. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. young. you can please call items 1 through three together. >> clerk: yes, item number 1 is a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending july 20, 2024, to the public works commission. we have one seat, one applicant, or two seats and one applicant. and item two, a motion approving or rejecting of lynne newhouse sega for ending with the term of july 2, 2026. and item 3, the city controller appointment for a public works commission for lauren post, with the term ending july 2, 2024. these three items if approved are sent as committee reports. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. young. colleagues, we previously dealt with some of the proposition b appointments to the streets and sanitation commission. and these three items are appointments to the public works commission pursuant to proposition b, and notwithstanding, and that you will recall that charter amendment from a couple of years ago required two mayoral appointees to board of supervisors appointees and one controller appointee.

supervisor peskin, i understand you had amendments. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair melgar and supervisor preston. this is in furtherance of an amendment we discussed last week around inheritance that supervisor melgar offered to the second file ending in 66 where in i asked the city attorney to make sure in furtherance of the goal of inter generational accumulation of wealth that we tailored that to be inheritance among family members, not any inheritance. to that end on page 6, the city attorney's office and thank you to andrea and ann and paul for these amendments. there are changes to the findings at sub p and sub q. the meat is in eligibility section on page 7. 8 subsection b to received under this the property owners must demonstrate they own the lot they are seeking for a minimum of five years. that is old language. for purposes of establishes eligibility, a property owner who inherited the subject lot from blood or adopted or stepchild or the spouse off domestic partner of such relations that is the definition of eligible predecessor. i offer to file to the agenda item

madam clerk,. >> clerk: on that motion, supervisor peskin. aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you, that motion passes. madam clerk, please call item number 2. >> clerk: a resolution changing the street name of sonora bain to vicha ratanapakdee way. call (415)655-0001 and the meeting i.d. is 24971671345 and press pound and pound again if you have not done so already and would like to speak on item number 2, here is your opportunity to press star 3 and the system will indicate you have raised your hands in confirmation. >> thank you, madam clerk. we are now joined by dominica donovan, legislative aid to catherine stefani the sponsor of this legislation. welcome ms. donovan. >> thank you chair and good afternoon members. the item before you is the final resolution which will rename a stairwell in the neighborhood in district 2 to sonora gain to vicha ratanpakdee. he lived in this family in the an sa vista neighborhood. he was closer to his eldest daughter and his grandchildren. as w

supervisor peskin, i understand you had amendments. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair melgar and supervisor preston. this is in furtherance of an amendment we discussed last week around inheritance that supervisor melgar offered to the second file ending in 66 where in i asked the city attorney to make sure in furtherance of the goal of inter generational accumulation of wealth that we tailored that to be inheritance among family members, not any inheritance. to that end on page 6, the city attorney's office and thank you to andrea and ann and paul for these amendments. there are changes to the findings at sub p and sub q. the meat is in eligibility section on page 7. 8 subsection b to received under this the property owners must demonstrate they own the lot they are seeking for a minimum of five years. that is old language. for purposes of establishes eligibility, a property owner who inherited the subject lot from blood or adopted or stepchild or the spouse off domestic partner of such relations that is the definition of eligible predecessor. i offer to file to the agenda item

supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam chair. a few thoughts and observations and then one specific comment or question with regard to the amendments that you just offered to the triplicated version as amended by supervisor preston and i agree that anti-speculation provisions are critical. i think we are all of a common mind on that relative to all three versions, and i want to just note that relative to some of the questions i raised at previous discussions relative to feasibility the department actually now has more feasibility analysis and i want to thank and acknowledge the planning department for that. and that information indicates that all three proposals have a feasibility gap, and in discussions with the planning department they are clear contrary to what i think all of us wish for, and that supervisor mar was attempting to articulate in his legislation that this be something that homeowners avail themselves of is actually unlikely. is more likely that a developer will find these properties and hence the anti-speculative

good morning, chair peskin. i am the current president of the treasure island development authority, and it has been such a privilege to serve the city. the mission for treasure island was a forward thinking one. it is on providing more housing for the city it will be a new neighborhood. but the most the biggest element is a master plan. it is a creation of over 300 acres of open space parks, bicycle lanes and pedestrian pathways. it is the greatest addition to the city's network of open spaces due to the creation of golden gate park. i had relished the opportunity to bring my experience and expertise here as we implement the master plan. i have more than four decades of experience in housing development and in community development. and with working with nonprofit organizations in the public sector as a social impact. and in particular, i have much experience in the complex development needs of waterfront lands. i bring to this division a background to continue the financing and construction of the government a

