>> president walton: this is supervisor walton. >> good to hear your voice. >> president walton: you have the floor to make your report on your review and your findings. i want to thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. >> sure. glad to do it. thank you for this opportunity to present an overview of my report issued in june -- actually released by the mayor in july. it's the result of literally hundreds of meetings that we have with department heads, unions that deal with the city of san francisco and individual employees who contacted us sometimes by a special telephone that we established. the areas of my recommendations forms three broad categories. first yielding with the complaint process, secondly dealing with dispute resolution both in arbitration and before the civil service commission and finally, recommendations dealing with most important, upward mobility. how can so many black employees who are frustrated by their inability to move upward both into the skill trade and other jobs more effectively accomplish this. with regard to the complaint process -- it is an

>> president walton: this is supervisor walton. >> good to hear your voice. >> president walton: you have the floor to make your report on your review and your findings. i want to thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. >> sure. glad to do it. thank you for this opportunity to present an overview of my report issued in june -- actually released by the mayor in july. it's the result of literally hundreds of meetings that we have with department heads, unions that deal with the city of san francisco and individual employees who contacted us sometimes by a special telephone that we established. the areas of my recommendations forms three broad categories. first yielding with the complaint process, secondly dealing with dispute resolution both in arbitration and before the civil service commission and finally, recommendations dealing with most important, upward mobility. how can so many black employees who are frustrated by their inability to move upward both into the skill trade and other jobs more effectively accomplish this. with regard to the complaint process -- it is an

>> president walton: yes. we'll take this item same house, same call and the ordinance passed unanimously. madam clerk, would you call item 35. >> clerk: this is an ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the covid-19 based limit on residential evictions, which allows evictions only if based on the nonpayment of rent or violence or health and safety issues, from september 30, 2021 through december 31, 2021. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you. colleagues, i believe this is the 12 ordinance since the start of the pandemic from my office. there's been discussion about covid related nonpayment evictions, and i want to make it clear, this is a crucial component of our local protection as well as the tenant right to counsel for anyone facing eviction, all of these things thing will ensure that folks are able to stay in their homes during this pandemic. i want to thank my cosponsors, and again, as i have said before, thank you for standing up against disp

>> president walton: yes. we'll take this item same house, same call and the ordinance passed unanimously. madam clerk, would you call item 35. >> clerk: this is an ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the covid-19 based limit on residential evictions, which allows evictions only if based on the nonpayment of rent or violence or health and safety issues, from september 30, 2021 through december 31, 2021. >> president walton: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you. colleagues, i believe this is the 12 ordinance since the start of the pandemic from my office. there's been discussion about covid related nonpayment evictions, and i want to make it clear, this is a crucial component of our local protection as well as the tenant right to counsel for anyone facing eviction, all of these things thing will ensure that folks are able to stay in their homes during this pandemic. i want to thank my cosponsors, and again, as i have said before, thank you for standing up against disp

to -- >> president walton: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president walton. i just want to express my gratitude to mr. pennic for incorporating a number of changes to the legislation as originally proposed. i was worried that some money might be left on the table. i think those issues have been ameliorated by the resolution in front of you. thank you, mr. pennic, for your cooperation. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor peskin. seeing no one on the roster, i believe we can take this same house, same call. madame clerk. can you call item 35. >> item 35 is a resolution of intention to add territory and to make amendments to order and set a time and place for a public hearing of the board of supervisors sitting as a committee of the whole on january 11, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. and to provide public notice thereof pertaining to the city and county of san francisco rifd or the revitalization financing district number one at the treasure island. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. colleagues, supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: sorry, it's actually 36

to -- >> president walton: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president walton. i just want to express my gratitude to mr. pennic for incorporating a number of changes to the legislation as originally proposed. i was worried that some money might be left on the table. i think those issues have been ameliorated by the resolution in front of you. thank you, mr. pennic, for your cooperation. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor peskin. seeing no one on the roster, i believe we can take this same house, same call. madame clerk. can you call item 35. >> item 35 is a resolution of intention to add territory and to make amendments to order and set a time and place for a public hearing of the board of supervisors sitting as a committee of the whole on january 11, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. and to provide public notice thereof pertaining to the city and county of san francisco rifd or the revitalization financing district number one at the treasure island. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. colleagues, supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: sorry, it's actually 36

