i am chair hillary ronen. seated to my right is supervisor shamann walton, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mar. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. documents to be included in the presentations should be submitted to the clerk. items considered in today's agenda will be considered on april 23 by the board of supervisors unless otherwise noted. >> chair ronen: would you like to read item one? >> clerk: yes. item one is appointing frank fung to the planning commit. >> chair ronen: good morning, mr. fung. would you like to come up and tell us about yourself? >> president fung: yes. i'm an architect. and i sit on the planning commission. i won't tell you when i graduated from school, but the fact is i've been in that profession since i graduated from school. you have my resume on civic activities. i have extensive experience on issues that will be faced by the planning commission. in addition, i have issues faced

[inaudible] >> chair ronen: thank you. [inaudible] >> chair ronen: thank you. [inaudible] >> chair ronen: thank you. i did give you some extra time, but you need to wrap it up. >> okay. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. >> and then, i would suggest one last change -- >> chair ronen: oh, no, i'm sorry. your time is up. thank you so much. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: do you have any additional comments? supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: thank you, chair ronen. i would just like to thank supervisor peskin for bringing this surveillance ordinance, which is really important. did have a chance to speak with stop crime s.f. and frank nodo and one of his proposed amendments. i think his suggestions are actually addressed in the legislation but also talked to the effect of this is still very important in terms of making sure that we protect civil liberties while we protect all of our communities and keep them safe. [please stand by] çú>çó th;

up. >> supervisor ronen: yeah. instead of following the line that i started and i feel like i haven't gotten a lot of answers for, i'll follow up with what supervisor stefani said. so hummingbird is -- it's a navigation center. and granted, it's a navigation center that's focused on people with behavioral health conditions, but it's a temporary place for homeless individuals to be. it's not a treatment plan. it's not -- it's not the stablize -- it's not going to stablize the individual or get them to a place. so what's next for the person? what are the exits for humming bird? where are those people who fill those 29 beds every single night go? >> so i would say it is a stablizing force, because number one, it gets people off the streets. >> supervisor ronen: no, no, i understand that. i'm looking for a path that -- you know, i believe that everyone can get well, and that everyone with the right set of circumstance can be somewhat reintegrated into society, maybe hold down a certain job, maybe living in a housing si

(indiscernible). >> supervisor ronen: thank yo you. >> (indiscernible). >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. so sorry this is happening. thank you for coming in to testify. >> thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, it's hard to follow. so sorry to also hear what she's going through. i just wanted to come here and my name is lena sarch zobia and i worked for bridge h.h.b., which is linked to the san francisco department of public health. and i led a community and outreach team there and i also governed the community advisory board on which isabelle took a part. so i'm just really here to support reese because as someone who governed that body i just saw his incredible work ethic and somebody who cares about people. people who just like the woman who just talked, we had a lot of, you know, research that was really around trying to find a vaccine against h.i.v./aids. and it was critical to have board members who not only cared about community but were connected to the community. and he played a critical role in giving us advice about how best to outreac

. >> thank you supervisor ronen. as you know, i was recently elected to be the president of the commission. although my term has expired. we'll see. i wanted to say in my short time so far as vice president and serving as member on the commission, i think you probably seen this other commissions, we have a lot of responsibility in terms of mandate. we have lot of people responsible for. not a lot of power with which to do that. which is not necessarily a problem. one of the things that you asked, we can do to address those issues, i think one of the things i learned in nonprofit space is, the very largest nonprofit, couldn't fund v.a. operations for a week. a slight change in government policy has a much bigger impact than any small group of nonprofit folks. what you like about the commission that you see there, us at our best, we are a policy group who can pull from our lived experience and many cases professional experience. we have lot of professional who worked in the space far long time. there are lot of resourc

thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you. next speaker. >> chair ronen: good morning, supervisors. my name's darren bailey, ironworker. i'm here to support mike theriault. and i think bert would be an exceptional member, also, long with sabrina, all friends of labor, and mr. grosboll, also, and i urge you to support all four. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. my name's robert cooper. i'm the steward for the ironworkers that work at the golden gate bridge. i'm here to support mike the theriault. i've known him a long time -- a long, long time, through his positions in the local and other places. i know him as a good man, a fair man, and we'd all like to see him be reappointed as a member of the board of the bridge. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is r.j. ferarri, local representative from local 28 plumbers and pipe fitters. mike's work on subcommittees on the bridgeport and board of trusties is recognized and with a true leader on the board. mike has full understanding what it takes to maintain the bridge and his facilities. he has been a voice of labor and u

>> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. next is james hayden present? >> i did receival contact. he's unable to attend but still interested. >> supervisor ronen: wonderful. thank you so much. is stephen martin-pinto present? hello. >> good morning supervisors. my name is stephen martin-pinto. thanks for quivering m give -- e this opportunity. i'm captain in united states marine corps. i been in reserves for 16 years. i began as a private and worked my way as a sergeant and now i'm captain. hopefully be major here next year and a half. i have a deployment to iraq in 2007 and 2008. deployment to afghanistan in 2012 and deployed to georgia the country in 2013-2014 as a foreign military advisor trainer. i'm currently a firefighter at engineering truck 2 in chinatown chinatown. bilingual english, spark. i learned russia when i was in jordan. the reason i'm here is, i've been very fortunate because my job has been very good to me and supporting me when i have to go to drills or deployments whatever it is. i worked for employer wh

. >> supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: yes, thank you. i just wanted to shift just briefly to costs. so one thing that supervisor mandelman has brought up several times is that we know that people are staying in-patient psych sometimes, especially the locked ward, because there isn't a step down. and when they're in a higher level of care that their conditions don't warrant that, we're not reimbursed by medi-cal. what is that costing the city in general fund every year? >> i don't have that number off the top of my head, but basically it costs the actual costs of care for an in-patient psych day, which may be a couple thousand dollars a day. >> supervisor ronen: i thought that it was $7,000 a day? >> no, the actual cost in terms of -- >> the reimbursement that you would get if you were making that available to someone else who is probably waiting for that bed -- jackso absolutely. >> the city would be drawing down $7,000 of dollars. >> supervisor ronen: can you get that number and send that number to me? >> yes, we will. >> supervisor ron

>> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. victor olivieri. good morning. >> good morning supervisors. thank you for having us today. i wanted to remind you that we had severe attendance issues in the commission last month. we're incredibly grateful for bumping us forward to make sure we can fill the commission as soon as possible. i myself and along with the president has been on the commission fulfilling a two-year term that was left empty. this is a commission that's been in transition for years. we're transitioning from a vietnam war veteran to a post-9/11 veterans. some of our applicants are on the younger side. the commission is transitioningg from a counsel to a commission. we don't have a budget, a staff or a secretary. the things that we are trying to do as veteran affairs commissioners are advising the board, advising the mayor and making sure that we have appropriate policy prescriptions. lot of the thingsly talk about and lot of things we've been working on have been bottom-up. it's time to start working at a more

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes. i just wanted to thank jessica's friends and family for coming out today. last year, i created an office in san francisco that takes cases like this, whether the police don't believe a crime of sexual harassment. i want you to know that we are this close to getting this office up and running. there's about three unbelievable candidates to run this office be and the strong advocates that we need in the city. every time i hear a case like this, it just pains me that this office is not up and running. i just want you to know that we're close, your coming here and speaking to us is so effective and so moving and we're going to be here with you and fight with you. >> president yee: so i've just been informed that we're -- this is not on the agenda and it's my fault. i started it. so i need to end this discussion on this, and if we have a hearing on this, we could have a more polished discussion around this issue. >> supervisor peskin: mr. president, if i could just rise to a point of infor

and then it was a multi-week trial. >> supervisor ronen: yeah. i just wanted to say that is a priority for me. thank you so much. >> it is for us, too. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair fewer. thank you for being here. i want to talk about the mental health diversion. we talked some about this in a hearing, i think we had in the public safety neighborhood services about access to mental health services, bayview health services and the jails and the broader population. i think we heard similar statistics around the number of petitions that have been filed and that is since -- is that since the beginning of this year? >> yeah, that just started. just in the last year, six months. since october. >> supervisor mandelman: since october. so 131 petitions have been filed and the police department is bringing those petitions? >> mostly, although there is private counsel. >> supervisor mandelman: i think it's something like 40 -- i mean there was concern about whether the willingness of the jud

