Francisco has evolved into a multifaceted community hub addressing religious educational and social needs and local Muslim-owned businesses including Kalo-Groser's, restaurants and service providers contribute to the culture and economic vitality of San Francisco. And many of them offering free of thar meals when we break our fast every day for the next 30 days to those in need during this holy month. It's important to recognize and name the policies that target unfortunately during this national times, Muslim individuals and families, which is having a lasting impact on those who live in our city and at this time reaffirms San Francisco's stance against the Somophobia and all forms of religious discrimination. There's been a rise in these concerns regarding immigration and this resolution seeks to reaffirm San Francisco's commitment to supporting these immigrant communities, especially the immigrants and refugees during this holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It's a sacred time for fasting, reflection, spiritual renewal, and communal solidarity. The observance of Ramadan 25 commenced last Friday, February 28th, and will continue until the evening of Saturday, March 29th, during which time Muslims will fast from dawn to sunset, engage in prayer, and participate in charity. This resolution commends the contributions of local Muslim-led organizations and community groups and reaffirms the city's unwavering commitment to being a safe and inclusive space for all Muslims and all marginalized groups in this district and in this city. It recognizes their essential role and our essential role to immigrants and refugees and shaping our history. It acknowledges the increased investment that we should be doing for the well-being and education and safety of the Muslim and Swana children in the tenderloin. And it welcomes all San Francisco's to join in this honoring, this holy and blessed month of Ramadan. And I'll close on this note by mentioning to my colleagues, if I look angry or tired. Over the next month, it's not personal. I just have an Eaton sent Sun up. Lastly, I'd like to introduce an in-memorium, and a colleague said, asked that we adjourn today in today's meeting in memory of Mark Izu, who passed away in January after a life of musical storytelling and devoted passion for the Japan town community. His wife, his wife, Brenda's in the audience. She would like to stand while we read the memoriam. Mark was born across the Bay in Valerio in 1954 in attended San Francisco State University. He worked as a van driver for Japan town senior organization Kamochi while becoming immersed in the film or music scene of the 19th Sanities. Mark would go on to be a pioneer in the Asian American jazz movement combining the spiritual and improvisational elements of jazz with East Asian instrumentation. In addition to the upright bass, he became a master of the show, a mouth organ more commonly found in Japanese traditional music that sounds right at home on Mark's jazz contributions. He toured internationally and frequently collaborated with his wife Brenda Wang Ayoki on multimedia pieces that weave together music, dance, theater, and spoken word, storytelling to share the Asian American experience with generations, including the history of Japanese internment in San Francisco and the redevelopment of the Western edition. While his musical influence can be felt across the world, he was a thorough, through and through San Francisco. His love for the city inspired his music, and he was proud to hail from J Town and the Fillmore. He served as director of the San Francisco Asian American Jazz Festival, helping cement the city's place at the heart of the genre. He was also generous with his time to the Japan Town community, serving as a founding member of and contributing artists to the Japan Town Cultural District and teaching third graders at Rosa Parks Elementary School. I first met Mark and Brenda at the Cherry Blossom Festival parade last year. They march every year with the Japanese American Religious Federation or JARF, a coalition of Christian, Buddhist, and Shinto spiritual leaders. JARF began in the Japanese prison camps, because in realizing the challenging nature of the time spiritual leaders concluded it was better to all work together. The darkness of those times was reflected meaningfully in Mark's music, as its theme is recognized not only the deep history and trauma of the time, but celebrates and honors the enduring resiliency and triumphant spirit of the Japanese American community. Mark has survived by his wife and frequent artistic and life collaborator Brenda, their son KK and granddaughter Lucy and his two brothers. Rest in peace, Marcus Yzu, may your memory be a blessing. Thank you. Supervisor Mahmoud. Supervisor Dorsey, you asked to be re-referred. Yes, thank you Madam Clerk and thanks especially to my pioneering colleague, Supervisor Mahmoud. It is an honor to add my voice in support of his resolution declaring the commencement of Ramadan here in the city and county of San Francisco. Ramadan is a sacred time observed by millions around the world and right here at home, a month centered on prayer, reflection and fasting, but also on deep community recognition, generosity and compassion. In San Francisco, we are privileged to be home to a vibrant and diverse Muslim community that contributes so much to the fabric of our city, whether it's through small business ownership, civic engagement, public service, or simply being good neighbors, our Muslim community enriches San Francisco in a measurable ways. As we mark the beginning of this holy month, let us also reflect on the ways all of us as a city can embody the spirit of Ramadan by extending grace, mercy, and understanding to those most in need. Whether it's through feeding