, president walton, because being a newbie on this body, i'm not sure if we file this. it seems that there are so many outstanding issues that are going to need follow up, and director eisen and her crew are fairly new to their roles, and i'm just -- i'm unclear about the mechanics of what happens if we file and if part of this goes to g.a.o. i wonder if you could really explain it because i think there are several issues that we need to follow up on. >> president walton: yes, ma'am, and thank you so much for your question, supervisor melgar. we decided to have this hearing as a committee of the whole because when supervisor peskin and i called for a hearing, the mayor's office responded by having an independent audit and an audit on command, so this hearing was specific to the findings of this report. we still have a hearing that we have not set a date for that addressed all of the issues in this that we can put on the calendar at any time for, and also a matter that has not gone before committee to address this, so we have ample opportunities to bring this back for di

>> president walton: this is supervisor walton. >> good to hear your voice. >> president walton: you have the floor to make your report on your review and your findings. i want to thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. >> sure. glad to do it. thank you for this opportunity to present an overview of my report issued in june -- actually released by the mayor in july. it's the result of literally hundreds of meetings that we have with department heads, unions that deal with the city of san francisco and individual employees who contacted us sometimes by a special telephone that we established. the areas of my recommendations forms three broad categories. first yielding with the complaint process, secondly dealing with dispute resolution both in arbitration and before the civil service commission and finally, recommendations dealing with most important, upward mobility. how can so many black employees who are frustrated by their inability to move upward both into the skill trade and other jobs more effectively accomplish this. with regard to the complaint process -- it is an

supervisor walton. >> president walton: submit. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: thank you. my family love movie nights. the reason i'm introducing a resolution in support of the workers of international alliance of theatrical stage employees. also known as aofse. they are production in coordinators, writers, cinematographers, customer, script supervisors, technicians, designers and other below the line employees that are the backbone of film and division production. there are near 60,000 workers across the united states and 52,000 in call. in san francisco we have two locals. our union sibling have been in contract bargaining with the alliance motion picture and television placer -- producer. unfortunately, their negotiations has stalled over some basic workplace conditions, including excessively long work days that have developed their own slang. that means when friday work days extend deep into saturday. they are also asking for breaks for meals and rest so they can put down their equipment for a moment or even sit down. for adequate periods

>> president walton: good afternoon. welcome to the september 28, 2021 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you. >> supervisor chan: present. >> supervisor haney: present. >> supervisor mandelman: present. >> supervisor mar: present. >> supervisor melgar: present. >> supervisor peskin: present. >> supervisor preston: present. >> supervisor ronen: present. >> supervisor safai: present. >> supervisor stefani: present. >> supervisor walton: present. >> mr. president, all members are present. >> president walton: thank you. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. as well as all people who reside in their traditional territory. a

supervisor walton. >> president walton: submit. >> clerk: supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: thank you. my family love movie nights. the reason i'm introducing a resolution in support of the workers of international alliance of theatrical stage employees. also known as aofse. they are production in coordinators, writers, cinematographers, customer, script supervisors, technicians, designers and other below the line employees that are the backbone of film and division production. there are near 60,000 workers across the united states and 52,000 in call. in san francisco we have two locals. our union sibling have been in contract bargaining with the alliance motion picture and television placer -- producer. unfortunately, their negotiations has stalled over some basic workplace conditions, including excessively long work days that have developed their own slang. that means when friday work days extend deep into saturday. they are also asking for breaks for meals and rest so they can put down their equipment for a moment or even sit down. for adequate periods

>> president walton: yes. it is now 6:08, and we will now be in recess until 6:20. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. we were in the middle of having the interpreters from the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs introduce themselves and the service they are here to provide. let's begin with miss lai. [speaking cantonese language] [speaking spanish language] >> clerk: miss torres? may be muted. all right. mr. boris? all right. well, we understand that mr. boris is with us, and that there is the opportunity for mr. boris to jump in once he gets his equipment working better. if there's someone he can help out, we will make him available. we are taking public comments in support of testimony against the project. operations, let's hear from our first caller, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thanks for allowing me a chance to speak. my name is garev, and i previously stayed in the [indiscernible] 50 units at the [indiscernible]. i would like the board to reject the project to be disapproved. the

president walton? >> president walton: thank you so much, chair haney. i do want to say thank you to everyone who called in to express their concerns. we continue to have conversation with community about what this is and is not. i do live in the area. i'm not just a supervisor but i live in this area. my family is here. my kids come here, my grand kids come here, and my friends come here. i've seen the rise of people living in their vehicles in this area, and this vehicle triage area really addresses your concerns. let me say this to anyone out there, our office takes allegations of crime seriously. this is very important to us, and we take crime serious. captain marin has been on meetings, so please let us know. we take crime very serious, but again, i want to stress that there is no data to support any increases in crime in the area. and i do want to say, we're not giving away park space. we have other parks in the area as well as other areas of san francisco, and this will address your concerns. the department of homelessness and supportive housing w

