00:00:06 AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:08 ORDER. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO
00:00:10 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD
00:00:12 SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:00:16 FOR THURSDAY, APRIL NINTH TWO, 2026 I'M SUPERVISOR MATT
00:00:22 DORSEY, CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY MY
00:00:23 FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS SUPERVISOR ELLEN WONG AND OUR
00:00:26 VICE CHAIR BILAL MAHMOOD WILL BE JOINING US MOMENTARILY.
00:00:29 >> AS ALWAYS WE WERE GRATEFUL TO OUR CLERK MISS MONIQUE
00:00:31 CREIGHTON WHOM WE THANK FOR STAFFING US AND KEEPING US ON
00:00:34 TRACK TODAY AS WELL. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE FOR THE FOR
00:00:38 THE ENTIRE TEAM AT US OFF GOV TV FOR FACILITATING
00:00:39 AND BROADCASTING TODAY'S MEANING MEETING AND THAT IS
00:00:42 ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR OUR PRODUCER TODAY MS. KALEENA
00:00:45 MENDOZA MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:48 >> YES. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL
00:00:50 CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES DOCUMENTS TO
00:00:53 INCLUDE IT TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE SHOULD BE
00:00:57 SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:58 EACH I DON'T WANT THIS AGENDA. ONE ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP
00:01:02 IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR
00:01:05 RIGHT. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:01:08 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING
00:01:09 WAYS. FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL THEM TO
00:01:11 MYSELF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
00:01:13 COMMITTEE CLERK AT IMO IN IQ U E DOT C R A WHITE OR IN AT F G
00:01:19 O V DORJEE OR YOU MAY SUBMIT YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA U.S.
00:01:24 POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL NUMBER ONE DR.
00:01:27 CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE ROOM TWO FOUR FOR SAN FRANCISCO
00:01:32 CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1 OR 2 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT
00:01:34 IN WRITING IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISORS AND ALSO
00:01:37 INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE IN WHICH YOU'RE
00:01:39 COMMENTING. FINALLY, ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY
00:01:42 ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF
00:01:47 APRIL 21ST 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:01:48 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO START
00:01:52 TODAY'S MEETING AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ITEM OUT OF ORDER.
00:01:55 >> ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:01:56 CALL ITEM FOUR? YES.
00:01:58 ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING
00:02:00 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ICE ACTION URGING
00:02:03 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO FUND THE TRANSPORTATION
00:02:06 SECURITY AGENCY AND URGING SAN FRANCISCO LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:02:08 AGENCIES TO RECOMMIT TO SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES.
00:02:15 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. BEFORE WE START THE DISCUSSION
00:02:19 ,I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN WHO
00:02:20 INTRODUCED THIS RESOLUTION. BUT IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US
00:02:24 THIS MORNING. I APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP
00:02:26 IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO THANK POLICE
00:02:30 CHIEF DERRICK LIU AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROOKE JENKINS FOR
00:02:34 BEING HERE TODAY. THIS RESOLUTION RESPONDS TO A
00:02:35 REPORTED ICE INCIDENT AT SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL
00:02:39 AIRPORT. IT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT
00:02:42 TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE ROLE OF FEDERAL
00:02:43 ENFORCEMENT IN OUR CITY. FOR THIS COMMITTEE, THE FOCUS
00:02:47 IS ON OUR LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
00:02:50 WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF'S
00:02:51 DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE ACTING
00:02:54 CONSISTENT WITH OUR SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES AND DUE PROCESS
00:02:57 FOR ALL ORDINANCE. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
00:03:01 I'M APPROACHING THIS WITH A FOCUS ON THE LAW.
00:03:05 THERE HAVE HAS BEEN SOME PUBLIC CONFUSION HONESTLY ACROSS THE
00:03:09 POLITICAL SPECTRUM ABOUT WHAT SANCTUARY IS AND ISN'T.
00:03:13 AND I THINK AT THIS MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY IT IS INCREDIBLY
00:03:17 IMPORTANT THAT SAN FRANCISCO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE TO OUR
00:03:21 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FEELING MORE VULNERABLE THAN
00:03:25 EVER. WE ARE SEEING PROVOCATIVE
00:03:28 ACTIONS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT UNLIKE ANYTHING
00:03:32 THAT WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE. I SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE CITY
00:03:34 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WORKING ON SANCTUARY RELATED ISSUES AND I
00:03:37 HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THEM .
00:03:43 >> SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES ARE ROOTED IN OUR 10TH AMENDMENT
00:03:47 RIGHTS AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO NOT DO THE JOB OF THE FEDERAL
00:03:52 GOVERNMENT. IT'S A SEPARATION OF POWERS
00:03:54 PROVISION IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT ENABLES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
00:03:58 AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO NOT BE COMMANDEERED BY THE FEDERAL
00:04:02 GOVERNMENT TO DO FEDERAL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S JOB.
00:04:06 >> HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK OFTEN GETS
00:04:10 LOST IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES IS THAT
00:04:13 THESE ACTUALLY ORIGINATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ITSELF BACK
00:04:17 IN THE 1970S. ODDLY ENOUGH IT WAS LAPD CHIEF
00:04:21 DARRYL GATES WHO INTRODUCED A PROVISION FOR LAPD RECOGNIZING
00:04:28 THAT IT IS NOT IN THE INTERESTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE
00:04:33 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES MISTRUST THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
00:04:36 >> THEY IMPLEMENT THAT. I BELIEVE IT WAS SPECIAL ORDER
00:04:41 NUMBER 40 THAT WAS REALLY A GROUNDBREAKING SANCTUARY CITY
00:04:44 POLICY FOR LAPD. SEVERAL YEARS LATER IT WAS
00:04:48 THEN-MAYOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN WHO IMPLEMENTED IT HERE I BELIEVE
00:04:52 IN 1989. WE HAVE BEEN A SANCTUARY CITY.
00:04:55 THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND WE I THINK
00:04:59 HAVE THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT DO THE FEDERAL
00:05:02 GOVERNMENT'S JOB. >> BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY
00:05:04 CAREFUL ALSO TO NOT OBSTRUCT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S JOB
00:05:10 AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT FEDERAL AUTHORITY CAN BE EXERCISED
00:05:11 LAWFULLY WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
00:05:15 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE A
00:05:19 LEGAL AND CHARTER RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
00:05:23 PUBLIC SAFETY. SOMETIMES THAT MAY LOOK TO AN
00:05:26 UNINFORMED OBSERVER AS THOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING
00:05:30 WE'RE ASSISTING FEDERAL ACTIONS .
00:05:34 >> THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND IN FACT HAVING BEEN IN THE
00:05:37 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THROUGH SOME VERY DIFFICULT
00:05:38 RELATIONSHIPS WITH REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS IN YEARS PAST
00:05:41 ADMITTEDLY NOT ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
00:05:45 ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IS MANY OF THE ACTIONS
00:05:49 THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING TODAY ARE INTENDED TO BE
00:05:53 PROVOCATIVE. THEY ARE INTENDED TO GET LOCAL
00:05:57 GOVERNMENTS JUST TO STEP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW AND TO
00:05:59 MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF PROGRESSIVE CITIES THAT WANT TO DO RIGHT BY
00:06:04 THEIR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
00:06:06 >> THE BIGGEST FAVOR THAT WE COULD DO TO STEPHEN MILLER
00:06:09 AND DONALD TRUMP IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT GETS SAN
00:06:12 FRANCISCO ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
00:06:16 I REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THE
00:06:19 GUIDANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
00:06:23 DOING THIS RIGHT. >> THE OTHER THING THAT I
00:06:27 REALLY WANT TO ELEVATE AS AN IMPERATIVE IS WHAT I TOUCHED ON
00:06:31 A MOMENT AGO AND THAT IS RIGHT NOW OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
00:06:35 ARE FEELING EXTRAORDINARY PRESSURE UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT
00:06:39 WE HAVE EVER SEEN. THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE
00:06:43 I'M MARRIED TO AN IMMIGRANT AS WELL.
00:06:46 THIS IS PART OF WHAT MY LIFE EXPERIENCE IS RIGHT NOW.
00:06:50 >> IT IS A WORRISOME TIME AND IF EVER THERE WAS A TIME
00:06:52 THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS TO SPEAK WITH
00:06:57 ONE VOICE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT HERE.
00:07:01 THERE IS IN THIS RESOLUTION A FACTUAL DISPUTE.
00:07:05 WE HAVE PROPOSED SOME I THINK THERE IS SOME PROPOSED LANGUAGE
00:07:09 BUT AS A COURTESY TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MY COLLEAGUE, I
00:07:14 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SUPERVISOR CHAN IS ON BOARD
00:07:20 WITH IT AND IF I DON'T GET TIME, YOU KNOW, FACT IF I DON'T
00:07:22 GET THAT WHAT I WILL DO IS PROBABLY CONTINUE THIS MY
00:07:26 COLLEAGUES AGREE TO THE NEXT MEETING BUT BECAUSE I THINK
00:07:32 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TEACHABLE MOMENT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
00:07:33 CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE
00:07:36 SHERIFF BEING HERE SO THAT WE CAN WALK THROUGH AND JUST TO
00:07:39 HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE WHILE THE FOCUS IS ON THIS AGAIN WITH AN
00:07:43 EYE TOWARD MAKING SURE THAT OUR THAT EVERY IMMIGRANT IN SAN
00:07:47 FRANCISCO IS AWARE THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER THE
00:07:52 CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW WE'RE GOING TO UPHOLD SANCTUARY
00:07:55 AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE AS A CITY.
00:07:56 SO SEEING NO ONE ON THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I
00:08:02 WOULD LIKE TO I THINK INVITE UP I'M NOT SURE AS CHIEF LOU I'M
00:08:06 NOT SURE WHAT ORDER WE WOULD LIKE TO GO IN BUT I WOULD LIKE
00:08:08 TO INVITE UP CHIEF LOU TO ADDRESS THE THE FACTUAL
00:08:11 REPRESENTATION IN THE RESOLUTION.
00:08:17 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
00:08:18 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS
00:08:21 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS ADDRESS THIS DRAFT RESOLUTION.
00:08:25 I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST. I THINK THERE'S I WON'T SPEAK
00:08:30 FOR THEM BUT THERE'S CLEAR ALIGNMENT AMONG CERTAINLY THE
00:08:32 PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM BEHIND ME WITH REGARD TO THESE MATTERS.
00:08:36 SO I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT'S INCREDIBLY
00:08:40 IMPORTANT TO ME AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU KNOW, A
00:08:43 THAT THAT THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
00:08:47 COMMUNITY OF WHERE WE STAND WITH REGARD TO THESE ISSUES AS
00:08:51 WELL AS A FACTUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAPPENED
00:08:52 AT SFO. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO VITALLY
00:08:56 IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS OUR POSITION
00:08:58 IN THESE MATTERS AS IT RELATES TO IMMIGRATION AS WELL AS WHAT
00:09:03 ACTUALLY HAPPENED OVER AT SFO. SO I'LL START REALLY QUICKLY
00:09:07 WITH A FEW OVERARCHING POINTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE REALLY I
00:09:11 WANTED TO COME FROM STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH SO TO
00:09:16 SPEAK. AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO
00:09:18 REITERATE THE FACT THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT
00:09:20 FULLY SUPPORTS AND IS COMMITTED TO SAN FRANCISCO'S IMMIGRANT
00:09:23 COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS.