the hungry, caring for our unhoused neighbors or simply showing kindness in our daily interactions, the lessons of Ramadan are a call to action for all of us, regardless of our faith. In a city that prides itself on inclusivity and compassion, Ramadan offers us a welcome opportunity to recommit to those values and to affirm the dignity of all San Francisco's. Although my personal stake in this resolution is not as a member of the Muslim faith myself, I am blessed to have on my team, the board of supervisors, only Muslim legislative aid, Mahanus Ibadi, who is a standout community leader, in multiple respects, including elevating recognition for and celebrating Ramadan across our city. When we honor the traditions of our neighbors, we strengthen the very foundation of who we are, San Francisco's, a place where everyone belongs, and where every faith and culture is embraced and uplifted Ramadan, Kareem to all who observed and now the rest I submit. Thank you, supervisor Dorsey. Mr. President, seeing no more names on the roster that concludes the introduction of new business. All right, let's get a public comment. At this time, the board welcomes the general public comment of members of the audience. Please line up to your right hand side of the chamber alongside the curtains. You may speak to the approval of the meeting minutes as presented. Other general matters that are not on today's agenda but are within the board's subject manager's jurisdiction. All other agenda content has been reported out to the board by an appropriate committee where the public comment requirement was satisfied. Let's hear from our first speaker. We're setting the timer for two minutes. Welcome. Hi, Obsidian. Even if this unfortunately included the genocide, this nation was created by Christians with their protestants, Catholics, the tradition must remain for balance. Before I forget, the black history months is racism in these guys, like any community you want to celebrate because you create divisions, which we don't want. Sorry, you understand? We won't have it. Now, specific, ZYX, WVUTS, RQPO, NML, KJR, IMG, WZ. ABCD, OK, so you get the alphabet reverse. Very Lee. You see? Google reverse alphabet. You see? Stop messing with the skies. I told you here, you need to address the problem of reservoir manipulation, weather manipulation. Not only this include the poisoning or food. You need to address this before I declare officially that you are part of the government, which is fake and that wants to kill the people. So, there is nothing to celebrate, I don't accept the Batch Revolution, which is going to bring us Batch to taking care of our fellow creatures, every living species. Meanwhile, no codes, you need to get rid of your cell phones. No QR codes by Kototalo. No digital ID coming. Sorry. If you insist, there will be no ID at all. Okay, 13 seconds. What did I forget? People don't want the great highway to be closed here. No, we don't want it. We want avid. There is more, okay? I am. Thank you for your comments. Welcome to the next speaker. Hello, my name is Leah McGeever. I live in D6 and I am convinced I am a political target of my supervisor, Matt Dorsey. I wrote this poem on March 1st, 2025 for the board. War, warfare, there is no fair war. Did I ever imagine I'd be a target for war? My government deploys men to attack me, psychologically bordering on physical. When will that border be ignored Did I ever imagine Latina's would go along with it? Queer ones too. What an uncoded bitter pill to swallow. Did I ever imagine as a child who grew up on military bases whose father was deployed to war? Did I be in one with you? No. No. I did not. Am I paying for that sin of my American father? How can this war be fair against a nobody like me? Against the souls I fight for, abused souls who have nothing but cold liberal smiles pledging supports as they deploy more men to terrorize us on the streets. No war is fair indeed. I appreciate that no one looked at me during that. You all looked at your screens instead. You prefer me in two-dimensional instead of me in three-dimensional. You don't want me to be a human. I don't know what you want me to be. But I'm not that. I'm not a two-dimensional object. I was raised Catholic. I'm not anymore. I'm an atheist. I have a lot of problems with the church, but I never had a problem with the teachings of Jesus Christ. Love thy neighbor. That is all I am guilty of, is loving my neighbors. And I don't know why you allow me to be punished for it by your colleagues. I wish you did feel shame. Thank you for your comments. Welcome. Good afternoon Board of Supervisors. For the record, my name is Chris Ford Klein. Yesterday I spoke at the Health Commission and I've been here about 20 plus times and I'm starting to realize why I shouldn't be because there's a watchdog within the San Francisco and it's the city attorney and Dennis Herrera and everything that I brought up should have been brought up to each of you every single time but it hasn't. My main concern is 250 Kerney Street and this was reported to the mayor and other key leaders. Within the last 12 months there have been over 12 deaths of veterans, multiple arson violent incidents, and staff members who have been targeted as well with injuries health issues and other issues that were caused by one system, gang surveillance, health surveillance, call it whatever you want. These veterans have already been at war. Living at 250 Kerni Street is like living through Vietnam, the Gulf War, or Iraq, all over again. The bigger issue here is that after during or after all pandemics, people use health surveillance, gang surveillance, whatever you want to call it, and they manner to attempt to write their own ticket and always ends with a scandal. For example, during the 1918 pandemic led to the