>> president walton: this is supervisor walton. >> good to hear your voice. >> president walton: you have the floor to make your report on your review and your findings. i want to thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. >> sure. glad to do it. thank you for this opportunity to present an overview of my report issued in june -- actually released by the mayor in july. it'she

. >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk. would you please call items 43-46. >> clerk: items 43 through 46 were continued from july 2021 and september 28th, 2021. for a hearing in persons interested in a conditional use authorization for a proposed project at 575 vermont street to allow demolition of an existing single-family home and a 44' tall residential building. containing two dwelling units, one accessory dwelling unit, one automobile parking space, and three class one bicycle parking spaces the associated motions with this appeal. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, both the appellant have requested the additional time to finalize their agreement. with that, i would like to make a motion to continue items 43 to 46 to the november 2nd, between 21 meeting. can i get a second? seconded by supervisor peskin. >> clerk: mr. president, we may have some callers in the queue who would like to speak to the continuance. >> president walton: my apologies. we'll now take public comment on the motion to continue

india walton is the democratic nominee for mayor of buffalo. no amount of racist misogyny from the old boys' club is going to change that." aoc will be heading to buffalo on saturday to campaign with india walton. this comes as nearly 2000 nurses at south buffalo's nurse eat -- mercy hospital are on strike, one of many strikes nationwide. with election day less than two weeks away, we go now to buffalo where we are joined by india walton. if she wins in november, she will be the first mayor of a major american city in decades who identifies as socialist. welcome to democracynow. congratulations on your victory. are you also calling for the head of the state democratic party to resign and talk about what your platform is. india: good morning and thank you for having me. i am hyperocused on the xt week and a half, approximately more than that, in winning t general elecon to let people know that the voters of buffalo are who are calling for a ange in leadership. i thk whatay jacobs said about me is unfortunate and misguidebut i amot focused on tha

supervisor walton. >> supervisor chant. [roll call vote]. >>. >> without projecting these resolutions are adopted and motions are approved unanimously. madam clerk please call item number 54. >> item 54 is a resolution that the city and county of san francisco supports notice and compliance opportunities for small businesses facing lawsuits or violations related to americans with disability act accommodations . and call for additional suppor assistance and information or small businesses tocomply with the americans with disabilities act . >> thank you supervisor any . >> i would love to have this sent to committee. there's folks who want to have further conversation. >> thank yousupervisor, madam clerk, no action is required. >> i apologize, my hearing is bad. he said item 54 to committee ? thank you. no further action, single members privilege >> president: thank you. madam clerk do we have any imperative agenda items ? >> two report but iwould like to make a clerks note on one item . i apologized earlier i was having an a

with that, if we can open -- sorry, supervisor walton? >> president walton: real quick. i know this is on my mind. i had to go back and look specifically. page 2 line 14, dcyf and the children of youth needs to have at least one meeting. great minds do interact. that is in the resolution. >> chair ronen: please open the item up for public comment. >> clerk: thank you. we are working with department of technology to see if we have callers in the queue. for those who already called in and done so, please call star 3 to be added to the queue. you will hear the system prompt to indicate that you have raised your hand to confirm you're in line to speak. for those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicate you have been unmuted. do we have any speakers? >> we have one caller in the queue. >> caller: hi, there. thank you chair and president walton. i'm one of the lead organizers. i wanted to call in to thank president wall. -- walton for his work on this. we believe firmly that kids and youth and adults need more voices in san francisco. this is a great

third, as president walton mentioned, it does create a neighborhood l.b.e. program offering 0.5% to 1.5% discount depending whether the l.b.e. is headquartered in the neighborhood of where the project is occurring. this gives an opportunity for local businesses to succeed and compete for business within the neighborhood. the other element is also extending bonding assistance for local businesses. it creates opportunity for cnb to provide the goals for micro small and sba level. currently they are at the l.b.e. level no matter the micro smaller or categories. this allows for establishing that if there are eligible or l.b.e.s to fulfill that requirement. i believe that concludes the presentation i have for you to provide overview of changes here. of course, i am available for questions alongside garrett taylor, city attorney, director of cnb and jennifer johnson on my team. thank you very much. >> thank you, city administrator. would you like to hear from ms. johnson, ms. taylor? would any of the four of you like to add anything to the city administrator? >> t