00:09:27 I HAD TO SPEAK CANTONESE TO THEM IN ORDER FOR US TO
00:09:30 COMMUNICATE SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT
00:09:34 COMMUNITIES. >> YOU ALREADY STATED SAN
00:09:40 FRANCISCO SANCTUARY CITY LAWS ARE LONGSTANDING AND A CORE
00:09:44 PART OF OF WHAT WE DO BUT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO
00:09:46 SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT CERTAINLY
00:09:48 DIRECTS HOW WE SERVE THE PUBLIC.
00:09:52 WE WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION
00:09:55 ENFORCEMENT. CITY RESOURCES ARE NOT OR OUR
00:09:59 RESOURCES ARE NOT USED TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES
00:10:03 AND OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION
00:10:04 STATUS. >> THESE POLICIES ARE ROOTED
00:10:07 IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO TRUST
00:10:11 US. WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO REPORT
00:10:12 CRIME TO US AND THIS IS INTEGRAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY HERE
00:10:18 . >> SECOND POINT I WANT TO
00:10:19 REITERATE THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT COORDINATE WITH PLAN WITH
00:10:26 OR COOPERATE WITH ICE IN CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT JUST
00:10:27 FULL STOP. WE DON'T ENFORCE PARTICIPATE
00:10:31 IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND WE FOLLOW STATE
00:10:34 STATE LAW CITY ORDINANCE AROUND EGOS AND WE DO NOT DEVIATE FROM
00:10:39 THAT. THIRD POINT AS A PD IS IN THIS
00:10:48 KIND OF STICKY POSITION OF WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT FEDERAL
00:10:52 AUTHORITIES DO AS IT RELATES TO IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY.
00:10:59 WE ARE A LITTLE BIT AT THE MERCY OF WHAT THEY DO.
00:11:00 WE REACT AND WE ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH.
00:11:06 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE FACED
00:11:14 WITH CHALLENGING OPTICS THAT YOU SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
00:11:15 WE'RE ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE AND WE TRIED TO DO THE BEST
00:11:18 THAT WE CAN GUIDED BY OUR POLICIES AND THE IDEALS THAT
00:11:22 WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED. >> OUR ROLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS
00:11:26 ARE STRICTLY LIMITED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:11:33 AND WITH THAT I'LL MOVE ON TO THE SFO INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED
00:11:37 AT AROUND 10:00 ON MARCH 22ND AND I WILL JUST REITERATE
00:11:40 BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OR
00:11:44 MISPERCEPTION HERE. TO BE CLEAR, THERE WAS NO PRIOR
00:11:51 COORDINATION. THERE WAS NO PRIOR
00:11:52 COMMUNICATION FROM ICE TO US OR VICE VERSA PERIOD.
00:11:58 SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT. THAT NIGHT AROUND 10:00 AS A PD
00:12:05 RECEIVED A911 CALL FROM A CONCERNED PARTY REPORTING A
00:12:09 FEMALE WHO WAS CRYING AS HAVE TERMINAL THREE AND THEY WERE
00:12:12 REQUESTING A WELL-BEING CHECK OF THIS PERSON THAT INITIATED
00:12:16 OUR RESPONSE. >> DURING THAT RESPONSE MORE
00:12:20 INFORMATION STARTED COMING IN. SOME OF IT INVOLVED TWO TWO
00:12:27 MALES IN A DISPUTE WITH A FEMALE.
00:12:30 SO OFFICERS RESPONDED WITH THAT INFORMATION IN MIND.
00:12:37 THEY INTERPRETED THAT SITUATION BASED ON THAT INFORMATION.
00:12:41 >> THEY RESPONDED AND THE FIRST OFFICERS THAT WAS THAT ARRIVED
00:12:46 ON SCENE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE CROWD AND IMMEDIATELY
00:12:50 ASKED FOR MORE OFFICERS. >> SO THAT CREATED ANOTHER
00:12:53 RESPONSE AND I REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT
00:12:57 EVOLUTION OF THE CALL BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
00:13:01 THAT WOULD ASSUME AND I THINK LOGIC IT IT IS LOGICAL THAT HOW
00:13:08 COULD THERE NOT BE SOME SORT OF COORDINATION BECAUSE 12 COPS A
00:13:11 DOZEN COPS DON'T JUST APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE.
00:13:14 BUT IT WAS THAT EVOLUTION OF 911 CALL.
00:13:18 THE CONTENT OF THAT CALL AND THEN WHAT OFFICERS OBSERVED
00:13:22 WHEN THEY GOT THERE THAT GOT MORE OFFICERS TO THAT SCENE.
00:13:26 AND IT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF SOME PRIOR COORDINATION.
00:13:30 SHORTLY THEREAFTER SUPERVISORS AND A LIEUTENANT ARRIVED ON
00:13:34 SCENE. WHAT THEY OBSERVED WERE TWO
00:13:37 PLAINCLOTHES INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS ICE
00:13:41 AGENTS AS WELL AS SOME NUMBER OF UNIFORMED CUSTOMS AND BORDER
00:13:45 PROTECTION OFFICERS. TO BE CLEAR, THEIR OFF THEIR
00:13:49 UNIFORMS ARE VERY MUCH LIKE OURS BLUE WITH A PATCH.
00:13:55 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK
00:13:56 THERE'S SOME CONFLATION OR AT LEAST SOME UNDERSTANDING FROM
00:13:59 PEOPLE THAT WATCH THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IT WAS SIMPLY ICE
00:14:03 AGENTS, TWO PLAINCLOTHES ICE AGENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS
00:14:07 LAPD COPS WHICH IS NOT THE TRUTH.
00:14:12 THE LIEUTENANT WHO ARRIVED ON SCENE THEN MADE CONTACT WITH
00:14:17 THE INVOLVED PARTIES AND THEY ASSESS THE SITUATION AND THEY
00:14:20 CONFIRMED THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ICE AGENTS AND THAT THE
00:14:25 ACTIVITY WAS A LAWFUL FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ACTION WHICH IS
00:14:28 CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY. FROM THAT POINT FORWARD AFTER
00:14:35 THE LIEUTENANT VERBALLY ADVISED THOSE THOSE OFFICERS OR ICE
00:14:44 AGENTS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE PARTICIPATING, OUR OFFICERS
00:14:48 STOOD BY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PART OF PROVIDING
00:14:55 PUBLIC SAFETY WAS DE-ESCALATION AND SOMETIMES DE-ESCALATION
00:15:00 WITH ARMOR. MERE PRESENCE IS WHAT WORKS.
00:15:05 >> SO JUST TO GO OVER IT AGAIN AS A PD DID NOT PARTICIPATE
00:15:10 IN OR ASSIST WITH THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
00:15:13 WE DID NOT DETAIN HANDCUFF OR PHYSICALLY RESTRAIN ANY
00:15:17 INDIVIDUAL. AND ON TOP OF THAT IT TOOK
00:15:21 NEARLY 30 MINUTES FOR THIS ACTION TO RESOLVE.
00:15:24 SO AS YOU COULD TELL FROM THE VIDEO, TEMPERATURES WERE
00:15:31 CERTAINLY RISING AND THEY WERE ONLY GETTING WORSE OVER OVER
00:15:35 THAT LONG TIME SPAN FOR THAT THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT TO
00:15:37 RESOLVE. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE THAT
00:15:42 I'LL TOUCH ON IS THERE'S I THINK VIDEO THAT WAS CONCERNING
00:15:45 TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE WHEN THE DETAINED PERSON WAS FINALLY
00:15:49 PUT ON THIS WHEELCHAIR TYPE OF APPARATUS AND ESCORTED AWAY,
00:15:53 THERE SEEMED TO BE A NUMBER OF UNIFORMED OFFICERS THAT
00:15:57 ESCORTED THOSE ICE AGENTS AWAY. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THOSE
00:16:01 WERE NOT AS APD OFFICERS. THESE ARE CBP OFFICERS.
00:16:08 IN CLOSING, I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY CLARIFY THE
00:16:10 DEPARTMENT'S ACTIONS AND ENSURE THAT OUR ROLE IS ACCURATELY
00:16:13 REFLECTED IN THIS RESOLUTION AND THAT I WANT AND I ALSO WANT
00:16:21 TO AFFIRM THE SPEED'S COMMITMENT TO SAN FRANCISCO
00:16:22 SANCTUARY CITY LAWS AND TO MAINTAINING THE TRUST OF OUR
00:16:25 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IS PARAMOUNT.
00:16:27 >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE
00:16:39 ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:16:41 CHIEF AND I'D LIKE TO NOW INVITE UP DISTRICT ATTORNEY
00:16:43 JENKINS. >> >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR
00:16:49 DORSEY. I AM HERE FOR ONE REASON
00:16:52 AND IT'S NOT TO DISAGREE WITH THE PREMISE OF THIS RESOLUTION
00:16:56 AS IT RELATES TO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN THE
00:17:01 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:17:04 I STAND WITH OUR CITY IN REJECTING THE WAY THAT THIS
00:17:11 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN OPERATING WHEN IT COMES TO
00:17:12 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. BUT I AM HERE IN LARGE PART
00:17:16 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS OVERBROAD IN A
00:17:23 SENSE AND IN A WAY THAT I BELIEVE IS SUBJECT TO DESTROY
00:17:27 THE TRUST THAT OUR RESPECTIVE AGENCIES HAVE IN THE CITY
00:17:31 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WITH NOT ONLY OUR IMMIGRANT
00:17:35 COMMUNITIES BUT WITH THOSE THAT SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT
00:17:39 COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY THAT
00:17:43 IT IS OVERBROAD RATHER THAN SIMPLY FOCUSING ON WHAT IS
00:17:47 BEING DONE BY THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AT THE END OF
00:17:51 THIS RESOLUTION IT SEEKS. IT INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT SEEKS
00:17:55 TO HAVE OUR THREE RESPECTIVE AGENCIES REAFFIRM OUR
00:17:59 COMMITMENT TO SANCTUARY CITY AS THOUGH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
00:18:02 IS IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW. I MUST POINT OUT THAT NOT ONLY
00:18:12 HAVE I BEEN VOCAL ABOUT MY DISAGREEMENT WITH THE WAY THAT
00:18:20 THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN CONDUCTING ITSELF THAT I WAS
00:18:23 IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ADMINISTRATION SENDING
00:18:27 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT HERE TO SAN
00:18:31 FRANCISCO BUT THAT I WAS THE FIRST PROSECUTOR IN THIS NATION
00:18:34 TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT I WOULD PROSECUTE ICE FOR ANY
00:18:38 VIOLATIONS OF LAW SHOULD THEY VIOLATE THE LAW HERE IN SAN
00:18:42 FRANCISCO. >> IN MY VIEW THERE IS NO
00:18:46 QUESTION THAT MY OFFICE REMAINS COMMITTED TO OUR SANCTUARY CITY
00:18:50 POLICIES AS THEY STAND. >> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE
00:18:54 SHERIFF THEY'VE BEEN CLEAR OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR
00:19:00 THAT THEY TO STAND BY AND WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT
00:19:05 THEY ARE HERE TO PROTECT THEM AND THAT THEY WILL ABIDE BY
00:19:09 SANCTUARY CITY. AND SO TO ALL OF THOSE WHO NOT
00:19:13 ONLY DRAFTED THIS RESOLUTION BUT SPONSORED IT, I FIND IT
00:19:17 PROBLEMATIC THAT WE ARE BEING CAUGHT UP IN THIS BECAUSE IT'S
00:19:21 QUITE FRANKLY I THINK POLITICALLY CONVENIENT TO DO SO
00:19:28 AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WHEN OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES NEED
00:19:32 NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT WE IN LAW
00:19:36 ENFORCEMENT HERE LOCALLY WILL PROTECT THEM.