Black Sox scandal in baseball. The CCNY Point Shaving scandal in 1951, the Dixie Classic scandalandals in 1961, Boston College Point Shaving Scandal right after the swine flu of 1976 and the Russian flu of 1977, and the Tulane men's basketball point shaving scandal in 1984 all during or after a pandemic. And if you're not aware, there is a massive point shaving investigation happening right now by the FBI reported by sports illustrated, and it's going to topple all of those combined. It is a massive investigation. This is why the NFL has mandatory protocols for injuries and concussions. They force players to sit out for certain number of weeks as they know of health surveillance and the illegal advantage it could give your team. For example, Magic Johnson was not allowed to play, not because of HIV, but because he would have been on health surveillance by LA, and that would have given him a potential advantage over other players, not that he needed it. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome to the next speaker. Good evening, Board of Supervisors. My name is Richard S.D. Peterson. I'm 82 years old and I've been waiting, waiting, waiting. Seven and a half years ago, I applied to build a house on three lots in Noe Valley. Yes. First I had to combine the lots and divide the lots and that process is taking all of this time. I need to get this entitled before I die. In fact, I had to put my property in a revocable trust just because people thought that I wouldn't make it before the house was built. So why is it taking so long? Well, I know why it takes long. This I have in my hand is a 1099 form from the federal government that all small employers must fill out. You can't replace it. And that starts a long journey. Well, surely they must you can type into this and it comes out on the page. No, you need carbon papers. Where do you get carbon papers? Where do you get a typewriter and impact typewriter? The big companies all have have impact machines that they can comply with. But the little guy is left in a compliance nightmare. And that I'm afraid is what's happening with this city in trying to comply with the planning department and the building department. It's sad, but I hope I get my dream house built, one that I can't afford to live in or afford to maintain. But I would like to see it built, thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. My name is Jim McAfee, and I'm the domestic partner of the victim at Laguna Honda Hospital in rehabilitation. several times I have given testimony to the Board of Supervisors and the Health Commission that DPH does not report the share of cost from patients at Laguna Hospital. What they do report on is patient services revenue. They never report on patient share of cost revenue. It is fraudulent to not include all revenue that Laguna Honda gets. I have the documents right here, and it's by Drew Morrell, the chief financial officer, to the health commission. Could you guys make a copy of this for the Board of Supervisors? Thank you for your comments. Welcome to the next speaker. Good afternoon, President of the Board, Supervisors. I'd like to speak on item 37. Good afternoon. my name is Nick Colina. I'm the CFO of ankle iron and construction, and one of the founding members of the SFLBBA and build out California. I wanted to take this time to personally thank supervisor Walton, supervisor Mandelman, and supervisor Dorsey in sponsoring the LBE resolution. LBEs are the economic engine of the city. We provide union paying jobs and LBEs hire locally. We spend our dollars with local suppliers as well. Sore fronts are often supported in regards to the rebuild of San Francisco, but we believe that local contractors pay a huge part in the revitalization of our beautiful city by creating generational wealth with these union-paying jobs. I wanted to take this time to talk about the LBE program. During the 2009 recession, my dad drove me around Bayview and showed me how many four-sales and four-least signs that were posted on many of the warehouses. These were our LBEs, many of which are fellow business owners and friends. After Chapter 14B passed, that changed and turned the water on just a little bit for us. From the data provided from CMD, we found that our collective of LBEs spent over $77 million in wages in San Francisco. Many of these are good paying union jobs that go to workers who live in underrepresented communities like the mission, Excel CIR, and the Bay View. So when the LBE program is referred to at the Budget Committee as a social handout, that's offensive and simply not true. What we are is the economic engine and the economic engine of the city. So let's work together to come up with solutions to strengthen our LBE. Thank you for your comments. Welcome, Ms. Brown. It evening, it afternoon. I'm here, you know, as usual, as I come to talk about my son, Arbery Aberkasse, who was murdered August 14th. And I heard you saying that the Brady campaign and all the gun buybacks are successful. But if they're successful, then why aren't these homicides being solved? I've been coming to the police commission every Wednesday and prior to this here, every Tuesday, it's been a while. I'm back, but I show all these pictures of all the unsolved homicides of the young men, the cases aren't being sung. People are walking around with boys and walking around with bullets in them. They're just not dead. Okay, so what do we do as a board of supervisor? I'm also asking, you know, the resolution approval for the resolution urging the Board of Supervisors to amend the San Francisco homicide reward policy. I'm still waiting for that to be implemented. And I'm praying that, you know, I've talked with you, Matt Darcy, on getting this done and I'm waiting for this to happen because it will help us mothers if you find other ways to pay tips to come forth about these murders and homicides. And so mothers like myself and others mothers can heal, somewhat heal. You know, I mean, I'm having a street named after him, but you know, the case is installed. My child still't with, well, if he's never going to be with me again. But I do urge you, please, to prove this resolution that Mass Carter Overstone brought to the Board of Supervisors. And I'm just praying this happens. I will never stop fighting for my child. I love him. He was my only child. And if you have children, please understand what I'm saying. Don't let this hit your home. And then you're going to want to help. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Let's welcome our next speaker. Good president and the board members my name is Darryl and Davis and I'm a small business owner in San Francisco Since 1996 I sit on the LBAC Advisory Committee and have Sunso for quite a number of years and I'm here to support the resolution of Supervisor Walton Resolution 37. And I'm urging you to support this resolution because for small businesses and San Francisco to succeed, we need equitable fair opportunity to bid on contracts that are in San Francisco. There is a lot of money that runs through San Francisco through contracting. And it's oftentimes small businesses who get the short end of those contracts. And the LBE program, 14B, is the only resource that ensures that small businesses get a fair share of equitable contracting in San Francisco. And we urge you to be on the right side of this issue. We are facing incredible crises in our country around equity and inclusion and participation. And we are depending on you as elected officials to stand up and support and continue to support small businesses in San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome to our next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors, President Mandelman. My name is Trisha Gregory. I'm also a member of the LBE Advisory Committee and I am a micro LBE. I own a trucking company in District 10 for the last 22 years. And I'm still a micro LBE, so that says a lot. I do also strongly urge you to approve Supervisor Walton's resolution of firming the San Francisco LBEs in 14B. Like this supervisor here said earlier, you guys will do everything to support the businesses, I mean the restaurants, the bars, but we need more support with local contracting. I also would like to thank supervisor Walton and his office and President Mandelman for being champions of the LBE community. It does mean a lot to us and we do appreciate all your hard work in supporting us. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome our next speaker. Good afternoon, Board of Supervisors and thank you for all your hard work. I'm Samuel Adams, executive of construction and community development for Bayon's group Inc, where a general contractor, local San Francisco contractor. I'm in support of item 37, I want to give you some facts of why we're in support of it and why it's important for the City of County of San Francisco. As a San Francisco LBE contractor, we are able to provide opportunities for SF LBE trade partners in subcontract commitments. This entails opportunities for local workforce that creates community empowerment. So for example, two of our affordable housing construction blocks and sundels, a combined, approximate $100 million GMP. And so with those dollars, we're about 30% of contract dollars going to LBEs, 33% going to local San Francisco workforce, and about 8% of priority zip code San Francisco local workforce. the same in a hundred point shipyard. That's a combined blocks, two blocks of approximately 90 million, GMP dollars above 20% of subcontract dollars going to LBEs, 14% of priority zip codes going to San Francisco local workforce, 36% of local San Francisco workforce. So these are really good numbers. These are dollars going right back into the community. Simple fact, as a GC, we've been able to sit at the table with larger GCs and cut some of these deals and continue to filter money down to our local businesses. So thank you for listening to me and supporting this item. Thank you for your comments. Welcome. Shalom in Hebrew means peace. My name is Salahakuiah Chandler, and I am a abolitionist and a social justice fighter for my people, for my nation, and I'm also a Hebrew woman. My son was murdered on January the 92015, the San Francisco Court Drupal homicide, for young man shocked to death in Hayes Valley. I fought for almost 10 years to get a trial date and I finally got one on September the 18th. Two weeks later on September the 28th, I had a stroke. Hospitalized for two weeks, I shouldn't have had a stroke to fight for the injustice of making sure that the trial went forward. According to the $250,000 reward that was assigned to my son case, three requirements to find the person who committed the crime. It must be a conviction and you must be a witness. I was the reason they arrested place a year and seven months later. I was supposed to be a witness on the stand. The DA took me off two weeks because they didn't want me to speak. That the trial should not have went according to count number seven. Count number seven was you was not supposed to try this court in the Rico act. They decided to do it anyway. That's why it took three, three, it took ten years. However, the jury made a statement and told the judge after the conviction that they had to drop caravan 7, which now the case is on hold. If it's found out that the Pell and Court three judges allowed this court to go forward, it's going to be an investigation. March 10th is supposed to be the sentencing. February 10th was supposed to be the sentencing because Mr. Lee Fawley realized that he should not have had to trial in the name of the Rico at