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes. colleagues, i have an amendment that i would like to pass out today. it will not require another continuance, so we could vote this item out from the committee today, and it involves -- the first, you can see on page four, it documents that we are in the process right now of pretty signature conversation and policies decision around not only juvenile hall, but incarceration and a new juvenile focused space, those changes that intersect with the city's capital plan and assets is reflected on page four, lines 18 to 25. and then, on page five, lines 3 to 7, i wanted to add to the emerging -- chapter on emerging needs a section on options for people with mental illness to long-term housing. it's a discussion we've been having extensively in the city and pretty much every committee and an inclusion of some capital needs around new boarding care facilities as well as cooperative living apartments. and just to explain in a little bit more detail what these type of cooperative living apartmen

ronen aye. stefani aye. walton aye. there are 7 ayes. -- there are 8 ayes and two nos with supervisor mar and peskin in the dissent. >> president yee: this motion passes. so, thank you, moving now to consider the conditional use appeal. item 25, 26, 27. consideration of the appeal of the conditional use authorization involves analysis of whether the planning commission's determination to authorize the project was appropriate. this hearing is a quasi judicial to reverse the planning decision or to authorize conditional use with additional conditions, eight votes of the board are required. do we have a motion? supervisor peskin. -- i believe that the project is not necessarily or desirable or compatible with the surrounding community. and because it impacts on the neighborhood and park use, i've concluded that the size and shape of the building is inconsistent to the general welfare of people living and working in the area. and the mass of the building is not compatible with the scale of the surrounding district, especial

rejoined also by supervisor ronen. thank you. >> do you want me on this one? >> that is the san francisco government and you may speak in any microphone. >> okay. good afternoon, supervisors. i am from the san francisco police department's investigation bureau. i'm here representing chief scott as a command staff member, and i will be able to answer any questions you have after. as you mentioned, supervisor fewer, the acting captain is a captain in charge of a risk-management division and he will give you a presentation on many of the questions that you posed a minute ago, and then we will take any questions after. >> thank you very much. thank you, commander. >> good afternoon, members of the board. i am the acting captain for the risk management division of the san francisco police department, and i will present a powerpoint that will go over the general outline of the policies, hopefully it answers many of your questions. to start, i would like to address the san francisco administrative code that talks about private information. the code says private infor

and that is a severe loss. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. next speaker. >> i want to thank the board for supporting long-term tenants and so many laws that you have created. my name is amina rubio, i'm a 25 at 364 pal and graduated from san francisco state with honors and a student teacher for political science. i wanted to say -- what is at stake, whether it's some of san francisco's largest corporate landlords to squeeze more rent out of long-term tenants that are working to create sustainability. and we want to keep our rent affordable. so i urge you to reject the mayor's sudden and uninformed decision to replace polly marshall and to appoint an inadequate tenant commissioner. it comes at an important time for long-term tenants and rent control tenants. last year the board of supervisors banned cent service and property tax being passed on to rent controlled tenants at the represent board. what -- rent board. what is at stake is using this law, they're making -- they're interpreting the law to their own benefit and what is being presented

. >> supervisor ronen: wonderful. can i get a motion -- >> supervisor peskin: you have to take the minutes. >> supervisor ronen: sorry, thank you. can i have a motion to approve the amendments? >> i move that we approve the amendments. >> supervisor ronen: that motion passes. i believe we do not have a meeting on april 29th. so i move that we continue this item to the may 6th rules agenda meeting. without objection, that motion passes. thank you. thank you, supervisor peskin. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 6? >> clerk: item number 6 is hearing to consider appointing one member, terms ending december 31, 2020 to the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. is aaron kuntz here? he is not here. he was nominated by the youth commission and comes highly recommended, so i'll open up this item for public comment. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on the item? seeing none, public comments is closed. can i have a motion? >> i'd like to move that we se