00:19:42 THAT THEY CAN TRUST US THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WE WILL
00:19:44 RESPOND NOT TO PENALIZE BUT TO PROTECT.
00:19:48 >> THAT THEY CAN REPORT CRIME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO
00:19:52 THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THAT THEY CAN COME INTO A
00:19:55 COURTROOM AND TESTIFY AND COOPERATE WITH THE CRIMINAL
00:19:59 JUSTICE PROCESS AND NOT BE FEARFUL OF US TURNING THEM OVER
00:20:03 TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> THIS RESOLUTION SEEKS TO
00:20:10 CALL THAT INTO QUESTION IN MY VIEW.
00:20:11 THERE IS LANGUAGE AND I'LL BE MORE BLUNT THAN OUR CHIEF.
00:20:18 THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT
00:20:19 MISCHARACTERIZES WHAT TOOK PLACE AT SFO PERIOD.
00:20:26 >> NOBODY STOPPED TO ASK FROM THIS BOARD WHAT CLEARLY
00:20:30 HAPPENED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRUTH.
00:20:34 >> THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTS A FALSE STATEMENT THAT SUGGESTS
00:20:39 THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTED IN A WAY THAT ASSISTED
00:20:46 ICE'S EFFORTS THAT NIGHT WHICH COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE
00:20:47 TRUTH. I JUST SAW A NEWS STORY THE
00:20:50 OTHER NIGHT WHICH BROADCAST A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DISPATCH
00:20:57 AUDIO WHERE THE SENIOR OFFICER ON STAFF AT THAT SCENE
00:21:01 DISPATCHED TO THOSE OFFICERS THAT WERE PRESENT THAT YOU ARE
00:21:05 NOT TO ASSIST WE ARE NOT TO ASSIST.
00:21:08 >> LET ME BE CLEAR. >> SO TO HAVE LANGUAGE INCLUDED
00:21:15 THAT IS ONE FALSE BUT TO LEAD THE PUBLIC TO MISTRUST OUR
00:21:22 POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INAPPROPRIATE AND UNFAIR AND IT
00:21:26 DOES NOT FURTHER THE GOOD OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:21:27 FRANCISCO. IT DOES NOT FURTHER THE BEST
00:21:31 INTERESTS OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HERE.
00:21:37 AND RATHER THAN DOING THINGS THAT ARE POLITICALLY PERFORM,
00:21:41 IT IS AND POLITICALLY CONVENIENT.
00:21:42 WE NEED TO STOP OURSELVES AND ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
00:21:46 FIRST. WE NEED TO NOT PUBLICLY
00:21:49 REPRESENT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER.
00:21:52 BUT THEN WHEN IT'S POLITICALLY CONVENIENT DO THINGS THAT
00:21:56 UNDERMINE ONE ANOTHER THAT CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
00:22:00 IN THIS CITY. AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS BOARD
00:22:02 WAS DIFFERENT. AND SO THAT IS MY ISSUE
00:22:07 AND THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY.
00:22:10 I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING WHERE WE STAND, WHERE MY OFFICE
00:22:14 STANDS ON SANCTUARY CITY BUT I DON'T NEED A BOARD RESOLUTION
00:22:18 TO DEMAND THAT I DO THAT. I DON'T NEED A BOARD RESOLUTION
00:22:19 TO CALL INTO QUESTION IN FRONT OF THIS ENTIRE CITY THAT
00:22:23 SOMEHOW IN THIS MOMENT OF TIME THEY SHOULDN'T BE SURE THAT I
00:22:27 STAND BY SANCTUARY CITY BECAUSE AS I'VE SAID MORE THAN ANY
00:22:31 OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, I WAS ON NATIONAL
00:22:38 NEWS MAKING IT CLEAR WHERE I STOOD AND WHERE MY OFFICE STOOD
00:22:44 . >> AND THAT'S WHAT IS
00:22:45 PROBLEMATIC. >> ASK THE QUESTIONS FIRST
00:22:49 AND REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE UPSET AT BECAUSE IT IS NOT US.
00:22:56 >> WHEN I THINK OF THE TENUOUS POSITION OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
00:22:59 IS IN, TRY TO UNDERSTAND TRY TO EMPATHIZE WITH A POLICE
00:23:04 DEPARTMENT FULL OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF
00:23:12 IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE I AM THE CHILD OF AN IMMIGRANT.
00:23:15 >> OUR POLICE CHIEF IS THE GRANDCHILD OF IMMIGRANTS.
00:23:19 ALMOST EVERY OFFICER AT THAT SCENE THAT NIGHT IS SOMEHOW
00:23:22 CONNECTED TO AN IMMIGRANT STORY.
00:23:23 I GUARANTEE IT WHO ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING NONE
00:23:30 OF US ASKED FOR WHICH IS A DESTRUCTIVE FEDERAL
00:23:34 ADMINISTRATION THAT WANTS TO DO THE THINGS THAT IT'S DOING
00:23:38 AND THEIR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T GET OUT OF
00:23:42 HAND WITH OUR CITIZENS, WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:23:46 THEY ARE SAFE FROM THE HARM OF THIS ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE WE
00:23:50 ALL KNOW THAT ANY OF THOSE INCIDENTS SHOULD REGULAR
00:23:57 AVERAGE EVERYDAY PEOPLE ESCALATE THINGS BECOME VIOLENT,
00:24:00 BECOME TO ACT IN A WAY THAT LEADS THOSE AGENTS TO GET
00:24:07 VIOLENT BACK. WE HAVE SEEN TWO LIVES LOST
00:24:09 IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
00:24:13 CAPABLE OF. THEIR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE IT
00:24:14 DOESN'T GET TO THAT POINT. AND YEAH, IT'S HARD.
00:24:20 NOBODY NOBODY WANTS TO SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE AGENTS BEING
00:24:24 PROTECTED BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
00:24:29 THEY ARE PROTECTING THE PEOPLE FROM THE HARM OF THOSE AGENTS.
00:24:35 >> THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT NO LIVES IN OUR CITY ARE LOST THE
00:24:39 WAY THAT THEY WERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
00:24:40 >> AND IT IS YOUR JOB AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO HELP
00:24:46 EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE NOT TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE, NOT
00:24:49 TO SO DISTRESSED. >> AND I'VE SEEN RIGHT
00:24:54 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD, YOU'RE ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS OF THIS.
00:24:57 >> THERE HAS TO BE COMMUNITY AND THERE HAS TO BE AN
00:25:01 UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT CAUGHT IN THE
00:25:06 MIDDLE IN THAT OUR JOB IS TO HELP THEM DO THEIR JOBS
00:25:12 CORRECTLY. HELP EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHAT
00:25:13 THEIR OBLIGATION IS UNDER THE CITY CHARTER AND THAT THEIR
00:25:17 INTENT IS PURE. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED
00:25:20 IN THIS EITHER. AND SO I ASK VERY PLAINLY THAT
00:25:27 YOU GUYS CRAFT A RESOLUTION AND AMEND IT TO FOCUS ON WHAT
00:25:31 IT NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON WHICH IS WHAT ICE IS DOING.
00:25:35 LET US DO OUR JOBS OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
00:25:39 TRUST US. WE DON'T NEED YOU GUYS TO TELL
00:25:40 US TO DO THAT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER FACTUAL
00:25:43 ASSERTIONS ARE PRESENT ARE TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE BECAUSE
00:25:47 THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO DESERVE.
00:25:53 THANK YOU. DISTRICT ATTORNEY JENKINS
00:25:54 AND SHERIFF MIYAMOTO. >> WE'D LIKE TO STEP UP.
00:25:57 FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.
00:26:00 SUPERVISOR GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
00:26:01 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR PRESENTATION HERE THIS MORNING
00:26:08 IS ONE IN WHICH WE'RE SHOWING THE SAME SOLIDARITY THAT WE
00:26:12 SHOW IN PUBLIC SAFETY HAND IN HAND WITH ALL OF OUR
00:26:15 GOVERNMENT LEADERS WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING THE CITY SAFE
00:26:18 . THE ICE ISSUE AND CIVIL
00:26:19 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AS CONDUCTED CURRENTLY BY THIS
00:26:23 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION HAS PRESENTED CHALLENGES FOR ALL OF
00:26:27 US AS CLEARLY DEFINED BY MY COLLEAGUES.
00:26:31 I WANT TO BRING UP TWO POINTS HERE.
00:26:34 ONE, WE STILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO SANCTUARY CITY POLICY.
00:26:40 I HAVE A SPECIFIC INTEREST BECAUSE IN SECTIONS 12 H AND I
00:26:44 OF THE SANCTUARY CITY POLICY IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE ONLY
00:26:49 TIME THAT WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING WITH ICE
00:26:56 IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS WHEN A SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES
00:27:00 COME UP WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHARGES
00:27:06 ADJUDICATION OF THOSE CHARGES THAT POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO
00:27:14 PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THEIR
00:27:18 SERIOUS AND VIOLENT FELONY RECORD.
00:27:19 THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO OR CONTACT
00:27:22 ICE AND NOTIFY THEM AND WORK WITH THEM ON REMOVING AN
00:27:25 INDIVIDUAL FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT POSES THIS KIND OF THREAT
00:27:29 AND RISK. I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
00:27:32 IT IS SOMETHING THAT FALLS TO ME AS THE SHERIFF AND SOMETHING
00:27:36 THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR COMMUNITY AT
00:27:38 TIMES WHEN IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH ICE.
00:27:44 SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE THIS FORUM TO DISCUSS SANCTUARY
00:27:48 CITY POLICY AND OUR ROLE HERE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS
00:27:52 IN THAT. CHIEF LEW MENTIONED THE
00:27:53 CHALLENGE NOT JUST AT THE AIRPORT THERE'S A LARGER
00:27:57 CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVE INCIDENTS INVOLVING ICE, CIVIL
00:28:00 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:28:04 THEY ARE OUT THERE. THEY ARE DOING THEIR THING, NOT
00:28:07 COORDINATING WITH US AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
00:28:12 PUBLIC IS AWARE OF OUR ROLE AND WE CAN PUT OUT OUR
00:28:15 POLICIES. WE CAN TELL EVERYBODY HERE
00:28:18 IN PUBLIC FORUMS BUT IT'S REALLY WHAT THE PUBLIC'S
00:28:19 PERCEPTION OF OUR ROLE IS COMMUNICATED BY LEADERS SUCH AS
00:28:23 YOU IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
00:28:27 SO I WOULD ASK FOR TWO THINGS TODAY.