number seven. Account number seven. I'm trying to just rush on requesting for the 250,000 because I'm the reasonably arrested place. I would. Thank you, Mr. Chandler. Are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board during General Public Comment? Mr. President. All right. Seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. And I believe we have been joined by Supervisor Fielder, who I believe would like to be re-referred for roll call. Thank you so much, President Manelman. Good afternoon, colleagues, city staff and members of the public. Today I'm announcing a hearing focused on a comprehensive and proven approach to our city's drug crisis, the four pillars strategy. San Francisco's deserve real solutions. We know that the status quo is not working. The mission, like many parts of the city, is experiencing the highly visible impacts of public drug use. And these impacts are not just about what we see, they're about the lives lost to overdose, the families grieving, and the community trying to hold it all together. Since taking office, I've met with small business owners, community-based organizations, and countless neighbors from across District 9. Their message has been clear. They want to see an end to fatal drug overdoses. They want want an end to open-air drug scenes and they want to feel safe and supported in their own neighborhoods. The four pillars strategy offers us a path forward. Its model is with a proven track record based on four key areas, prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and enforcement. And it's proven to work, not just in theory, but in practice. In the 1990s, Zurich, Switzerland faced a crisis very similar to ours, deplorable street conditions, soaring addiction rates, and an overdose epidemic. But after implementing the four pillars strategy, Zerick transformed into one of the safest cities in the world. And here's the most important part. According to our own budget and legislative analyst, it is transferable to San Francisco's fentanyl crisis. But to make it work, we have to go all in. Up until now, we've only deployed parts of this strategy, and we've done so unevenly. The result has been temporary improvements in some areas of the city, while other neighborhoods, like the mission, fielded this placement of drug markets and the same cycle of harm. One of the key lessons from Zurich is the deep collaboration between law enforcement, public health officials and social service professionals working together, side by side, day in and day out. This is not about choosing between public safety and public health. It's about bringing them together. We cannot continue to push the problem from one part of the city to another. We cannot keep relying on one or two strategies when we know that it takes all four working together. And so at this upcoming hearing that I'm calling for, we will hear directly from our city departments that contributed to the For Pillars Report Commission by the sport and published by the BLA last November. We will learn about what it would take to implement the strategy citywide and how we can build the infrastructure to make it last through ongoing interagency collaboration and regular oversight. We have an opportunity right now to move beyond piecemeal solutions and take bold Comprehensive action the four pillars strategy gives us the roadmap and now it's up to us to follow it I want to thank supervisor Dorsey for being eager and willing to co-sponsor this hearing I look forward to working with him with the mayor my colleagues on colleagues on the board, our city departments, and most importantly, our communities to deliver lasting solutions to this crisis. Thank you, I submit. Thank you, supervisor fielder. With that, Madam Clerk, let's go to our for adoption with that committee reference agenda items 37 through 40. Items 37 through 40 were introduced for adoption but without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first reading today. Alternatively, a member may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee. surprise what? Thank you, please, sever item 37. Okay. Anybody else? All right. On their remaining balance of the items, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? On items 38 through 40, Supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sutter. Sutter,ise her Cheryl. Cheryl I supervise her Walton. Walton I supervise her Chan. Chan I supervise her Chan. Chan I supervise her Dorsey. Dorsey I supervise her Angardio. Angardio I supervise her Fielder. Fielder I and supervisor Mahuth Muth Muth Muth I there are 11 eyes. Without objection, resolutions are adopted and the motion is approved. And then Madam Clerk, we should go to item 37. Item 37, this is a resolution to reaffirm San Francisco's commitment to the administrative code chapter 14b local business enterprise program. Supervisor Walton. Thank you so much President Maldoneman and colleagues I just wanted to thank all the co-sponsors of the resolution supervisors Maldoneman, Chan, Mamou, Dorsey, and Gardeo, Sauter, and Melgar for your co-sponsorship, and I just want to shout out to our LBE and our labor community for coming together in their work in supporting this. Thank you. And I think that is it. We can take this item same house with the same call without objection. The resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items? No imperatives to report Mr. President. Could you read our in memoriams? Yes, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals On behalf of President Mandelman for the late David Saegan and Restaurant Tour Charles Fan and on behalf of Supervisor Mark Maud for the late Mark Ezu. And I think that brings us to the end of our agenda, Madam Clerk, is there any further business before us today? That concludes our business for today. Thank you.