thank you. >> supervisor: supervisor ronen? >> supervisor: i also wanted to thank you and ask to be added as a co-sponsor. >> supervisor: i think i did recognize that already but thank you anyway. can we take the item, same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. it's 2:31. can we go to our 2:30 recognition of accommodations. >> clerk: i have supervisor walton. >> supervisor: thank you, madam clerk and president yee. today i'm very honored to honor someone who has spent practically a life time working with young people here in san francisco. so we're going to be honoring mr. jack jaqua. jack is a longtime advocate and mentor for youth and children for the last 35 plus years. he was a union organizer before getting involved in serving youth and families and is a former teacher, counselor and coach with the san francisco unified school district. over 30 years ago, jack along with dr. joseph marshall who's also in the audience found the omega boys club as they were tired of losing young people t

viewrvsupervisor ronen? >> thank you. first, president yee, i had to ask permission of supervisor brown if we can adjourn today's meeting on behalf of the full board for jessica a alba. if we can make that motion. >> that would be fine. >> great. thank you. second, today i'm introducing a resolution about mental health parity and patient access at kaise kaiser permanente. and thank you to the national union of health care workers for working with my office. san francisco is facing a crisis upon treating mental illness. san francisco general hospital is located in the mission, and my office receives regular calls from residents and small businesses who need to respond to untreated health patients released from hospitals. we must do more to increase availability of services and ensure we are coordinated with each other across departments and agencies. and we must ensure we are providing early treatment. when we don't treat people early on, they can end up trapped in the cycle that involves homelessness, hurting themselves o

ronen aye. safai aye. stefani aye. walton aye. yee aye. brown aye. there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: these ordinances are passed unanimously. madame clerk, go to regular agenda and call item number 4. >> ordinance to appropriate approximately $400,000 to overtime in the fire department, to deappropriate salaries and fringe benefits and capital projects. and to overtime in the san francisco public utilities commission to support the projected increases in overtime and pursuant to charter 9.113-c, it requires a two-thirds vote of the board or 8-vote threshold. >> president yee: can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed unanimously. madame clerk. >> item 5 is resolution to adopt the city's 10-year capital expenditure plan for 2020 through 2029. >> president yee: before i call, supervisor fewer, i just want to make a statement. the city administrator respectfully requests for this item to be continued to next week so that she can be present. before we take a motion to continue, i want to recognize there is con

without objection then supervisor ronen is excused. madam clerk, call the roll on item 18. >> clerk: [roll call] . >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> commissioner: okay. this motion is approved. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 19 is a motion to reappoint allegra for tuneatti for a term ending march 31, 2011. >> commissioner: please call the roll. >> clerk: rog call.>> commissioe roll. >> clerk: rog call.2021. >> commissioner: please call the roll. >> clerk: rog call. [roll call] . there are 11 ayes. >> commissioner: the motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, it is now 2:32 and let's go to special accommodations. >> clerk: today we have commendations on behalf of you, mr. president, supervisor haney as well. >> great. this week is national public safety dispatchers week in san francisco which honors the great work 9-1-1 dispatchers donation wide. san francisco has more than 160 dispatchers working at our department of emergency management. as we all know, they are hon the job, 24/7 answering calls to 9-1-1, coo

. >> supervisor ronen: yeah. just to follow up on supervisor mandelman's question on the audit of behavioral health services and the statistic about 80 people leaving p.e.s. without a referral. when i asked severin campbell about that statistic and why it didn't change, she said yes, the people might be handed a piece of paper for a referral, but the referral may be a waiting period of a few months. to her, it feels like the person is just released without any sort of follow up, which seemed reasonable to me. and i just wanted to get your response to that. this isn't be blaming, this is about figuring out what we need to advocate for. so we know the truth -- the more we know the truth, the more we know how to fix it. to me, that felt like a valid reason for not changing the statistic. >> when someone is kn. >> chair nuru: -- when someone is new to our system, what we do is provide them with a referral to the behavioral health access clinic or btac. they can go in and walk right in or call and speak directly 24-7