00:28:32 ONE THAT WE LOOK TO THE LANGUAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION
00:28:33 AND AS YOU HEARD FROM ALL OF US REGARDLESS OF OUR POSITIONS, WE
00:28:36 STILL ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF SOMETHING THAT MESSAGES TO THE
00:28:40 COMMUNITY WHO WE ARE AND OUR COMMITMENT TO SANCTUARY CITY
00:28:44 POLICY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WITH
00:28:47 THIS RESOLUTION TO TWEAK THE LANGUAGE IN A WAY THAT SHOWS
00:28:54 THAT WE HAVE A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SANCTUARY CITY
00:28:58 POLICY THAT WE UPHOLD SAN FRANCISCO VALUES JUST AS
00:28:59 EVERYBODY ELSE DOES AND THAT WE ACTUALLY HOLD THEM HIGHER
00:29:03 BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:29:06 SO OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SANCTUARY POLICY, OUR
00:29:10 COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL
00:29:13 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE IN WHAT WE DO IS VERY
00:29:18 IMPORTANT IN THE WORDS THAT WE USE AND THE LANGUAGE
00:29:21 AND RHETORIC THAT IS USED TO SHOW THAT COMMITMENT SHOULD
00:29:25 APPLY TO ALL OF US INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY AND THERE SHOULD
00:29:29 BE NO CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS
00:29:32 . SO I ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH US
00:29:33 IN MAKING SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR, THAT THE
00:29:36 MESSAGE IS CLEAR AND THAT SUBSEQUENT TO JUST THIS
00:29:39 RESOLUTION ALONE THAT WE'RE STILL OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
00:29:41 TOGETHER ALL OF US SPEAKING TO AND REASSURING ALL MEMBERS OF
00:29:47 THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T WORK WITH ICE THAT WE DO NOT
00:29:51 COORDINATE WITH THEM ON CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:29:52 AND THAT WE ARE NOT A PART OF THE LARGER ISSUE THAT WE'RE
00:29:58 HERE FOR THEM, NOT AGAINST THEM.
00:29:59 THANK YOU. GREAT.
00:30:02 >> THANK YOU, SHERIFF MIYAMOTO. SO I HAVE BEFORE US THERE IS
00:30:09 LANGUAGE TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE FROM
00:30:13 THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:30:17 I WILL CONFESS I FEEL LIKE WE ARE REALLY CLOSE AND REALLY
00:30:21 UNITED. I APPRECIATE THAT SUPERVISOR
00:30:25 CHAN HAS COMMUNICATED TO ME THAT YOU DON'T DO WHAT I THINK
00:30:28 IS BEST. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES
00:30:32 WHERE I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE WE GET THIS
00:30:35 RIGHT THEN GET IT DONE QUICKLY .
00:30:39 AND I'M GOING TO I INTEND TO MAKE A MOTION JUST TO CONTINUE
00:30:43 THIS TO THE APRIL 23RD JUST AS AN OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
00:30:47 CAUTION AND AS A COURTESY TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES SUPERVISOR
00:30:50 CHAN AND THE CO-SPONSORS AS WELL.
00:30:53 FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY I WILL SAY THAT THE ONE PROPOSED
00:30:57 AMENDMENT WAS TO STRIKE THE LANGUAGE WHICH READS IN THE
00:31:01 SANFORD LATER SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS
00:31:04 ARRIVED AND FORMED A BARRIER AROUND THE ICE AGENTS WITHOUT
00:31:06 REQUESTING TO SEE PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
00:31:09 AS A PD PROPOSED REPLACING THAT WITH AND LATER SAN FRANCISCO
00:31:13 POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A911 CALL FOR
00:31:16 SERVICE MADE CONTACT WITH THE INVOLVED PARTIES AND CONFIRMED
00:31:20 THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ICE AGENTS.
00:31:21 SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT THAT.
00:31:24 BUT BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER PARTS OF THIS UNLESS UNLESS
00:31:27 COLLEAGUES FEEL FEEL DIFFERENTLY, I DO FEEL LIKE
00:31:31 SANCTUARY IS SOMETHING THAT IS TOO IMPORTANT TO TOO MANY
00:31:35 COMMUNITIES TO NOT JUST TAKE OUR TIME AND GET THIS RIGHT.
00:31:36 WHAT I'M HEARING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IS THERE'S SOME MINOR
00:31:40 DISAGREEMENTS BUT WE'RE CLOSE ANYWAY AND I ACTUALLY THINK
00:31:43 IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE BE UNIFIED AND SPEAK WITH ONE
00:31:47 STRONG VOICE ON THIS. >> VICE CHAIR MOFFATT THANK
00:31:50 YOU. >> DORSEY WANTED TO THANK THE
00:31:51 DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE CHIEF AND THE SHERIFF FOR BEING HERE
00:31:55 TODAY AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
00:31:56 >> I WANT TO NOTE THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID
00:31:59 AND ACTUALLY DURING WHEN THIS EVENT HAPPENED, CHIEF LU AND I
00:32:03 TALKED WITHIN DAYS OF THE INCIDENT AND YOU WALK ME
00:32:06 THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU WALK THROUGH TODAY AND APPRECIATE
00:32:09 YOUR YOUR OVERVIEW THAT AGENTS YOUR OFFICERS DID IDENTIFY
00:32:13 THOSE AGENTS AT THE TIME AND IT WAS IN RESULTS OF THE
00:32:18 CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD THAT YOU AND I HAVE BEEN CONSULTING
00:32:21 ON A SEPARATE ORDINANCE TO ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE ADMIN
00:32:25 CODE. SIR CERTIFYING YOUR EXISTING
00:32:28 EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES WHICH ADMINISTER POLICE TO WHENEVER
00:32:32 FEASIBLE AND WHEN SAFE TO DO SO ON CALLS OF SERVICE TO IDENTIFY
00:32:36 AGENTS. AND THE REASON FOR THESE
00:32:37 ORDINANCES AND INCLUDING THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT WHEN THERE
00:32:41 IS PUBLIC INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN THAT MIGHT ALTER PUBLIC
00:32:45 PERCEPTION, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD AND FOR US AS A CITY
00:32:49 TO CLARIFY AND RE CLARIFY AND DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT INTENT
00:32:52 AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE I THINK OF THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THIS
00:32:56 RESOLUTION WAS TO CONTINUE TO REBUILD THAT TRUST TO ENSURE
00:32:59 THAT RESIDENTS, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ACROSS SAN
00:33:06 FRANCISCO KNOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO REAFFIRM
00:33:07 SANCTUARY CITY AND THAT IS THE INTENT WE WILL HAVE TO WE HAVE
00:33:13 DONE SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS THE BOARD AROUND SANCTUARY CITY
00:33:14 OVER THE LAST YEAR AND YEARS PASSED BECAUSE PEOPLE GET
00:33:17 CONFUSED WHEN THEY SEE THINGS HAPPEN AND IT IS OUR
00:33:21 RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD TO REAFFIRM THAT AS IS NECESSARY.
00:33:25 I AGREE THAT BASED ON THE CONVERSATION CHIEF LU AND I HAD
00:33:28 WEEKS AGO THAT THIS ITEM THIS LAST COMPONENT IN THE WAREHOUSE
00:33:32 CLAUSE IS MISCHARACTERIZING THE EVENTS AND SO THAT IS WHY I'M
00:33:36 SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AMENDMENT HAPPENING AND HAVE APPRECIATED.
00:33:40 CHIEF YOUR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND CONSULTATION ON THIS ISSUE
00:33:41 FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC
00:33:44 SAFETY OFFICIALS FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
00:33:47 >> SO THANK YOU AND I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THE CHAIR'S
00:33:51 DECISION ON HOW TO GET TO A RESOLUTION HERE.
00:33:54 >> GREAT. SO THANK YOU VICE CHAIR MAHMUD
00:33:58 . >> SUPERVISOR WONG I'M
00:33:58 SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENTS BROUGHT UP BY S.F. PD.
00:34:03 I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. GREAT.
00:34:05 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WONG.
00:34:06 MADAM CLERK, WHEN WE INVITE A PUBLIC COMMENT YES?
00:34:10 >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
00:34:13 SHALL ITEM NOW ON THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
00:34:14 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
00:34:27 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS TOM JANKOWSKI
00:34:28 AND I'M A MEMBER OF AN AFFINITY GROUP THAT'S A BUNCH OF
00:34:34 COMMITTED NEIGHBORS THAT ARE WORKING TO IN NORTH VALLEY
00:34:39 AND GLEN PARK AREA TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND WE
00:34:46 CERTAINLY APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO REAFFIRM SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:34:50 CITY SANCTUARY MOVEMENT OR LAW. BUT WE FEEL LIKE A STRONGER
00:34:57 STATEMENT IS NEEDED AND A DETAILED CITYWIDE OPERATIONAL
00:35:01 PLAN NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT TO COUNTER ICE AND ANY
00:35:05 KIND OF POSSIBLE MILITARY DEPLOYMENT.
00:35:12 >> AND WE HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO
00:35:16 MAYOR LURIE A THREE PAGE LETTER WHICH I'LL LEAVE WITH THE CLERK
00:35:20 AND ALSO TO SUPERVISOR BATTLEMENT WHO IS OUR DISTRICT
00:35:25 REPRESENTATIVE OUTLINING OUR SUGGESTIONS.
00:35:28 AND JUST TO SUMMARIZE WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR SUGGESTIONS THAT
00:35:33 FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHERS THAT HAVE TAKEN A STAND ON THIS
00:35:37 ISSUE. NUMBER ONE, THE MAYOR OF DENVER
00:35:40 SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
00:35:44 INTERVENE WHEN INTERVENE WHENEVER ICE AGENTS UTILIZE
00:35:47 FORCE THAT COULD RESULT IN HARM OR ANY KIND OF SERIOUS SERIOUS
00:35:52 INJURY. >> IN ADDITION, THEY MUST
00:35:55 PROVIDE LIFE SAVING AID TO ANY INDIVIDUALS HARMED BY ICE.
00:35:59 AND REFLECTING WHAT YOU WERE SAID ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS, WE
00:36:03 DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN HERE. DENVER POLICE ARE ALSO NOW
00:36:07 REQUIRED TO DOCUMENT ICE ACTIVITY USING THEIR BODY CAMS.
00:36:13 NUMBER TWO THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
00:36:17 RECENTLY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CEASE DOING BUSINESS WITH ANY
00:36:22 VENDOR THAT MATERIALLY SUPPLIES OR ENABLES ICE MASS DETENTION
00:36:26 SURVEILLANCE OR RACIAL PROFILING OPERATIONS.
00:36:30 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND I WILL SUPPORT SUPERVISORS
00:36:34 MAHMUD AND CHANCE AS LEGISLATION TO ELECT SFPD TO
00:36:37 CONFIRM THE CONVENTIONS AND ICE AGENTS.
00:36:41 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:36:44 DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
00:36:49 >> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:36:50 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW OH
00:36:54 WE HAVE ONE MORE FLOOR IS YOURS .
00:36:58 >> SO I'M SORRY. >> HI, MY NAME IS PETER
00:37:02 ARONOWITZ. I'M A SAN FRANCISCO BASED
00:37:05 SINGER SONGWRITER. I FOUNDED A SMALL MUSIC
00:37:07 COLLECTIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE ARTISTS.
00:37:10 I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF A MUSIC INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION
00:37:13 CALLED MUSIC DECLARES EMERGENCY .
00:37:16 >> I ALSO WORK WITH A BROAD NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY
00:37:20 AND I APPLAUD THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
00:37:24 THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR AND THE
00:37:28 WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK WE'RE A TEAM.
00:37:29 I REALLY DO. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE NOT
00:37:33 IN OPPOSITION AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'D STILL LIKE TOM
00:37:37 AND KELSEY SAID WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
00:37:40 I THINK THE PROPOSITION IS A START.