>> thank you, chair peskin. i did not support prop be back in the day and continue to have concerns about aspects about it. one thing that i have no doubt about is the need for more sunlight and on the work of what was the public works department, and opportunities for a public which is deeply exercised about conditions and workers who were on the front lines doing the work and trying to keep this city clean and presentable and have a form where they could highlight these issues and make suggestions for improvements. i do, with these two appointments, feel that optimistic at least about that aspect of proposition b. i think these are grateful -- i'm grateful to the two of you for stepping forward and i wish you luck in what i think will be a very challenging task, but it is maybe one of the most important ones in san francisco right now. and the streets and sanitation department could be important in getting us to a better place and that was the oversight that you will provide that will be important to that. >>

supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madam clerk. dean king and i wills wagto honor the one and only jacqueline from the 40 plus year legacy business which if you have not checked it out is a romantic spot. she made all of those souffles out of that little nine seat restaurant for the last 40 years. no one has ever made a souffle in there other than jacqueline. her staff who live in the district have been with her for as long as i have been around. that is 30 years. i look forward to taking this to her personally. she husband closed by now but maybe i will do it tomorrow. shut down at the beginning of the pandemic for health reasons. the neighborhood and customers rallied. on gofundme she was able to pay the staff and open up. it is a pandemic success story, i will submit. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor preston. >> thank you, madam clerk. please add me to the peter king memorial as well. i had the pleasure of honoring earlier today beanbag cafe, a community hub for nearly 30 years. well-known in the neighborhood. it is d

supervisor peskin is joining us. would you like to begin your item? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair ronen for scheduling this item which we nerd this committee about a year ago. a little more than a year ago. is the director online? she is not in the board chambers. >> supervisor i am in quarantine. i am on the line. >> supervisor peskin: sorry, kate. i hope you will be okay. thank you for joining us, director sofas. i want to put this in context not only in the covid time but pre-dating covid time. interesting enough early in my tenure right when then mayor brown was leaving office back in the days when this was officially the mayor's office of economic development. work force wasn't the title back then. it was a very small shop. much less actually i think in the single digits of employees. now it has over 150 staff. at the end of mayor brown's tenure if my recollection serves me. that office in may or brown's last budget was zeroed out. has recreated since then. recreated as its own department no longer under the mayor's office itself. we all

supervisor peskin. rereferred? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madame clerk, and thank you, president walton, for those words with regard to the unfortunate fire drill with regard to the letters that over 100 service providers received last friday. i just want to speak briefly, for we will have many hearings in the rules committee, to three charter amendments that i'll be introducing today. one that would extend rent control to certain types of new construction where the city confers a benefit on a property owner. the second to address the issue of the forfeiture of pensions for city employees who have committed acts of moral turpitude short of a criminal conviction with sufficient due process and a high evidentiary standard of clear and convincing. and finally, after discussions with the city administrator's office and labor union local 261, an attempt to make a few, i think, important changes to proposition b of a couple of years ago that would maintain commission oversight over public works and keep a focus on

on that motion offered by member peskin, that the hearing be filed, member peskin. >> aye. >> peskin, aye. >> vice chair preston. >> aye. >> preston, aye. >> chair melgar. >> we have three ayes. >> thank you. that motion passes. mr. clerk, please call item 2. >> item two is amending an ordinance to define adult sex venue and principally permit, conditionally permit, or prohibit adult sex venues in commercial, residential-commercial, production, distribution and repair, neighborhood commercial, neighborhood commercial transit and accessory use and with the adult businesses in the chinatown community benefit district. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2489 998 7570 and press pound twice. if you haven't done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmute and you may begin your comment. >> thank you very much, mr. clerk. we are joined by supervisor mandelman t sponsor of this item. the floor is your, supervisor. >> thank y

supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam chair. a few thoughts and observations and then one specific comment or question with regard to the amendments that you just offered to the triplicated version as amended by supervisor preston and i agree that anti-speculation provisions are critical. i think we are all of a common mind on that relative to all three versions, and i want to just note that relative to some of the questions i raised at previous discussions relative to feasibility the department actually now has more feasibility analysis and i want to thank and acknowledge the planning department for that. and that information indicates that all three proposals have a feasibility gap, and in discussions with the planning department they are clear contrary to what i think all of us wish for, and that supervisor mar was attempting to articulate in his legislation that this be something that homeowners avail themselves of is actually unlikely. is more likely that a developer will find these properties and hence the anti-speculative

supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam chair. a few thoughts and observations and then one specific comment or question with regard to the amendments that you just offered to the triplicated version as amended by supervisor preston and i agree that anti-speculation provisions are critical. i think we are all of a common mind on that relative to all three versions, and i want to just note that relative to some of the questions i raised at previous discussions relative to feasibility the department actually now has more feasibility analysis and i want to thank and acknowledge the planning department for that. and that information indicates that all three proposals have a feasibility gap, and in discussions with the planning department they are clear contrary to what i think all of us wish for, and that supervisor mar was attempting to articulate in his legislation that this be something that homeowners avail themselves of is actually unlikely. is more likely that a developer will find these properties and hence the anti-speculative

