00:00:10 . >> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY
00:00:11 AND WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 15TH 2026 RULES COMMITTEE MEETING.
00:00:13 I'M YOUR CHAIR SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON I'M JOINED BY
00:00:18 SUPERVISOR ALAN WONG AND SOON TO BE JOINED BY PRESIDENT
00:00:22 MALCOLM IN TODAY'S CLARK IS VICTOR YANG AND I WANT TO THANK
00:00:28 JAMIE ISSUE VERY WELL S.F. GOV TV FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS
00:00:33 MEETING IS PUBLICIZED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
00:00:36 >> MR. CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:40 >> YES. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:41 EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP
00:00:44 PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LIKE
00:00:47 TO SPEAK ON YOUR RIGHT. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:00:50 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER THE FOLLOWING WAYS
00:00:52 EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF. THE RULES COMMITTEE CLERK AT VC
00:00:56 TALKED Y O U N G AT S.F. OR IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT VIA
00:01:02 EMAIL IT WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE YOU MAY ALSO
00:01:06 SEND US WRITTEN COMMENTS MY A US MILITARY OFFICE IN CITY HALL
00:01:10 ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE ROOM TWO FOUR FOR SAN FRANCISCO
00:01:17 CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1 OR 2 PLEASE MAKE SURE THE SILENT ALL
00:01:18 CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY
00:01:21 ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF
00:01:26 JUNE 23RD UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:01:27 THAT COMPLETES MY INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
00:01:31 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL BEFORE WE
00:01:32 GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT
00:01:36 SUPERVISOR CHERYL FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
00:01:39 >> YES, ON A MOTION TO EXCUSE US SUPERVISOR CHERYL FROM
00:01:43 TODAY'S MEETING. >> MEMBER ONE PERSON I REMEMBER
00:01:49 WANG I REMEMBER IN HIGH MANAGEMENT I CHAIR WALTON I
00:01:57 WANT IN I THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:01:58 THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:02:01 NUMBER ONE. >> ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE
00:02:05 ORANGE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CHANGE
00:02:08 THE NAME OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:02:11 PROGRAM FUND TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER BASE PROGRAM
00:02:13 FUND REVISED THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND ESTABLISHED THE MAYOR'S
00:02:19 OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER AGENCY
00:02:20 DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FUND WITH
00:02:23 DELEGATED DUTIES UPDATE THE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE FUND
00:02:27 TO REFLECT STATE LAW CHANGES RELATED TO FEE COLLECTED BY THE
00:02:31 COUNTY CLERK FOR THE FUND AND ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT
00:02:35 TO DEPOSIT CERTAIN FUNDS COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY CLERK
00:02:38 INTO THE SAME SEX DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM WITHIN THE
00:02:42 FUND. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
00:02:43 MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WALTON THE
00:02:46 ITEM BEFORE US TODAY IS AN ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE
00:02:50 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTIONS GOVERNING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:02:54 SHELTER BASED PROGRAM FUND. THE ORDINANCE CONSISTS OF A SET
00:02:58 OF FIXES THAT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT OUR LAWS REFLECT THE
00:03:01 REALITY OF HOW GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK IS
00:03:03 CURRENTLY BEING DELIVERED ADMINISTRATED AND FUNDED IN SAN
00:03:06 FRANCISCO THE ITEM MAY SOUND FAMILIAR AT LEAST TO YOU MR.
00:03:11 CHAIR. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY HEARD IN THE
00:03:13 RULES COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER OF 2025 AND AT THAT MEETING WE
00:03:16 MADE A DECISION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO ALLOW FOR MORE
00:03:20 DISCUSSION AND TO ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED
00:03:24 BY THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM.