00:37:41 BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL PLAN WITH POTENTIAL
00:37:45 FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
00:37:49 ARE DOING THE WORK TO DEFEND PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE
00:37:55 ON THE STREET TO RAPID RESPONSE.
00:37:56 I MEAN WE LEARNED A LOT FROM MINNESOTA AND MINNEAPOLIS
00:37:59 AND WE SHOULD TAKE THAT LEARNING AND DEPLOY IT NOW
00:38:03 IN THIS MOMENT WHERE WE CAN PREPARE BECAUSE THE BEST WAY TO
00:38:07 DISCOURAGE ICE FROM COMING HERE WITH MILITARY FORCE IS TO KNOW
00:38:12 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MET WITH RESISTANCE.
00:38:15 AND I KNOW SAN FRANCISCO IS PREPARED.
00:38:19 WE SAW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME OUT THAT THE NO
00:38:23 KINGS MARCH AND THAT'S JUST THE START.
00:38:27 THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS BEING ORGANIZED NOW TO RESPOND TO
00:38:30 ICE. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU
00:38:31 TO PUT ADDITIONAL PIECES IN PLACE THAT IS NOT JUST
00:38:38 WORDS. >> THANK YOU.
00:38:38 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
00:38:42 SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? >> HI, I'M JERRY GARBER AND I
00:38:53 AM A CITIZEN AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO
00:38:58 COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT
00:39:05 YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HEARING IT AND WE'RE FEELING
00:39:09 REALLY INSECURE AND AS A RESULT WE ARE WORKING SO HARD AS A
00:39:13 NEIGHBORHOOD TO STAND UP FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY TO DO
00:39:19 MONITORING OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, TO WATCH SCHOOLS, TO
00:39:23 WATCH SENIOR PLACES TO GO TO THE PARK AND REC CENTER WHERE
00:39:27 NANNIES ARE. >> WE ARE JUST NOT FEELING THE
00:39:30 SUPPORT. WE UNDERSTAND IT IN WRITING BUT
00:39:35 WE DO NOT FEEL THAT IT'S COMING FROM OUR GOVERNMENT.
00:39:39 >> SO PLEASE JUST WORK ON COMMUNICATING MORE EFFECTIVELY
00:39:43 WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
00:39:47 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:39:53 DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
00:39:57 MR. CHAIR? THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:39:58 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. >> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM
00:40:02 IS NOW CLOSED. VICE CHAIR MOMENT.
00:40:04 >> IT'S ONE OF THE THINK AGAIN THE PEOPLE CAME OUT FOR PUBLIC
00:40:06 COMMENT FOR REAFFIRMING THE SUPPORT FOR THE ORIGINAL INTENT
00:40:08 OF THE RESOLUTION AS WELL. I THINK AGAIN THE LAST COMMENT
00:40:12 I THINK REALLY EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK WE DO AS
00:40:16 A BOARD IN ISSUING THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION WHICH
00:40:20 IS TO CLARIFY AND BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THE
00:40:24 POLICIES ARE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT SFD IS ALREADY
00:40:28 DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE AND NOT
00:40:32 COLLABORATING WITH ICE. AND WHEN THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN
00:40:35 IT IS OUR ROLE AS A GOVERNMENT TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE
00:40:39 THAT INFORMATION TRANSPARENT, TO MAKE THAT REBUILD THAT TRUST
00:40:41 AS WE CAN. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE CHIEF
00:40:43 LEW, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE SHERIFF FOR BEING HERE
00:40:47 FOR CONTINUING THEIR COMMITMENT TO SANCTUARY CITY.
00:40:50 AND WE AS A BOARD ARE HERE TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT BRIDGE
00:40:54 BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE YOU THE
00:40:55 CONFIDENCE AS A PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF
00:40:59 EVERY SAN FRANCISCAN IN MIND. AND I KNOW THAT WAS THE
00:41:02 ORIGINAL INTENT OF SUPERVISOR CHAN'S RESOLUTION AS WELL.
00:41:06 AND AGAIN THANK YOU CHAIR DORSEY FOR BRINGING THIS TO
00:41:07 COMMITTEE AND FOR HELPING US GET TO GETTING ALL THE FACTS
00:41:11 RIGHT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR MAHMUD
00:41:13 I WILL JUST SAY THAT WHEN THIS THIS RESOLUTION CAME UP AS
00:41:21 CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE
00:41:24 DONE THIS THAT WAS SORT OF JUST BEHIND THE SCENES SEEING IF WE
00:41:26 COULD GET TO SOMETHING. BUT I ACTUALLY IN MANY WAYS I
00:41:29 FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT LET'S LET'S GET THIS SCHEDULED AS
00:41:32 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION TO USE THIS AS A
00:41:37 TEACHABLE MOMENT BECAUSE I THINK THERE WERE SOME FACTS
00:41:38 IN DISPUTE. AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, MUCH
00:41:41 OF MY FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE ON THIS LAW AND ON THESE ISSUES
00:41:44 WAS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
00:41:48 >> I REMEMBER BACK IN 2008, 2009 2010 THE JUVENILE
00:41:54 PROBATION DEPARTMENT HAD SOME ISSUES WHERE IT WAS FOUND TO BE
00:41:58 IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW ON SANCTUARY.
00:41:59 THE THINGS THAT IT WAS DOING UNBEKNOWNST TO THEN
00:42:02 MAYOR NEWSOM AND THEN CITY ATTORNEY DENNIS HERRERA, IT
00:42:06 TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY BIG PROBLEM.
00:42:10 AND THEN U.S. ATTORNEY JOE RUSSO ANELLO CONVENED A
00:42:14 CRIMINAL GRAND JURY POSSIBLY TO PROSECUTE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO
00:42:18 WERE JUST DOING WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.
00:42:21 IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET THIS RIGHT AND THAT WASN'T THAT
00:42:25 WASN'T JUST A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION.
00:42:29 JOE RUSSO WAS A BUSH APPOINTEE. BUT THIS WAS GOING ON IN THE
00:42:32 OBAMA ADMINISTRATION UNDER ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER.
00:42:35 SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING YOU KNOW SO
00:42:37 MANY YEARS AGO WE CAN IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS
00:42:41 ADMINISTRATION WHERE MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE DESIGNED TO BE
00:42:44 PROVOCATIVE. IT JUST IT IS SOMETHING WHERE I
00:42:48 FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SPEAK WITH
00:42:52 ONE VOICE, REASSURE OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO
00:42:56 TO THE ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS POINTS WE HAVE TO DO
00:42:59 A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING THE NUANCES OF SOMETHING THAT
00:43:03 IS IS VERY NUANCED. YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
00:43:07 NOT COOPERATE BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT DOING
00:43:08 ANYTHING THAT THAT IS OBSTRUCTIONIST OR LEGALLY
00:43:11 PROBLEMATIC. SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO
00:43:16 SEE NO ONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
00:43:18 TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE APRIL 23RD MEETING OF THE
00:43:24 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:43:27 AND AGAIN I WANT TO DO THAT AS A COURTESY TO MY COLLEAGUES
00:43:31 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK WE ARE REALLY CLOSE ON
00:43:32 THIS WHERE WHATEVER OUR DISPUTES MAY BE ON SOME OF THE
00:43:35 FACTS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEAK WITH ONE UNIFIED
00:43:38 VOICE FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
00:43:39 MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL IN THAT MOTION?
00:43:44 >> YES. IN THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS
00:43:46 ITEM TO THE APRIL 22ND 23RD MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
00:43:50 AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:43:51 >> REMEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG I.
00:43:54 FISCHER MAHMUD FISCHER. MAHMUD I.
00:43:57 >> CHAIR DORSEY I CHAIR DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES THANK YOU
00:43:59 MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES AND MY APPRECIATION AGAIN TO
00:44:02 EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED AND ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE
00:44:05 PUBLIC. >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE NOW CALL
00:44:10 ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THIS AGENDA? >> YES.
00:44:14 I DON'T WANT NUMBER ONE IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER THAT THE
00:44:16 PERSON A PERSON PROMISED A PROMISE TRANSFER OF A TYPE 21
00:44:18 OFF SALE GENERAL BEER WINE AND DISTILLED LIQUOR LICENSE
00:44:23 DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO TASA D'AMORE INC
00:44:26 DOING BUSINESSES TASA D'AMORE CAFE LOCATED AT 704TH STREET
00:44:33 IN DISTRICT SIX WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY
00:44:36 OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:44:37 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OFFICER
00:44:41 BRANDON ERICKSON FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
00:44:44 LIAISON UNIT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
00:44:46 CONTROL OR ABC. I THANK YOU, OFFICER ERICKSON.
00:44:49 THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT AT THE CITY'S ONLY
00:44:53 CALTRAIN STATION WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO MISSION BAY.
00:44:56 I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT IT. IT'S A GREAT FIT FOR THE
00:44:57 LOCATION AND SHOULD BE A REAL CONVENIENCE FOR MANY PEOPLE
00:45:01 IN THAT AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE
00:45:04 REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE APPLICANT PRESENT BUT AFTER
00:45:07 THE THE OFFICER PRESENTS USUALLY WE LIKE TO GIVE THE
00:45:11 APPLICANTS THE ABILITY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUT JUST THE
00:45:15 ABILITY TO COME UP AND SAY SOME THINGS.
00:45:16 SO OFFICER ERICKSON THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:45:18 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU
00:45:23 A PC AND REPORT FOR TUESDAY MORE INC AS TUESDAY A MORE CAFE
00:45:27 THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 21 LICENSE AND IF DISAPPROVED THIS
00:45:30 WOULD ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE AN OFF SALE GENERAL AT 704TH
00:45:36 STREET. THERE ARE ZERO LETTERS OF
00:45:39 PROTEST ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
00:45:40 THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT TO 88 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A LOW CRIME
00:45:44 AREA. THEY ARE AND CENSUS TRACT
00:45:49 607.03 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CONCENTRATION AREA
00:45:53 SOUTHERN STATION HAS NO OPPOSITION AEW RECOMMENDATION
00:45:57 APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CONDITION ONE
00:46:01 PETITIONER SHALL ACTIVELY MONITOR THE AREA UNDER THEIR
00:46:05 CONTROL IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE LOITERING OF PERSONS ON ANY
00:46:09 PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE LICENSED PREMISES AS DEPICTED
00:46:10 ON THE ABC FORM 257. NUMBER TWO THE PETITIONER SHALL
00:46:16 BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER THE AREA
00:46:20 ADJACENT TO THE PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONTROL AS
00:46:22 DEPICTED ON ABC FORM 257. NUMBER THREE SALES AND SERVICE
00:46:27 OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY BE PERMITTED ONLY BETWEEN THE
00:46:31 HOURS OF 11 A.M. AND 7 P.M. EACH DAY OF THE WEEK.
00:46:34 >> NUMBER FOUR THERE SHALL BE NO EXTERIOR ADVERTISING OR SIGN
00:46:40 OF ANY KIND OR TYPE INCLUDING ADVERTISING DIRECTED TO THE
00:46:44 EXTERIOR FROM WITHIN PROMOTING OR INDICATING THE AVAILABILITY
00:46:48 OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. NUMBER FIVE ANY GRAFFITI
00:46:51 PAINTED OR MARKED UPON THE PREMISES OR ON ANY ADJACENT
00:46:55 AREA UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE SHALL BE REMOVED OR
00:46:59 PAINTED OVER WITHIN 72 HOURS OF BEING APPLIED.