second by peskin. please call roll. >> chan. >> aye. >> dorsey. >> aye. >> mandelman. >> aye mar. >> aye. >> melgar. >> aye. >> press kin. >> aye. >> preston. >> aye. >> ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. >> we have 10 ayes. the item passes on first approval. >> great. thank you, madam clerk. item 9. >> item 9. adopt the one bay area grant obag cycle 3 county framework and recommend programming $7,082,400 of san francisco's estimated share of obag funds to the san francisco municipal transportation agency's safe routes to school. 22 $00,000 to the transportation authority for the congestion management and $52,855,600 to projects to be selected through a call for projects. this is an action item. >> good morning. i am happy to present this item for the one bay area grant cycle. these are federal funds distributed through m.t.c. and spread across a series of programs in the bay area. this is the third seek kyle for fiscal year 23-246. half of the funds $340 mi

. >> on the motion to adopt the proposed amendments, supervisor peskin. supervisor peskin? >> aye. >> peskin, aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> mandelman, aye. >> vice chair chan. >> aye. >> chan, aye. the motion passes. without objection with chair preston being excused. >> and this needs to be continued, i believe, right? >> yes, it is my understanding it will need to be continued. >> i will make a motion to continue this to the g.a.o. meeting. >> that would be may 5, i believe >> on the motion to continue the matter as amended to the next g.a.o. meeting cht may 5, on that motion, supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> vice chair chan. >> aye. >> chan, aye. >> the motion passes without objection with chair preston being excused. >> this matter will be continued. >> great. i believe our chair is coming back and i will give back my gavel, which is really his gavel. >> thank you, mr. clerk. please call the next item. >> item number 3 is a hearing on the resources allocated for the dream keepers initiative, specifically on which programs have be

supervisor peskin is joining us. would you like to begin your item? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair ronen for scheduling this item which we nerd this committee about a year ago. a little more than a year ago. is the director online? she is not in the board chambers. >> supervisor i am in quarantine. i am on the line. >> supervisor peskin: sorry, kate. i hope you will be okay. thank you for joining us, director sofas. i want to put this in context not only in the covid time but pre-dating covid time. interesting enough early in my tenure right when then mayor brown was leaving office back in the days when this was officially the mayor's office of economic development. work force wasn't the title back then. it was a very small shop. much less actually i think in the single digits of employees. now it has over 150 staff. at the end of mayor brown's tenure if my recollection serves me. that office in may or brown's last budget was zeroed out. has recreated since then. recreated as its own department no longer under the mayor's office itself. we all

second by peskin. please call roll. >> chan. >> aye. >> dorsey. >> aye. >> mandelman. >> aye mar. >> aye. >> melgar. >> aye. >> press kin. >> aye. >> preston. >> aye. >> ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walton. >> aye. >> we have 10 ayes. the item passes on first approval. >> great. thank you, madam clerk. item 9. >> item 9. adopt the one bay area grant obag cycle 3 county framework and recommend programming $7,082,400 of san francisco's estimated share of obag funds to the san francisco municipal transportation agency's safe routes to school. 22 $00,000 to the transportation authority for the congestion management and $52,855,600 to projects to be selected through a call for projects. this is an action item. >> good morning. i am happy to present this item for the one bay area grant cycle. these are federal funds distributed through m.t.c. and spread across a series of programs in the bay area. this is the third seek kyle for fiscal year 23-246. half of the funds $340 mi

rather than just $90,000 which is what supervisor peskin asked for, i would encourage you to approve more than $90,000 for this important project. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. is that our last caller? >> there are no further callers in the queue. >> chair ronen: public comment is closed. i will make a motion to send this item to full board with positive recommendation and thanks for joining us, supervisor peskin and your advocacy for your district. >> motion to forward vice chair safai. >> aye. >> member mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> we have three ayes. >> thank you. >> are there any other item on the agenda today? >> that concludes the business for the budget and finance committee. >> chair ronen: we are going to start the budget and appropriations meeting at 145 and that we plan to continue item two because the department couldn't be here today. warnings in case anyone is waiting for those items. see you at 1:45 p.m. this meeting is adjourned. >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within t

supervisor peskin. rereferred? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madame clerk, and thank you, president walton, for those words with regard to the unfortunate fire drill with regard to the letters that over 100 service providers received last friday. i just want to speak briefly, for we will have many hearings in the rules committee, to three charter amendments that i'll be introducing today. one that would extend rent control to certain types of new construction where the city confers a benefit on a property owner. the second to address the issue of the forfeiture of pensions for city employees who have committed acts of moral turpitude short of a criminal conviction with sufficient due process and a high evidentiary standard of clear and convincing. and finally, after discussions with the city administrator's office and labor union local 261, an attempt to make a few, i think, important changes to proposition b of a couple of years ago that would maintain commission oversight over public works and keep a focus on

seconded by supervisor peskin. madam clerk, on the motion to excuse. >> clerk: supervisor preston from item 21. [roll call vote taken] there are nine aye. >> president walton: without objection, supervisor preston is excused from item 21, and madam clerk, call the roll on item 21. [roll call vote taken] >> clerk: nine aye. >> president walton: without objection, adopted unanimously. supervisor preston, you are welcome to return, madam clerk, please call item number 22. >> clerk: mission cultural center for latino arts as a landmark under article 10 of the planning code to affirm the determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> president walton: supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: forget it. >> clerk: 22. [roll call vote taken] >> clerk: ten ayes. >> president walton: without objection ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. item 23. >> clerk: ordinance to amend the administrative code to require public works to provide the new department of sanitation and streets with administrative support a

seconded by supervisor peskin. madam clerk, on the motion to excuse. >> clerk: supervisor preston from item 21. [roll call vote taken] there are nine aye. >> president walton: without objection, supervisor preston is excused from item 21, and madam clerk, call the roll on item 21. [roll call vote taken] >> clerk: nine aye. >> president walton: without objection, adopted unanimously. supervisor preston, you are welcome to return, madam clerk, please call item number 22. >> clerk: mission cultural center for latino arts as a landmark under article 10 of the planning code to affirm the determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> president walton: supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: forget it. >> clerk: 22. [roll call vote taken] >> clerk: ten ayes. >> president walton: without objection ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. item 23. >> clerk: ordinance to amend the administrative code to require public works to provide the new department of sanitation and streets with administrative support a

we have supervisor aaron peskin joining us today. welcome, supervisor peskin. as i have noted before the subject property is within 500 feet of my personal residence. therefore i am seeking to recuse myself and ask my colleague make a motion to excuse me from this item and vice chair chan will chair in my absence. >> so moved. >> on that motion chair preston. vice chair chan. >> aye. >> member mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> thank you. motion is approved. >> supervisor chan: thank you, madam clerk. the motion passes. the committee has heard this item april 21st. continued to today's meeting after amended. supervisor peskin. do you have any remarks? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, acting chair chan. welcome, clerk. this is the third time that we have heard this item. as somebody who initiated the first contract some 20 years ago, i have been on a mission with the planning department and the assessor's office to try to institutionalize what we are hopefully going to do today which is to sunset mills act contracts after the property owner has

we have supervisor aaron peskin joining us today. welcome, supervisor peskin. as i have noted before the subject property is within 500 feet of my personal residence. therefore i am seeking to recuse myself and ask my colleague make a motion to excuse me from this item and vice chair chan will chair in my absence. >> so moved. >> on that motion chair preston. vice chair chan. >> aye. >> member mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> thank you. motion is approved. >> supervisor chan: thank you, madam clerk. the motion passes. the committee has heard this item april 21st. continued to today's meeting after amended. supervisor peskin. do you have any remarks? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, acting chair chan. welcome, clerk. this is the third time that we have heard this item. as somebody who initiated the first contract some 20 years ago, i have been on a mission with the planning department and the assessor's office to try to institutionalize what we are hopefully going to do today which is to sunset mills act contracts after the property owner has

obviously the action proposed by mayor breed and supervisor peskin are before the voters in june. >> v.p. stephenson: i have a question. what happens if that ballot measure does not pass? do we take action on this recommendation at that point in time? >> the rate setting process does require a vote to change that process that require a vote of the voters. if this measure does not pass, the existing process would remain in place. >> follow-up question on the public hearing in front of this commission. previously, i feel like this is mentioned in public comment that the lack of detail and some public hearing leads to an inability to provide constructive oversight or insight into what is actually happening. i like to hear your candid thoughts on general best practices if this were to be adopted by the voters that you think the commission should follow? >> unfortunately, i don't know the details. the process will need to be developed by the controller's office. they will define what will be presented before each of the commission body. in terms of what i can refer to is kind of my experi

and thank you, supervisor peskin. of it's great to attend the unveiling of the chinese heroes mural. last week, we had a good time and that was actually a great site. so if you get an opportunity to go visit the mural, please do. and now we have supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: thank you, president walton. and, let me start by just congratulating all of the individuals and organizations being honored today. it's an amazing group of folks and i also want to thank the a.p.a. heritage celebration committee. we heard from claudine chang and other members of that committee working hard to make this a wonderful month to celebrate. i am honored today to recognize diane matsuda, staff attorney for the asian pacific islander legal outreach commissioner. on this historic preservation commission. for many years of service and dedication to the japantown committee in my district. to the city and county of san francisco at large and to the state of california. diane is a native of san francisco and fourth generation japa