with that, if we can open -- sorry, supervisor walton? >> president walton: real quick. i know this is on my mind. i had to go back and look specifically. page 2 line 14, dcyf and the children of youth needs to have at least one meeting. great minds do interact. that is in the resolution. >> chair ronen: please open the item up for public comment. >> clerk: thank you. we are working with department of technology to see if we have callers in the queue. for those who already called in and done so, please call star 3 to be added to the queue. you will hear the system prompt to indicate that you have raised your hand to confirm you're in line to speak. for those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicate you have been unmuted. do we have any speakers? >> we have one caller in the queue. >> caller: hi, there. thank you chair and president walton. i'm one of the lead organizers. i wanted to call in to thank president wall. -- walton for his work on this. we believe firmly that kids and youth and adults need more voices in san francisco. this is a great

thank you. >> president walton: thank you. thank you to the appellant, and we have heard this hearing, and so this public hearing has been held and is now filed. as previously discussed, we will now discuss whether to deny or grant an appeal at 469 stevenson street project. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: okay. thank you, president walton, and i did have some questions -- i want to thank colleagues for addressing some of the more technical issues, including, in particular, the seismic issues, and i also think i concur with supervisor peskin's analysis of the standard by which we're reviewing this, which i think was misstated as a substantial evidence test and as was stated by supervisor peskin, whether the e.i.r. is sufficient or not on its face. but i did want to follow up, and i will start by saying i'm not sure that this is the key issue in an appeal, but there's been so much talk about some items here on the issue that the appellant raised regarding the gentrification and regarding displacement that i wanted to

i want to thank supervisor walton. mayweather williams, duarte jones, marcus tar, and just supervisors, if you can support this bill here that we're we're the backbone of the community but with the support of outreach in the area to help us out and you guys pass and this legislation will be a great deal. so i just want to thank you. i don't want to be long winded with what i have to say. i support everyone in this community. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: hi. my name is shannon collins. i regularly learn a project opportunity with l.b.e. requirements that would be perfect opportunities for our firm to partner with larger firms. unfortunately, we can no longer pursue these r.f.q.s because we grew beyond the 2.5 revenues and our business has suffered because of it. 23 years ago, a $2.5 million firm was a 20-person firm. that size supported a scale and business structure that could successfully graduate from the l.b.e. program. now, a $2.5 million firm represents a 10-perso

president walton? >> president walton: thank you so much, chair haney. i do want to say thank you to everyone who called in to express their concerns. we continue to have conversation with community about what this is and is not. i do live in the area. i'm not just a supervisor but i live in this area. my family is here. my kids come here, my grand kids come here, and my friends come here. i've seen the rise of people living in their vehicles in this area, and this vehicle triage area really addresses your concerns. let me say this to anyone out there, our office takes allegations of crime seriously. this is very important to us, and we take crime serious. captain marin has been on meetings, so please let us know. we take crime very serious, but again, i want to stress that there is no data to support any increases in crime in the area. and i do want to say, we're not giving away park space. we have other parks in the area as well as other areas of san francisco, and this will address your concerns. the department of homelessness and supportive housing w

good afternoon, president walton and members of the board. i'm rachel shott from the planning department. the decision before the board is whether to uphold the department's decision to publish a final m.n.d. or return the project to the department for additional environmental review. next slide? the project site is on the southside of pine street against van ness and polk. at shown on this slide, it's -- as shown on this slide, it's above a one-story restaurant known as grub stake. the project would resist demolishing the restaurant and building an eight story building above. the appellant filed an appeal of the preliminary m.n.d. on february 16, 2021. the planning commission rejected the appeal and upheld the final m.n.d. on may 6, 2021. the planning commission approved the project's application for conditional use authorization and a state density bonus on july 22, 2021. following the approval action, the appellant filed an appeal of the final m.n.d. on august 20, 21, and the department issued an appeal response on september 7, 2021. next

commission walton? walton absent. commissioner mar? mar absent. there are nine ayes, the item has approval on its first reading. >> chair mandelman: thank you. please call item 7. >> item 7, approve san francisco's program of projects for the 2022 regional transportation improvement program. that is an action item. >> chair mandelman: and i believe -- is here. >> good morning, commissioners. are you able to see my screen? >> yes. >> wonderful. april smith, transportation planner of the transportation authority. happy to present this item today. five-year investment plan for state transportation funds administered by the california transportation commission and updated every two years. the transportation authority approves or recommends the san francisco program and project. the board has longstanding priorities and right now -- is the highest priority for the next -- [indiscernible] they have strict requirements and cannot put it on -- to honor the commitment to the -- we're programming it to other eligible projects. there is $11.2 million availab

amy: you can see the rest of our interview with india walton at democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in georgia, jury selection is beginning this week in the trial of three white men accused of murdering ahmaud arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old black man who was chased down and shot to death while out for a jog last year in the suburbs of brunswick, georgia. many have compared his death to a modern-day lynching. a warning to our views and listeners, this segment includes graphic descriptions of violence. on february 23, 2020, gregory mcmichael and his son travis mcmichael saw arbery jogging, grabbed guns, and pursued arbery in a pickup truck. their neighbor, william "roddie" bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck, recording the video on a cell phone. the mcmichaels claim they were attempting a citizen's arrest of ahmaud arbery. travis mcmichael fired two shots, killing ahmaud arbery. the elder mcmichael was a former glynn county police officer and investigator for

commission walton? walton absent. commissioner mar? mar absent. there are nine ayes, the item has approval on its first reading. >> chair mandelman: thank you. please call item 7. >> item 7, approve san francisco's program of projects for the 2022 regional transportation improvement program. that is an action item. >> chair mandelman: and i believe -- is here. >> good morning, commissioners. are you able to see my screen? >> yes. >> wonderful. april smith, transportation planner of the transportation authority. happy to present this item today. five-year investment plan for state transportation funds administered by the california transportation commission and updated every two years. the transportation authority approves or recommends the san francisco program and project. the board has longstanding priorities and right now -- is the highest priority for the next -- [indiscernible] they have strict requirements and cannot put it on -- to honor the commitment to the -- we're programming it to other eligible projects. there is $11.2 million availab

thank you president walton. madam clerk will you please call item number two. >> clerk: item 2 is an ordinance submitting the planning code to allow neighborhood social service and philanthropic facility uses in the chinatown mixed-use district with conditional use authorization. change the provision of abandonment of a use that exceeds a use five maximum in chinatown mixed-use district, change the use size limit and size maximum in chinatown, exempt institutional community uses and legacy businesslimits . members of the public who wish to provide public comment, the caller number on the screen is 415-655-0001. the meeting id is 2497 312 070 . then press pound, pound. if you have not done so already press star 3 to line up to speed. thesystem will indicate you have lined up to speak .>> chair: we continue this item from last week for some amendmentsthat were introduced and we heard quite a bit of input from the community improviser peskin, do you have any further remarks you'd like to share with us ? >> thank yo

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i appreciate president walton bringing this. i do note this section 12x point 24 there's a covered state list. under subsection c there, it shall be posted on the city administrators website. i think that's very helpful. i'm just wondering if there is or could be a more comprehensive list either on the oca or controller or city administrator somewhere that's comprehensive and lists all of the states and places and types of businesses that san francisco does not travel to or do business with for all the various reasons. those are codifies in various places, i'm not aware there's a comprehensive list. i think that would be helpful. it's great to see tom owens name. it's nice to see him doing some work. thank you very much for listening. >> are there any other nebs fors of the public for this item. >> no other members from the public on this item. >> public comment is closed. thank you for bringing this change to the rules committee. i would love to add my name as a cosponsor and send this to the full board with positive recommenda

it was really one of the greatest companies in the world sam walton, it was really curiosity. it wasn't money, it wasn't his contact. it wasn't where he was headquartered. it wasn't all the things you might hear in a typical mba program, not my friends who teach business school too much in your book lifetime learners guide to living and learning you give book recommendations, yourecommend reading shakespeare ? >> i'm sorry again? >> with your book recommendations in the lifetime learners guide to reading and learning , do you recommend reading shakespeare? >> it's not on the list because i don't do fiction. i'm not an expert in that. it's kind of parallel for people who say you go online, you buy all this high-tech software and i've read 10,000 business books maybe but when they say go on our board i say no, i can give you the names of 20 people right now at 400 times as much as i do about building a hardware or software company but it would be silly for me to venture into shakespeare. i don't of the world atlas, i know a good encyclopedia, i know good book on world history or