00:47:01 NUMBER SIX NO BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS SHALL BE
00:47:05 SOLD IN BOTTLES OR CONTAINERS OF LESS THAN 100 MILLILITER
00:47:09 MILLILITERS WHICH IS 3.4OZ. NUMBER SEVEN BEER OR MALT
00:47:14 BEVERAGE PRODUCTS REGARDLESS OF SIZE SHALL ONLY BE SOLD
00:47:18 IN PREPACKAGED MULTI-UNIT QUANTITIES.
00:47:22 >> NUMBER EIGHT NO WINE SHALL BE SOLD WITH AN ALCOHOL CONTENT
00:47:25 GREATER THAN 15% BY VOLUME. AND LASTLY NUMBER NINE PEACE
00:47:30 OFFICERS AS LISTED IN SECTION EIGHT 30.1 OF THE CALIFORNIA
00:47:33 PENAL CODE AND THE DIRECTOR AND OTHER PERSONS EMPLOYED BY
00:47:37 THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL FOR THE
00:47:40 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
00:47:44 CONTROL ACT AND HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO VISIT AND INSPECT
00:47:45 THE PROPOSED PREMISES AS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE ABC FORM
00:47:51 257 AT ANY TIME THE UNDERSIGNED IS EXERCISE IN THE PRIVILEGES
00:47:56 AUTHORIZED BY THE LICENSE ON SUCH PREMISES.
00:48:01 OKAY. THANK YOU OFFICER ERICKSON.
00:48:02 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
00:48:06 APPLICANT PRESENT. THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO SPEAK
00:48:09 AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO GIVE YOU THE
00:48:10 OPPORTUNITY TO TO MAKE A PITCH IF YOU'D LIKE AND EXPRESS MY
00:48:13 APPRECIATION FOR OPERATING A BUSINESS IN MY DISTRICT.
00:48:17 >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE LOCATED INSIDE THE
00:48:21 CALTRAIN STATION. THEY'VE BEEN THERE 23 YEARS
00:48:24 AND NOW WE'RE EXPANDING TO THE SPOT NEXT DOOR.
00:48:26 THE GENTLEMAN WAS THERE FOR 50 YEARS.
00:48:28 HE PASSED AWAY DURING COVID AND SO NOW WE'RE TAKING OVER
00:48:31 THE LEASE NEXT DOOR. WE'RE EXPANDING AND WE'RE GOING
00:48:35 TO BE SELLING WHERE HE SOLD BEER AND WINE AND LIQUOR FOR
00:48:38 ONLY THE LIKE 90% OF THE PEOPLE WILL BE TAKING THE TRAIN GLASS
00:48:42 OF WINE YOU KNOW, OR CHAMPAGNE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU
00:48:45 KNOW, MAYBE GOING TO THE GAMES .
00:48:48 BUT A HIGH DEMAND IS THEY WANT IT BACK AGAIN.
00:48:50 SO WHERE WE START DOING THAT ALONG WITH GO HILL PIZZA WE
00:48:55 PARTNER WITH THEM MITCHELL'S ICE CREAM BE SELLING MITCHELL'S
00:48:57 ICE CREAM SO THE EXPANSION IS GOING TO BE CONNECTED TO MY
00:49:01 CAFE SO WE'LL BE EXPANDING. WE SIGNED A NICE BIG LEASE
00:49:05 AND EVERYTHING SO SO YEAH SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT
00:49:08 SO YEAH. >> OKAY.
00:49:11 THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:49:12 THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
00:49:13 THANKS. OKAY.
00:49:13 SEE NO ONE ON THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
00:49:16 MADAM CLERK MAY WE OPEN THIS ITEM UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:49:19 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
00:49:20 TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE SHOULD LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY
00:49:23 THE WINDOWS. ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
00:49:24 MINUTES. MR. CHAIR, IT APPEARS WE HAVE
00:49:32 NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
00:49:33 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM
00:49:37 IS NOW CLOSED AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE
00:49:40 CLERK PREPARE A RESOLUTION MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE
00:49:41 ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 21 OFF SALE GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES BEER,
00:49:45 WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT
00:49:48 WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY.
00:49:52 MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION?
00:49:55 >> YES. AND ON THE MOTION DIRECTING THE
00:49:56 CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION AND FOR A RESOLUTION TO THE
00:50:00 FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:50:03 REMEMBER WANG REMEMBER WANG I VICE SHALL MOOD SO I SHALL
00:50:06 MAHMUD I SHARE DORSEY I CHAIR DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES.
00:50:09 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES.
00:50:11 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE APPLICANT.
00:50:14 MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM?
00:50:17 >> ITEM NUMBER TWO? YES.
00:50:18 ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER THAT THE PERSON TO
00:50:20 PERSON PERMISSIBLE PREMISE TRANSFER OF A TYPE 48 ON SALE
00:50:25 GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS
00:50:28 LIQUOR LICENSE TO 77 ASSETS LLC TO ONE BUSINESSES BACH 77
00:50:35 LOCATED AT 77 BOND DRIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN WILL SERVE
00:50:38 THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY OF THE CITY
00:50:40 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
00:50:42 AND WE WELCOME BACK OFFICER ERICKSON TO THE LECTERN.
00:50:45 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.
00:50:46 YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A REPORT FOR 77 ASSETS LLC AS BARCH 77
00:50:53 THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 48 LICENSE AND IF APPROVED THIS
00:50:57 WILL ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE IN ON SALE GENERAL PUBLIC
00:51:00 PREMISES AT 77 CAMBOURNE DRIVE THERE IS ONE LETTER OF PROTEST
00:51:06 ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT 999 WHICH
00:51:09 IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CRIME AREA .
00:51:13 THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 332.03 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A LOW
00:51:17 CONCENTRATION AREA. TEAR STATION HAS NO OPPOSITION
00:51:20 AEW RECOMMENDATION AN APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
00:51:27 CONDITION ONE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN CONDITION TWO BELOW
00:51:28 NO NOISE SHALL BE AUDIBLE BEYOND THE AREA UNDER THE
00:51:32 CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE CONDITION TO ANY NOISE CAUSED
00:51:35 BY ENTERTAINMENT OR AMPLIFIED SOUND THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE
00:51:39 PROVISIONS OF AN ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT ISSUED BY
00:51:42 THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
00:51:46 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THAT
00:51:47 ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT INCLUDING ANY LIMITATION ON HOURS DURING
00:51:54 WHICH ENTERTAINMENT OR AMPLIFIED SOUND IS PERMITTED A
00:51:57 VIOLATION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT OR AMPLIFIED SOUND NOISE
00:52:01 CONDITIONS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT AS THE TURN DETERMINED
00:52:06 BY THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION SHALL
00:52:07 BE DEEMED TO BE A VIOLATION OF THIS CONDITION.
00:52:10 ANY NOISE THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO OR IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
00:52:12 THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CONDITION ONE
00:52:14 ABOVE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING JUST
00:52:18 ADD MUSIC PERMIT A LIMITED LIVE PERFORMANCE PERMIT A PLACE OF
00:52:22 ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT A FIXED PLACE AMPLIFIED SOUND PERMIT OR
00:52:25 ANY SIMILAR SUCH PERMIT ISSUED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:52:29 ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION. CONDITION THREE PETITIONER
00:52:33 SHALL ACTIVELY MONITOR THE AREA UNDER THEIR CONTROL IN AN
00:52:37 EFFORT TO PREVENT THE LOITERING OF PERSONS ON ANY PROPERTY
00:52:41 ADJACENT TO THE LICENSED PREMISES AS DEPICTED ON ABC
00:52:44 FORM 257. LASTLY CONDITION FOR THE
00:52:48 PETITIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER
00:52:50 OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE
00:52:53 CONTROL AS DEPICTED ON ABC FORM 257.
00:52:59 THANK YOU OFFICER ERICKSON. THIS BUSINESS IS LOCATED
00:53:02 IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS LIQUOR
00:53:03 LICENSE TRANSFER HAS THE SUPPORT OF OUR COLLEAGUE
00:53:06 SUPERVISOR MELGAR. I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THE SMALL
00:53:09 BUSINESS IN THE PARK MS. SAID NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:53:10 MADAM CLERK, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY REPRESENTATIVES
00:53:14 OF THE APPLICANT PRESENT. >> SAME THING.
00:53:17 I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND THERE'S
00:53:20 NO REQUIREMENT THAT YOU SPEAK BUT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE
00:53:22 PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
00:53:26 >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:53:37 >> MY NAME IS FERGAL MCELENEY. I'M THE OWNER AND UH WELL,
00:53:44 LOOKING TO OPEN A SPORTS BAR AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE A
00:53:48 CONTROLLED AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR ADULTS.
00:53:52 WE'RE TAKING THE PROCESS VERY SERIOUSLY AND, UH, UPON
00:53:58 APPROVAL WE'LL BE KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE ABC'S RESTRICTIONS
00:54:06 THAT. THAT'S MY, UH, JIM AND YES, I'M
00:54:13 HERE ON BEHALF OF KAYLA JOHNSON.
00:54:14 I'M TASKED WITH ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER EVERYTHING
00:54:16 AND STRUCTURING IT. I'VE BEEN IN THE BAR INDUSTRY
00:54:18 FOR OVER 19 YEARS. I'VE BEEN AT THAT THERE'S AN
00:54:24 AND THERE'S A GROCERY STORE ADJACENT.
00:54:27 I WANT TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE
00:54:31 FERGAL AND MS.. JOHNSON COMMITTED TO THIS
00:54:35 ENDEAVOR. I'VE BEEN THERE PURCHASING
00:54:38 GROCERIES FOR PEOPLE, GREETING THEM, GETTING TO KNOW THE
00:54:42 COMMUNITY AND THERE ARE SOME SHORTFALLS.
00:54:46 >> WHAT I SEE IS THERE'S NOTHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
00:54:50 OTHER THAN STONES TOWN THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO AND THEY CLOSE
00:54:54 AT A CERTAIN TIME. FROM THE TIME THAT I ACTUALLY
00:54:57 TOOK A LOOK AT THE PREMISES THAT WAS BACK OVER 2019
00:55:06 PRE-COVID. IT'S CHANGED.
00:55:07 IT'S A LOT OF A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE SECTION
00:55:14 EIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THIS BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE
00:55:18 NOT ENTITLED TO SOME TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT.
00:55:21 I'VE ALWAYS FELT IT BEST. WE HAVE SECURITY COMPANY THAT
00:55:26 YOU HIRE FOR THE EVENINGS THAT YOU HAVE.
00:55:29 I'VE ALWAYS TOOK THE EXTRA STEPS WITH ANY ESTABLISHMENT
00:55:33 THAT I WAS AFFILIATED WITH AS FAR AS MANAGEMENT TO HAVE
00:55:36 SECURITY NOT JUST POLICE THE DOOR BUT ACTUALLY POLICED THE
00:55:41 SURROUNDING AREA WHERE CUSTOMERS PARK IT BECAUSE THERE
00:55:45 ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON THAT ARE SEEDY IN PARKING LOTS
00:55:48 AND THESE KIDS NOWADAYS I'VE SEEN I'VE GOT FRIENDS THAT
00:55:53 DON'T LIKE FIZZ'S BAR OVER IN GARY AND THEY HAVE COLLEGE
00:55:57 NIGHT AND THEY SHOWED ME A STACK OF IDS ABOUT LIKE THIS
00:56:00 AND LOOKING AT THEM YOU CANNOT TELL THAT THEY'RE A PHONY I.D.