00:03:25 SINCE THEN OUR OFFICE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH INTERESTED
00:03:28 PARTIES AND THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY REFLECTS THOSE
00:03:32 EFFORTS BY BACK BY WAY OF BACKGROUND THE NEED FOR THE
00:03:39 ITEM ORIGINATED FROM THE 2024 BUDGET PROCESS WHERE IT WAS
00:03:42 CONTEMPLATED THAT THE GENDER BASED VIOLENCE GRANT PORTFOLIO
00:03:46 WOULD MOVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO THE
00:03:50 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
00:03:53 THAT TRANSITION IS NOW WELL UNDERWAY, HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR
00:03:57 SOME TIME. MOST CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE
00:03:58 PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN LATE 2020 FOR AN EARLY 2025 AND NEW
00:04:02 GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY BASED
00:04:06 ORGANIZATIONS TOOK EFFECT IN EARLY JULY OF LAST YEAR.
00:04:12 DESPITE THAT TRANSITION ALREADY BEING UNDERWAY, OUR
00:04:13 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE STILL ASSIGNS OVERSIGHT OF THE
00:04:16 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER BASED PROGRAM FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT
00:04:20 ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. THIS ORDINANCE CORRECTS THAT
00:04:24 OUTDATED REFERENCE AND FINALLY MOVES ADMINISTRATION OF THE
00:04:25 FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT NOW CHARGED WITH OVERSEEING THE
00:04:28 WORK WHILE WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE.
00:04:32 I THINK THANKS TO BEVERLY UPTON WE ALSO DISCOVERED SOME
00:04:35 ADDITIONAL INCONSISTENCIES IN THE CODE STATE LAW CHANGED
00:04:42 IN 2023 TO REQUIRE THAT $23 FROM EACH MARRIAGE LICENSE FEE
00:04:46 BE DIRECTED TO SUPPORT SHELTER BASED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:04:48 PROGRAMING. BUT OUR CODE STILL REFERS TO
00:04:51 THE OLD $8 AMOUNT. THIS ORDINANCE UPDATES OUR CODE
00:04:52 TO MATCH THE $23 ALIGNING WITH STATE LAW AND THERE ARE OTHER
00:04:58 SMALL CHANGES INCLUDING UPDATING THE NAME OF THE FUND
00:05:01 THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER BASE PROGRAM FUND AND TO
00:05:05 SPECIFICATION THAT NO MORE THAN 8% OF THE FUNDS BE EXPENDED FOR
00:05:06 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW
00:05:13 AS PART OF THE CODE CLEANUP. THIS ORDINANCE ALSO ORIGINALLY
00:05:15 CONTAINED A PROVISION ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT
00:05:18 THAT DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP FEES BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SAME SEX
00:05:21 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT FUND TWO CONTEST TO CONTEXTUALIZE
00:05:25 PRIOR TO THE LEGALIZATION OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE.
00:05:29 MANY SAME SEX COUPLES REGISTERED AS DOMESTIC PARTNERS
00:05:30 AS AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF LEGAL RECOGNITION.
00:05:33 EXISTING LAW SPECIFIES THAT FEES COLLECTED FROM THOSE
00:05:37 PARTNERSHIPS ARE TO BE DEPOSITED IN THAT SAME SEX
00:05:40 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT FUND. HOWEVER, SINCE LEGALIZATION OF
00:05:44 SAME SEX MARRIAGE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS NOT PREFERRED TO
00:05:45 PERFORM THOSE CEREMONIES IN MORE THAN A DECADE.
00:05:48 >> SO THE FUND AT THIS POINT IS ESSENTIALLY THE STAGE ALL
00:05:51 AND UNUSED AT THE OCTOBER RULES MEETING FOLKS FROM THE DOMESTIC
00:05:59 VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM RAISED A CONCERN THAT THERE WOULD NO
00:06:01 LONGER BE ANY FORMALLY DESIGNATED FUNDS FOR LGBTQ PLUS
00:06:05 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK WITH THE OFFICIAL
00:06:08 ELIMINATION OF THAT FUND. AND SO WE ARE UNDERTOOK TO HAVE
00:06:11 MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH IT OR ABOUT THAT CHALLENGE.
00:06:15 THE FOLLOWING FOLLOWING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS I
00:06:19 THINK WE'VE COME TO CONSENSUS THAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE
00:06:23 APPROACH IS FOR THE CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP ITS OWN INTERNAL
00:06:27 FRAMEWORK FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS TO LGBT Q PLUS ORGANIZATIONS
00:06:30 RATHER THAN CODIFYING SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE
00:06:32 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. THE AMENDED ORDINANCE I'M
00:06:35 INTRODUCING TODAY KEEPS ALL THE OTHER TECHNICAL FIXES I SPOKE
00:06:39 ABOUT AND THE TRANSFER OF THE PORTFOLIO TO CD BUT NO LONGER
00:06:42 MENTIONS THE FUND ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP FEES.
00:06:46 THIS ORDINANCE BRINGS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE INTO
00:06:49 ALIGNMENT WITH STATE LAW CURRENT CITY OPERATIONS AND THE
00:06:53 CITY BUDGET WHICH ASSUMES THAT THE GENDER BASED VIOLENCE SHARE
00:06:57 OF MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES GO TO CD FOR DISBURSEMENT TO THE
00:06:58 APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD UPDATE
00:07:01 THAT ENSURES OUR FUNDING MECHANISMS MATCH OUR STRUCTURE
00:07:04 AND THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS
00:07:05 AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT SERVE THEM.
00:07:09 I WANT TO THANK MOST THE DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS OF
00:07:13 WOMEN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE JESSE MINORITY IN THE CITY
00:07:14 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND GRACE WONG IN MY OFFICE FOR ALL OF
00:07:17 THEIR WORK ON THE LEGISLATION AND I WANT TO THANK BEVERLY
00:07:20 UPTON AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM FOR REVIEWING
00:07:21 AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON THIS LEGISLATION THEIR CONTINUED
00:07:24 ADVOCACY TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
00:07:28 >> THAT'S WHAT I GOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT
00:07:32 MADAM AND I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TOGETHER
00:07:35 AND WORKING HARD ON THESE CHANGES.
00:07:36 THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK AND I KNOW IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR US
00:07:40 TO GET HERE BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WORKING TO MAKE THIS
00:07:44 HAPPEN. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR
00:07:47 STATEMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
00:07:49 THIS ITEM. >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
00:07:52 WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHOULD LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS
00:07:56 TIME EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
00:08:05 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS BEVERLEY UPTON, EXECUTIVE
00:08:06 DIRECTOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM.
00:08:09 >> WE WANT TO THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD IN OUR WORK
00:08:13 AND ALSO KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF THIS LEGISLATION ALIVE THAT
00:08:20 WOULD TAKE A PORTION OF THE MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES IN ALL
00:08:21 COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND HELP TO SUPPORT THE DIRECT SERVICES
00:08:27 DONE IN THE SHELTERS. >> AND SOME COUNTIES HAVE ALSO
00:08:31 FIGURED OUT WAYS TO HELP WITH OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED AS
00:08:36 WELL. SO THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD
00:08:37 FOR US. >> WE WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT
00:08:40 MENDELSOHN AND HIS TEAM FOR ALL THIS WORK.
00:08:44 >> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE MY
00:08:47 COLLEAGUE FROM CREWE OFF HERE. >> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT I
00:08:52 THINK THE WORK WAS WORTH IT. I WILL STILL SAY THAT WE DO
00:08:55 HOPE FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REFINE THIS LEGISLATION IN THE
00:09:02 FUTURE AS THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE MAY CHANGE BUT SAN
00:09:06 FRANCISCO CONTINUES ITS STRONG AND HISTORIC COMMITMENT TO
00:09:10 ENDING SAME SEX DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
00:09:14 SEXUAL ASSAULT, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN THE LBGT.
00:09:18 Q PLUS PLUS COMMUNITY. >> SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE
00:09:22 THIS. THANK YOU.
00:09:25 PRESIDENT MANDELSON THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD.
00:09:27 I WAS JUST SAYING I DO HOPE THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO
00:09:30 REFRAIN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT THE
00:09:33 TVC WORKING ON AN INTERNAL FRAMEWORK.
00:09:37 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
00:09:40 SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE
00:09:47 COME LINE UP TO THE LEFT OF THE PODIUM EXCUSE ME TO THE RIGHT
00:09:54 OF THE PODIUM. YEAH.
00:10:00 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU.
00:10:01 RULES COMMITTEE FOR THIS OPEN FORUM.
00:10:08 THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE FOR ALLOWING US IN THE PEOPLE'S
00:10:12 HOUSE THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS PABLO ESPINOSA.
00:10:16 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CU OF COMMUNITY UNITED AGAINST
00:10:17 VIOLENCE AND WE FOR THE LAST 47 YEARS HAVE HELPED SURVIVORS OF
00:10:22 VIOLENCE IN THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY BOTH FROM HATE
00:10:26 VIOLENCE AS WELL AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
00:10:30 CUEVAS HAS BEEN TRACKING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE
00:10:31 PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITIES SINCE THE EARLY 80S
00:10:36 WHEN WE STARTED TO HAVE A FUNCTIONING HOTLINE BACK THEN
00:10:40 ANSWERED BY VOLUNTEERS AND MANY OF THE CALLS THAT WE GOT WERE
00:10:44 FROM FOLKS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE AT THE
00:10:47 HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVED THEM AND PEOPLE WHO THEY LIVED WITH
00:10:51 OR THEY DATED. >> AND FOR US AS PART OF ALSO
00:10:56 THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM HERE TODAY, WE JUST
00:10:59 REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE INTIMATE
00:11:04 PARTNER VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT AFFECTS LGBTQ
00:11:08 PEOPLE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE WORK IN THE FIGHT TO ONE DAY
00:11:11 SAY THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.
00:11:14 BUT IN THE MEANTIME WHERE YOUR PARTNERS WHERE THE WHERE THE
00:11:18 ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO HAVE ENTRUSTED
00:11:22 TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES TO HELP SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE TO HEAL,
00:11:26 TO FIND A WAY OUT OF VIOLENCE AS WELL AS TO FIND A WAY TO
00:11:30 NEGOTIATE VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIVES BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS
00:11:33 READY TO LEAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR
00:11:34 PARTNERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
00:11:38 >> THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
00:11:41 SPEAKERS FOR THIS MATTER? THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
00:11:46 SPEAKERS THANK YOU SEE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
00:11:49 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR WANT TO THANK
00:11:56 BEVERLY UPTON AND PRESENT MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ONGOING
00:11:57 WORK ON ON THIS AND THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU.
00:12:02 SUPERVISOR ONE GENTLEMEN THANK YOU CHAIR WALTON I BELIEVE THE
00:12:07 AMENDED LEGISLATION HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO EACH OF YOUR
00:12:11 OFFICES AND TO THE CLERK AND SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT
00:12:21 THE AMENDMENTS AND FORWARD THE LEGISLATION TO THE FULL BODY TO
00:12:26 THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED AS
00:12:29 AMENDED. >> MR. CLERK, ON THE MOTION
00:12:32 YES, ON THE MOTION TO AMEND AND RECOMMEND AS AMENDED.
00:12:36 MEMBER ONE WELL I REMEMBER AMENDMENT I MEAN I MEAN I CHAIR
00:12:43 WALTON I WON'T DENY THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:12:47 >> THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES.
00:12:48 THANK YOU EVERYONE. >> MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:12:52 NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A HEARING.
00:12:55 CONSIDER APPOINTING ONE MEMBER TERM ENDING JULY 1ST 2032 THE
00:12:58 ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION ONE SEAT, ONE APPLICANT.
00:13:02 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I BELIEVE MARIE DAVIS IS
00:13:06 HERE TO SPEAK ON HER APPOINTMENT.
00:13:16 >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SUPERVISORS FOR
00:13:20 RECONSIDERING ME FOR THIS SEAT. I'VE BEEN IN MY SEAT AS I TOOK
00:13:24 ONLY LITTLE MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE I WENT IN TO REPLACE
00:13:28 STEPHEN TORRES'S SEAT AND IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN
00:13:32 HONOR TO SERVE ON THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION.
00:13:36 >> I AM HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE NIGHTLIFE INDUSTRY AS I'VE BEEN
00:13:43 THE ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE STUD FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS
00:13:47 AND I HAVE OWNED ST MARY'S PUB BY MYSELF FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS
00:13:50 I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT HAVE
00:13:55 BEEN PARTNERED, HAVE PARTNERED WITH ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
00:13:58 SUCH AS I OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND LGBTQ PLUS SPACES AND OVER
00:14:08 THE DON'T GET ROOFIED CAMPAIGN ALTHOUGH I DON'T LIKE THAT TERM
00:14:16 AND IT IS JUST EXCITED TO CONTINUE AND REPRESENT SAN
00:14:24 FRANCISCO AS THE INDUSTRY REP. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK
00:14:29 YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
00:14:30 COMMISSIONER. I DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS OR
00:14:32 STATEMENTS QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES SO WE WILL GO TO
00:14:36 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.
00:14:39 YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
00:14:40 SHOULD LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME EACH SPEAKER WILL BE
00:14:45 ALLOWED TWO MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS THE
00:14:46 PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS MATTER?
00:14:48 >> THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS FOR THIS MATTER.
00:14:49 THANK YOU SENIOR SPEAKERS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
00:14:53 AND I WOULD LIKE TO FORWARD THIS APPOINTMENT TO THE FULL
00:14:57 BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION YES ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD MARIA
00:15:02 DAVIS TO YOU THE FULL BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR SEAT TO
00:15:06 APPOINTMENT ON THAT MOTION REMEMBER WANG WANG I REMEMBER
00:15:13 MENEM IN HIGH MADAM AND I CHAIR WALTON I WILL DENY THAT MOTION
00:15:16 PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> THANK YOU.
00:15:17 MOTION CARRY. >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CLERK,
00:15:22 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER THREE. >> YES.
00:15:26 ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER APPOINTING ONE
00:15:28 MEMBER TERM ENDING JANUARY 1ST, 2027 AND ONE MEMBER TERM ENDING
00:15:33 JANUARY 1ST, 2028 THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
00:15:36 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I ALWAYS WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
00:15:39 WHO IS WILLING TO SERVE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMISSION
00:15:43 AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WANTING TO STEP UP AS WE KNOW
00:15:47 THERE ARE ONLY TWO SEATS AND WE HAVE A FEW CANDIDATES AND SO IF
00:15:52 FOR SOME REASON YOU ARE NOT SELECTED TO SERVE IN THIS
00:15:56 CAPACITY WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SEEK WAYS TO SERVE
00:16:00 THIS CITY. >> WITH THAT SAID, I AM GOING
00:16:04 TO CALL INDIVIDUAL ROSE UP TO SPEAK FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES
00:16:08 IN THE ORDER THAT YOU APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
00:16:12 AND SO FIRST WE WILL GO WITH ATHENA BRINGING IN FOR SEAT
00:16:18 TWO. >> I DID RECEIVE A MESSAGE SHE
00:16:19 IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MORNING BUT SHE IS STILL
00:16:22 INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH ALISA MEPS
00:16:29 AND KNOW LEAST MEPS AND GABRIELLE OKAMOTO PLEASE
00:16:36 COME UP TO THE MIKES. GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
00:16:51 RULES COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS GABRIEL SAMANTHA
00:16:52 OKAMOTO AND I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ONE
00:16:58 OF THE COMMISSION SEATS WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:17:00 COMMISSION. >> SAN FRANCISCO IS AT THE
00:17:03 FOREFRONT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH .
00:17:06 WE HAVE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CARE, ADVANCING EQUITY
00:17:10 AND ADDRESSING COMPLEX MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
00:17:12 CHALLENGES. I SERVED IN BOTH THE UNITED
00:17:16 STATES ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TELEPHONE, NATIONAL GUARD
00:17:20 AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE.
00:17:21 MY MILITARY SERVICE TAUGHT ME DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY
00:17:25 AND AN IMPORTANCE FOR CARING FOR PEOPLE UNDER UNDER INTENSE
00:17:32 PRESSURE. IT GAVE ME A DEEPER
00:17:35 UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES FACED BY
00:17:37 VETERANS, SERVICEMEMBERS AND FAMILIES NAVIGATING TRAUMA
00:17:40 TRANSITION AND ACCESS TO CARE. DURING COVID 19 I WORKED AT A
00:17:46 COVID TESTING FACILITY CLINIC HERE IN THE BAY AREA SUPPORTING
00:17:48 PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY ACCESS TO CARE.
00:17:52 I SUPPORTED THE THE STATE DEEPLY A SURGEON GENERAL WHOSE
00:17:55 WORK FOCUSED ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR VETERANS AND THEIR
00:17:58 FAMILIES. I ALSO BRING LIVED EXPERIENCE
00:18:00 TO THIS WORK. I LIVE WITH MILITARY RELATED
00:18:03 PTSD AND I'M A SURVIVOR OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
00:18:06 THROUGH THROUGH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
00:18:11 >> I LEARNED TOOLS AND STRATEGIES THAT HAVE
00:18:12 ALLOWED ME TO CONTINUE DAILY LIFE BEING PRODUCTIVE AND IN
00:18:18 HELPING THE PUBLIC PROFESSIONALLY.
00:18:19 >> I SERVED AS A CONSULTANT FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
00:18:24 RULES COMMITTEE AS ADVISOR TO THE SENATOR REPRESENTING SAN
00:18:27 FRANCISCO AND SUPPORTED THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON CASEWORK
00:18:32 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I DEVELOPED KNOWLEDGE OF THE
00:18:38 MASONS MANUAL OF LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE WHICH STATED MY
00:18:42 ABILITY TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE PUBLIC MEETINGS
00:18:46 AND ORDERLY DECISION MAKING ALSO WAS PLACED ON SPECIAL
00:18:49 ASSIGNMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE TO SUPPORT SENATOR
00:18:51 DR. PAN AND HIS OFFICE HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS GAIN ACCESS TO
00:18:57 SERVICES LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
00:19:03 SOME OF THOSE EXPERIENCES REINFORCED TO ME THAT BEHIND
00:19:07 EVERY POLICY DECISION IS A PERSON, A FAMILY AND A STORY.
00:19:12 I CARRIED THOSE LESSONS WITH ME WITH MY WORK OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS
00:19:16 IN MATTERS REQUIRING URGENCY, DISCRETION AND SOUND JUDGMENT
00:19:20 THAT EXPERIENCE SHAPED MY BELIEF THAT GOVERNMENT WORKS
00:19:23 BEST WHEN IT IS RESPONSIVE. ORGANIZE AND ACCOUNTABLE.
00:19:27 LAST YEAR I ATTENDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION MEETINGS BOTH
00:19:30 IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY THAT ATTENDANCE HAS GIVEN ME A CLEAR
00:19:34 UNDERSTANDING OF COMMISSIONS THE COMMISSION'S
00:19:35 RESPONSIBILITIES, ITS ROLE IN PUBLIC OVERSIGHT AND THE
00:19:38 IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING MEETINGS THAT ARE RESPECTFUL,
00:19:39 PRODUCTIVE AND ACTION ORIENTED. IF APPOINTED I HOPE TO BRING MY
00:19:45 BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC SERVICE VETERANS ADVOCACY LIVED
00:19:46 EXPERIENCE IN PARLIAMENTARY PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TO HELP
00:19:53 THE COMMISSION MOVE FORWARD. >> I BELIEVE THOUGHTFUL PROCESS
00:19:57 LEADS TO STRONGER OUTCOMES AND I BELIEVE THAT SAN
00:20:00 FRANCISCO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
00:20:01 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH POLICY ACCESS EQUITY INNOVATION.
00:20:05 I BELIEVE IN THE MAYOR'S VISION ON MOVING THE CITY FORWARD
00:20:09 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, THE
00:20:12 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
00:20:13 AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS FOR PROFITABLE COMPASSIONATE
00:20:17 AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
00:20:20 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:20:23 >> NEXT WE HAVE CARRIE BURNS NO CARRIE BURNS FOR SEAT TWO.
00:20:30 OKAY. LISA MARIE BLEACHER FOR SEAT
00:20:34 TWO. >> LISA MARIE LISA WILLIAMS FOR
00:20:44 SEAT SEVEN I DON'T SO GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
00:20:52 SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD
00:20:58 25 PLUS YEARS THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH
00:21:01 COMMUNITY I WAS PRIOR ON THE COMMISSION AND I STUCK WITH
00:21:05 COMMISSION THROUGH A LOT OF OUR CHALLENGES PRIOR TO THAT I WAS
00:21:09 ON THE MENTAL HEALTH BOARD WHERE WE DID A LOT OF WORK
00:21:13 AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID
00:21:16 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK IS WE WENT OUT TO COMMUNITY, WE
00:21:19 DID A WAY FOR THEM TO COME TO US.
00:21:20 >> I'VE ALSO DONE A NUMBER OF WORK IN NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES
00:21:24 THE BIPOC COMMUNITY, THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
00:21:28 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I'M GOING TO CONCERN ABOUT INCREASING
00:21:32 NUMBERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND SENIORS ARE MEETING A LOT
00:21:35 OF CHALLENGES IN MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR US TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
00:21:39 THEM I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT ADVOCACY.
00:21:42 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:21:43 NEXT WE HAVE NICHOLAS CHAPMAN NO NICHOLAS CHAPMAN REMINDING
00:22:00 GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS RAYMOND DANG AND I'M A
00:22:04 RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO WHERE I'VE LIVED FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS.
00:22:07 >> I AM A HEALTH CARE SERVICES RESEARCHER AND A DATA
00:22:11 SCIENTIST. I WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL DOWN
00:22:12 AT STANFORD AND I HOLD AN MPH FROM THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF
00:22:16 PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES I'VE RESEARCHED
00:22:19 ADDICTION PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AT THE PALO ALTO VETERANS
00:22:26 AFFAIRS HEALTH SYSTEMS CAPACITY BUILDING AT THE WORLD HEALTH
00:22:30 ORGANIZATION AND VALUE BASED CONTRACTS THAT MINIMIZE COST
00:22:34 AND MAXIMIZE QUALITY IN MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
00:22:35 PROGRAMS ACROSS THREE HEALTH CARE STARTUPS PERHAPS MOST
00:22:41 IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE A BROTHER NAMED JOHN WHO HAS BEEN
00:22:43 STRUGGLING FOR TWO DECADES WITH OPIATE ADDICTION.
00:22:45 I ORIGINALLY RELOCATED ADDED HIM TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM
00:22:50 MICHIGAN WHERE WE BOTH GREW UP BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING
00:22:53 IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AND ABUSING PRESCRIPTION
00:22:54 PAINKILLERS. >> BUT JOHN'S ADDICTION GREW
00:22:57 WORSE AFTER THE MOVE WHERE HE BEGAN USING HEROIN
00:23:00 AND ULTIMATELY A FENTANYL AND HE PING PONG TWO IN AND OUT
00:23:04 OF SEVERAL LOVING HOMES AND ADDICTION PROGRAMS
00:23:07 AND HOMELESS SHELTERS ACROSS THE CITY AFTER HE SURVIVED AN
00:23:12 OVERDOSE THREE YEARS AGO I ASKED HIM TO LIVE WITH ME
00:23:15 AND MY PARTNER IN PATROL HILL WHERE HE HAS BEEN SINCE LIVING
00:23:19 THANKFULLY SOBER HE'S CURRENTLY EMPLOYED TAKES MONTHLY
00:23:20 SUPPLICATING DIRECTIONS, IS INVOLVED IN A AND A GROUPS
00:23:24 THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HAS A SPONSOR.
00:23:28 HE'S ABOUT TO BEGIN SPONSORING SOMEONE HIMSELF AND I COULDN'T
00:23:31 BE MORE PROUD OF HIM ALTHOUGH OUR JOURNEY HAS BEEN LONG HAS
00:23:35 GIVEN ME THE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF
00:23:38 RESOURCES IT TAKES TO BUILD A LIFE BACK THAT IS THE CRUCIAL
00:23:42 BUT THE CRUCIAL BUT PATCHWORK NETWORK OF SOCIAL AND MENTAL
00:23:47 HEALTH SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY.
00:23:48 ADDICTION MEDICINE AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE MEDICAL
00:23:51 ESTABLISHMENT AND HOW TO BALANCE THE DUAL MANDATES OF
00:23:55 CARE AND BOUNDARY SETTING SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:24:00 THE CITY'S MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION PROGRAMS HAVE
00:24:02 ARGUABLY SAVED HIS LIFE AND SO I HAVE A VERY PERSONAL INTEREST
00:24:08 IN FUNDING THE PROGRAMS THAT WORK AND ENSURING THEIR LONG
00:24:10 TERM SUCCESS. I'LL BRING TO THE CITY A HEALTH
00:24:14 CARE SERVICES RESEARCHERS EYE FOR MEASURING EFFICACY
00:24:17 AND PROFIT AND THE PRAGMATISM OF SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN
00:24:21 GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE TRAGEDY OF THE OPIATE CRISIS.
00:24:24 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:24:28 SOME RIGHT ROY FOR SEAT SEVEN NO SOME ROOM.
00:24:37 I DID GET A NOTICE THAT HE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S
00:24:39 MEETING BUT HE IS STILL INTERESTED IN THE SEAT.
00:24:42 >> THANK YOU. THERESA NEUBAUER?
00:24:45 NO THERESA ALL RIGHT. >> I DON'T SEE ANY STATEMENTS
00:24:50 OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT FROM COLLEAGUES SO WE WILL GO TO
00:24:54 PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.
00:24:58 >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
00:25:01 SHALL LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME EACH SPEAKER WILL BE
00:25:03 ALLOWED TWO MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
00:25:06 PUBLIC WHO LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS MATTER?
00:25:09 THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS FOR THIS MATTER.
00:25:10 THANK YOU SENIOR SPEAKERS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
00:25:14 >> AND AGAIN I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS
00:25:20 WILLING TO SERVE. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALWAYS THE
00:25:21 TOUGHEST PART OF OUR JOB SELECTING FROM A LIST OF
00:25:25 QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WHO WANT TO SERVE THE CITY KNOWING THAT
00:25:29 WE ONLY HAVE TWO SEATS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME WE LOOK
00:25:33 AT EXPIRING AND WE LOOK AT DIVERSITY BUT ALSO ALLOW
00:25:37 OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
00:25:40 AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
00:25:44 ATHENA BRINGING IN FOR SEAT TO AND RECOMMENDING FOR SEAT SEVEN
00:25:55 TO SUPERVISOR WONG. >> I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE
00:26:01 APPLICANTS FOR APPLYING AS WELL.
00:26:04 THERE ARE 1010 APPLICANTS FOR FOR TWO POSITIONS SO JUST SO
00:26:11 MUCH EXPERIENCE HERE AND JUST HAVING TO CHOOSE FROM SO MANY
00:26:15 PEOPLE FOR JUST 2 OR 2 SEATS IS VERY, VERY HARD.
00:26:21 SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT HERE AND MAKING
00:26:23 SUBMISSIONS. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:25 SUPERVISOR ONE AND ON THAT MOTION.
00:26:28 MR. CLERK YES, AND THE MOTION MEMBER WONG WONG I REMEMBER
00:26:36 MADAM I RANDOM AND I CHAIR WALTON I WALKED IN I THAT
00:26:40 MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:26:44 MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MR. CLERK DO WE
00:26:48 HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS THIS MORNING THAT COMPLETES THE
00:26:49 AGENDA FOR TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:52 WE ARE ADJOURNED