00:56:07 SO I TOLD FERGAL I TOLD MISS JOHNSON YOU GUYS NEED TO INVEST
00:56:11 IN A REALLY GOOD I.D. SCANNER AND IT COST THEM LIKE 4000
00:56:14 BUCKS TO DO THAT. SO THEY WILL HAVE AN I.D.
00:56:16 SCANNER AND I TOLD MY SUGGESTION TO THEM NOT TELL BUT
00:56:22 COLLECT THE IDS AND ACTUALLY CONFISCATE THEM AT THE DOOR BUT
00:56:26 ALSO TAKE THEM TO THE TERRYVILLE STATION AND TURN
00:56:30 THESE KIDS IN BECAUSE THESE KIDS ARE GETTING THESE FAKE IDS
00:56:34 FROM SOMEWHERE AND THEY LOOK INCREDIBLY GOOD.
00:56:38 BUT I THINK THE BAR WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IF
00:56:45 THE PEOPLE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AND AN ACTIVITY THEN THEY'RE
00:56:49 NOT BUYING ALCOHOL FROM THE LOCAL STORE OR WHATEVER THEY
00:56:53 GOT IN THE REFRIGERATOR DRINKING IN A PARKING LOT
00:56:56 AND IN THE EVENINGS ESPECIALLY YOU WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF
00:56:59 SOME FORM OF SECURITY THERE. SO THEIR ACTIVITY WOULDN'T GO
00:57:03 UNCHECKED. OKAY.
00:57:07 ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH.
00:57:09 >> REALLY APPRECIATE IT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS
00:57:14 OF THE PANEL. MY NAME IS JACQUELINE AND I'M
00:57:18 HERE TO REPRESENT THE PALMER SET SHOPPING CENTER.
00:57:22 >> I'VE BEEN ONSITE FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS THERE AND I AM
00:57:25 IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED BAR LOCATED AT 77 CAMBORNE DRIVE.
00:57:31 EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME.
00:57:32 WILL WE HAVE A SECTION WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK DURING PUBLIC
00:57:35 COMMENT? THE CHAIR WILL BE CALLING IT.
00:57:38 >> OH NO, I WORK THERE. I'M REPRESENTING THEM FOR THE
00:57:42 PROPERTY. WELL, HOW ABOUT HOW ABOUT MY
00:57:43 POST? MY APOLOGIES.
00:57:45 AND THIS WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ANYWAY SO I'M TO
00:57:47 WHAT I'M GOING TO DO JUST PROCEDURALLY.
00:57:49 OKAY. THIS WAS THE OUTLET WE WANTED
00:57:50 TO INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK.
00:57:53 AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS ASK THE CHAIR TO INVITE A
00:57:56 PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE SURE NO ONE WILL SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING.
00:58:00 MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
00:58:01 MAY WE OPEN THIS ITEM UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:58:05 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
00:58:07 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NOW WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL
00:58:10 LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
00:58:13 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
00:58:14 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. A PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN.
00:58:17 MY APOLOGIES FOR THE FOR THE HICCUP.
00:58:18 NOW HERE THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU.
00:58:21 NO PROBLEM. LET ME CONTINUE SO I WON'T
00:58:22 ADDRESS THE PRIMARY CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN RAISED OR WHETHER
00:58:25 THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED WITH ALCOHOL SERVING
00:58:28 ESTABLISHMENTS. THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT IS NOT.
00:58:32 >> THERE ARE MANY BUSINESSES THERE WITH ALCOHOL LICENSES.
00:58:33 HOWEVER THEY FUNCTION IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.
00:58:37 THEY'RE PRIMARILY FOOD BUSINESSES.
00:58:40 >> SO THE BAR WOULD BE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AS A PLACE
00:58:44 TO CONGREGATE AND HAVE A PLACE TO GET TOGETHER AND HANGOUT
00:58:48 WHEREAS THE RESTAURANTS ONLY HAVE A LIMITED CAPACITY TO
00:58:52 WHERE THEY CAN HAVE PEOPLE STAY AND A MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO BE
00:58:59 THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS FOOD. >> NOT ALCOHOL AND THEY DON'T
00:59:08 HAVE A FULL LIQUOR LICENSE SO THEY WOULDN'T BE SERVING A FULL
00:59:12 BAR AT THE RESTAURANTS BEYOND THAT BUSINESS PROJECT BRINGS
00:59:15 POSITIVE BENEFIT AND ACTIVATES THE SPACE INCREASES FOOT
00:59:19 TRAFFIC, PROVIDES JOBS AND CONTRIBUTES TO A SAFER
00:59:23 ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER WHEREAS THEY WOULDN'T BE
00:59:26 DRINKING IN THE PARKING LOT WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW.
00:59:27 SO IT WILL BE AN OVERCONCENTRATION AND IT'LL
00:59:31 BRING A PLACE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN A SAFER
00:59:37 ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.
00:59:40 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:59:48 >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
00:59:52 MY NAME IS PATRICK KELLY. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN PALMER SAID
00:59:55 SINCE 2007. I HAVE A STRONG OPPOSITION TO
00:59:56 GRANTING OF THIS LICENSE FOR THE MERE FACT THAT PREVIOUS
00:59:59 OWNERS OF THIS OF THIS BAR. THERE WAS NO SECURITY.
01:00:06 WEEKENDS LIKE FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY HAD I PROBABLY COULD NOT
01:00:10 GET TO SLEEP TILL LIKE 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
01:00:12 RECENTLY PEOPLE THERE THE MANAGERS OF THIS SITE HAVE BEEN
01:00:18 PUT UP SIGNS AS GUARDS NO TRESPASSING HANGING OUT.
01:00:19 NOTHING IS ENFORCED. PEOPLE ARE HANGING COMING OUT
01:00:24 AT NIGHT LIKE 10:00 OF THE NIGHT.
01:00:25 THEY'RE DRINKING TILL 2 OR 3 IN THE MORNING.
01:00:27 >> THE RECENT THE PAST OWNERS I TALKED TO THEM OF THE BAR AND I
01:00:31 ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WOULD DO IN SECURITY AS REGARDS PEOPLE
01:00:34 BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GATHERING INSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT
01:00:37 PARTYING, DRINKING AND THEN GO INTO THE BAR.
01:00:38 I ASKED THEM AND THEY SAID THAT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS,
01:00:42 NONE OF MY CONCERN. AS SOON AS THE PEOPLE LEAVE THE
01:00:43 BAR, THAT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
01:00:46 I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE NUMEROUS TIMES.
01:00:48 I HAVE THE RECORDS OF THE POLICE AND THE RECORDS AND YOU
01:00:53 KNOW, LATE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO JUST SAFETY IN THIS
01:00:56 NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GOTTEN SO BAD. EVEN LAST SATURDAY MORNING WE
01:01:00 HAD LIKE A SHOOTING IN THE PARKING IN THE MALL.
01:01:01 SO I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS. IF THE BAR I HAVE NO OPPOSITION
01:01:05 TO LIKE NEW BUSINESS BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE HAVE A CLEAR
01:01:08 UNDERSTANDING THAT SECURITY WILL BE PROVIDED AND PROTECTING
01:01:11 OUR COMFORT OF LIFE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS SO BAD.
01:01:16 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:01:22 . >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:01:26 >> HELLO. GOOD MORNING.
01:01:30 GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. MY NAME'S ANTONIO.
01:01:33 I BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:01:35 I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN THE LAUNDROMAT IN THE SHOPPING
01:01:39 CENTER. SO I'VE INTERACTED WITH THE
01:01:42 COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS.
01:01:43 I'M ALL FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE GENTLEMEN TO PURSUE HIS
01:01:49 BUSINESS AND OFFER THE COMMUNITY A WAY TO UNWIND
01:01:53 AND HAVE A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO WATCH THEIR FAVORITE
01:01:57 SPORTS TEAM THE WARRIORS NINERS OR HAVE A LITTLE KARAOKE NIGHT.
01:02:02 THAT'S A SOCIAL OFFER ATMOSPHERE WHICH WE HAVE LOST
01:02:06 AFTER COVID. UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF
01:02:10 LOCATIONS LIKE THIS HAVE CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE COVID HAS WIPED
01:02:13 OUT THE ECONOMY A LITTLE BIT AND THEY'RE MAKING A
01:02:17 SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF MY
01:02:21 CUSTOMERS I INTERACT I'M VERY FORTUNATE THEY COME TO MY
01:02:24 ESTABLISHMENT AND THEY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE OPENING OF THEIR
01:02:28 IF THEY MISTAKE THE USED TO BE A LOCATION THAT OFFERED THIS
01:02:30 SERVICE THAT IN 2019 BY COVID UNFORTUNATELY WIPED IT OUT.
01:02:36 NOW THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED AN OPPORTUNITY UNWIND AFTER A DAY
01:02:44 OF WORK GO OUT NOT TO STAY AT HOME, BE ON TIK TOK TO INTERACT
01:02:48 WITH PEOPLE AND HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO ENJOY THE
01:02:52 BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO. I APPRECIATE THE
01:02:56 ADMINISTRATION. I LOVE THE NEW MAYOR HOW THEY
01:02:59 ARE CUTTING RED TAPE TO HAVE MORE BUSINESSES OPEN UP.
01:03:04 THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.
01:03:05 I WATCH HIS SPEECHES AND I WOULD LIKE TO BOARD TO APPROVE
01:03:11 THIS. A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I
01:03:12 INTERACT WITH THERE MY CUSTOMERS ARE CAN'T WAIT TO
01:03:15 HAVE THIS SERVICE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:03:18 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
01:03:22 >> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
01:03:26 GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
01:03:30 MY NAME'S REBECCA SHANNON. >> I AM A HAVE LIVED AT PARC
01:03:37 MARCEL NOW FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS SO I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCE THIS
01:03:41 COMMUNITY IN ALL SORTS OF ASPECTS.
01:03:45 AND AS THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE US POINTED OUT, THIS IS A HIGH
01:03:48 CRIME AREA. IN FACT IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.
01:03:52 >> AND THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE BUILDING ADJACENT TO
01:03:56 WHERE THIS BAR WILL BE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE
01:04:01 AND THE CRIME THAT COULD OCCUR IF THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS
01:04:04 OPENED. >> WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE WHO
01:04:08 PARTY IN THE PARKING LOTS AT NIGHT.
01:04:11 WE'VE CALLED POLICE. THEY HAVE NO SECURITY.
01:04:15 >> AND THERE'S NO WAY TO STOP THAT.
01:04:16 THE POLICE DON'T REALLY RESPOND.
01:04:19 SO WE ARE SUBJECTED TO CONSTANT NOISE PARTYING, DRUG DEALING,
01:04:23 ALCOHOL USE THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.
01:04:27 >> WE ARE CONCERNED THAT AFTER THIS BAR IS CLOSED THE PARTYING
01:04:31 WILL CONTINUE. AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT
01:04:34 THERE WILL BE SECURITY AND A WAY TO GET THESE PEOPLE OUT OF
01:04:38 THE AREA. >> ALSO THIS BAR HAS AN OPEN
01:04:43 AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE ALCOHOL DRINKS POSSIBLY WATCH
01:04:46 BIG SCREEN TVS WHEN THERE IS A SPORTING EVENT.
01:04:50 >> THIS CAN ALSO CREATE NOISE PROBLEMS FOR THE NEIGHBORS WHO
01:04:54 LIVE ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY .
01:04:58 SO NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
01:04:59 WE WOULD REALLY AS A PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE PART OF SAID AREA
01:05:03 WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT SPOKEN TO BEFORE THIS BAR IS ALLOWED
01:05:10 TO OPEN. >> THANK YOU.
01:05:11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
01:05:15 SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? >> MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES
01:05:21 PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
01:05:22 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
01:05:25 >> AND SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
01:05:29 AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS BUT I
01:05:33 DO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE PROPRIETOR WILL BE ABLE TO WORK
01:05:38 THOSE OUT AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
01:05:41 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE CLERK PREPARE A RESOLUTION
01:05:42 MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 48 ON SALE
01:05:46 BEER WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO THIS
01:05:50 APPLICANT WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY
01:05:53 IN MADAM CLERK MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION?
01:05:55 >> YES AND ON THE MOTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO PREPARE
01:05:58 A RESOLUTION AND FORWARD ITEM TWO TO THE BOARD WITH A
01:06:01 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. REMEMBER WANG?
01:06:05 REMEMBER WANG I VICE YOUR MOOD IF I IF I SHOULDN'T A MOOD I
01:06:10 SAW DORSEY. I SAW DORSEY.
01:06:13 >> I HAVE THREE EYES. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:06:14 THE MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
01:06:16 APPLICANT AND MADAM CLERK, MAY WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM?
01:06:20 >> ITEM NUMBER THREE? YES.
01:06:20 ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HEALTH
01:06:23 CODE TO REQUIRE THAT EVERY DOG IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH CERTAIN
01:06:27 EXCEPTIONS BE SPAYED NEUTERED OR CHEMICALLY STERILIZED RATHER
01:06:31 THAN REQUIRING SUCH PROCEDURES ONLY FOR PIT BULLS TO ESTABLISH
01:06:34 A PROCESSING FEE FOR APPLYING FOR AN UNALTERED DOG PERMIT
01:06:38 AND A PROCESS FOR GRANTING, DENYING OR REVOKING SUCH PERMIT
01:06:42 WITH A HEARING FOLLOWING A DENIAL OR REVOKE REVOCATION TO
01:06:46 REGULATE THE TRANSFER SALE AND BREEDING OF UNALTERED DOGS
01:06:50 AND TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES AND CONDITIONS OF IMPOUNDMENT
01:06:54 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MANDATORY SPAY NEUTER OR CHEMICAL
01:06:57 STERILIZATION REQUIREMENTS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:07:01 AND BEFORE I ADDRESS THIS ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
01:07:04 IF I MAY TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR WONG WHO HAD AN OBLIGATION.
01:07:08 >> IS THAT APPROPRIATE? >> YES.
01:07:12 AND ON THE MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR WONG I MEAN EXCUSE
01:07:16 ME MEMBER WONG FISCHER MOOD FISCHER MOOD I CHAIR DORSEY I
01:07:20 SURE DORSEY I, I HAVE THREE I HAVE TWO EYES WITH MEMBER WONG
01:07:24 EXCUSED THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. SUPERVISOR WONG IS EXCUSED SO
01:07:28 COLLEAGUES AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY
01:07:31 ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AND ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL
01:07:34 AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO INCLUDE THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR
01:07:38 THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OR SPCA, I PLAN TO
01:07:42 CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR FOR A PERIOD OF UP
01:07:45 TO ONE YEAR. THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US TIME
01:07:46 TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH ANALYSIS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
01:07:50 CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS, ONE OF THE NATION'S PREEMINENT VETERINARY
01:07:54 SCHOOLS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.
01:07:57 THEY HAVE OFFERED TO WORK WITH US AND THEY ARE PURSUING THE
01:08:01 MOST RESPONSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING
01:08:04 OVERCROWDING IN THE CITY'S SHELTER SYSTEM DURING THAT TIME
01:08:08 AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE CITY AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SPCA
01:08:14 WILL BE EXPANDING THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN SOME IMPORTANT
01:08:16 RESPECTS THAT I WANT TO OUTLINE FIRST.
01:08:20 SPCA ARE S.F. SPCA WILL INCREASE TRANSFERS FROM X
01:08:26 SHELTER TO AT LEAST 300 DOGS EACH YEAR.
01:08:30 THAT WILL HELP GO A LONG WAY TOWARD RELIEVING PRESSURE ON
01:08:34 THAT SHELTER AND MOVE MORE DOGS INTO HOME HOMES.
01:08:37 >> SECOND SPCA HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH THE SEC TO PARTNER
01:08:42 WITH UC DAVIS AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SHELTER DATA.
01:08:45 I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND IN AGREEMENT THAT WHAT
01:08:49 WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS TO MINIMIZE ANIMALS BEING
01:08:53 EUTHANIZED. THIS IS THE CITY OF SAINT
01:08:54 FRANCIS AND WE DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY AS FAR AS OUR PATRON
01:08:57 SAINT DIDN'T EITHER. THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
01:09:01 BETTER UNDERSTAND THE TRENDS THAT ARE DRIVING THE THE
01:09:04 INCREASES IN INTAKE THAT WE'RE SEEING.
01:09:08 THIRD ASSISI AND THE SPCA WILL MEET QUARTERLY TO TRACK
01:09:13 PROGRESS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR WORK IS MOVING FORWARD.
01:09:16 THIS EFFORT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE ANY POLICY DECISIONS WE
01:09:18 MAKE ARE GROUNDED IN DATA AND SET UP TO SUCCEED.
01:09:20 >> I LOOK FORWARD TO REGULAR UPDATES FROM STAFF AS THIS WORK
01:09:27 CONTINUES. WE ALL SHARE THE SAME GOAL HERE
01:09:29 AND THAT'S REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNWANTED DOGS IN SAN
01:09:32 FRANCISCO AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY ANIMAL THAT ENTERS OUR
01:09:36 SHELTER HAS A PATH TO A SAFE AND LOVING HOME AND AS A NEW
01:09:42 DOG DADDY IN THE LAST YEAR MYSELF AND NOW WITH TWO
01:09:43 RESCUES. THIS IS CLOSE TO MY HEART.
01:09:47 WE WILL ALSO ASK THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE TO
01:09:48 REPORT BACK IN SIX MONTHS WITH AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS MADE.
01:09:54 I AM OPEN AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE TO HAVING THAT AS A
01:09:56 PUBLIC HEARING I THINK WHY DON'T WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE
01:09:59 PUBLIC INTEREST IS? BUT I THINK AS TODAY
01:10:02 DEMONSTRATED SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A DISCUSSION RIGHT
01:10:05 OUT IN PUBLIC. JUST TO KEEP EVERYBODY APPRIZED
01:10:07 ON THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
01:10:10 I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S
01:10:13 OFFICE TO ASSISI, TO SPCA AND ESPECIALLY TO THE
01:10:18 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS FOR AGREEING TO PARTNER
01:10:22 WITH US TO REALLY DIG IN ON THE DATA SO THAT WE'RE ALL SOLVING
01:10:25 THE RIGHT PROBLEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALL SHARING
01:10:27 THE RIGHT DATA. SO I WILL I WILL MAKE A MOTION
01:10:31 TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR.
01:10:34 BUT UNTIL THEN, MADAM CLERK, WHY DON'T WE INVITE A PUBLIC
01:10:37 COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? >> YES.
01:10:38 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL
01:10:41 LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THIS BY THE WINDOWS.
01:10:44 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
01:10:50 >> THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I'M
01:10:55 DR. RICHARD WOOLLEY, A PROFESSOR EMERITUS FROM UC
01:10:56 DAVIS. >> I RETIRED ABOUT FIVE YEARS
01:10:59 AGO SO I WAS UNAWARE OF YOUR NEW RELATION SHIP WITH YOU CD
01:11:03 AND HOW THAT'S GOING ON. THERE'S STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT
01:11:07 THERE'S BEEN AN EMERGENCE OF SHELTER MEDICINE I WILL TELL
01:11:12 YOU MANDATORY SPAY LAWS GENERALLY DON'T WORK.
01:11:17 ONE THING I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER AND THIS I HAVE NOT
01:11:19 HEARD ANY ANIMAL EXPERT PUT FORTH IS THAT YOU USE MANDATORY
01:11:25 CHIP IN OF ALL INTACT DOGS AND CATS TOO IF YOU FOR THAT
01:11:30 MATTER IF YOU HAVE CHIP IN YOU CAN TRACE THEM WITH SOME SORT
01:11:37 OF A TWO YEAR RENEWAL SO YOU HAVE AN ACCURATE DATA BASE.
01:11:41 IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A VETERINARIAN TO GET A DOG COME
01:11:45 IN, GET INJURED. YOU START DOING EMERGENCY WORK.
01:11:46 YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS. YOU CHECK THE CHIP, YOU LOOK UP
01:11:49 THE RECORD AND THE PHONE HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED AND THAT
01:11:54 PERSON HADN'T LIVED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
01:11:56 OKAY NOW WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE DOG?
01:11:59 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE BILL? WHAT DO YOU DO?
01:12:00 IT'S JUST BAD FOR BUSINESS ACCOUNTABLE ALITY IS A KEY
01:12:03 THING HERE WE ALL FEEL THERE ARE UNWANTED DOGS BUT I DON'T
01:12:09 THINK MANDATORY SPAIN AND NEUTERING WILL SOLVE THE
01:12:12 PROBLEM. IT MAY HELP BUT BY AND LARGE I
01:12:16 REPRESENT CANINE DOGS CLUB OF AMERICA THAT IS CANINE DOGS
01:12:23 THAT NOBODY'S HEARD OF BUT THERE ARE VERY RARE DOG GOES
01:12:25 BACK TO THE BIBLE. WE'RE TRYING TO BREED THEM TO
01:12:28 PROMOTE THEM WITHIN SOCIETY. THIS IS THE SAME DOG THAT MOSES
01:12:33 JESUS MUHAMMAD AND ABRAHAM HAD IF THEY WERE DOG PEOPLE I DON'T
01:12:39 KNOW IF THEY WERE DOG PEOPLE. IT'S NOT RECORDED IN THE BIBLE
01:12:42 BUT OUR DOGS GO BACK THAT FAR. >> THANK YOU.
01:12:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE HIGH CHAIR
01:12:57 DORSEY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR
01:13:01 ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. BARBARA LING SMITH OF THE
01:13:03 AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS AND FOR
01:13:06 PROMOTING A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE
01:13:09 BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND WE AT THE AMERICAN KENNEL
01:13:10 CLUB STAND READY TO WORK WITH YOU IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO HELP
01:13:13 PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE IN THE CITY.
01:13:16 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:13:19 DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM?
01:13:24 >> MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:13:28 >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
01:13:29 CLOSED AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CALL
01:13:32 CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR AS I DESCRIBED
01:13:36 EARLIER AND MADAM CLERK MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION
01:13:38 ? >> YES.
01:13:39 AND ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM THREE TO THE CALL OF THE
01:13:41 CHAIR FISCHER REMOVED FISCHER MOOD I CHAIR DORSEY I FOR
01:13:47 DORSEY I HAVE TWO EYES WITH NUMBER WANG EXCUSED THANK YOU
01:13:51 MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY MORE
01:13:52 BUSINESS TO BEFORE US TODAY? >> MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES OUR
01:13:55 MEETING AGENDA. GREAT.
01:13:58 >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING.
01:13:59 THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED