00:00:05 . YES.
00:00:16 GOOD MORNING. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER
00:00:19 . WELCOME TO THE JUNE 17TH, 2026
00:00:23 MEETING OF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
00:00:24 I AM SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:00:27 I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY
00:00:31 AND MEMBERS SUPERVISORS DANNY SAUDER AND SHAMAR WALTON
00:00:35 PRESENT AND RAVI AMANDO MANN WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY OUR
00:00:39 CLERK IT'S BRETT AND HALIMA. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JAMIE
00:00:42 ARBITRARY FROM ESP GOV TV FOR BROADCASTING THIS MEETING.
00:00:45 >> MR. CLERK DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT?
00:00:46 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO
00:00:49 THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO AGAIN PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL
00:00:51 CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO PREVENT
00:00:54 INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR PROCEEDINGS AND SHOULD YOU HAVE
00:00:57 ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE THAT SHOULD BE
00:00:59 SUBMITTED TO MYSELF THE CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:01:02 EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA. WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOUR ITEM OF
00:01:04 INTEREST COMES UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT THIS COLD PLEASE LINE
00:01:07 UP TO SPEAK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER TO YOUR RIGHT MY
00:01:09 LEFT ALONG THOSE CURTAINS AND WHILE NOT REQUIRED TO
00:01:12 PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT WE DO INVITE YOU TO FILL OUT A
00:01:15 COMMENT CARD AND LEAVE THEM ON THE TRAY BY THE TELEVISION TO
00:01:18 YOUR LEFT BY THOSE DOORS IF YOU WISH FOR YOUR NAME TO BE
00:01:20 ACCURATELY RECORDED FOR THE MINUTES.
00:01:23 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING
00:01:24 IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS HE MAILED THEM TO MYSELF THE
00:01:27 BUDGET THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CLERK AT B R E.A.
00:01:31 THAT J L I P HAD S F G OF HE THORGY AND IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC
00:01:38 COMMENT BY EMAIL IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISORS
00:01:39 AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE.
00:01:42 YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS BY US POSTAL SERVICE
00:01:45 TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL HAD ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD AT
00:01:48 PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1 OR 2
00:01:52 AND FINALLY HAD TWO ITEMS ACTED UPON AND REFERRED OUT OF
00:01:55 COMMITTEE TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR WITH THE FIRST
00:01:58 APPEARANCE OF THE BUDGET ON THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:02:01 AGENDA OF JULY 14TH UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED MADAM CHAIR
00:02:05 THANK YOU AND BEFORE WE CALL THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA
00:02:11 FIRST THAT THE USER ACTUALLY WHAT WE IDENTIFY AS TRAVELING
00:02:14 LEGISLATION WHICH ACTUALLY TYPICAL LEAGUE GOES WITH THE
00:02:19 BUDGET IT MEANS THAT ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION
00:02:26 IS A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR AND AND HIS BUDGET OFFICE
00:02:30 AND TEAM AND AND IT WILL REQUIRE A CONVERSATION AND AN
00:02:38 AGREEMENT TO COME TO AMEND THESE LEGISLATION THAT WITH
00:02:42 THAT ALSO IS EACH ITEM WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC
00:02:46 COMMENT AND HAS INDICATED THAT TODAY WITH THIS COMMITTEE THE
00:02:51 CORP OF COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE AND OF COURSE FOR
00:02:57 THOSE ITEM THAT HAS BUDGETED LEGISLATIVE ANALYST REPORT AS
00:02:58 USUAL WE WILL HAVE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION FIRST FOLLOWED BY
00:03:02 THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST.
00:03:05 THEN WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THIS BODY.
00:03:09 >> THEN WE WILL PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:03:12 >> AND SO WITH THAT MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:03:20 YES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE
00:03:21 AMENDING THE BUSINESS AND TAX REGULATIONS CODE TO EXTEND
00:03:26 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN FIRST YEAR
00:03:27 PERMIT LICENSE AND BUSINESS. >> OH SORRY.
00:03:31 IS THAT RIGHT? I'M SORRY.
00:03:33 >> ONE SECOND. >> WE'VE HAD THE RUN.
00:03:38 THAT'S IT IS IT IS AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE BUSINESS AND TAX
00:03:42 REGULATIONS GOES TO EXTEND THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 THE
00:03:48 WAIVER OF CERTAIN FIRST YEAR PERMIT LICENSE AND BUSINESS
00:03:49 REGISTRATION FEES FOR SPECIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEWLY
00:03:52 FORM OR THAT OPEN A NEW LOCATION.
00:03:55 >> MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND I WOULD
00:03:59 LIKE TO WELCOME SUPERVISORS STEVE AND CHERYL TO THE CHAMBER
00:04:03 AND JOINING THIS COMMITTEE AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE YOUR
00:04:04 REMARKS. >> WELL, GOOD MORNING,
00:04:07 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.
00:04:08 CHAIR CHAN VICE CHAIR TRACY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR HEARING
00:04:11 THIS ITEM TODAY. THIS AUDIT EXTENDS ORDINANCE
00:04:14 EXTENDS THE THE CITY'S FIRST YEAR FREE PROGRAM WHICH IS SET
00:04:17 TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH AFTER WHICH NEW SMALL BUSINESSES WILL
00:04:21 FACE SIGNIFICANT RENT COST INCREASES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO
00:04:25 OPEN NEW STOREFRONTS IN THE CITY.
00:04:27 I INTRODUCED THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S VITAL
00:04:29 THAT WE EXTEND THE PROGRAM. INVESTING IN OUR SMALL
00:04:32 BUSINESSES NOT ONLY HELPS OUR MERCHANT CORRIDOR AS AN ECONOMY
00:04:33 BUT INJECTS LIFE AND VIBRANCY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
00:04:37 CITYWIDE. AS OF JUNE 15TH, THIS PROGRAM
00:04:39 HAS HELPED OVER 14,000 ENROLLED BUSINESSES SO FAR.
00:04:42 THIS IS A KEY PART OF OUR POST-PANDEMIC SUCCESS AND IT
00:04:47 REALLY IS INJECTING THAT LIFE INTO OUR MERCHANT CORRIDORS.
00:04:50 EXTENDING FIRST YEAR FREE IS NOT JUST ABOUT WAIVING FEES
00:04:51 IT'S IT'S REALLY IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.
00:04:54 >> IT'S ABOUT SENDING A MESSAGE THAT WE HERE IN CITY HALL ARE A
00:04:57 PARTNER FOR BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE HELPING TO DRIVE SAN
00:05:01 FRANCISCO'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY. SO COLLEAGUES, I HOPE TO HAVE
00:05:02 YOUR SUPPORT IN SENDING THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD OF
00:05:05 SUPERVISORS. BUT BEFORE WE DO SO I'M HOPING
00:05:08 TO HAVE A CLARIFYING NON SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT ADDED TO
00:05:12 THE FILE. THIS AMENDS MINT WHICH HAS BEEN
00:05:17 CIRCULATED WITH YOU ELECTRONICALLY PRIOR TO THE
00:05:18 MEETING ALTHOUGH I HAVE SOME COPIES HERE WILL GIVE THE CITY
00:05:21 FLEXIBILITY WHEN EXTENDING THE FIRST YEAR FREE PROGRAM.
00:05:25 SPECIFICALLY THE AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE CITY TO EXTEND THE
00:05:28 FIRST YEAR FREE PROGRAM TO EITHER NEXT JUNE 30TH 2027 OR
00:05:33 UNTIL THE TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR NOTIFIES THE BOARD
00:05:37 THAT ALL FUNDS HAVE BEEN DRAWN DOWN.
00:05:40 NOW THAT'S A CRITICAL CLARIFICATION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
00:05:45 WE HAVE A BUDGET PROCESS COMING UP BUT THERE IS ALSO MORE MONEY
00:05:48 REMAINING FROM LAST YEAR. SO THE GOAL OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE
00:05:51 TO EXTEND IT FURTHER TO GET MORE MONEY FOR A FULL YEAR NEXT
00:05:53 YEAR BUT WOULD ALSO BE TO USE THE MONEY THAT WE CURRENTLY
00:05:59 HAVE SO THAT BUSINESSES WHO APPLY ON JULY 1ST JULY 2ND CAN
00:06:02 STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THIS ORDINANCE SOLELY GIVES THE
00:06:06 CITY THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM.
00:06:09 NOW OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOW ON US TO DECIDE TO INVEST IN THE
00:06:14 PROGRAM, INVEST IN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND INVEST IN OUR
00:06:15 CONTINUED ECONOMIC RECOVERY WHEN WE MAKE IT EASIER TO
00:06:18 START, STAY AND GROW BUSINESS HERE WE'RE INVESTING IN THE
00:06:22 FUTURE OF NEIGHBORHOODS WORKFORCE IN OUR CITY AS A
00:06:26 WHOLE. I KNOW I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
00:06:27 SEVERAL COLLEAGUES HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
00:06:29 ALL OF YOU TO INVEST IN THIS CRITICAL PROGRAM THAT HAS
00:06:32 HELPED THOUSANDS OF OUR CHERISHED SMALL BUSINESSES.
00:06:34 SO COLLEAGUES, I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT IN THESE TECHNICAL
00:06:37 AMENDMENTS TODAY AND TO MOVE FORWARD THIS AUTHORIZING
00:06:40 LEGISLATION TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:06:44 >> THANK YOU AGAIN. CHIN AND TO ALL THE COMMITTEE
00:06:45 MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
00:06:48 SUPERVISOR WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ OUT LOUD THE TECHNICAL
00:06:52 AMENDMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE BE SURE THANK YOU.
00:06:56 >> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
00:07:02 EXCUSE ME HERE BRIEFLY LOOK AT MY NOTES ORGANIZE OH SORRY.
00:07:13 HERE I'VE GOT TO MISS SET. WHERE ARE WE?
00:07:23 >> OKAY IF WE GO TO THE FIFTH PAGE LINE ONE STARTS WITH THE
00:07:30 WAIVER OF FEES PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION 76.3 SHALL EXPIRE BY
00:07:33 OPERATION OF LAW AND THIS IS THE ADDITION ON THE EARLIER OF
00:07:43 JULY 1ST 2027 OR TO THE 30 DAYS EXCUSE ME AFTER THE OFFICE OF
00:07:46 THE TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR PROVIDES WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE
00:07:50 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO REIMBURSE
00:07:54 DEPARTMENTS FOR THE WAIVERED FEES HAVE BEEN EXPENDED.
00:07:55 THOSE TWO LINES JULY 1ST, 2027 OR 30 DAYS AFTER ALL THESE HAVE
00:07:59 BEEN EXPENDED WOULD REPLACE PREVIOUS TEXT THAT SAYS THAT IT
00:08:05 EXPIRES AT THE END AT THE END OF THE DAY ON JUNE 30TH 2026.
00:08:10 >> FURTHER NO PERMIT FEES, INITIAL LICENSE FEES ETC. FILED
00:08:14 ON OR AFTER AND THIS IS NEW THE DATE OR THE FEE WAIVER UNDER
00:08:19 THIS SECTION 76.3 EXPIRES AS PROVIDED IN THE PREVIOUS
00:08:22 SENTENCE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST 28 THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AUTHORIZED
00:08:29 TO CAUSE THIS SECTION 76.3 TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BUSINESS
00:08:32 AND TAX REGULATIONS CODE. THANK YOU AND WE'LL GO TO THE
00:08:38 BOE. I DON'T ONE IS AN ORDINANCE
00:08:44 THAT AMENDS THE BUSINESS TAX AND REGULATIONS CODE TO EXTEND
00:08:47 THE FIRST YEAR FREE PROGRAM THROUGH JUNE 2027 OR UNTIL
00:08:50 FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PROGRAM RUN OUT.
00:08:54 THIS PROGRAM WAIVES FEES FOR NEW BUSINESSES OR BUSINESSES
00:08:58 THAT OPEN NEW LOCATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT GENERATE LESS
00:09:01 THAN $5 MILLION IN GROSS RECEIPTS IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH
00:09:05 THE WIND DOWN THE TREASURY TAX COLLECTOR WOULD COORDINATE WITH
00:09:09 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO STOP ENROLLING NEW BUSINESSES IN THE
00:09:13 PROGRAM STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
00:09:16 AND AS WE DESCRIBE ON PAGE THREE OF THE REPORT SO THERE'S
00:09:19 $2.5 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR THE PROGRAM AND THIS YEAR ABOUT
00:09:24 2.4 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT AS OF JUNE 1ST 2026.
00:09:27 SO THERE'S LESS THAN $100,000 LEFT IN THAT AUTHORITY.
00:09:31 HOWEVER, THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR
00:09:35 THE PROGRAM BUT HAVE NOT OBTAINED ALL THEIR FEE WAIVERS
00:09:38 TO SO TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S FUNDING TO DO SO ALL WE DO IS
00:09:42 TRANSFERRING COMMERCIAL VACANCY TAX REVENUES TO THE FIRST YEAR
00:09:46 FREE PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT OF ABOUT $880,000 TO BASICALLY PAY
00:09:53 FOR THE FEE WAIVERS FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY
00:09:54 IN THE PIPELINE AND SOME OF THOSE WAIVERS WILL NOT COME DUE
00:09:58 UNTIL NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT MONEY WAS NEVER PROGRAMED
00:10:02 SO IT'S NOT DEFINED IN ANY SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
00:10:09 WE ALSO KNOWN AS A POLICY CONSIDERATION THAT THE AVERAGE
00:10:10 FEE WAIVER IS ABOUT $1,100 PER BUSINESS.
00:10:13 I THINK I'M BUDGET NEUTRAL WAY THAT THE BOARD COULD ACCOMPLISH
00:10:17 A SIMILAR GOAL WOULD BE TO MOVE THE DUE DATE FOR FEES FOR NEW
00:10:24 BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO GENERATE WORKING
00:10:25 CAPITAL TO PAY THE FEES PERHAPS 6 TO 12 MONTHS AFTER THE FEES
00:10:31 ARE DUE BUT STILL PAY THE FEES TO THE CITY BECAUSE OTHERWISE
00:10:34 IT COSTS THE GENERAL FUND PROBABLY OVER $3 MILLION A YEAR
00:10:36 TO FULLY FUND THIS PROGRAM NEXT YEAR.
00:10:39 BUT WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM ONE.
00:10:41 >> THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT WILL GO TO I
00:10:45 DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
00:10:46 LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
00:10:49 >> YES WE ARE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
00:10:52 ONE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH ADDRESS
00:10:53 THIS COMMITTEE. >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
00:10:56 SPEAKERS SEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
00:11:00 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
00:11:01 SUPERVISOR SAUDER THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR
00:11:03 CHERYL FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
00:11:07 I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY HERE.
00:11:11 I KNOW THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE TO SORT OUT THE FUNDING SOURCE
00:11:15 AS WE SEEK TO EXTEND THIS TO JUNE 30TH, 2027 AND I TRUST
00:11:22 THAT SUPERVISOR CHERYL AND OVIEDO AND MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:11:23 AND SO FORTH WILL PARTNER TO IDENTIFY THAT FUNDING SOURCE.
00:11:26 BUT I DO THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:11:29 YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S A REALLY NICE SOMETIMES IT'S A SURPRISE
00:11:33 SOMETIMES PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT BUT IT'S A REALLY NICE THING
00:11:36 FOR BUSINESSES TO TO HAVE RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND IT'S A GREAT
00:11:38 WAY FOR US TO I THINK SET THE TONE THAT THIS IS A SHOULD BE A
00:11:42 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR
00:11:45 IN OUR MISSION CORRIDORS. AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY
00:11:49 EMBLEMATIC PROGRAM OF THAT OF THAT SPIRIT.
00:11:50 AND SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT. >> THANK YOU.
00:11:52 AND SO WITH THAT I LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE ITEM AS INDICATED
00:12:00 BOTH THE AMENDMENT FOR THE TIMELINE THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF
00:12:06 2027 AND ADDING TO UNTIL THE EARLIER OF JUNE 30TH 30 OF 2027
00:12:10 OR ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO REIMBURSE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE
00:12:15 WAIVE FEES HAVE BEEN EXPENDED AND THAT'S FOR THAT LONG TITLE
00:12:18 AND ALSO ADDING RETROACTIVITY THROUGHOUT.
00:12:22 SO WITH THAT AMENDMENT THAT A MOTION THANK YOU.
00:12:25 >> SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR DORSEY TO AMEND THE ITEM A ROLL CALL
00:12:30 PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
00:12:33 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE AMEND THIS
00:12:37 ORDINANCE AS A READ INTO THE RECORD BY THE SUPERVISOR
00:12:38 AND THAT WE REFER THIS ORDINANCE TO THE JULY 14TH
00:12:42 BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED FLETCHER DORSEY
00:12:45 AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON
00:12:49 I REMEMBER MANDOLIN MADAM AND ABSENT CHURCH HIM I CAN I
00:12:54 WE HAVE FOR US THE MOTION PASSES AND MR. CLERK IF I
00:12:57 UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THIS IS GOING TO BE IF WE WERE TO MOVE
00:13:01 THIS ITEM TO FOOTBALL WITH RECOMMENDATION IT WILL BE JULY
00:13:04 14TH JULY 15TH AS A ROLLING LEGISLATION WITH THE BUDGET.
00:13:17 THAT IS CORRECT, MADAM CHAIR. IT WILL BE JULY 14TH WITH THE
00:13:22 FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE BUDGET. THANK YOU.
00:13:23 AND SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO
00:13:26 FOUR WITH AMEND ITEM TWO FOR FOUR WE RECOMMENDATION ON JULY
00:13:32 14TH AND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AT A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:13:36 >> YES AND ON THAT MOTION THAT WE REFERRED THIS ORDINANCE TO
00:13:40 JULY 14TH FULL BOARD HAS AMENDED THE FIRST YEAR DORSEY
00:13:44 DORSEY HI AMBASSADOR SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
00:13:47 REMEMBER GENTLEMAN MADAM AND ABSENT CHURCH MAN I CAN I
00:13:51 WE HAVE FOR US THE MOTION PASSES AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK
00:13:55 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO. YES.
00:13:59 ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:14:02 PUBLIC LIBRARY TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE GRANT IN THE
00:14:03 AMOUNT OF UP TO 1.5 MILLION IN IN-KIND GIFTS, SERVICES
00:14:07 AND CASH MONEYS FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:14:10 PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR DIRECT SUPPORT FOR THE CHINATOWN
00:14:14 BRANCH RENOVATION CAPITAL PROJECT WITHIN THE PERIOD OF
00:14:18 FISCAL YEARS 2026 TO 2027 THROUGH JUNE 29TH OH SORRY
00:14:23 THROUGH 2029 TO 2030. MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:14:28 >> AND TODAY WE HAVE OUR MR. LIBRARIAN HERE.
00:14:29 WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:14:32 GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CHAN VICE CHAIR DORSEY SUPERVISORS WALTON
00:14:35 AND SUPERVISOR SOUDER. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
00:14:39 TO PRESENT THE LIBRARY'S F Y 2728 PROPOSED ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:14:46 FOR FUNDS RAISED BY THE FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION OF THE SAN
00:14:47 FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY IN SUPPORT OF THE MAJOR
00:14:50 RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC CHINATOWN HEM MARK LEE BRANCH
00:14:54 LIBRARY I'M JOINED TODAY BY MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY'S
00:14:58 LEADERSHIP TEAM MAUREEN SINGLETON, OUR CHIEF OPERATING
00:15:02 OFFICER AND MIKE FERNANDEZ, OUR CFO.
00:15:04 >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> AS HAS LONG BEEN THE
00:15:09 PRACTICE FOR THE LIBRARY'S MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE
00:15:12 FRIENDS PROVIDE CRITICAL FUNDING FOR FURNISHINGS,
00:15:16 FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT HELPING US TO DELIVER THE HIGH QUALITY
00:15:20 WELCOMING PUBLIC SPACES OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TO EXPECT
00:15:23 IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES.
00:15:24 >> THEIR COMMITMENT OF UP TO 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS
00:15:28 RENOVATION PROJECT CONTINUES THAT TRADITION OF PARTNERSHIP
00:15:31 AND INVESTMENT. >> I KNOW THIS PROJECT IS NEAR
00:15:35 AND DEAR TO OUR DISTRICT THREE SUPERVISORS ORDER AND WE ARE
00:15:39 EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BREAKING GROUND LATER THIS FALL
00:15:43 ONCE THE WINNING CONSTRUCTION FIRM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO
00:15:46 TAKE ON THIS PROJECT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION LIBRARY SERVICE
00:15:49 IN CHINATOWN WILL CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED FROM OUR
00:15:54 TEMPORARY LEASED SPACE AT 950 GRAND AVENUE ENSURING WE
00:15:58 MAINTAIN VITAL ACCESS TO LIBRARY RESOURCES AND SERVICES.
00:16:01 >> NEXT SLIDE. IN CLOSING I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN
00:16:06 EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR
00:16:09 YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:16:11 RESIDENTS AND ALL OF OUR LIBRARY USERS.
00:16:14 THIS LEGISLATION PLAYS A KEY ROLE TO ENSURE THAT THE
00:16:18 CHINATOWN BRANCH RENOVATION HAS ALL THE FUNDING RESOURCES
00:16:21 NEEDED IN PLACE TO DELIVER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
00:16:24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TODAY.
00:16:26 >> WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
00:16:29 HAVE. >> THANK YOU.
00:16:29 I DON'T SEE ANY NAMES ON THE ROSTER.
00:16:33 WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
00:16:34 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:16:36 >> YES, WE HAVE AN OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM
00:16:39 NUMBER TWO. IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
00:16:40 PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE.
00:16:46 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS EMILY GARVEY AND I
00:16:48 AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:16:51 PUBLIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:16:54 CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM TODAY.
00:16:54 FRIENDS STANDS BY READY TO ORGANIZE AND GALVANIZE
00:16:58 COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THIS CRITICAL PROJECT.
00:17:02 >> AS OUR SINGLE MOST ACCESSIBLE AND WELCOMING PUBLIC
00:17:03 SERVICE IN THE CITY WITH DOORS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, IT IS
00:17:07 CRITICAL THAT OUR SPACES ARE ALL DOING THE MAXIMUM THAT THEY
00:17:10 CAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING FUNDING FOR
00:17:14 FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT THAT MAKE THESE
00:17:18 SPACES WARM AND WELCOMING, FLEXIBLE AND USEFUL TO OUR
00:17:19 COMMUNITY. >> MAKES GREAT SENSE AND WE ARE
00:17:22 READY TO DO SO. THANK YOU MUCH EMILY GARVEY
00:17:26 AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE.
00:17:30 >> MADAM CHAIR THE COMPLETION KEEP SEEING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS
00:17:33 . PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE
00:17:36 AND SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU CHAIR.
00:17:40 I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR
00:17:41 THIS. IT'S YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE'RE
00:17:44 ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S A GOOD
00:17:48 LIBRARY NOW BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT LIBRARY AFTER THESE
00:17:49 RENOVATIONS. AND THANKS AS WELL TO THE
00:17:52 FRIENDS AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE PUT FORWARD THEIR DOLLARS
00:17:56 TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS LIKE THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:17:59 IT REALLY, REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND I LOOK FORWARD
00:18:02 TO THE GROUNDBREAKING IN THE FALL.
00:18:06 ABSOLUTELY. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE
00:18:07 PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE TEMPORARY SPACE.
00:18:10 I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TO HAVE THE FORESIGHT TO
00:18:11 UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION WE WANT TO KEEP
00:18:14 THOSE SERVICES RUNNING AND HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
00:18:18 SO WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE TEMPORARY LIBRARY OPEN ON GRAND
00:18:22 AVENUE. AND SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE
00:18:23 TO ASK THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD WITH
00:18:26 RECOMMENDATION ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION PLEASE.
00:18:29 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY MEMBER SAUDER SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
00:18:34 DORSEY THAT WE REFER THIS RESOLUTION TO THE JULY 14TH
00:18:36 FULL BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
00:18:39 VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER.
00:18:43 SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER GENTLEMAN MADAM
00:18:47 AND ABSENT CHURCHMAN I CAN'T I HAVE FOR US THE MOTION PASSES
00:18:51 AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS THREE THROUGH FIVE TOGETHER YES
00:18:58 ITEM NUMBERS THREE THROUGH FIVE ARE TWO ORDINANCES AND ONE
00:19:01 RESOLUTION FOR THE FOLLOWING AMENDING THE HEALTH CODE TO SET
00:19:04 PATIENT RATES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF
00:19:08 PUBLIC HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028.
00:19:11 >> ITEM NUMBER THREE AMEND THE HEALTH CODE TO SET SUCH PATIENT
00:19:16 RATES AND SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR AMEND THE
00:19:18 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO INCREASE CERTAIN UTILITY METER FEES
00:19:21 AND AUTHORIZE THE COMPTROLLER TO ANNUALLY ADJUST DEVICE FEES
00:19:25 FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND UTILITY METERS UP TO THE
00:19:27 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE UNDER STATE LAW.
00:19:29 AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE AUTHORIZES THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE
00:19:33 OF RECURRING STATE GRANT FUNDS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT
00:19:37 OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2020 SEVEN.
00:19:41 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WE HAVE KELLY KIRKPATRICK,
00:19:48 ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
00:19:49 HEALTH. WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE.
00:19:52 >> MS. KIRKPATRICK THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:19:53 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR DORSEY I HAVE A
00:19:56 COMBINED PRESENTATION FOR ALL PIECES THREE PIECES OF
00:19:57 LEGISLATION. >> I'LL START OFF WITH OUR
00:20:00 HEALTH CODE PATIENT RATE LEGISLATION.
00:20:04 >> EVERY YEAR THE DEPARTMENT AMENDS OUR PATIENT RATES.
00:20:08 AND THIS YEAR IT'S FOR THE UPCOMING TWO YEAR BUDGET CYCLE.
00:20:12 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF SETTING OUR COMPETITIVE RATES IS TO
00:20:15 ENSURE ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FROM COMMERCIAL INSURANCE
00:20:19 COMPANIES. AND HAS MINIMAL IMPACT ON WHAT
00:20:23 PATIENTS ACTUALLY PAY. THIS IS ENSURING THAT WE'RE
00:20:26 MAXIMIZING REVENUE FROM MEDICARE, MEDI-CAL AND PRIVATE
00:20:30 INSURANCE. THE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAJORITY
00:20:34 OF ITS REVENUE IS RELIANT ON EXTERNAL REVENUE AND THIS HELPS
00:20:39 US IN NORMAL YEARS ASIDE FROM H.R. ONE TO MINIMIZE GENERAL
00:20:43 FUND REVENUE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
00:20:48 WE DO HAVE TWO PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT
00:20:52 PATIENTS REMAIN PROTECTED FROM UNEXPECTED MEDICAL BILLS.
00:20:56 >> AND THE ORDINANCE WAIVE ARE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO WAIVE
00:21:01 OR REDUCE THE FEES CHARGED PER THESE RATES FOR FOLKS WHO MEET
00:21:05 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
00:21:10 PROGRAMS INCLUDING CHARITY CARE AND DISCOUNT PAYMENT PROGRAMS.
00:21:14 >> WE TOOK AN ANALYTIC APPROACH THIS YEAR WORKING WITH THE
00:21:18 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE PERFORMANCE UNIT AND ENGAGED
00:21:21 WITH A CONSULTANT HMO TO REVIEW OUR PATIENT RATES TO DEVELOP A
00:21:25 MODEL FOR FACTORING AND MANAGED CARE MARKET RATE AND OTHER COST
00:21:29 CONSIDERATIONS. WE ARE PLANNING TO EXTEND OUR
00:21:33 RATES WHERE SERVICES EXCEED MARKET MARKET RATE SORRY
00:21:40 BENCHMARK RATES AND AND THEN AS WELL AS CHANGES TO OUR PHYSICAL
00:21:45 HEALTH SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER RATE SCHEDULES
00:21:48 IN ALIGNMENT WITH EITHER A MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULES BASED ON
00:21:53 CPI OR OTHER MEDICARE RATES. >> SO THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE OF
00:22:01 LEGISLATION. THE SECOND IS AN ADMIN CODE FEE
00:22:03 AMENDMENT TO OUR WEIGHTS AND FEES MEASURES.
00:22:07 >> THIS IS A CLEAN UP PIECE OF LEGISLATION RELATED TO WATER
00:22:11 VAPOR SUBMETER FEES. >> WE CLEANED UP OUR
00:22:14 ENVIRONMENTAL FEES LAST YEAR AND THESE WERE TWO THAT WERE
00:22:18 MISSED. WE ARE BRINGING THESE
00:22:19 IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE AND LOCAL FEE STRUCTURES
00:22:22 AND THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES AN INFLATIONARY FACTOR FOR FUTURE
00:22:26 YEARS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE CPI FOR
00:22:29 FEES WITH ALL OTHER OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FEE RATES.
00:22:34 >> AND THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE THIRD ARE ACCEPTING
00:22:37 EXPEND GRANTS FOR RECURRING STATE GRANTS.
00:22:40 WE ARE REQUESTING BOARD APPROVAL FOR REOCCURRING STATE
00:22:44 GRANTS WHICH THE ADMIN CODE ALLOWS US TO DO RATHER THAN
00:22:48 THROUGH SEPARATE A&E RESOLUTIONS.
00:22:48 >> THIS IS FOR ABOUT $85 MILLION OF STATE AND FEDERAL
00:22:55 PASSTHROUGH GRANTS THAT SUPPORT ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL ONGOING
00:22:58 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND ENSURES THAT WE HAVE TIMELY
00:23:01 RESPONSIVENESS TO THE STATE GRANTS.
00:23:02 AND THE BULK OF THESE GRANTS ARE FROM THE CALIFORNIA
00:23:06 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ALMOST $25 MILLION AT
00:23:09 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT ALMOST $27 MILLION
00:23:15 AND NEARLY $15 MILLION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTED GRANTS
00:23:19 . FOR EXAMPLE, THIS INCLUDES $10
00:23:20 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR FOR OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BRIDGE
00:23:23 HOUSING GRANTS THAT SUPPORT INTERIM HOUSING, RENTAL
00:23:27 ASSISTANCE, TINY HOMES, OTHER BRIDGE HOUSING.
00:23:32 ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS OUR SAG GRANTS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
00:23:35 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT BLOCK GRANTS.
00:23:37 THAT'S FOR $9 MILLION THAT WILL SUPPORT A BROAD ARRAY OF
00:23:39 ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS
00:23:42 AND PREVENTION SERVICES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM OF CARE.
00:23:45 >> WITH THAT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND I'M
00:23:49 HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I ALSO HAVE MY TEAM WITH ME
00:23:52 IN CASE IT'S SPECIFICITY THAT I DON'T QUITE KNOW AT HAND.
00:24:00 >> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE
00:24:04 ROSTER. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
00:24:05 THIS ITEM. >> YES.
00:24:08 RIGHT NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS THREE
00:24:11 THROUGH FIVE. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF
00:24:12 THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE.
00:24:15 MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
00:24:18 >> THANK YOU AND SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
00:24:19 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. COLLEAGUES, THIS HAS BEEN A
00:24:22 ROUTINE THESE HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL ROUTINE RATE HEARING.
00:24:26 >> IT'S IMPORTANT BUT I SO I APPRECIATE A WORK BUT WE WILL
00:24:33 MOVE THESE THREE ITEMS TO FULL BORE WITH RECOMMENDATION SECOND
00:24:40 SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:24:45 >> AND ON THAT MOTION MY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
00:24:48 DORSEY TO REFER ALL THREE ITEMS TO THE FULL BOARD ON THE JULY
00:24:52 14TH MEETING OF THE FULL BOARD VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I
00:24:56 REMEMBER SENATOR SAUTER, I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON, I
00:24:59 REMEMBER MADELINE MANDEL BEING ABSENT CHAIR CHAN I I WE HAVE
00:25:05 FOUR EYES THE MOTION PASSES AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE
00:25:09 CALL ITEM SIX AND SEVEN TOGETHER ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN
00:25:15 OUR ORDINANCE ORDINANCES AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL
00:25:16 ELECTIONS CODE AS FOLLOWS ITEM REMEMBER SIX INCREASES THE
00:25:20 FILING FEE AND PER WORD FEE FOR PAID BALLOT ARGUMENTS AND ITEM
00:25:23 NUMBER SEVEN REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT
00:25:26 OF ELECTIONS PUBLISH THE LEGAL TEXT OF BALLOT MEASURES IN THE
00:25:30 VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET SENT TO VOTERS BEFORE EACH ELECTION
00:25:33 AND I ALLOWED THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS TO DETERMINE THE
00:25:34 FORMAT OF THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET WITHOUT THE BALLOT
00:25:38 SIMPLIFICATION COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL.
00:25:41 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND TODAY WE HAVE DEPARTMENT OF
00:25:45 ELECTIONS HERE. >> OH, THANK YOU.
00:25:46 I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY UP FROM THE OFFICES
00:25:49 DOWNSTAIRS. IN THE MEANTIME, SYLVIA KETTLER
00:25:52 FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE SPEAKING TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER
00:25:54 SIX. >> WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD MEETINGS
00:25:56 WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GROUPS AND AT THIS POINT THE
00:25:59 MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD REQUEST RESPECTFULLY THAT YOU TABLE
00:26:02 ITEM SIX AND WE WILL REVISIT AT A LATER DATE.
00:26:03 >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR ARTIST PROBABLY RUNNING REALLY, REALLY
00:26:15 FAST SO WE'LL GIVE HIM A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND WE APPRECIATE WE
00:26:26 APPRECIATE THE TABLING ITEM NUMBER SIX WHICH IS FOR
00:26:29 ESCALATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
00:26:37 THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET AND JUST KIND OF GET SOME
00:26:40 CLARITY ON THAT. IN THAT CASE THERE IS A GREAT
00:26:58 GOOD MORNING. SHOULD I START ON THE NUMBER
00:27:04 SIX OR I THINK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DIRECTOR SOPHIA KETTLER
00:27:08 HAS INDICATED THAT WE WILL WE WILL BE TABLING ITEM SIX
00:27:13 AND THEREFORE WE WOULD APPRECIATE PRESENTATION ON ITEM
00:27:16 SEVEN SPECIFICALLY ON THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLETS.
00:27:22 SO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ELECTIONS CODES TO
00:27:27 REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS PUBLISH
00:27:30 THE LEGAL TEXT OF BALLOT MEASURES IN THE VOTER
00:27:32 INFORMATION PAMPHLET SENT TO VOTERS BEFORE EACH ELECTION
00:27:35 AND TO ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS TO DETERMINE THE
00:27:38 FORMAT OF THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET WITHOUT THE BALLOTS
00:27:39 APPLICATION COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL THEN THE IMPACT OF THE
00:27:48 ORDINANCE WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE FULL LEGAL TEXT OF
00:27:49 ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES.
00:27:52 IT WOULD REDUCE PRINTING AND MAILING COSTS, REDUCE
00:27:55 FORMATTING AND PUBLICATION COSTS WHICH DUE TO THE FEWER
00:28:00 PAGES IN THE VIP AND THEN JUST TO CLEAN UP LANGUAGE TO ASSIGN
00:28:04 THE FORMATTING OF THE VIP TO THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AS A
00:28:07 LEGAL TAX FOR LOCAL MEASURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE
00:28:09 ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AT THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE BY
00:28:12 EMAIL EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH AND UPON REQUEST BY
00:28:14 EMAIL. JUST TO GIVE SOME SOME CONTEXT
00:28:18 SO THE AVERAGE COUNT OF LEGAL TEXT AND VIP IS 46 PAGES.
00:28:22 THE AVERAGE PAGE COUNT FOR THE PAST FOUR ELECTIONS HAS BEEN
00:28:27 AROUND 230 PAGES. THEN OUR OUR BUDGET IS SET WITH
00:28:32 THE 46 PAGE REDUCTION SO OUR BUDGET SET FOR 190 PAGE VIP
00:28:35 AND THEN THE AVERAGE COST FOR PRINTING THE LEGAL TEXT IS
00:28:41 AROUND $330,000 AND FROM THERE I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
00:28:51 >> THANK YOU AND WANT TO CLARIFY VIP IS OH VOTER
00:28:55 INFORMATION PATH LIST THE BOOK THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES IN THE
00:28:57 MAIL WHO RECEIVED THE PHYSICAL COPY BEFORE EVERY ELECTION.
00:29:00 >> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE SOME
00:29:02 QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOO. >> OKAY BUT VICE CHAIR DORSEY
00:29:04 THANK YOU CHAIR CHEN SO I I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS GOING TO BE
00:29:13 A PLACE ON THE RECORD WHERE THE THE LEGAL TEXT IS CAPTURED OR
00:29:18 WHAT WAS WHAT WERE THE VOTE VOTERS VOTING ON?
00:29:21 >> THAT'S NOT ON PAPER BUT IT'S PRESERVED SOMEWHERE.
00:29:25 I WILL TELL YOU IN MY OWN RESEARCH I OFTEN GO TO THE TO
00:29:31 THE LIBRARY'S ONLINE VERSION EVEN RECENTLY ON PROP J OR SO
00:29:35 YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT TO GO LOOK LOOK AT WHAT WHAT WAS
00:29:39 THE MEASURE WHAT WAS THERE AND I OFTEN FIND MYSELF LOOKING
00:29:43 AT THE LEGAL TEXT OF WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT MOSTLY BECAUSE WHEN I
00:29:47 GO TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE THE WEBSITE OF THE THE
00:29:51 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OR CHARTER OR WHATEVER I'M LOOKING AT,
00:29:52 IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO UNPACK THE HISTORY OF THAT SO I'M
00:29:55 SYMPATHETIC TO TRYING TO GET THE COSTS DOWN FOR A BIG
00:29:59 DOCUMENT AND YOU KNOW BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IS IS THERE
00:30:03 GOING TO BE A VERSION THAT IS PRESERVED FOR YOU KNOW, AT THE
00:30:10 THE DATABASE AND FOR FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE PUBLIC
00:30:13 LIBRARY MAINTAINS THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET ARCHIVE
00:30:18 THAT GOES BACK I THINK A CENTURY IT'S IT'S PHENOMENAL
00:30:22 WORK IF YOU EVER DOING LEGISLATIVE OR LEGAL RESEARCH
00:30:23 WHAT WOULD GIVE ME PAUSE ON THIS IS LOSING A PHENOMENAL
00:30:27 RESEARCH TOOL SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD BE WHAT
00:30:33 WE'RE GOING TO BE CAPTURING SOMEWHERE.
00:30:34 >> YEAH, I AGREE I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY AND WHAT
00:30:37 THE REMEDY WOULD BE WHEN IT QUICK REMEDY THAT COMES TO MIND
00:30:42 IS TO ADD BECAUSE WE HAVE TO STILL CREATE A PRINTED HARD
00:30:45 COPY VERSION OF THE LEGAL TEXT ANYWAY SO IF WE GET A REQUEST
00:30:49 BY MAIL WE WOULD WE WOULD SEND IT TO VOTERS AND ALSO WAIT TO
00:30:52 PROVIDE COPIES TO THE LIBRARIES SO WE PROVIDE THE VOTER
00:30:56 INFORMATION PAMPHLETS TO THE LIBRARY AFTER EACH ELECTION.
00:30:57 SO THAT'S SO THERE'S ALREADY AN EXCHANGE A FORMALIZE EXCHANGE
00:31:01 THAT OCCURS WE CAN INCLUDE A HARDCOPY VERSION OF THE LEGAL
00:31:05 TEXTS AND IF YOU WANT TO MAYBE AT IT IS AN AMENDMENT THAT
00:31:08 MAKES SENSE TO SO IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN GOING FORWARD.
00:31:11 SO THAT ALSO GETS INCLUDED IN THE POSTING OF THE VOTER
00:31:14 INFORMATION PAMPHLET ON THE LIBRARY SITE.
00:31:15 >> ALL RIGHT, GREAT. SO VISORS ORDER THANK YOU CHAIR
00:31:22 AND SO I MEAN THIS WOULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH FOR
00:31:28 LEGAL TEXT IT IS THAT THEN WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO YOU INTEND TO
00:31:30 NOT PUBLISH THE FULL LEGAL TEXT GOING FORWARD?
00:31:34 CORRECT IN THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET WE WOULD
00:31:36 STILL CREATE WE WOULD STILL CALL COLLECT COLLECT THE LEGAL
00:31:41 TAX AND IT WOULD BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH IT DOES NOW
00:31:45 BEFORE EVERY ELECTION THEY WOULD CONTINUE AND THEN WE
00:31:48 WOULD HAVE STILL PROVIDE HARD COPIES TO THE LIBRARIES
00:31:51 AND THEN THE THE AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR THE MAILING OF THE
00:31:52 HARD COPY UPON REQUEST FROM VOTERS.
00:31:55 AND WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE SAVINGS YOU THINK THIS WOULD
00:31:58 RESULT IN JUST APPLYING COST FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR
00:32:02 ELECTIONS THE SAVINGS WOULD BE AROUND $330,000 PER ELECTION.
00:32:05 >> DO YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF OTHER CITIES?
00:32:09 I MEAN THIS IS A STANDARD TO TO INCLUDE THIS OR NOT INCLUDE
00:32:13 THIS? WHAT ARE OTHER DEPARTMENT OF
00:32:14 ELECTIONS DOING? I HAVE NOT CANVASED OTHER
00:32:15 COUNTIES BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A LEGAL TAX TO BE
00:32:21 EXCLUDED FROM THE PAMPHLETS THAT ARE MAILED TO VOTERS
00:32:22 AND WHEN YOU SAY IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST, WHAT IS
00:32:26 THAT PROCESS? WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK
00:32:29 LIKE? >> WE COULD WE COULD PUT
00:32:30 INFORMATION IN THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET ITSELF.
00:32:33 WE COULD HAVE INFORMATION ON THE ONLINE VOTER INFORMATION
00:32:37 PAMPHLET. I HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE.
00:32:40 SOMEONE JUST CAN FILL OUT THE INFORMATION ON THERE ON THE
00:32:42 FROM THE LINK AND EMAIL IT TO US.
00:32:46 THEY COULD CALL US, THEY COULD EMAIL US, THEY COULD VISIT OUR
00:32:48 OFFICE. I MEAN HAVE YOU CONTEMPLATED
00:32:49 MAYBE FLIPPING THAT WHERE YOU GET THIS BY DEFAULT BUT YOU CAN
00:32:53 OPT OUT? I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
00:32:56 THERE'S SOME OTHER MAYBE WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT THERE'S
00:32:57 SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT WHERE YOU CAN OPT OUT.
00:32:59 YOU CAN CURRENTLY OPT OUT FROM FROM THIS RIGHT FROM A FROM THE
00:33:04 FULL PACKET. >> BUT THEN I GUESS THIS WOULD
00:33:08 BE A WHOLE NOTHER PROCESS. BUT BUT WHAT I'M WHAT I'M
00:33:11 SAYING IS RATHER THAN UH PUTTING IT UPON A RESIDENT A
00:33:15 VOTER TO REQUEST THIS, DO YOU LET THEM OPT OUT, YOU KNOW,
00:33:20 IN SOME SORT OF COST AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAVINGS
00:33:23 PROCESS RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND AND WE HAVE AN OPT
00:33:27 OUT PROGRAM FOR THE PHYSICAL VIP THAT WE MAIL TO VOTERS
00:33:34 AND WE'VE WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS PROGRAM TO TO OFFER THE
00:33:38 OPT OUT OPTION FOR FOR MANY YEARS.
00:33:39 I THINK MAYBE UP TO AN HOUR LESS THAN 10% OF VOTERS HAVE
00:33:45 ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO OPT OUT. AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER
00:33:49 OPT OUT FOR LEGAL TAX I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PICK UP WOULD BE
00:33:52 BUT ALSO THEN WE ARE POTENTIALLY CREATING TWO
00:33:56 VERSIONS OF THE VP IF WE WERE TO GO THAT ROUTE.
00:33:57 YEAH. YEAH I THINK I STRUGGLE WITH
00:34:00 THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
00:34:03 THINGS WHERE PROBABLY THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON'T USE
00:34:06 THIS BUT THERE'S PROBABLY 10 OR 20% OF THE VOTERS THAT REALLY
00:34:08 REALLY DO USE THIS. I MEAN THAT'S FROM WHAT I'VE
00:34:11 OBSERVED AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, ON THE
00:34:15 CAMPAIGN TRAIL KNOCKING ON DOORS I MEAN PEOPLE IT'S KIND
00:34:18 OF A RITUAL FOR SOME FOR SOME FOLKS WHERE THEY SIT DOWN AT
00:34:22 THE TABLE, THEY GET ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND I
00:34:25 WORRY ABOUT YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT FOR FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:34:33 GETTING THEIR BALLOT IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE IF THIS MAKES IT
00:34:37 HARDER I WORRY ABOUT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE CUTTING DIGITAL
00:34:41 ACCESS AND THEN WE'RE AT THE SAME TIME SAYING THAT WE SHOULD
00:34:42 PUT MORE OF THIS ONLINE. >> SO I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS
00:34:45 ON THIS. I, I DO CONCURRED SOMEWHAT THAT
00:34:56 SENTIMENT IN A SENSE WHERE THAT I DO KNOW THERE ARE ORGANIZED
00:35:00 GROUPS EVEN HOUSE PARTIES PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND GOING
00:35:04 THROUGH I MEAN IT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DARREN CISCO BUT I DO
00:35:08 ALSO UNDERSTAND $330,000 OF COST SAVING PER ELECTION
00:35:13 AND POTENTIALLY MORE IF WE HAVE LIKE SPECIAL ELECTION IT COULD
00:35:17 EASILY COME UP TO ALMOST $1 MILLION OF SAVING PER YEAR PER
00:35:24 FISCAL YEAR. SO I THINK THAT COLLEAGUES
00:35:25 UNLESS WE START TO REALLY HAVE A VERY HONEST CONVERSATION
00:35:28 ABOUT HOW DO WE FUND THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS
00:35:33 AND THAT'S ALSO INCLUSIVE OF THE BALLOT MEASURE FEES THAT WE
00:35:36 JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT WE JUST NOW UPON THE REQUEST OF THE
00:35:39 MAYOR HAS TABLED TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN WITH THE FEES THAT
00:35:43 WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED AND THAT EVEN SHOULD WE AGREE
00:35:48 TO IT IT WOULD STILL NOT BE COST WOULD CONSIDER AS COST
00:35:51 RECOVERY FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN THE ELECTIONS NOW I DO THINK
00:35:55 THAT IS WORTHWHILE TO FUND FROM THE CITY GOVERNMENT'S POINT OF
00:36:00 VIEW TO FUND THOSE COSTS SO THAT WE HAVE PROVIDING EASY
00:36:03 ACCESS AND BOTH NOT JUST TO FILE FOR BALLOT MEASURE
00:36:07 ARGUMENTS BUT TO ALSO HAVE ACCESS OF THE TEXT BOTH ONLINE
00:36:12 AND IN-PERSON. SO IT'S A CAUSE THAT I THINK
00:36:16 THAT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION NOT TO JUST I
00:36:22 THINK THAT DIRECTOR ARTS I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE THAT
00:36:23 YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO ACTUALLY FIGURED THIS OUT AND HOW TO
00:36:27 CREATE A SYSTEM FOR COST RECOVERY WITHOUT COMING TO THIS
00:36:31 BODY AND TO THE CITY ASKING FOR MORE GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE
00:36:35 SOME OF THESE. BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME THOUGH
00:36:38 THERE SEEMS TO BE A BUILDING SENTIMENT IN MY OPINION THAT
00:36:42 THIS BODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIALLY THAT WE
00:36:46 NEED TO FUND SOME OF THESE COSTS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE
00:36:50 WE'RE NOT SUPPRESSING VOTERS AND THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING
00:36:54 ACCESS FOR INFORMATION FOR VOTERS.
00:36:55 SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK
00:36:59 WITHIN ON NOT WITHIN BUT LIKE ON THIS BODY AND THEN TAKE IT
00:37:03 UPON US TO SAY WELL THEN ARE WE GOING TO CHAMPION FOR SOME OF
00:37:06 THESE CALLS AND TO FUND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS A MANDATE ON
00:37:12 TO DIRECTOR ART AND HIS TEAM AT THE DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS
00:37:15 PRESENT AMENDMENT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
00:37:19 I THINK I HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF I'M SORRY I HAD TO STEP
00:37:23 OUTSIDE. I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FROM
00:37:24 MY COLLEAGUES SUPERVISORS DORSEY AND SÖDER WHO ARE
00:37:28 CELEBRATING OUR SMALL DEMOCRACY AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE GATHERING
00:37:35 AND PORING OVER THEIR VOTER HANDBOOKS AND I THINK THAT IS
00:37:36 BEAUTIFUL. THE THE THE VOTER HANDBOOKS
00:37:40 THEMSELVES ARE GINORMOUS AND WE ARE PRINTING THEM OUT AS THE
00:37:44 CHAIR SAID MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR TO SUPPORT THIS CIVIC
00:37:47 ACTIVITY WHICH IS A GOOD THING. >> BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL
00:37:52 OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CUTTING RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW FOR
00:37:55 ME THIS IS A REASONABLE PROPOSAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:37:58 ELECTIONS TO REDUCE CITY COSTS AND I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, IS
00:38:03 WEIGHING KIND OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND IS THIS
00:38:07 YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT USE FOR THIS YOU KNOW,
00:38:12 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $300,000 AND $1 MILLION A YEAR?
00:38:13 YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT ANY
00:38:17 OF US WOULD COME UP WITH AS AS HIGHER PRIORITIES GIVEN THAT WE
00:38:20 ARE ALL CARRYING COMPUTERS. WE ARE NOT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED
00:38:23 BY BY OUR CAPITALIST OVERLORDS TO CARRY THESE LITTLE COMPUTERS
00:38:27 AROUND WITH US AT ALL TIMES THAT WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO TO
00:38:30 YOU KNOW, THE ONLINE VERSIONS OF THESE THINGS.
00:38:34 I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME TO PHASE THIS OUT BUT I ALSO SENSE
00:38:38 THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH
00:38:39 THAT. >> SO I DON'T KNOW.
00:38:42 >> BACK TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> NO PROBLEM.
00:38:45 WHAT I WOULD SAY IS NOW THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON
00:38:49 THESE TWO ITEMS AND THEN LET'S CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION
00:38:53 CLEARLY I WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TABLING ITEM
00:38:57 SIX WHEN YOU TABLED AN ITEM ESSENTIALLY IS THAT IT WILL NOT
00:39:01 BE BROUGHT UP FOR ANY DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT THIS
00:39:04 BUDGET PROCESS SO THE FEE WILL REMAIN SHOULD WE TABLE THIS
00:39:08 ITEM IN AGREEMENT? IT MEANS THAT THE FEE WILL
00:39:12 REMAIN AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS AND FOR ITEM SEVEN AGAIN IS FOR
00:39:16 AS PROPOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS IS TO MOVE THE
00:39:20 PORTION OF THE LEGAL TEXT NOT THE ENTIRE THING BUT JUST A
00:39:24 LEGAL TAX OF ANY MEASURE ONLINE FOR ONLINE ACCESS ONLY AND THAT
00:39:31 THE VOTERS INFORMATION PAMPHLET WHICH I SOMETIMES CALLED THE
00:39:35 VOTER'S GUIDE WILL STILL BE MAILED OUT TO VOTERS OVERALL
00:39:42 WITH THE EXCEPTION WHAT REMOVING THE LEGAL TEXT OF THE
00:39:46 MEASURE AND THAT UNLESS THE VOTERS DECIDE TO TO OPT OUT FOR
00:39:51 THE HARDCOPY IT WILL BE MAILED TO THEM AUTOMATICALLY STILL
00:39:55 ACTUALLY BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST ONE MORE THING I
00:39:59 DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE THING THAT WHAT I HAVE NOTICED
00:40:01 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF CYCLES OF ELECTION IS THAT THERE ARE
00:40:05 ACTUALLY VOTER GUIDES OUT THERE ARE BEING DESIGNED BEING MAILED
00:40:11 OUT TO VOTERS PURPOSEFULLY HAD A SIMILAR DESIGN AND LAYOUT AS
00:40:15 THE OFFICIAL VOTER GUY ON A SEPARATE CONVERSATION I WOULD
00:40:20 LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK TO KIND OF HOW DO WE MEDICATE ISSUES LIKE
00:40:26 THAT WHEN THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE TO TRY
00:40:30 TO FASHION THEIR VOTER GUISE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME BUT ALMOST
00:40:34 IN A SIMILAR DESIGN AND GRAPHIC AND LAY OUT AS OUR OWN
00:40:39 DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS AND HOW DO WE EITHER CEASE OR DESIST
00:40:42 LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS OR HOW DO WE APPROACH
00:40:46 THAT? I THINK IT'S A SEPARATE
00:40:47 CONVERSATION WHEN THE DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS AND WHEN
00:40:50 OUR CITY ATTORNEY NOT AT THE SETTING BUT I JUST WANTED TO
00:40:53 PUT IT OUT THERE THAT THAT IT'S ALSO IN THE BACK OF MY MIND
00:40:55 AGAIN THE CONTINUE ASLI HARDER ONCE YOU REMOVE THOSE ILLEGAL
00:40:58 TAGS IT'S GOING TO BE WHY WOULD IT BECOME HARDER AND HARDER FOR
00:41:03 VOTERS TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WHAT IT'S OFFICIAL FROM THE
00:41:06 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS AND THEN WHAT IS SIMILARLY FOR
00:41:09 OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS SENDING OUT A VOTER'S GUY?
00:41:13 SO JUST JUST WANTED TO KIND OF A THOUGHT ABOUT THE DESIGN
00:41:17 ABOUT HOW DO WE IDENTIFY AND DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES AS
00:41:21 YOURSELF AS OFFICIAL VOTER VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET.
00:41:24 >> SO THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO
00:41:28 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO ITEMS.
00:41:29 >> YES, WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOTH IS ALL
00:41:32 ON THE TABLING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX AND THE CONSIDERATION OF
00:41:37 ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
00:41:38 WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR CHAN
00:41:44 SUPERVISOR I'M HEATHER DAVIES FROM D FOR SUSAN INVOLVEMENT
00:41:48 IN THE BALLOTS IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE IS ESSENTIAL TO
00:41:52 ENSURING THAT THE SUMMARIES OF PENDING LEGISLATION ARE
00:41:55 PRESENTED CLEARLY, ACCURATELY AND WITHOUT ANY OTHER OPTION
00:42:00 MAINTAINING THE FULL LEGAL TEXT OF LEGISLATION IS ESSENTIAL TO
00:42:04 AN INFORMED ELECTORATE AND IS THE OVERALL COST OF DEMOCRACY
00:42:08 JUST AS PAYING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AT CITY HALL
00:42:11 AND PAYING THE SUPERVISOR THEIR SALARIES?
00:42:15 I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY LEVY A TAB ON PRIVATE DONATIONS TO
00:42:19 CITY SERVICES TO OFFSET THESE COSTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL.
00:42:23 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU HEATHER DAVIES NEXT SPEAKER
00:42:27 PLEASE EILEEN BOGANS HERE SAFE IN SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF
00:42:34 STRONGLY OPPOSING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN INCLUDING THE PROPOSED
00:42:38 ORDINANCE IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET SUBMITTAL AS TRAILING
00:42:42 LEGISLATION COULD BE SEEN TO BE SIMILAR TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM.
00:42:46 SENATOR WIENER AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER WICKS USING THE STATE'S
00:42:50 BUDGET PROCESS TO GUT SECURE IN 2025 WITH BUDGET TRAILER
00:42:58 BILLS SB 131 AND AB 130 AMENDING THE VIP ITSELF USING
00:43:04 THE BUDGET AND TRAILING LEGISLATION PROCESS IS MORE
00:43:08 THAN QUESTIONABLE. ELIMINATING THE LEGAL TEXT FROM
00:43:12 THE VIP ELIMINATES AN EASY WAY TO CROSS-CHECK THE VALIDITY OF
00:43:18 PAID BALLOT ARGUMENTS ALLOWING THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS TO
00:43:22 FORMAT THE VIP WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE BALLOT SIMPLIFICATION
00:43:26 IN COMMITTEE ELIMINATES YET ANOTHER FORM OF CHECKS
00:43:30 AND BALANCES. >> THANK YOU.
00:43:31 THANK YOU. EILEEN POCAN.
00:43:32 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE GO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:43:39 MY NAME IS SONNY ANGULO, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE S.F.
00:43:43 LEAGUE OF OFF VOTERS AND WHO ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
00:43:46 TODAY WE OPPOSE THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTIONS
00:43:50 CODE IN THIS BUDGET TRAILING LEGISLATION ADDED AT THE LAST
00:43:54 MINUTE WITH A WAIVED 30 DAY RULE THAT WILL MAKE OUR
00:43:55 ELECTIONS LESS DEMOCRATIC. >> WE HAVE TALKED TO THOUSANDS
00:43:59 OF SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS OVER 20 YEARS OF PUBLISHING OUR
00:44:03 INDEPENDENT GRASSROOTS OFF VOTER GUIDE AND ONE OF THE MOST
00:44:05 CONSISTENT THINGS THAT WE HEAR IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO
00:44:08 UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE INCREASINGLY COMPLICATED
00:44:09 MEASURES DO AND HOW THEY WILL IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES, THEY
00:44:13 TURN TO THE FULL TEXT OF THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET FOR
00:44:16 THE MOST DETAILED NEUTRAL TAKE REMOVING THE FULL TEXT AT A
00:44:19 TIME WHEN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF MONEY ARE BEING POURED INTO
00:44:23 S.F. ELECTIONS IS RIDICULOUS. >> WE ALSO OPPOSE INCREASING
00:44:27 THE BALLOT ARGUMENT FEES. >> SAN FRANCISCO ELECTIONS
00:44:28 SHOULD NOT BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PAY TO PLAY BALLOT ARGUMENTS
00:44:31 ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND DRASTICALLY
00:44:35 INCREASING THESE FEES BECAUSE RESTRICT VOICES TO ONLY THE
00:44:38 MOST WEALTHY A DISTURBING TREND WE ARE WITNESSING IN REAL TIME
00:44:41 IN OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS. >> THANK YOU YOU MUCH
00:44:44 CERTAINLY. ANGULO NEXT SPEAKER KRISTIN
00:44:48 EVANS WEARING A FEW HATS TODAY I AGREE WITH WHAT THE PREVIOUS
00:44:52 SPEAKER SAID LAST NIGHT AT THE HARVEY MILK DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
00:44:56 CHRIS EVANS SHARED HIS S.F. ELECTION MAP SITE WHICH ALLOWS
00:44:59 YOU TO DO INTERESTING COMPARISONS OF THE VOTES THAT
00:45:03 HAPPENED IN THIS MOST RECENT ELECTION INCLUDING COMPARISONS
00:45:06 WITH THOSE PRECINCTS WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD
00:45:10 INCOME. THERE WAS HIGH CORRELATION
00:45:11 BETWEEN THE WINNERS AND VERY RICH PRECINCTS AND THERE WAS
00:45:15 ALSO A LOW TURNOUT IN THOSE PRECINCTS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY
00:45:19 ALREADY SOMEWHAT DISFRANCHIZED I THINK WE HAVE TO DO
00:45:23 EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO CREATE ACCESS TO THE DEMOCRATIC
00:45:27 PROCESS. >> IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE
00:45:30 MAKE THE VOTER PAMPHLET GUIDE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL GROUPS.
00:45:36 3 TO $700 IS ALREADY PRETTY INACCESSIBLE FOR A LOT OF
00:45:38 GROUPS RAISING THAT TO 3 TO 5000 IS JUST INSANE.
00:45:41 I SAW THAT THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
00:45:45 TO MAKE A MORE REASONABLE INCREASE THAT WAS CORRELATED
00:45:48 WITH INFLATION BUT JUMPING FROM $2 TO $10 IS A FIVE FOLD
00:45:52 INCREASE AND NOT THANK YOU MUCH CHRISTENSEN'S FOR ADDRESSING
00:45:57 HIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:45:59 HELLO, I'M MICHELLE MORETZ, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE OF
00:46:05 WOMEN VOTERS OF SAN FRANCISCO, A NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT THAT
00:46:09 EMPOWERS VOTERS AND DEFENDS DEMOCRACY.
00:46:12 >> THE LEAGUE OPPOSES IN PARTICULAR ORDINANCE SIX TO
00:46:16 INCREASE FILING FEES FOR PAID BALLOT ARGUMENTS UNLESS IT'S
00:46:19 AMENDED. SUPERVISORS WE SENT A LETTER
00:46:23 ABOUT THIS BUT WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT SO EVERYONE HERE
00:46:24 UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S AT STAKE. >> WE SUPPORT AN UPDATE TO
00:46:28 THESE FEES ONLY TO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION.
00:46:31 BUT THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T STOP THERE.
00:46:34 IT WOULD RAISE THE FEES TO $1,000 PER BALLOT ARGUMENT PLUS
00:46:38 $10 PER WORD BY 2030. THAT'S FIVE TIMES WHAT GROUPS
00:46:42 ARE PAYING TODAY. STEEP FEE INCREASES WON'T
00:46:46 AFFECT WELL-FUNDED CAMPAIGNS AND WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS BUT
00:46:49 MANY SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITIES WILL BE SILENCED.
00:46:53 >> THE RESULT WILL BE A VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET THAT
00:46:55 INCLUDES ONLY THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT ANY
00:46:59 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE DESERVES REAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION NOT FAST
00:47:03 TRACKED LEGISLATION. PLEASE OPPOSE THIS ORDINANCE
00:47:07 UNLESS AMENDED. >> THANK YOU.
00:47:10 THANK YOU MUCH. MICHELLE MARTZ.
00:47:11 SEEING NO OTHER PEOPLE IN LINE. >> MADAM CHAIR THAT COMPLETES
00:47:15 OUR QUEUE. >> THANK YOU.
00:47:17 VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU. CHAIR CHEN I'M JUST CURIOUS IS
00:47:21 IS THERE A TIME PRESSURE ON THIS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO.
00:47:29 LET ME FRAME IT THIS WAY IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE THIS SO THAT
00:47:33 WE COULD GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO FOR EXAMPLE AN AMENDMENT THAT
00:47:36 MIGHT MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FULL VERSION THAT'S A PDF
00:47:39 THAT'S AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE
00:47:41 THAT. IT'S PRESERVED FOR POSTERITY TO
00:47:43 THE LIBRARY OR YOU KNOW, RETHINK SOME OF THE OPT IN OR
00:47:48 OPT OUT KINDS OF THINGS. WOULD THAT PUT YOU IN A
00:47:52 POSITION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO EAT THE
00:47:55 COST NO MATTER WHAT? LIKE ARE WE ARE WE RUNNING OUT
00:47:57 OF RUNWAY HERE IN TERMS OF YOUR TIMING?
00:47:59 >> OPERATIONALLY NOW THERE'S STILL TIME.
00:48:02 OKAY. FISCALLY IT'S PART OF THE
00:48:03 BUDGET PROCESS. SO IT SORT OF IS ON THE TIMER
00:48:07 OF THE BUDGET PROCESS MORE SO THAN THE OPERATION TIMER.
00:48:10 SO I DON'T KNOW IF OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN SET TO INCLUDE THE
00:48:17 REDUCTION IN COSTS FOR WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE LEGAL TAX.
00:48:21 SO OPERATIONALLY NO, WE HAVE TIME FISCALLY.
00:48:25 IT DEPENDS ON THE PROCESS THAT'S THERE WERE A PART OF
00:48:27 TODAY. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
00:48:32 CHAIR. CHAIR AND I THINK DIRECTOR ARTS
00:48:36 FOR PRESENTATION AND REALLY UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW FOLKS
00:48:40 TRYING TO MAKE CHANGE THAT COULD SAVE THE CITY MONEY
00:48:44 AND ALSO TRY TO LEAD TO MORE EFFICIENCY.
00:48:49 BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF ATTEMPTS TO AVOID
00:48:53 DEMOCRACY IN THE NAME OF EFFICIENCY, IN THE NAME OF
00:48:56 SAVING RESOURCES. AND I THINK THESE ITEMS BOTH OF
00:49:01 THEM ARE PART OF THAT EVEN WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS.
00:49:04 I MEAN WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON MANY THINGS AND I
00:49:08 THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PROTECTING DEMOCRATIC VOICE
00:49:15 AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS CONTINUES.
00:49:16 AND SO I COULDN'T SUPPORT EITHER ONE OF THESE ITEMS AS IS
00:49:22 AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I STATED THAT FOR THE
00:49:24 RECORD. BUT I, I DO UNDERSTAND SOME OF
00:49:26 WHY THIS WILL COME FORWARD. BUT THIS IS NOT ANYTHING I
00:49:31 COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF. THANK YOU.
00:49:34 >> THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT THANK YOU.
00:49:35 DIRECTOR ARTS FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR CAUSE FOR YOUR
00:49:39 WORK ON THIS. WE APPRECIATE IT.
00:49:42 AND SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES AND IF I'M HEARING THIS
00:49:48 CORRECTLY SO FIRST AND FOREMOST THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:49:49 FOR SUGGESTING AND TABLING ITEM SIX WHICH WE WILL I WILL MAKE
00:49:53 THE MOTION TO TABLE ITEM SIX. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
00:50:00 ESSENTIALLY THE FEE WILL THEN REMAIN AS THEY CURRENTLY EXIST
00:50:04 AND THEN I WILL ALSO MAKE THE MOTION TO.
00:50:08 >> SO LET'S DO IT SEPARATELY APART SEPARATE SEPARATELY.
00:50:11 >> OKAY. SECOND SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR
00:50:12 DORSEY I'M MAKING THE MOTION TO TABLE ITEM SIX AND A ROLL CALL
00:50:17 PLEASE. >> AND I NO MOTION BY CHURCH
00:50:19 AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE TABLED THE
00:50:21 ORDINANCE AND ITEM NUMBER SIX. VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:50:26 REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
00:50:31 REMEMBER MANDOLIN MANDOLIN I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FIVE
00:50:35 EYES THE MOTION PASSES AND AS FOR ITEM SEVEN AND AS FOR ITEM
00:50:43 SEVEN I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH ITEM SEVEN TO THE CALL
00:50:45 CHAIR ALLOWING FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN
00:50:48 BEST APPROACH THIS WITH THIS CAVEAT COLLEAGUES SHOULD WE
00:50:54 DECIDE TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM SEVEN IT DOES MEAN THAT WE
00:50:59 SHOULD WORK WITH THE MAYOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS TO
00:51:03 ENSURE THAT EITHER WE HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL OF $330,000 FOR
00:51:08 THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND THE FOLLOWING ANY ELECTION PUBLIC.
00:51:13 IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2028.
00:51:14 SO THAT MEANS THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR WE HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK
00:51:18 ABOUT IT HOW DO WE WANT TO OTTMAN DEPARTMENT AND THE
00:51:21 ELECTION IN I THINK THAT IT WARRANTS A CONVERSATION
00:51:25 IN ADVANCE OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR CHERYLE
00:51:28 LEGISLATION. SO I.
00:51:29 I URGE EVERYONE HERE TO CONSIDER BRINGING THIS UP
00:51:33 PERHAPS SOMETIMES IN DECEMBER FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
00:51:36 AND FURTHER AMENDMENTS BEFORE THE MAYOR PROPOSED HIS UPCOMING
00:51:43 BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUSIVE OF THE FUNDING FOR
00:51:46 THE VOTERS INFORMATION PAMPHLET .
00:51:50 AND SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE
00:51:53 ITEM SEVEN TO THE CALL CHAIR SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR
00:51:56 DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> ACTUALLY JUST TO CLARIFY,
00:51:59 MADAM CHAIR, IS THE INTENTION TO CONTINUE THE ORDINANCE
00:52:03 BEYOND THE BUDGET PROCESS? YES.
00:52:04 OKAY. VERY WELL.
00:52:07 AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
00:52:09 DORSEY THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ORDINANCE TO THE CALL OF THE
00:52:12 CHAIR MOVED BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
00:52:16 DORSEY, VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER
00:52:19 SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER GENTLEMAN HIGH
00:52:23 MANAGEMENT I CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FIVE EYES THE MOTION
00:52:26 PASSES. THANK YOU.
00:52:29 AND SO WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS EIGHT
00:52:34 AND NINE TOGETHER ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE ARE HEARINGS ON THE
00:52:37 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE PROPOSED
00:52:41 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE ASO
00:52:45 RESPECTIVELY. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:52:48 AND TODAY WE HAVE OUR COMPTROLLERS HERE COMPTROLLER'S
00:52:49 OFFICE HERE CHURCH CHURCH AND I BELIEVE THE BILL HAS A REPORT
00:53:12 ON THIS AND THEY'LL BEGIN BY PRESENTING THAT TO YOU.
00:53:15 YOU WANT TO START WOULD BE A REPORT?
00:53:16 YES, PLEASE. >> SURE.
00:53:21 ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF
00:53:25 THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AN ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE.
00:53:28 >> SO WE REVIEW THESE EVERY YEAR FOR MAJOR CHANGES WITH AN
00:53:32 EYE TOWARDS HOW IT SHIFTS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD AND THE
00:53:36 BUDGET PROCESS AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS SO THIS REPORT GOES
00:53:40 OVER THOSE MAJOR CHANGES WHICH I'LL JUST LIST FOR YOU NOW
00:53:44 AND THE AND THE INITIATIVE PROVISIONS SECTION 11.27 ADDS A
00:53:48 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FUND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF STATE
00:53:52 LAW. SECTION 12.10 ALLOWS THE
00:53:55 COMPTROLLER TO CONDUCT MORE FREQUENT REVIEWS OF FUNDS
00:54:02 IN ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE NO ACTIVITY AND CLOSED THEM.
00:54:06 THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY BUT THIS WOULD KIND
00:54:07 OF LOOSEN THE PARAMETERS FOR THOSE KIND OF REVIEWS AND ALLOW
00:54:11 THEM TO TAKE PLACE MORE OFTEN AND THEN SECTION 32.2 CREATES
00:54:15 AN EMERGENCY HOUSING REVENUE RISK RESERVE FOR THE CITY OUR
00:54:19 HOME FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $98 MILLION TO ADDRESS ANY LOSS OF
00:54:25 FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FUNDED BY FUNDED BY THE CITY.
00:54:29 OUR HOME FUND WHICH ITSELF IS FUNDED BY THE HOMELESSNESS
00:54:33 GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REVENUE THERE IS A TYPO IN THAT SECTION
00:54:37 AND SO WE RECOMMEND CORRECT IN THAT TYPO AND WE HAVE
00:54:43 RECOMMENDATIONS ON PAGE SIX TO THAT EFFECT WHICH THE
00:54:44 COMPTROLLER AGREES WITH AND THEN ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:54:48 PROVISIONS FOR THE ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE THERE ARE JUST
00:54:51 UPDATES TO THE LABOR INFLATION RATES FOR POSITIONS ASSIGNED TO
00:54:59 CAMP MATHARE AND IN HATCH HAJI AS WELL AS UPDATED AND MOVING
00:55:03 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES FOR MANAGER FOR CLASSIFICATIONS AND ABOVE
00:55:08 AND MTA RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEMS.
00:55:21 MICHELLE ALABAMA COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE REGARDING ITEM SECTION
00:55:25 1210 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE ANNUAL
00:55:30 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE THEY DON'T THE THE CHANGE WOULDN'T
00:55:37 THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET BOOK WOULD NOT
00:55:41 INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF OUR REVIEWS.
00:55:42 IT WOULD JUST GIVE US A WAY TO ALIGN OUR SYSTEMS WITH THE
00:55:49 CODE. IT WOULD PROVIDE A WITH A
00:55:50 PROCESS TO BRING TO YOU A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE CODE
00:55:55 LANGUAGE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY IN A FUND THAT'S
00:56:03 BEEN CREATED IN THE CODE. THE THIS IS REALLY KIND OF AN
00:56:07 ADMINISTRATIVE IDEA TO JUST ALIGN OUR SYSTEMS WHERE THOSE
00:56:10 ARE WHAT WE DO IN THE SYSTEM IS LARGELY GOVERNED BY ACCOUNTING
00:56:14 STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. WE FREQUENTLY ELIMINATE
00:56:18 AND RECONCILE EXPIRED PROJECTS AND CLEAN OUT OLD ACCOUNTS.
00:56:29 THAT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. ANYTHING THAT IS APPROPRIATED
00:56:31 WITH THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WHERE A PROJECT DOES HAVE AN EXISTING
00:56:37 BALANCE AND IT'S BEING DE APPROPRIATED WITHIN THE MAYOR'S
00:56:40 BUDGET WE DO REPORT THAT TO YOU IN THE REVENUE LETTER AND A
00:56:44 LIST BY PROJECT AND BY DEPARTMENT AND THE BALANCE
00:56:45 THAT'S ASSUMED IN THE FUND BALANCE FOR THIS MEASURE THOUGH
00:56:52 I THINK WE WOULD JUST RECOMMEND REVERTING TO THE EXISTING
00:56:53 LANGUAGE IN EITHER CASE IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGE TO THE
00:56:57 CODE IT WOULD COME TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND YOUR APPROVAL.
00:57:01 SO FOR THE MOMENT WE ARE JUST RECOMMENDING THAT WE REVERT TO
00:57:05 THE EXISTING LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE PROVISIONS
00:57:09 BEFORE THIS YEAR. THANK YOU.
00:57:12 I'M FINE WITH REVERTING THE LANGUAGE EXISTING LANGUAGE I
00:57:20 THINK OVERALL THE CONCERN IS JUST THAT WHEN WE CLOSE AN
00:57:21 ACCOUNT FOR AN ACCOUNT TO REALLY ENSURE THIS BODY THIS
00:57:25 COMMITTEE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO NOT ONLY KNOW ABOUT IT
00:57:31 IN ADVANCE BUT ALSO TO THERE'S A WAYS AND MEANS FOR THIS BODY
00:57:35 FOR THE COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY MORE EASILY AND TO UNDERSTAND
00:57:43 THAT WHEN THE MAYOR OR THE COMPTROLLER CLOSE AN ACCOUNT ON
00:57:47 A ON ANY GIVEN FUNDS THAT THIS BODY ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE
00:57:54 CLOSURE OF THAT FUND AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
00:57:59 DISCUSS THE APPROPRIATION OF THE FUND BALANCE FROM THAT
00:58:06 CLOSURE OF THAT FUND OR ANY TITLE ACTIVITIES.
00:58:09 >> SO I DO NOT IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT TO REVERT BACK TO
00:58:14 THE EXISTING LANGUAGE I'M FINE AT THE MOMENT.
00:58:18 I MAY HAVE SOME FURTHER THOUGHTS BUT FOR THE FOR NOW I
00:58:22 THINK I AM FINE WITH THAT AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME ON THE
00:58:28 ROSTER. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
00:58:32 ON OR DO YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER NINE?
00:58:35 >> NOTE THAT I DON'T THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:58:39 AND SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS EIGHT
00:58:43 AND NINE. >> YES WE ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC
00:58:44 COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS 8 OR 9 IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
00:58:47 PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THE
00:58:51 HEARINGS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ON BOTH YOU AND THEY
00:58:55 ARE SO MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC
00:58:59 COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
00:59:00 CLOSED. COLLEAGUES I LIKE TO MUTE ITEMS
00:59:03 EIGHT AND NINE WHILE I ACTUALLY DO I NEED TO AMEND ITEM EIGHT
00:59:07 TO REVERT BACK TO THE JUST TO STRIKE OUT THE SECTION 12.10
00:59:16 DEBIT. DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY BRAD
00:59:20 RUSSELL YES I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE THE AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED
00:59:22 BY THE BELLA THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR AND THEN IN SECTION 12.10
00:59:26 IT'S REMOVING THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THAT'S IN THAT
00:59:30 SECTION. >> UNDERSTOOD.
00:59:30 COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO ITEM
00:59:33 EIGHT AS INDICATED AND SUGGESTED BY DEPUTY CITY
00:59:38 ATTORNEY ROSSY AND AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS AMENDED
00:59:45 EIGHT AND ITEM 9 TO 4 POINT ON FOUR WHAT RECOMMENDATION FOR
00:59:51 THE JULY 14TH MEETING SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY
00:59:54 AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE. MADAM CHAIR, JUST JUST TO
00:59:58 CLARIFY THE DOCUMENTS WE ACCEPTED WOULD BE WOULD BE MADE
01:00:06 ON THE AOE AND THESE ARE HEARINGS REGARDING THE
01:00:09 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF SET A SO WE SO EFFECTIVELY
01:00:13 YOU'VE JUST DIRECTED THE COMPTROLLER TO REVERT AND AND
01:00:20 AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THEN THEY WILL HAVE A HAYNIE
01:00:22 VERSION FOR ME BUT OTHERWISE THE FILING HEARD YES UNDERSTOOD
01:00:27 MY APOLOGIES COLLEAGUES AND LIKE TO AS INDICATED BY MR.
01:00:32 CLERK THE MOTION IS NOW AMENDED TO HAVING THESE TWO ITEMS EIGHT
01:00:39 AND NINE FILE AND HURT AS HEARING SECOND SECOND BY
01:00:42 VICE-CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
01:00:43 >> AND ON THAT MOTION THAT BOTH HEARINGS AND ITEMS EIGHT
01:00:47 AND NINE BE HEARD AND FILED MADE BY CHAIR CHAIR
01:00:50 AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY VICE CHAIR DORSEY
01:00:53 AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON
01:00:57 I REMEMBER GENTLEMAN MANAGEMENT I CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE HAVE
01:01:02 FIVE EYES THE MOTION PASSES YOU KNOW WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE
01:01:05 CALL ITEMS TEN AND 11 TOGETHER. >> YES ITEMS TEN AND 11 THE I
01:01:14 DON'T NUMBER TEN IS A RESOLUTION HER CONCURRING WITH
01:01:17 THE CONTROLLERS ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR
01:01:21 2026 AND ADJUSTING THE LINE ACCESS TAX BY THE SAME RATE
01:01:27 AND ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE
01:01:29 NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION AND GRAFFITI CLEANUP FUND TAX
01:01:31 DESIGNATION CEILING FOR TAX YEAR 2026.
01:01:35 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND TODAY AGAIN WE HAVE THE
01:01:40 CONTROLLERS HERE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE HERE MORNING CHAIR JAN,
01:01:43 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. >> MY NAME IS MARIE WARSHEL.
01:01:47 I'M HERE WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE SO I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO
01:01:51 RUN THROUGH TODAY. THE FIRST IS NUMBER TEN ON THE
01:01:54 AGENDA THAT RELATES TO THE CITY'S ACCESS LINE TAX.
01:01:57 EVERY YEAR WE BRING BEFORE YOU THIS ADJUSTMENT TO THE ACCESS
01:01:59 LINE TAX LOCAL CODE DIRECTS THE COMPTROLLER TO ADJUST THE PER
01:02:03 LINE TAX RATE BY INFLATION EVERY YEAR.
01:02:06 THIS LEGISLATION INCREASES THE RATE BY A CPI OF 3.04% BETWEEN
01:02:14 JANUARY 20TH 26 IN 2025 IS WHEN THAT'S CALCULATED.
01:02:15 >> THIS INCREASES THE PER LINE RATE FROM $4.36 TO $4.49.
01:02:24 >> AND THEN ITEM 11 RELATES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION
01:02:28 FUND. EVERY YEAR WE ALSO BRING BEFORE
01:02:31 YOU THIS ADJUSTMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION
01:02:33 FUND. THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE
01:02:35 COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANT. THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE
01:02:39 GROSS RECEIPTS TAXPAYERS WHO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF THEIR
01:02:40 TAX LIABILITY TO THIS FUND. THESE CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD
01:02:44 OTHERWISE GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
01:02:47 LOCAL CODE REQUIRES THE COMPTROLLER TO ANNUALLY
01:02:51 CALCULATE THE MAXIMUM PERCENT CONTRIBUTION OF A TAXPAYER'S
01:02:55 GROSS TAX LIABILITY TO REACH AN INFLATION ADJUSTED AMOUNT YEAR
01:03:00 OVER YEAR. THIS LEGISLATION SETS THE TAX
01:03:03 YEAR 2026 MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION AT 6.2% OF THE TOTAL GROSS
01:03:07 RECEIPTS TAX LIABILITY FOR ANY GIVEN TAXPAYER.
01:03:11 AND WE ESTIMATE THIS WILL GENERATE $2.8 MILLION
01:03:13 IN CONTRIBUTIONS. THANK YOU.
01:03:14 I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
01:03:20 AND I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
01:03:22 >> WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO ITEMS.
01:03:24 >> YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BOTH THESE ITEMS
01:03:28 TEN AND 11 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
01:03:29 TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE. OKAY.
01:03:43 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC
01:03:45 COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
01:03:47 >> PRESIDENT MENDELSOHN THANK YOU, CHAIR.
01:03:48 AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE AS A CO-SPONSOR OF ITEM
01:03:52 TEN THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT COLLEAGUES, I
01:03:55 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS TO FULL BORE FOR THE JULY
01:04:00 14TH MEETING. >> SECOND SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR
01:04:03 DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION WE ARE
01:04:05 FOR BOTH ITEMS. TO JULY 14TH FULL BOARD
01:04:07 MEETING. IF I START DORSEY DORSEY I
01:04:11 REMEMBER SUTTER SUTTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
01:04:15 REMEMBER MIDDLEMAN MIDDLEMAN I HAD CHURCH MAN I CAN I WE HAVE
01:04:20 FIVE VOTES. >> THE MOTION PASSES.
01:04:22 >> AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 12.
01:04:25 >> ITEM NUMBER 12 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
01:04:29 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY
01:04:33 ADMINISTRATOR TO PAUSE, REDUCE OR RETURN THE ANNUAL
01:04:36 CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE DEPARTMENTS THAT CONTRACT FOR
01:04:38 PUBLIC WORKS UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER SIX
01:04:40 TO THE SAN FRANCISCO SELF-INSURANCE SURETY BOND
01:04:44 FUND. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
01:04:47 >> AND TODAY WE HAVE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE HERE.
01:04:50 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. I AM KATIE PATRICIAN DEPUTY
01:04:55 CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND I AM HERE THIS MORNING TO REQUEST
01:04:59 THE COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TWO SECTIONS
01:05:02 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RELATED TO THE CITY'S SURETY
01:05:06 BOND PROGRAM THE SURETY BOND PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997
01:05:10 AT SFO AND THEN EXPANDED TO OTHER CHAPTER SIX PUBLIC WORKS
01:05:14 PROJECTS IN 1999. THIS PROGRAM IS ENSHRINED
01:05:20 IN CHAPTER 14 B AND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY'S RISK
01:05:21 MANAGER. >> A SURETY BOND IS A THIRD
01:05:28 PARTY FINANCIAL GUARANTEE TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT A
01:05:32 CONTRACTOR WILL PERFORM WORK AT BID PRICES, COMPLETE THAT WORK
01:05:36 AND OR MEET PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS .
01:05:39 >> THE CITY REQUIRES BONDS ON ALL PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT X THE
01:05:44 SURETY BOND PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO LOWER BARRIERS
01:05:47 FOR SMALL CONTRACTORS TO PARTICIPATE PAID ON PUBLIC
01:05:51 WORKS PROJECTS BY IMPROVING THEIR ACCESS TO BONDING THE
01:05:55 PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY A FUND WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY ANNUAL
01:06:00 CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FROM CHAPTER SIX DEPARTMENTS AND THE CODE
01:06:04 REQUIRES THE CITY TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM BALANCE OF $2 MILLION
01:06:11 IN THE SURETY BOND FUND. AS I MENTIONED DURING OUR
01:06:14 BUDGET PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, THIS FUND IS CURRENTLY SUPER
01:06:19 FUNDED WITH A BALANCE OF $4.3 MILLION AND THAT IS LED THE
01:06:25 CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO REQUEST A PAUSE IN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
01:06:29 TO THE FUND UNTIL NEEDED. >> THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE
01:06:33 AMENDS BOTH CHAPTER 14 B AND CHAPTER TEN TO ALLOW THE
01:06:39 CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO PAUSE, RETURN OR REDUCE THE
01:06:43 REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS. BUT IT DOES RETAIN THE
01:06:47 REQUIREMENT FOR A MINIMUM $2 MILLION FUND BALANCE.
01:06:51 >> THIS CHANGE IS REFLECTED IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
01:06:55 ADMINISTRATORS OF FY 2627 AND 2728 BUDGET AND WE REQUEST
01:06:58 YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE THIS ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD.
01:07:03 WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
01:07:08 THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE
01:07:12 ROSTER. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
01:07:13 ON THIS ITEM. YES WE'RE OPENING A PUBLIC
01:07:16 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER 12 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
01:07:20 PUBLIC WISH JUSTICE COMMITTEE MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
01:07:23 SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:07:24 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED .
01:07:28 COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS ITEM TO FULL BOARD TO
01:07:32 THE JULY 14TH MEETING WITH RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY
01:07:38 VICE CHAIR DORSEY. >> A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
01:07:39 AND ON THAT MOST OF MY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
01:07:42 DORSEY THAT WE REFER THIS ORDINANCE TO THE JULY 14TH
01:07:46 MEETING OF THE FULL BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR
01:07:48 DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON
01:07:54 I REMEMBER MADELINE MADELINE ABSENT CHURCH AND I CAN I WE
01:07:58 HAVE FOR US THE MOTION PASSES THANK YOU.
01:08:02 >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SELF-INSURANCE AND THEN WITH
01:08:05 THAT MR. CLERK COURT ITEM 13 AND 14 TOGETHER AS ITEM NUMBERS
01:08:15 13 AND 14 ARE RESOLUTIONS CONCURRING WITH THE COMPTROLLER
01:08:16 CERTIFICATION THAT DEPARTMENTS SERVICES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
01:08:20 CAN BE APPROVED BY PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR A LOWER COST
01:08:23 AND SIMILAR WORK PERFORMED BY CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR
01:08:27 THE FOLLOWING SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 13 HIS FOR BUDGET
01:08:30 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST SERVICES FOR THE BOARD OF
01:08:31 SUPERVISORS FLEET SECURITY SERVICES REAL ESTATE DIVISION
01:08:34 CUSTODIAL SERVICES REAL ESTATE DIVISION SECURITY SERVICES
01:08:38 CONVENTION FACILITIES MANAGEMENT FOR GENERAL SERVICES
01:08:41 AGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE
01:08:45 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SECURITY SERVICES FOR
01:08:48 HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF HOUSING SECURITY SERVICES FOR
01:08:50 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY. >> FOOD SERVICES AT COUNTY
01:08:53 JAILS FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ASSEMBLY A VOTE BY
01:08:56 MAIL SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS
01:09:00 AND SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
01:09:01 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND ITEM NUMBER 14 IS FOR
01:09:04 PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ADULT PROBATION SECURITY SERVICES FOR
01:09:08 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MATERIALS TESTING
01:09:11 AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
01:09:15 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND TODAY AGAIN WE HAVE THE
01:09:19 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. >> GOOD MORNING CHURCH AND VICE
01:09:23 CHAIR DORSEY SUPERVISORS SAUTER AND WALTON.
01:09:26 I'M DEVIN MCCAULEY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE CITYWIDE
01:09:28 BUDGET MANAGER. AS YOU'RE AWARE THE CHARTER
01:09:31 PERMITS THE CITY TO CONTRACT OUT CITY SERVICES PROVIDED THAT
01:09:34 THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE CERTIFIES THAT THOSE SERVICES
01:09:35 CAN BE PROVIDED AT A MORE COST EFFECTIVE RATE AND THE BOARD
01:09:38 APPROVES. WE CALL THIS PROPOSITION JS AS
01:09:42 THAT'S THE VOTER AUTHORIZATION THAT ENABLES IT THIS ITEM
01:09:44 AUTHOR AUTHORS THE VARIOUS SERVICES OF THE COMPANIES THE
01:09:49 MAYOR'S PROPOSED JUNE 1ST BUDGET BOTH ITEMS BEFORE YOU
01:09:52 ARE OUR ANNUAL RESOLUTIONS ITEM 13 REFLECTS 11 SERVICES ALL
01:09:55 HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF
01:09:59 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ELECTIONS, SHERIFF
01:10:03 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
01:10:05 HOUSING PUBLIC WORKS CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BOARD OF
01:10:08 SUPERVISORS THAT HAVE ALL HAD LONG STANDING ANALYSIS FROM THE
01:10:12 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE SHOWING THAT THE SERVICES WOULD BE MORE
01:10:14 COST EFFECTIVE IF CONTRACTED OUT ITEM 14 REFLECTS THREE
01:10:19 SERVICES FOR SERVICES NOT PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED OUT FROM
01:10:22 PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ADULT PROBATION.
01:10:26 I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS NOW AND IF YOU HAVE
01:10:28 QUESTIONS ON SPECIFIC CONTRACTING OUT PROPOSALS WHICH
01:10:30 HAVE HAVEN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, I'M JOINED BY HERE BY
01:10:35 MEMBERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THEY DON'T PROBATION AND PUBLIC
01:10:36 WORKS AND HE ALSO MAY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN THE DEPARTMENTS
01:10:39 COME BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
01:10:42 >> THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ARTICULATE
01:10:47 MY INTENTION THROUGH CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION FOR
01:10:53 ITEM 14 COLLEAGUES AND WITH THE MAYOR'S WHEN WE DO OUR
01:10:58 DIRECTORS OFFICER KETTLER IS THAT FOR ITEM 14 IT IS MY
01:11:01 INTENTION TO DUPLICATE ITEM 14 AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
01:11:08 WHEN IT COMES TO DO NOT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IS TO MOVE
01:11:13 FORWARD WITH A DOOR PROBATION SECURITY SERVICES HOW AND FOR
01:11:20 BOTH PROBATION AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
01:11:24 HOWEVER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT FOR THE
01:11:28 MATERIALS TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES THAT WE
01:11:32 WILL CONTINUE THAT PORTION OF THE PROP J CONTRACT FOR FURTHER
01:11:39 DISCUSSION. THAT'S MY GOAL FOR TODAY.
01:11:42 I. I SEE NODDING FROM DIRECTOR
01:11:47 CUTLER SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THE MOMENT
01:11:53 AND WOULD LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO ITEMS.
01:11:57 I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
01:11:58 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS 13 AND 14.
01:12:01 >> YES FOR OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BOTH THESE ITEM
01:12:05 NUMBERS 13 AND 14 IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH
01:12:08 ADDRESSES COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:12:20 GOOD MORNING. I AM SEAN STEAK MCMANUS A
01:12:23 MATERIALS JESSE TECHNICIAN AT THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB
01:12:27 AND I'M HERE TO DELIVER THE SIGNED PETITION WITH 575
01:12:31 SIGNATURES TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TO ASK THEM TO
01:12:35 PLEASE REJECT THE COSTLY OUTSOURCING OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:12:39 MATERIAL TESTING LABORATORY AGAINST YOU AND JUST LEAVE IT
01:12:43 THERE. >> WHO DOESN'T?
01:12:46 YES, RIGHT. THAT'S FINE.
01:12:46 THANKS SPEAKER WELL, THE SUPERVISORS CHRIS KENNEDY LEADS
01:12:53 TO LEAD TECH AT THE TESTING LAB 26 YEARS OF SERVICE.
01:12:57 >> PROUD SERVICE TO AND WHEN YOU OUTSOURCE THE LAB YOU'RE
01:13:01 TAKING AWAY MONEY FROM AN ESTABLISHED LABORATORY AND FROM
01:13:07 ESTABLISHED CITY WORKERS AND YOU'RE GIVING IT TO A
01:13:09 PRIVATE ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THIS CITY.
01:13:11 THESE ARE THE SAME COMPANIES THAT THE CONTRACTORS ARE HIRING
01:13:16 FOR THEIR OWN QUALITY CONTROL. SO WHERE'S THE CHECKS
01:13:20 AND BALANCES IN THAT? >> SO WE ARE THE CHECKS
01:13:24 AND BALANCES. WE ASSURE THAT THE CITY IS
01:13:27 GETTING WHAT THEY PAID FOR AND THAT THE MATERIALS AND THE
01:13:30 WORKMANSHIP IS UP TO CITY STANDARDS CODES
01:13:31 AND SPECIFICATIONS AND SET PER JOB.
01:13:38 WE HAVE THE BEST IN NOT INTENTIONS BUT WE HAVE WHAT'S
01:13:42 BEST FOR THE CITY IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR MIND WHEREAS THE
01:13:46 PRIVATE LABS JUST HAVE THEIR BOTTOM LINE DON'T OUTSOURCE THE
01:13:49 LAB, KEEP CITY JOBS. >> THANK YOU MUCH CHRISTY
01:13:53 THANKS. >> SPEAKER SUPERVISORS ROBERT
01:13:57 MAN ASSESS TECHNICIAN LAB JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION
01:14:01 THAT SAN JOSE COUNTY SUBSIDIZED THEIR MATERIALS TESTING LAB TO
01:14:05 CONTRACTORS AND NOW ARE PAYING THE PRICE WITH MORE MORE FEES
01:14:11 AND COSTS AND UNLIKE US IF YOU SUBSIDIZE US WITH A CONTRACT
01:14:20 CAUSE WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICES THEY WILL PROVIDE.
01:14:23 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBERT.
01:14:24 NASA'S NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:14:32 >> MY NAME IS CESAR ESTRADA AND I REPRESENT THE STAFF FROM
01:14:35 THE DPW SISTER LABORATORY TO FOLK AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF
01:14:38 LOCAL 21 HIRING PRIVATE LABORATORIES MIGHT APPEAR TO
01:14:42 RELIEVE THE CITY FROM THE MONETARY RESPONSIBILITY OF
01:14:43 OPERATING THEIR OWN BUT I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED CHARGES
01:14:47 APPROXIMATING A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS PAID OVER A TWO MONTH
01:14:50 PERIOD PRIOR TO OR EXCUSE ME ON A SINGLE MEDIUM SIZED PROJECT
01:14:57 WHICH PAID FOR SUBSTANDARD SAMPLING AND TESTING.
01:15:00 >> THIS MAY SOUND AN IMPORTANT BUT FALSE POSITIVE TESTS
01:15:02 JUSTIFY PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS WHILE FALSE NEGATIVE RESULTS
01:15:06 CAN UNNECESSARILY BURDENS THE CONTRACTOR AND CAUSE SCHEDULE
01:15:09 DELAYS, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SOFT COSTS OF THE CITY
01:15:13 WHICH INCURS IN PROCESSING DOZENS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
01:15:16 CONTRACTS OF THIS NATURE THEREFORE CURRENTLY HAS MAJOR
01:15:18 CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH 2035.
01:15:21 THE LABORATORY SERVICES FOR THESE PROJECT REQUIRE TEST
01:15:26 RESULTS FROM TEST RESULTS FROM EIGHT ACCREDITED LABORATORY
01:15:28 WHICH DPW LAB MAINTAINS THE AIRPORT HAS UTILIZED DPW
01:15:32 SOURCES IN THE PAST FOR BECAUSE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
01:15:36 >> BUT THINK ABOUT THIS A STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING THIS
01:15:37 COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
01:15:46 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. MY NAME'S JASON COHEN.
01:15:47 I'M AN ENGINEER AT SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS.
01:15:50 >> WHILE THERE ARE COST PRESSURES FACING THE CITY AT
01:15:53 THIS MOMENT CONTRACTING OUT THE TESTING LAB IS A SHORT SIGHTED
01:15:55 MOVE WITH IMPACT TO OUR CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE AT A TIME WHEN
01:15:59 SAN FRANCISCO IS COMING BACK WHETHER IT'S THE BREAKING
01:16:01 GROUND AT PORTSMOUTH SQUARE IMPROVEMENTS OR WHETHER IT'S
01:16:03 THE OVERWHELMING APPROVAL OF MEASURE TO FUND EARTHQUAKE
01:16:06 SAFETY PROJECTS CONTRACTING OUT THE TESTING LAB WILL RESET THIS
01:16:10 MOMENTUM. ANY APPARENT COST SAVINGS
01:16:13 PRESENTED BY THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE WILL BE OFFSET BY HIGH
01:16:14 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS NOT CAPTURED BY INDIVIDUAL TASK
01:16:17 MANAGERS. >> PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT VOTE ON
01:16:22 THIS MEASURE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:16:24 THANK YOU JOCELYN. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:16:35 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:16:36 MY NAME IS MARCIN HIJAZI, PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE PUC
01:16:40 THE PROPERTY PROPOSAL TO OUTSOURCE A CITY LAB IS NOT A
01:16:43 SAVINGS RATHER THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL FACE HURDLES
01:16:47 AND ADDITIONAL COSTS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF NEW
01:16:50 CONTRACTS. THESE CONTRACTS CAN TAKE UP TO
01:16:51 A YEAR TO CARRY OUT WHICH RESULTS IN LONGER PRODUCT
01:16:55 DURATIONS AND ESCALATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
01:16:58 WE CURRENTLY HAVE LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY LAB
01:17:02 TO MINIMIZE THESE COSTS ON TOP OF PROVIDING A RELIABLE
01:17:03 RESOURCE TO ENSURE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND SAFETY STANDARDS,
01:17:07 THE PUBLIC WORKS AS NEEDED. CONTRACTS CITED BY THE
01:17:10 COMPTROLLER ARE INSUFFICIENT TO BACK FOR THE CAPACITY THAT THE
01:17:13 CITY LAB HAS SERVED ACROSS THE CITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
01:17:17 THE RESULT WILL BE A HUGE DISRUPTION TO PROJECTS
01:17:20 CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION AND WASTE ARE SPENDING ON
01:17:21 CONTRACTING OUT THIS WAY TO SPENDING SHOULD BE INVESTED
01:17:25 BACK INTO THE CITY AND IMPROVING OUR
01:17:28 INFRASTRUCTURE. PLEASE STAND WITH US AND REJECT
01:17:29 PROJECT. >> THANK YOU.
01:17:32 THANK YOU MUCH PRESIDENT I'LL SEE YOU NEXT SPEAKER.
01:17:35 >> GOOD MORNING. >> I'M MICHELLE BORGIA,
01:17:40 ASSOCIATE ENGINEER FROM PEW CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT BUREAU.
01:17:43 WE RELY ON THE CITY MATERIALS TESTING LAB TO PROVIDE QUALITY
01:17:47 ASSURANCE SUPPORT ON OUR PROJECTS THAT RANGE FROM THE
01:17:49 UTILITIES IN OUR STREETS TO BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES TO
01:17:52 WATER DISTRIBUTION, WASTEWATER CONVEYANCE, WATER
01:17:55 AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT. THE MATERIALS THE TESTS INCLUDE
01:17:59 CONCRETE IN OUR SUITE BASE AND BUILDINGS SOIL BELOW OUR
01:18:02 STREETS AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS AND STRUCTURAL
01:18:06 REINFORCEMENT. THIS TESTING ENSURES THAT THE
01:18:07 CONSTRUCTION MEETS OUR DESIGN STANDARDS FOR LEVEL OF SERVICE
01:18:10 NEEDS AND WITHSTANDING EARTHQUAKES.
01:18:13 >> WE ASK YOU TO STAND WITH CITY WORKERS BY REJECTING THE
01:18:15 OUTSOURCING OF THE CITY LAB THAT WOULD ELIMINATE OVER 100
01:18:18 YEARS OF MAINTAINING QUALITY STANDARDS MEANT TO ENSURE OUR
01:18:21 SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF THE UTILITIES WE PROVIDE.
01:18:24 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
01:18:26 COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:18:30 >> DEREK CHAN PUBLIC WORKS TECHNICAL ENGINEER THANK YOU
01:18:35 FOR THE TIME TO VOICE CONCERNS CONCERNING THE TIMETABLE AROUND
01:18:36 PROP K WHICH INCIDENTALLY IS WHAT I BRING TO WANT TO BRING
01:18:39 TO ATTENTION IN LIEU OF MANY ISSUES ALREADY BEING RAISED.
01:18:43 I PERSONALLY ONLY LEARNED THAT THE LAB MIGHT CLOSE AT THE
01:18:46 BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. THE LAB WORKERS THEMSELVES
01:18:48 FOUND OUT BARELY ANY SOONER AND WITH VIRTUALLY NO WARNING A
01:18:54 NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES WEREN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT AT THE
01:18:55 BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK. I'M LED TO BELIEVE THAT OTHERS
01:18:58 FURTHER UP THE LADDER OF CITY LEADERSHIP ARE ALSO NOT
01:19:02 PROPERLY INFORMED OF PROP J OR WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE CITY AS A
01:19:05 WHOLE. NOW BARELY OVER HALFWAY THROUGH
01:19:09 THE MONTH IS BEING VOTED ON WITH HARDLY ANY TIME TO
01:19:10 CONSIDER WHAT AND BE INFORMED OF THE RESULTING CONSEQUENCES
01:19:13 MUCH LESS PREPARE FOR THEM. IT DOES.
01:19:17 THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED POLICY FOR
01:19:21 ME. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A RUSHED
01:19:22 IN ATTEMPT TO CUT COSTS BUT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CONSIDER WHAT
01:19:25 THOSE TRUE COSTS ARE AND EVEN AT MY MOST GENEROUS LIKE I, I
01:19:29 DON'T SEE THIS AS A PARTICULARLY WISE COURSE OF
01:19:33 ACTION SO PLEASE DO NOT GO TIME AS EXPECTED BUT THANK YOU MUCH
01:19:37 DEREK CHAN NEXT SPEAKER HELLO MY NAME IS BEN PETERSON
01:19:43 AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR
01:19:46 ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. I'M MAKING MY COMMENT TODAY TO
01:19:48 EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE CLOSURE OF PUBLIC WORKS
01:19:51 MATERIALS TESTING LAB IN MY ROLE AS A PUBLIC INFORMATION
01:19:54 OFFICER I WORK ON SEWER STREET AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE
01:19:57 PROJECTS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT
01:19:59 MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE PUBLIC
01:20:02 IN FRONT, INFORMED AND MINIMALLY IMPACTED BY OUR
01:20:03 WORK. I CAN TELL YOU WITH FULL
01:20:08 CONFIDENCE THAT THERE'S ONE THING THAT ANNOYS THE PUBLIC
01:20:09 MORE THAN CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR BLOCK.
01:20:12 >> IT'S WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS CONSTANTLY DELAYED, STOPPED
01:20:13 AND RESTARTED AT RANDOM. OVER THE YEARS I'VE NEVER
01:20:16 ENCOUNTERED A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN STOPPED OR EVEN SLOWED
01:20:20 DOWN BY OUR MATERIALS TESTING LAB WHENEVER OUR CREWS IN THE
01:20:23 FIELD NEED TO TEST A SAMPLE OR ANOTHER SORT OF GUIDANCE, OUR
01:20:25 LAB WORKERS ARE ON TOP OF IT. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, THIS SORT OF
01:20:28 EFFICIENCY AND FLEXIBILITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'LL GET
01:20:31 FROM PRIVATE LABS. SAN FRANCISCANS DESERVE PUBLIC
01:20:32 SPACES THAT ARE SAFE AND EFFICIENTLY RUN PROJECTS.
01:20:35 SO LET'S MAKE A SMART INVESTMENT BY CONTINUING TO
01:20:38 FUND OUR CITY RUN PUBLIC WORKS MATERIALS TESTING LAB.
01:20:40 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU BEN PETERSON.
01:20:43 >> NEXT SPEAKER HELLO MY NAME IS JOSEPHINE WANG.
01:20:49 I AM A JUNIOR ENGINEER AT THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB.
01:20:53 THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE OVERSEEN BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
01:20:57 WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS NOT FOR
01:20:58 PROFIT PRIVATE COMPANIES. CITY STAFF HAVE A STRONG
01:21:01 INTEREST IN LONG TERM PUBLIC OUTCOMES WITH THE PUBLIC
01:21:05 INTEREST AT HEART CITY STAFF HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY
01:21:08 AND MAINTAINING CONSISTENT STANDARDS KEEPING WORK WITHIN
01:21:12 THE CITY HELPS ENSURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS STREETS,
01:21:13 SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS IS DESIGNED AND MAINTAINED TO MEET
01:21:16 REQUIRED SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS AND WITHSTAND
01:21:20 HEAVY USE INCLUDING OUR MUNI BUSSES AND THE UNDERGROUND
01:21:24 RAILROAD. IT ALSO SUPPORTS TRANSPARENCY
01:21:25 AND PUBLIC OVERSIGHT OF HOW MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
01:21:29 ARE DELIVERED. PLEASE PLEASE VOTE AGAINST
01:21:32 OUTSOURCING. PLEASE VOTE NO ON PROP CHANGE.
01:21:33 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
01:21:36 MS. JOSEPHINE WONG NEXT SPEAKER HI I'M JENNY SOME A
01:21:40 CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WITH THE PMC FOR OVER 100 YEARS THE CITY
01:21:46 LAB HAS PROVIDED QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
01:21:50 >> AND WHY SO LONG? BECAUSE YOU DON'T TRUST THE FOX
01:21:52 TO GUARD THE HENHOUSE. THIS CUT WOULD THROW AWAY OVER
01:21:56 100 YEARS OF OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN PERFORMANCE QUALITY
01:22:00 AND SAFETY STANDARDS IN CONSTRUCTION AND END UP
01:22:01 COSTING THE CITY MORE. FOR EXAMPLE, PRIVATE COMPANIES
01:22:07 CHARGE A FOUR HOUR MINIMUM FOR A SITE VISIT IN FOUR HOURS THE
01:22:11 CITY LAB CAN TEST OUT MULTIPLE SITES HAVING TO CONTRACT OUT TO
01:22:14 DIFFERENT COMPANIES. WE LOSE A STREAMLINED PROTOCOL
01:22:16 TO PROCURE A CENTRALIZED AND RELIABLE RESOURCE THAT HAS
01:22:19 MINIMIZED ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.
01:22:23 THE LAB IS WORTH MORE THAN A MEASURE OF SAFETY EASE
01:22:27 IN REALITY, CUTTING THE LAB WILL COST THE CITY MORE THAN
01:22:28 DOLLARS AND IS CONTRARY TO WHAT PROP J WAS INTENDED TO
01:22:32 ACCOMPLISH. PLEASE REJECT THE PROP JAY
01:22:35 OUTSOURCING OF THE CITY LAB. >> THANK YOU.
01:22:36 THANK YOU. >> MY NEXT SPEAKER.
01:22:39 HELLO, I'M ON ADA FALLON I'M AN ENGINEER WITH THIS OF P.C.
01:22:44 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT BUREAU FOR US APAC ALONE WE HAVE OVER
01:22:49 2 BILLION AND CONSTRUCTION THAT'S A LOT OF CONCRETE SOIL
01:22:52 AND STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT TO TEST AND ALL OF THAT IS PAID
01:22:54 THROUGH FROM PROJECT FUNDS AND PROJECT FUNDS ARE DIFFERENT
01:22:57 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THEY COME FROM REVENUE
01:23:00 GENERATED BY THE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS LIKE SFP C
01:23:04 AND MONEY FROM BOND MEASURE PROP G REQUIRES THE CITY
01:23:07 DEMONSTRATE THAT CONTRACTING OUT THE SAME SERVICES WILL BE A
01:23:09 COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY. >> HOWEVER THIS HAS NOT BEEN
01:23:12 DEMONSTRATED WITHOUT CITY LAB WE LOSE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF
01:23:16 A CENTRALIZED RESOURCE AND DATABASE FOR QUALITY
01:23:19 ASSURANCE TESTING WILL PAY MORE IN TIME AND ADMINISTRATIVE
01:23:21 COSTS TO CONTRACT OUT TO PRIVATE COMPANIES.
01:23:24 THESE COMPANIES ARE NOT NECESSARILY LOCAL AND WILL NOT
01:23:28 HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO SUPPORT THE HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS ACROSS
01:23:31 THE CITY. WE ASKED YOU TO STAND WITH CITY
01:23:33 WORKERS BY REJECTING PROP G OUTSOURCING OF THE CITY LAB.
01:23:36 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH.
01:23:38 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS NANCY OWYANG.
01:23:45 I WORK AS THE RESIDENT ENGINEER AND CITY REPRESENTATIVE FOR
01:23:51 VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WITH PUC.
01:23:52 THE CITY LAB HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED QUALITY ASSURANCE
01:23:56 TESTING TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY
01:23:59 DEPARTMENTS. WE PARTNER WITH OUR FELLOW
01:24:00 DEPARTMENTS TO MINIMIZE THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF
01:24:03 EXCAVATING THE STREETS TO MAINTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
01:24:06 IN THE SAME WAY. OUR DEPARTMENTS PARTNER WITH
01:24:07 THE CITY LAB TO REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN
01:24:11 AND ENSURE QUALITY SERVICES ARE DELIVERED TO SAFETY STANDARDS.
01:24:14 >> THIS COLLABORATION HAS WORKED WELL AND THERE IS NO
01:24:18 COST SAVINGS IN REINVENTING THE WHEEL AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
01:24:22 WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
01:24:23 IN PROGRESS TO ELIMINATE THE CITY LAB OR DISRUPT OUR ABILITY
01:24:26 TO TO DELIVER THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, QUALITY AND SAFETY
01:24:31 ACROSS THE CITY. AND THE CITY LAB HAS BEEN
01:24:32 PROVIDING THAT FOR OVER 100 YEARS AT MINIMAL COST.
01:24:35 PLEASE STAND WITH US AND REJECT THE OUTSOURCING OF THE CITY
01:24:38 LAB. >> THANK YOU.
01:24:39 THANK YOU, NANCY HOGAN. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:24:45 >> HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PONO RAE.
01:24:46 I'M A RESIDENT ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND I'VE BEEN
01:24:49 WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR TEN YEARS AND I AM A SIXTH
01:24:54 GENERATION SAN FRANCISCAN. PRIVATE COMPANIES, PRIVATE LABS
01:25:01 ARE MOTIVATED BY PROFIT. LIKE ME AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES
01:25:06 HERE, WE'RE MOTIVATED BY THE BEST INTERESTS FOR THE CITY
01:25:07 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY SCANDALS
01:25:11 WITH OUR MATERIALS TESTING LAB. YOU SEE IT IN THE NEWS ALL THE
01:25:15 TIME. YOU KNOW, EVEN IN HUNTER'S
01:25:19 POINT WHERE A PRIVATE TESTING LAB FALSIFY RESULTS AND IN FACT
01:25:23 A NAVY OPERATION. SO PLEASE STAND WITH ME
01:25:28 IN PROTECTING THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST.
01:25:31 >> I AND THE MATERIALS TESTING THAT THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
01:25:35 COMMENTS SPEAKER. >> MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:25:38 I'M DAVE MALLOY, A SENIOR ENGINEER AT PUBLIC WORKS AND A
01:25:40 FORMER CONSULTANT TESLA MANAGER.
01:25:42 MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CONSULTANT LEFT IS THEY ARE
01:25:46 THERE FOR THE PROFIT NOT FOR THE SAKE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:25:50 WHEN WE OUTSOURCES WE OUTSOURCES SERVICES WILL BE
01:25:54 TAKING A PROJECT MONEY GIVING IT TO OUTSIDE SERVICES THAT TWO
01:25:58 AND A HALF THE INTEREST OF THE CITY AT HEART.
01:25:59 PLEASE SUPPORT US IN VOTE NO ON PROJECT.
01:26:02 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
01:26:03 COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
01:26:07 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS DANIEL TAN.
01:26:10 I'M AN ASSISTANT ENGINEER AT THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB.
01:26:14 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE CITY
01:26:32 AND WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE TO YOU.
01:26:36 IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND WE'RE CIVIL SERVANTS.
01:26:40 >> SO THANK YOU. PLEASE REJECT THE OUTSOURCING
01:26:44 OF THE LAB. >> THANKS.
01:26:46 AND THANK YOU DOING YOUR THING. >> NEXT SPEAKER AUDI.
01:26:51 MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY LOXTON AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST
01:26:54 OFFER TWO REMINDERS OR AT LEAST TWO CLARIFICATIONS TO ADDITIONS
01:26:58 TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED.
01:26:59 AND JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR I DO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
01:27:02 PROPOSITION. >> FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO BE
01:27:03 CLEAR, THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB IS IN CHARGE OF MULTIPLE
01:27:06 KINDS OF CONSTRUCTION. ONE OF THEM IS THE SUBGRADE
01:27:07 THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THE STREET.
01:27:10 NUMBER TWO WOULD BE THE CONCRETE BASE THAT'S PUT ON TOP
01:27:12 OF THE SUBGRADE AND THEN THREE IS GOING TO BE THE ASPHALT
01:27:14 CONCRETE IS IT WEARING SURFACE THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN STREET
01:27:17 RESTORATION. >> AND I THINK AS WE'RE ALL
01:27:18 AWARE EACH THREE OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO WORK WELL
01:27:20 IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE POTHOLES FAILURES OF
01:27:23 THE KINDS OF ISSUES. SO THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB IS
01:27:24 INVOLVED IN A LOT. >> SECOND.
01:27:27 I SPEAK AS A 50 207 ASSOCIATE ENGINEER WORKING FOR THE SAN
01:27:30 FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, PARTICULARLY FOR
01:27:33 THE HETCH HETCHY REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.
01:27:34 AND JUST AS A REMINDER THAT SYSTEM IS INVOLVED IN WATER
01:27:37 UTILITIES THAT SPAN ALL THE WAY FROM THE RESERVOIRS OF THE
01:27:41 CITY, YOU'VE GOT SUNSET RESERVOIR, YOU GOT UNIVERSITY
01:27:43 TOWN RESERVOIR, YOU GOT OTHER RESERVOIRS ALL THE WAY TO THE
01:27:45 TESLA TREATMENT FACILITY NEAR TRACY, CALIFORNIA.
01:27:48 WE HAVE ASSETS THAT EXPAND ALL THE WAY ACROSS THAT REGION ALL
01:27:53 THE WAY UP TO HETCH HETCHY AS I'M SURE WE'RE WELL AWARE
01:27:54 AND THE MATERIALS LESS TESTING LABS ARE INVOLVED IN ALL OF
01:27:57 THAT REGION. >> BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR
01:27:58 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT PICTURE PLEASE SUPERVISORS
01:28:03 . MY NAME IS ALISHA FLORES
01:28:07 AND I'M A REPRESENTATIVE HERE ON BEHALF OF NOT JUST THE
01:28:11 PUBLIC WORKS MATERIALS TESTING LAB BUT MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WHO
01:28:12 COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AND ARE IN THIS ROOM IN SOLIDARITY WITH
01:28:15 OUR WORKERS AT PUBLIC WORKS ALSO FROM C, D, H AND SFO.
01:28:19 >> TODAY WE REMIND YOU THAT THE CITY HAS NOT MET ITS
01:28:22 CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO THE UNION.
01:28:24 THEY HAVE STILL NOT PROVIDED DATES TO MEET AND DISCUSS
01:28:26 ALTERNATIVES TO CONTRACTING OUT AND IN FACT GIVE US INACCURATE
01:28:30 INFORMATION THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE HEARD TODAY
01:28:33 AND ACTUALLY ONLY TOMORROW CONTRACTING OUT SERVICES THAT
01:28:35 OUR MEMBERS DO NOT ONLY VIOLATES OUR CONTRACT BUT LEADS
01:28:38 TO HIGHER COSTS AND FEES. PLEASE STAND WITH CITY WORKERS
01:28:41 AND REJECT THE CONTRACTING OUT OF THE MATERIALS TESTING
01:28:44 AND INSPECTION SERVICES AT PUBLIC WORKS.
01:28:45 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU LISA FLORES.
01:28:49 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
01:28:55 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. >> MY NAME IS MINERVA WALSTON
01:28:59 STAFF WITH IFP LOCAL 21. IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED
01:29:03 OUTSOURCING OF THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB SERVICES, THE
01:29:04 MATERIALS TESTING LAB PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN ENSURING THE
01:29:08 SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
01:29:11 OUTSOURCING THIS WORK WOULD REDUCE THE CITY'S IN-HOUSE
01:29:14 EXPERTISE, OVERSIGHT AND LONG TERM CAPACITY TO PERFORM THESE
01:29:18 ESSENTIAL SERVICES. >> THIS PROPOSAL WOULD TRANSFER
01:29:22 IMPORTANT CITY WORK TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR AND DIRECTLY
01:29:26 RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY TEN LAYOFFS.
01:29:27 >> WHILE THE CITY CLAIMS THIS OUTSOURCING WILL GENERATE
01:29:30 SAVINGS, THE UNION CONTINUES TO HAVE CONCERNS AROUND THE
01:29:34 PROPOSAL AND IT IMPACTS ON AFFECTED EMPLOYEES.
01:29:38 TO DATE THE CITY HAS NOT PROVIDED DATES TO MEET WITH THE
01:29:39 UNION TO DISCUSS THESE IMPACTS AND ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.
01:29:42 >> WE URGE THE COMMITTEE TO REJECT THE PROPOSED OUTSOURCING
01:29:46 OF THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB AND PRESERVE IMPORTANT WORK
01:29:49 WITHIN THE CITY WORKFORCE. >> THANK YOU.
01:29:53 THANK YOU, MR. MINERVA WOOLSON AND SEEING NO OTHER PEOPLE
01:29:57 IN LINE. MADAM CHAIR, THAT COMPLETES OUR
01:30:00 QUEUE. >> SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC
01:30:01 COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE.
01:30:04 >> PRESENT AMENDMENT I THINK IT'S YOUR CHANCE AND THANK YOU
01:30:08 FOR WHAT I TAKE TO BE A FAIRLY ON APPROACH TO ITEM NUMBER 14
01:30:15 AND THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET DIRECTOR SOPHIA KETTLER WHO I
01:30:19 ASSUME HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE BUDGET CHAIR.
01:30:23 I THINK THIS IS FEELS LIKE A BIG SHIFT AND SOUNDS LIKE IT
01:30:30 LANDED. THE CLOSING OF THE LAB TO YOU
01:30:34 KNOW LANDED WITHOUT VERY MUCH PRIOR NOTICE TO ANY OF US OR TO
01:30:39 THE IMPACTED FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE FOR THE CITY
01:30:42 FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND SO I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE
01:30:45 SOME MORE TIME TO GET A HANDLE ON WHETHER THIS MAKES SENSE,
01:30:49 WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL
01:30:51 COST TO THE CITY OF KEEPING THE LAB GOING ARE WHAT THE COSTS OF
01:30:54 CLOSING IT ARE AND ALL THAT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT
01:30:57 TODAY. SO.
01:31:01 >> THANKS CHAIR AND FOR WORKING THIS OUT FOR US.
01:31:02 THANK YOU. >> VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU
01:31:05 CHAIR CHIN SO PROPOSITION J WHICH VOTERS ADOPTED I THINK 50
01:31:11 YEARS AGO AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH
01:31:12 PRIVATE CONTRACTORS WHEN PUBLIC SERVICES CAN BE PERFORMED AT
01:31:15 LOWER COST TO TAXPAYERS BUT IT ALSO PRESERVE THE SAFEGUARD OF
01:31:19 OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE
01:31:23 GOING TO BE TIMES WHEN COST SAVINGS ALONE MAY BE PENNYWISE
01:31:26 BUT POUND FOOLISH AND I THINK THERE ARE INSTITUTIONAL
01:31:30 MEMORIES AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR CITY FOR SERVICES THAT ARE
01:31:35 PERFORMED THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE MATCHED BY A CONTRACTOR.
01:31:38 SO I AM PERSUADED THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE
01:31:43 THE BOARD SHOULD EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY TO NOT MAKE A PENNY
01:31:50 WISE AND POUND FOOLISH DECISION.
01:31:51 SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS YOUR MEASURE OR YOUR
01:31:57 AMENDMENT? >> CHURKIN THANK YOU.
01:31:58 VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO FIRST MADE
01:32:09 THE MOTION THAT IT'S A BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH THE PROP J
01:32:10 CONTRACT THAT WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WHICH IS
01:32:15 ITEM 13. AND COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
01:32:16 MOVE ITEM 13 TO FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD
01:32:19 MEETING ON JULY 14TH SECOND SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR DORSEY
01:32:24 AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON A MOTION BY CHURCH IN PART
01:32:28 AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE REFER THE
01:32:33 RESOLUTION IN ITEM 13 TO THE JULY 14TH MEETING OF THE FULL
01:32:37 BOARD. FIRST OUR DORSEY DORSEY I
01:32:40 REMEMBER SADR SADR I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER
01:32:44 GENTLEMAN HIGH MANTLE I CHURCH AND I CHANT IBF I VICE THE
01:32:48 MOTION PASSES AND AS FOR ITEM 14 THAT ARE FOR THE PROP J
01:32:51 CONTRACTS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUS LEE APPROVED THERE ARE
01:32:56 BRAND NEW ONES COMING TO THIS BODY.
01:32:58 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST DUPLICATE IT THE FILE I
01:33:02 DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT AND WITH THE DUPLICATE A FILE
01:33:06 TO AMEND FIRST TO AMEND ORIGINAL FILE TO REMOVE THAT
01:33:10 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS MATERIAL TESTING AND INSPECTION
01:33:14 SERVICES CONTRACT THAT IS BOTH ON PAGE ONE.
01:33:18 LONG TITLE LINES SEVEN AND EIGHT AND THEN ALSO ON PAGE
01:33:25 TWO DELETING LINES EIGHT AND NINE WITH THIS AMENDMENT WE
01:33:28 ARE REMOVING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT FOR THE
01:33:34 MATERIALS AND MATERIALS TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FROM
01:33:38 THIS FILE SO. AND A ROLL CALL ON THIS
01:33:45 AMENDMENT AND AND I MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE ORIGINAL FILE
01:33:53 IN ITEM NUMBER 14 TO REMOVE THE MATERIALS TESTING
01:33:56 AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
01:33:58 MOVED BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY, VICE CHAIR
01:34:01 DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SORTER SORTER I REMEMBER WALTON
01:34:05 WALTON I REMEMBER GENTLEMAN I MEAN I.
01:34:09 CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FIVE EYES AND MOTION PASSES AND WITH
01:34:12 THIS ORIGINAL AND AMENDED FILE I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS FILE
01:34:20 TO FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION TO THE JULY 14TH
01:34:25 FULL BOARD MEETING BE BE AMENDED FILE FILE AMEND IT OR
01:34:30 YEAH. SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY A
01:34:40 ROLL CALL PLEASE AND AND I MOTION BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED
01:34:42 BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE REFER THE RESOLUTION IN ITEM
01:34:47 NUMBER 14 TO THE JULY 14TH FULL BOARD AS AMENDED.
01:34:51 MR. DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SENATOR SAUTER I REMEMBER
01:34:54 WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER GENTLEMAN RIGHT MANTLE I CHURCH
01:34:59 CAN I CHANT HEY WE HAVE FIVE VICE.
01:35:02 >> THE MOTION PASSES AND WITH THE DUPLICATE VERSION
01:35:05 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE MOVE THE ADULT PROBATION
01:35:09 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAT IS ON PAGE ONE LONG
01:35:16 TITLE LINES SIX AND SEVEN TO DELETE THESE TWO.
01:35:18 CONTRACT A DOOR PROBATION AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
01:35:23 AND ON PAGE TWO DELETING LINES FOUR THROUGH SEVEN AND THAT
01:35:26 WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT DUPLICATE A VERSION WILL NO
01:35:30 LONGER HAVE THE ADULT PROBATION IN.
01:35:34 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WITH ONLY THE MATERIALS
01:35:35 TESTING AND INSPECTIONS SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENT OF
01:35:38 PUBLIC WORKS REMAIN AND WITH THIS AMENDMENT AND THAT I WOULD
01:35:43 LIKE AT LET'S DO THIS AMENDMENT FIRST SECOND SECOND BY VICE
01:35:46 CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THE MOTION TO
01:35:50 AMEND THE DUPLICATED FILE TO REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
01:36:00 >> OF ADULT PROBATION AND SECURITY SERVICES, THE
01:36:03 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH MOVED BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY
01:36:05 VICE CHAIR DORSEY, VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER
01:36:08 CENTER CENTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER BENJAMIN HIGH
01:36:15 MAILMAN I CHAIR CHAN I CHANT I WE HAVE FIVE EYES.
01:36:16 >> THE MOTION PASSES BUT THAT MEANS WITH THIS DUPLICATE A
01:36:19 FIRE WILL BE CONTINUE TO OUR THURSDAY MEETING ALL THE CHAIR
01:36:26 NO I CAN DO CALL IT A CHAIR BUT I THINK THURSDAY MEETING IT'S
01:36:34 TOMORROW WE CAN CONTINUE THE ITEM TO TO TOMORROW'S MEETING.
01:36:44 SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'LL BE A RECESSED MEETING AND WE CAN WE
01:36:45 CAN BASICALLY OPEN THE DISCUSSION WHEN YOU DO FINALLY
01:36:49 CALL THE THE ITEM ALLOWING OUR THE BALANCE OF OUR HEARING SO I
01:36:56 WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE TO AMEND DUPLICATE IT
01:36:59 AN AMENDED ITEM TO TWO. TOMORROW'S BUDGET AND FINANCE
01:37:05 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING SECOND SECOND
01:37:09 BY BY SUPERVISOR WALTON AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THAT
01:37:14 MOTION BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR WALTON OH SORRY
01:37:18 BY MEMBER WALTON THAT WE CONTINUE THE DUPLICATED
01:37:24 RESOLUTION TO THE JUNE 18TH MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE.
01:37:29 VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY MEMBER SOUDER.
01:37:33 SOUDER I MEMBER WALTON WALTON I MEMBER MANAGEMENT HI MADELEINE
01:37:37 I CHURCH AND I CAN I WE HAVE FIVE EYES THE MOTION PASSES
01:37:44 AND IF I MAY AND TO EXPLAIN WHY THE CONTINUANCE IS BECAUSE I
01:37:48 THINK WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT IS FOR THE
01:37:52 PROPERTY. CONTRACT AND THAT BUT THAT ALSO
01:37:55 THAT DISCREPANCY THAT TO BRING BACK THE STAFF PRESENT
01:38:03 AMENDMENT IS IS THE CHAIRS THOUGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET
01:38:08 ALL OF THAT DONE BY TOMORROW OR ARE WE JUST KEEPING IT ON OUR
01:38:10 AGENDA ROLLING FORWARD AND AT SOME POINT WITH LOTS OF NOTICE
01:38:12 TO IMPACTED AND INTERESTED PARTIES THE CHAIR WILL LET
01:38:15 PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE THE ACTUAL DAY WHEN THIS IS GETTING
01:38:19 DECIDED IS COMING. >> CORRECT.
01:38:20 SO WE'LL JUST KEEP CONTINUING IT DAY BY DAY AND AT SOME POINT
01:38:23 THAT BUT YOU WILL PUT THE WORD OUT.
01:38:26 >> OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALSO WORKING
01:38:29 WITH DIRECTOR KETTLER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BALANCE THIS
01:38:33 BUDGET AND UNDERSTANDING THE. I DO NOT IMAGINE TO OFFSET THE
01:38:38 CONTRACT DOLLAR AMOUNT VERSUS THIS EXISTING STAFFING IS AS A
01:38:44 THAT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DOLLAR THAT IS A GAP THERE I
01:38:49 DON'T IMAGINE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT GAP BETWEEN THE
01:38:53 CONTRACTING DOLLARS VERSUS THE STAFFING DOLLARS IN TERMS OF
01:38:57 BUDGET. >> PRESENT AMENDMENT BUT IS IT
01:39:01 YOUR EXPECTATION AS ALL GET WORKED OUT TOMORROW OR ARE YOU
01:39:04 JUST OR OR AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE BEFORE BUDGET IS DONE?
01:39:08 >> I THINK THAT THE DIRECTOR KETTLER QUESTION AS WELL SO
01:39:15 VEHICULAR FOR THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE WE CAN ABSOLUTELY
01:39:16 HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU TOMORROW WE.
01:39:19 >> SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE IT UP TOMORROW.
01:39:22 >> YOUR IT IS THE THE CHOICE OF THIS BODY.
01:39:24 GOT IT. LIKE TO BRING BACK OKAY I SEE
01:39:26 NODDING GREAT. >> THANK YOU.
01:39:34 >> I MEAN I THINK WE JUST KIND OF DISCUSS IT TODAY.
01:39:36 IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE ON THE
01:39:38 SAME PAGE ABOUT THIS CONTRACT. RIGHT.
01:39:43 OR AGAINST CONTRACTING OUT AND THAT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF
01:39:46 THIS BODY TO. IT SEEMS TO BE ME AND I'M HAPPY
01:39:50 TO HAVE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS THE
01:39:54 INTENTION OF THIS COMMITTEE TO TABLE ALL THE CONTRACT PROPERTY
01:39:58 CONTRACT FOR DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS AND USE THAT TO IDENTIFY
01:40:01 DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN STAFFING LEVEL FOR.
01:40:05 THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THIS CONTRACT AT WITHIN THE
01:40:09 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HAVING JUST DONE HAVING
01:40:13 THIS WORK DONE BY CITY WORKERS I SEE I SEE AGREEMENT IN THIS
01:40:20 AND SO WE WILL WORK THIS OUT. >> THANK YOU.
01:40:24 AND I SEE AGREEMENT IN THAT IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TOO.
01:40:25 SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.
01:40:29 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CONSENSUS AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE
01:40:33 ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15. >> YES.
01:40:36 ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECREATION
01:40:43 AND PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE AN AMENDED PERMIT ALLOWING
01:40:47 ANOTHER PLANET ENTERTAINMENT TO HOLD TICKETED CONCERTS AT THE
01:40:51 GOLDEN GATE PARK POLO FIELD TO TAKE PLACE ON THE FRIDAY,
01:40:55 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EITHER FOLLOWING OR PRECEDING THE
01:40:56 OUTSIDE LANES FESTIVALS IN 2027, 28 AND 2029.
01:41:02 IN EXCHANGE FOR A MINIMUM PERMIT FEE OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5
01:41:05 MILLION PER YEAR FOR TWO DAY EVENTS AND APPROXIMATELY 2.3
01:41:08 MILLION PER YEAR FOR THREE DAY EVENTS THROUGH 2029 AND WITH
01:41:12 OPTIONS TO EXTEND THE PERMIT UNTIL 2035 AND WITH INCREASED
01:41:19 MINIMUM PERMIT FEES DURING ANY SUCH EXTENSIONS.
01:41:20 AFFIRMING THE CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
01:41:23 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND AUTHORIZING THE RECREATION
01:41:27 OF PARKS DEPARTMENT GENERAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
01:41:30 AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE PERMIT THAT DID NOT
01:41:31 MATERIALLY INCREASE THE OBLIGATIONS NOR LIABILITIES TO
01:41:34 THE CITY AND ARE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE
01:41:37 PERMIT OR THIS RESOLUTION. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
01:41:41 AND WE HAVE TODAY OUR RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT
01:41:43 HERE. GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN VICE
01:41:53 CHAIR DORSEY SUPERVISORS I'M HANK HECKEL FROM THE PROPERTY
01:41:57 MANAGEMENT TEAM AT RECREATION PARK.
01:41:58 I I HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM FOR RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE
01:42:04 DEPARTMENT TO EXTEND ITS EXISTING PERMIT WITH ANOTHER
01:42:05 PLANET ENTERTAINMENT. >> TO HOST AN ANNUAL CONCERT
01:42:11 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK IN THE POLO FIELD ON THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING
01:42:13 THE OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL AND I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION
01:42:16 FOR YOU JUST FOR BACKGROUND OUTSIDE LANDS OF COURSE IS HELD
01:42:23 EVERY AUGUST IN THE PARK. IT'S THE PREMIER THREE DAY
01:42:26 FESTIVAL THAT BLENDS MULTI GENRE MUSIC WITH THE FINEST BAY
01:42:30 AREA FOOD, DRINK AND CULTURE BAY AREA BASED CONCERT
01:42:33 PRODUCTION COMPANY AND OTHER PLANET HOSTS THE FESTIVAL UNDER
01:42:37 A PERMIT WITH THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED IN 2009 WHICH RUNS UNTIL
01:42:41 2031. THE PERFORMANCES ARE HELD
01:42:44 THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN END OF THE PARK WITH THE MAIN STAGE AT
01:42:47 THE POLO FIELD IN JULY OF 2023 THE DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER
01:42:55 PLANET ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE THREE YEAR AGREEMENT TO ALLOW A
01:42:59 CONCERT AT THE POLO FIELD THE WEEKEND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
01:43:00 OUTSIDE LANDS EACH YEAR. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF
01:43:04 CONCERT EXPERIENCE ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE THAN OUTSIDE
01:43:07 LANDS. IT ONLY HAS THE ONE STAGE
01:43:10 FOCUSING ON ONE HEADLINER OR GENRE LOWER ATTENDANCE WITH
01:43:14 ABOUT 50,000 TO 57,000 FANS AND SHORTER SHOWS WITH FEWER
01:43:18 ACTS AND FEWER ISSUES WITH NOISE IN 2024 THE HEADLINERS
01:43:25 WERE THE NU METAL ARTISTS SYSTEM OF A DOWN AND THE
01:43:26 DEFTONES IN 2025 THE HEADLINERS WERE THE COUNTRY ROCK
01:43:29 PERFORMERS ZAC, BRIAN AND THE KINGS OF LEON AND THOSE TWO
01:43:35 YEARS OF CONCERTS ALONE GENERATED PERMIT FEES TO THE
01:43:39 DEPARTMENT OF $2.84 MILLION IN INITIALLY APPROVING THE POLO
01:43:47 PERMIT RECREATION AND PARK WAS ENVISIONED THAT IF THE EVENT
01:43:51 WERE SUCCESSFUL IT COULD CONTINUE BEYOND THE ORIGINAL
01:43:54 THREE YEARS AND BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE AND ANOTHER PLAN ITS
01:43:58 EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THESE EVENTS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS
01:44:01 DETERMINED THAT AN EXTENSION IS IS APPROPRIATE.
01:44:03 THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU EXTENDS THE TERM FOR THREE
01:44:06 YEARS WITH FURTHER OPTIONS TO EXTEND IT INCREASES THE PERMIT
01:44:10 FEES BASED ON CPI AND ONE KEY DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT PROVIDES
01:44:14 AN OPTION TO HOLD THE THE EVENT EITHER ON THE WEEKEND AFTER OR
01:44:21 BEFORE OUTSIDE LANDS TO ANOTHER PLANT THAT CAN OPT TO DO ONE OR
01:44:25 THE OTHER WHICH PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY WHILE KEEPING SOME
01:44:29 OF THE THE EFFICIENCIES AND THOSE EFFICIENCIES REALLY
01:44:33 ARE UNIQUE TO HOLDING THIS CONCERT CLOSE IN TIME TO
01:44:37 OUTSIDE LANDS WITH THE SAME PRODUCER.
01:44:40 THE EVENTS ARE REALLY FEASIBLE BECAUSE THEY OCCUR CLOSE
01:44:44 IN TIME WHICH REDUCES COSTS AND PARK IMPACTS IT ALLOWS THE
01:44:48 REUSE OF SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS THE POLO
01:44:50 FIELD STAGE ITSELF REMAINS ON SITE FOR OUTSIDE LANDS
01:44:55 AND THESE CONCERTS AND OTHER OTHER FACILITIES ARE REUSED AS
01:44:57 WELL. IT ALLOWS JUST ONE LOAD IN AND
01:45:00 LOAD OUT AND ANOTHER PLANET HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE MITIGATING
01:45:04 IMPACTS ON THE PARK AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY THROUGH
01:45:07 THEIR MANY YEARS OF OF PUTTING ON OUTSIDE LANDS.
01:45:11 SO THERE'S REALLY UNIQUE BENEFITS TO HAVING THE SAME
01:45:15 CONSISTENT ORGANIZER FOR BOTH EVENTS HERE WE SEE A MAP THAT
01:45:22 COMPARES THE THE FOOTPRINT OF OUTSIDE LANDS COMPARED TO THE
01:45:26 POLO FIELD CONCERTS AND OF COURSE OUTSIDE LANDS IS ON A
01:45:30 MUCH GREATER SCOPE COMPARED TO THE POLO FIELD EVENTS OUTSIDE
01:45:34 LANDS HAS EIGHT STAGES FIVE EVENT AREAS AND 75 ACRES
01:45:37 WHEREAS THE POLO FIELD OCCURS ON JUST THE ONE STAGE IN THE
01:45:41 ONE EVENT AREA OVER 25 ACRES. >> TO SUMMARIZE THE KEY TERMS,
01:45:51 THE INITIAL TERM OF THIS EXTENSION WOULD BE THREE YEARS
01:45:54 WITH THE FIRST OPTION FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS AND THEN A
01:45:57 SECOND OPTION FOR THREE YEARS ON TOP OF THAT FOR A TOTAL OF
01:46:00 UP TO NINE YEARS WHICH WOULD TAKE US THROUGH 2035.
01:46:03 IMPORTANTLY IF THE SEPARATE OUTSIDE LANDS PERMIT IS NOT
01:46:07 EXTENDED AND THAT FESTIVAL WILL NOT BE HELD, THE THE POLO FIELD
01:46:11 CONCERTS COULD STILL CONTINUE PROVIDED THEY'RE HELD ON ONE OF
01:46:15 THE FIRST THREE WEEKENDS IN AUGUST AND THAT SITUATION
01:46:19 NEITHER PARTY COULD CHOOSE TO TERMINATE BY PROVIDING 60 DAYS
01:46:22 NOTICE AFTER TERMINATION OF OUTSIDE LANDS AND THE AMENDMENT
01:46:29 CONTINUES SOME KEY PROTECTIONS AND MITIGATION MEASURES TO
01:46:33 SUPPORT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND PREPARE FOR
01:46:36 SOUND AND TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS FROM THE CONCERTS
01:46:37 INCLUDING A COMMUNITY HOTLINE. ANOTHER PLANET WILL PROVIDE MTA
01:46:44 OFFICERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS FREE MUNI RIDES AND SHUTTLE
01:46:47 SERVICES TO AND FROM THE EVENT AND A DEDICATED RIDESHARE PICK
01:46:51 UP AND DROP OFF AREA. ANOTHER PLANET MUST CONTINUE TO
01:46:59 COMPLY WITH OPERATING AND OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS FROM
01:47:00 THE OUTSIDE LANDS PERMIT AND MEET WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
01:47:03 GROUPS IN ADVANCE TO TO PLAN FOR IMPACTS FROM THE EVENT
01:47:07 AND THEY WILL WORK WITH A PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM AND SPEED
01:47:11 TO PROVIDE FULL SECURITY AT THEIR OWN COST AND CRITICALLY
01:47:17 ANOTHER PLANT WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
01:47:22 UNDER THE OUTSIDE LANDS PERMITS THEY PROVIDE $30,000 ANNUALLY
01:47:25 TO EACH OF DISTRICTS ONE AND FOUR FOR PROJECTS
01:47:29 AND PROGRAMS AND UNDER THE A AMENDED POLO PERMIT THEY'LL
01:47:33 CONTINUE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 IN EACH YEAR TO EACH
01:47:37 DISTRICT AND FREE CONCERTS. ANOTHER PLANET WILL ORGANIZE
01:47:43 THREE FREE SAN FRANCISCO CONCERTS IN SUMMER AND OR FALL
01:47:44 EACH YEAR AT 3 OR 4 OF CIVIC CENTER UNION SQUARE, THE
01:47:48 EMBARCADERO OR THE JERRY GARCIA AMPHITHEATER.
01:47:54 >> THEN IN CONCLUSION THE POLO FIELD CONCERTS CONTINUE THE
01:47:59 RICH LEGACY OF LIVE MUSIC AND GOLDEN GATE PARK THAT HAVE
01:48:03 PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND ECONOMIC
01:48:07 IMPACTS. IN FACT A RECENT REPORT BY THE
01:48:11 BAY AREA COUNCIL ECONOMIC INSTITUTE FOUND THAT THE
01:48:14 CONCERTS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK LAST SUMMER ALONE WHICH
01:48:17 INCLUDED OUTSIDE LANDS AS WELL AS THE DEAD AND COMPANY SHOWS
01:48:21 IN ADDITION TO THE JACK BRIAN CONCERT GENERATED $245 MILLION
01:48:24 IN ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE BAY AREA AND 37.8 MILLION OF THAT
01:48:31 CAME FROM THE ZACH BRYAN POLO FIELD CONCERT ALONE.
01:48:34 THE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED EFFECTIVELY WITH ANOTHER PLANET
01:48:35 AS A RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE PARTNER THAT HAS MANAGED
01:48:39 OUTSIDE LANDS AND THE POLO CONCERT SUCCESSFULLY BRINGING
01:48:42 OUT THOUSANDS OF MUSIC FANS EACH YEAR WHILE MITIGATING
01:48:46 IMPACTS PROTECTING THE PARK AND WORKING TO ADDRESS
01:48:47 COMMUNITY CONCERNS. >> THEREFORE WE WE ASK THIS
01:48:51 COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
01:48:54 PERMIT. >> THANK YOU.
01:48:57 THANK YOU. IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT
01:49:01 THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL CONCERT OR ADDITIONAL GOING TO
01:49:02 GATE POLO FIELD CONCERT THIS YEAR FROM FROM WHAT I
01:49:08 UNDERSTAND ANOTHER PLANET IS STILL LOOKING AT ORGANIZING
01:49:12 THAT EVENT. WE MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL
01:49:17 INFORMATION THAT'S UP TO DATE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE
01:49:20 MEMBERS I'M GOING TO HAVE ALAN SCOTT FROM ANOTHER PLANET HERE.
01:49:22 HE CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
01:49:25 I KNOW THEY THEY WERE WORKING ON ARTISTS IN PARTICULAR
01:49:28 AND THEY HAD SOME CHALLENGES BUT WE'LL LET HIM KIND OF TALK
01:49:29 A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE STILL
01:49:33 MOVING FORWARD AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND IF IT FOR SOME REASON
01:49:36 STILL DOESN'T GO THROUGH THEY'RE STILL PAYING THE
01:49:39 COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND, THEY'RE STILL HAVING THE FREE DOWNTOWN
01:49:40 CONCERTS AND THEY'RE STILL PAYING THE PERMIT FEE.
01:49:43 >> BUT WHAT ALAN AND ANYTHING ELSE HAVE NEEDED?
01:49:45 >> SURE SCOTT. >> HELLO SUPERVISORS.
01:49:50 DO I NEED TO ADD ANY COLOR TO THAT?
01:49:54 WE JUST WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A CONCERT FOR THE WEEKEND AFTER
01:49:57 OUTSIDE LANDS WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT ARTIST WHO WE
01:50:04 THOUGHT WAS GOING TO PLAY AND IS NO LONGER PLAYING SO WE
01:50:08 ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING TO FILL IT BUT AS BEV SAID, IF WE DO
01:50:12 NOT DO A CONCERT THERE ALL THE FEES AND THE FREE CONCERTS
01:50:20 AND THE COMMUNITY FUNDS WILL BE PAID IN FULL AND DONE IN FULL.
01:50:21 SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE TWO OF THE FREE CONCERTS ON
01:50:24 EMBARCADERO PLAZA AND THEY'VE GONE GREAT BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
01:50:27 VARIABLES THAT GO INTO BOOKING AN ARTIST OF THIS SIZE.
01:50:32 >> THESE ARE STADIUM ACTS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN
01:50:35 THE ARTISTS THAT HEADLINE OUTSIDE LAND SO THERE'S JUST A
01:50:39 LOT OF DIFFERENT NUANCES THAT GO INTO IT BUT YOU KNOW WE WANT
01:50:43 TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE BRING TO THE PARK IS ADEQUATE FOR THE
01:50:47 CITY AS WELL AS FOR US BOTH ECONOMICALLY BUT ALSO GENRE
01:50:54 WISE AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
01:50:59 >> THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY GET
01:51:02 DOWN TO SORT OF MY QUESTIONS WHY WHEN WILL WE KNOW AND SO
01:51:06 THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE ADEQUATE OUTREACH AND ADEQUATE
01:51:10 INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY THE
01:51:14 CLOSURE OF THE PARK AND DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE MEANING SHOULD
01:51:17 YOU DECIDE TO BE SOMETIME IN AUGUST FOR THE SECOND
01:51:21 WEEKEND, DOES THAT MEAN WE WILL KNOW BY MID-JULY OR HOW WE
01:51:26 DON'T LIKE 30 DAYS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH?
01:51:29 I MEAN WE'RE GIVING OURSELVES TWO WEEKS AT AT SOME POINT IT
01:51:32 JUST TO TIDE A WINDOW. WE DO HAVE THE MAILER GOING OUT
01:51:34 ALREADY WITHOUT THE CONCERT BUT IF THERE IS A CONCERT I WILL DO
01:51:38 ANOTHER MAILER AND OTHER OUTREACH AND OF COURSE BE
01:51:41 IN CONTACT WITH YOUR OFFICE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU YOU HAVE A
01:51:45 GREAT WAY OF REACHING YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
01:51:48 >> WE APPRECIATE IT. I THINK ULTIMATELY WE
01:51:51 UNDERSTAND I, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW, FROM FEEDBACK WISE I
01:51:55 THINK THAT FOR THE MERCHANTS IN THE FOR OUR MERCHANTS IN THE
01:52:00 RICHMOND WE WE SEEMS TO HAVE MORE POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THE
01:52:03 GOLDEN GATE POLO FIELD CONCERTS BECAUSE THEY ARE RUN BY PER DAY
01:52:11 AND THAT ALLOWING CONCERT GOERS TO ACTUALLY GET IN AND OUT
01:52:15 AND THEY GO IN 3:00 SO THEY THEY WILL COME AND VISIT OUR
01:52:18 MERCHANTS DURING THE DAY AND THEN THEY GO INTO THE
01:52:22 CONCERTS AND THEN BECAUSE THEY ARE RELEASED BY TEN THEN THEY
01:52:25 VISIT THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS NEARBY.
01:52:28 IT WORKS FOR US OR I SHOULD SAY WORKS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS
01:52:32 AND THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE NOT
01:52:36 THE PATRONS ARE NOT TRAP INSIDE FOR 3 OR 3 DAYS AND THAT THEY
01:52:41 ARE ACTUALLY IN AND OUT AND BE ABLE TO VISIT MERCHANTS
01:52:44 AND RESTAURANTS AND BARS NEARBY .
01:52:47 SO SO THAT FORMAT SEEMS TO BE MORE WHILE WE RECEIVED JUST A
01:52:51 FEEDBACK YES AND IT'S A LATER START GENERALLY SO I THINK THAT
01:52:56 HELPS PEOPLE GRAB LUNCH AND DIFFERENT THINGS BEFORE
01:52:59 THEY GO IN. >> SO THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
01:53:01 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:53:03 >> WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
01:53:06 YES, WE'RE OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE
01:53:10 PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS ITEM
01:53:12 NUMBER 15 AND WITH THAT FIRST PICK UP PLACE.
01:53:15 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. I'M DAVID EXCUSE ME.
01:53:19 I'M DAVID PLANK. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE HEART OF
01:53:20 RICHMOND AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
01:53:26 TO THE OUTSIDE AND AT THE PLANET CONTRACT.
01:53:29 FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE NOT ATTENDED OUTSIDE LANDS
01:53:33 BECAUSE I'M TOO OLD AND I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NAMES OF ANY OF
01:53:37 THE PERFORMERS ON THE PROGRAM AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO ANOTHER
01:53:41 PLANET LAST YEAR WHEN THEY BOOKED ZACH BRYAN AND MY WIFE
01:53:45 AND I WENT TO THAT CONCERT AND WE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH SO
01:53:48 I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT.
01:53:49 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH DAVE POINT NEXT SPEAKER THANKS
01:53:54 SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME'S CHRIS CLARK,
01:53:58 LONGTIME RESIDENT OF BOTH THE SUNSET AND RICHMOND DISTRICT
01:54:02 LOCAL ARTISTS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL A BIG
01:54:06 FAN OF THESE EVENTS NOT JUST FOR THE FUN BUT ALSO THE
01:54:07 ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE CITY. HAVING SEEN THE THE EVOLUTION
01:54:14 OF CARE FOR THE PARK OVER THE LAST 1617 YEARS, IT'S REALLY
01:54:18 REMARKABLE WHAT PARKS AND REC HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE
01:54:22 FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY ANOTHER PLANET WHO'VE BEEN
01:54:25 GREAT STEWARDS FOR FOR THESE EVENTS AND THE CITY.
01:54:29 >> SO THANK YOU. I REALLY SUPPORT THIS.
01:54:32 >> THANK YOU MUCH CHRIS CLARK. NEXT SPEAKER HI, I'M BEATRICE
01:54:36 CLARK. I'M A FRESHLY MINTED VOTER
01:54:39 AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:54:41 I'VE ALSO LIVED IN THE SUNSET AND RICHMOND DISTRICTS MY WHOLE
01:54:44 LIFE AND I'M TRULY IMPRESSED BY HOW ANOTHER PLANET STEWARDS
01:54:51 THESE EVENTS BY MAKING THEM SO FUN FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
01:54:52 AND ALSO HOW THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY THE PARK GETS
01:54:56 CLEANED UP AND GETS BACK IN BUSINESS.
01:54:59 >> THANK YOU MUCH BEATRICE CLARK.
01:55:00 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:55:03 MY NAME IS TANYA KOEHLER. I'M A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT
01:55:07 AND I TEACH LOCAL BAY AREA RESTAURANTS HOW TO EXECUTE
01:55:10 AND PLAN FOOD VENDING OPERATIONS OUTSIDE LANDES MUSIC
01:55:11 FESTIVAL. WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED A
01:55:14 HEARTBREAK OF ONE OF OUR FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS
01:55:16 CLOSING DOWN BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T MAKE ENDS MEET.
01:55:18 RISING COST OF GOODS, RISING RENT AND LABOR STRUGGLES.
01:55:22 AND IT'S NEVER BEEN TOUGHER TO OPERATE A RESTAURANT IN THE BAY
01:55:23 AREA OUTSIDE LANDS IN THE POLO FIELD CONCERTS CREATE NEW
01:55:27 REVENUE STREAMS FOR THESE SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES AND IN A TIME
01:55:30 OF SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY FOR THEM PROVIDING ANNUAL INCOME BOOST
01:55:33 THAT SOME OF THEM RELY ON TO STAY AFLOAT, THESE EVENTS ALSO
01:55:37 PROVIDE VALUABLE PROMOTIONAL EXPOSURE FOR THESE LOCAL
01:55:38 BUSINESSES, INCREASING THEIR VISIBILITY AMONG A DEMOGRAPHIC
01:55:41 THAT ENJOYS AND HAS THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO ATTEND
01:55:42 EVENTS AND DINE OUT IN THEIR SPARE TIME.
01:55:46 IF EVEN A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDEES BECOME REGULAR
01:55:49 CUSTOMERS OF THEIR BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES, IT CAN
01:55:50 MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REMAINING OPEN AND CLOSING UP
01:55:52 SHOP. FOR THESE REASONS I SUPPORT THE
01:55:53 POLO FIELD CONCERT PERMIT EXTENSION.
01:55:54 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH TIME YOUR OUR
01:55:58 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO.
01:56:01 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LISA EATON AND I AM
01:56:05 A RICHMOND RESIDENT AND ON BEHALF OF MY PARTNER AND MYSELF
01:56:08 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT OUTSIDE LANDS AND TO THANK ANOTHER
01:56:13 PLANET FOR THEIR CARE AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT THEY
01:56:14 BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THESE LAST ALMOST 18 YEARS.
01:56:19 WE ARE WE ACTUALLY PLAN OUR SUMMERS AROUND BEING IN TOWN
01:56:23 FOR THESE EVENTS. WE AS YEAR ROUND USERS OF THE
01:56:27 GOLDEN GATE PARK FOR DAILY EXERCISE, CULTURAL EVENTS
01:56:30 AND GATHERINGS WE SEE THE FESTIVALS AND NATURAL PART OF
01:56:34 OUR SEASON AND WE IT'S BECOME VERY MEANINGFUL TO US OVER THE
01:56:39 YEARS TO WATCH NOT JUST ME AND MY FRIENDS GO BUT TO WATCH
01:56:42 OUR FRIENDS CHILDREN'S GROW AS LOCALS WE ALSO SEE THE POSITIVE
01:56:46 IMPACT THAT IT HAS BEYOND THE GATES.
01:56:49 THERE'S A REAL BUZZ IN THE RICHMOND AND THE SUNSET THAT WE
01:56:51 REALLY ENJOY. WE MAKE MORE USE OF THE LOCAL
01:56:54 RESTAURANTS AND THE BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT
01:56:57 THE WEEKEND. WE INVITE PEOPLE FROM THE OTHER
01:56:58 PARTS OF THE BAY AREA TO STAY WITH US AND THEY BECOME LOCALS
01:57:02 FOR THAT WEEKEND AS WELL. >> I THINK THAT'S MY TIME.
01:57:05 YES IT IS SO THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
01:57:09 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:57:13 MY NAME IS BONNIE AND MY SISTERS ANITA AND ALBINI
01:57:17 SITTING IN A SMALL ROOM ON NEPALI RESTAURANT IN SAN
01:57:20 FRANCISCO. THIS IS OUR 12TH YEAR OF DOING
01:57:23 OUTER LAND. I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT
01:57:24 CONTINUE MUSIC EVENT AND THE FALL FOLLOW FILM BEFORE
01:57:28 AND AFTER OUTER LANDS. THESE EVENTS ARE MORE THAN JUST
01:57:31 ENTERTAINMENT THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DRIVE FOR
01:57:35 SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE OURS FOR BUSINESSES IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:57:36 ESPECIALLY RESTAURANT FOOD VENDORS AND LOCAL SUPPLIERS,
01:57:39 THESE EVENTS BRING THOUSANDS OF VISITORS INTO OUR CITY.
01:57:43 THE REVENUE WAS EARNED DURING THIS WEEKEND'S HELP SUSTAIN US
01:57:47 THROUGH THE SHOWER WITHIN MONTHS WHEN SALES DECLINED
01:57:51 SIGNIFICANTLY. I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE BOARD
01:57:52 OF SUPERVISORS CONTINUING THESE MUSIC EVENTS AT THE POLO FIELD
01:57:55 THEY BRING VISITORS, CREATE JOBS, GENERATE REVENUE AND HELP
01:57:59 SMALL BUSINESS LIKE OURS REMAIN OPEN AND CONTINUE SERVING OUR
01:58:02 COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
01:58:05 AND CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
01:58:07 BENNY. >> NEXT SPEAKER AFTERNOON.
01:58:10 GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS TIM WITH A
01:58:14 RESTAURANT IN SAN FRANCISCO CALLED OSO LENA'S IN THE
01:58:17 TENDERLOIN. WE'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING
01:58:20 IN OUTSIDE LANDS ON GOLDEN GATE PARK FOR 16 YEARS RUNNING A
01:58:22 RESTAURANT IN SAN FRANCISCO CAN BE CHALLENGING.
01:58:25 THERE'S ALWAYS PRESSURES ON MARGINS.
01:58:29 THEY'RE VERY THIN AND THERE'S AN EBB AND FLOW WITH RESTAURANT
01:58:30 BUSINESS IN SAN FRANCISCO, PARTICIPATING IN OUTSIDE LANDS
01:58:33 GIVES US A CHANCE TO CREATE REVENUE AND SELL TO A FULL
01:58:40 HOUSE, EXPOSE OUR BRAND AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF
01:58:41 CUSHION FOR THAT EBB AND FLOW. AND I THINK THE POLO FIELD
01:58:44 CONCERTS PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO OTHER
01:58:47 RESTAURANTS LIKE US AND HELP THEM GET THROUGH THE YEAR FOR
01:58:51 THESE REASONS I SUPPORT THE EXTENSION.
01:58:58 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU JIM. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:59:05 >> MY NAME IS MARY MCKINNON. I'M A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS
01:59:07 OWNER AND A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF OUTER RICHMOND.
01:59:10 SAN FRANCISCO HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN AS A CITY OF MUSIC,
01:59:13 CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION. ANOTHER PLANET HELPS KEEP SAN
01:59:17 FRANCISCO A DESTINATION FOR WORLD CLASS ARTS
01:59:18 AND ENTERTAINMENT BRINGING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
01:59:21 IN S.F. WHO SPEND MONEY AT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
01:59:24 >> THIS IS WHAT WE WANT WHEN SAN FRANCISCO INVESTS
01:59:27 IN CULTURE, SMALL BUSINESSES BENEFIT TOO.
01:59:28 HAVING LIVED IN THE OUTER RICHMOND FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I
01:59:32 PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE OUTER SUNSET AND OUTER RICHMOND
01:59:35 BUSINESSES BUSINESS DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN ECONOMICALLY
01:59:38 INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND ACTUALLY PUT ON THE MAP DUE
01:59:40 TO ALL THE CONCERT EVENTS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK.
01:59:43 SAN FRANCISCO DOESN'T SUCCEED BY BECOMING QUIETER, LESS
01:59:48 CREATIVE. WE SUCCEED WHEN WE EMBRACE THE
01:59:49 ARTS, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES ,WELCOME VISITORS AND CREATE
01:59:52 MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES FOR THE RESIDENTS.
01:59:53 THESE EVENTS AND THE PROPOSED EXTENDED EVENTS IN THE POLO
01:59:56 FIELDS ARE NOT JUST CONCERTS THEY'RE ECONOMIC ENGINES,
01:59:59 CULTURAL ASSETS AND A REFLECTION OF WHAT MAKES SAN
02:00:03 FRANCISCO SPECIAL. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MARY
02:00:04 MARKKANEN. NEXT SPEAKER HI I'M SASHA
02:00:09 DIEDRICH. >> I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF
02:00:13 THE OUTER RICHMOND. I'VE RAISED MY KIDS THERE
02:00:16 AND I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF THE CONCERTS AT
02:00:21 THE POLO FIELDS AND OUTSIDE LANDS PARTIALLY FOR SELFISH
02:00:25 REASONS. I WANT TO HAVE A WORLD CLASS
02:00:26 FESTIVAL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS MOST SAN FRANCISCO
02:00:29 RESIDENTS ARE AWARE THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER IS FOGGY, CAN BE
02:00:33 VERY COLD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO.
02:00:37 >> SO THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG DRAW FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
02:00:40 AND WHILE I AM NOT A SMALL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE
02:00:44 HEART OF RICHMOND, I HAVE SEEN WHAT IT'S DONE ANECDOTALLY
02:00:47 AND THEN ALSO AS A MOTHER I HAVE SEEN HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S
02:00:48 BEEN A BOON REALLY TO A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT TO
02:00:52 BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PARKING OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE HELPED
02:00:55 US RAISE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE
02:01:00 ABLE TO RAISE. SO YES, PLEASE AND THANK YOU TO
02:01:03 MORE OF THESE CONCERTS. THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING
02:01:07 THIS COMMITTEE AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN LINE.
02:01:11 >> MADAM CHAIR TO COMPLETE OUR Q SEE NO MORE SEE NO MORE
02:01:14 PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE
02:01:17 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO FULL
02:01:21 BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR
02:01:24 DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHURCH
02:01:28 AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE REFER THIS
02:01:29 RESOLUTION TO THE JULY 14TH FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION
02:01:33 VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I MEMBER SAUTER SOUDER I MEMBER
02:01:39 WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER BANNERMAN HIGH MANAGEMENT I
02:01:43 CHURCH CAN I CAN I HAVE FIVE EYES AND THE MOTION PASSES
02:01:47 AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 16.
02:01:51 >> ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE
02:01:54 BASELINE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
02:01:57 PROGRAMS IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028 TO ENABLE
02:02:03 THE CITY TO USE THE INTEREST EARNED FROM THE EARLY CARE
02:02:07 AND EDUCATION COMMERCIAL RENTS TAX FOR THOSE BASELINE
02:02:10 PROGRAMS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
02:02:14 >> AND WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT OF SORRY DEPARTMENT OF EARLY
02:02:18 CHILDHOOD HERE. >> THANK YOU INGRID MOSQUITO
02:02:22 DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. THANK YOU CHAIR CHEN CO CHAIR
02:02:29 DORSEY SUPERVISOR WALTON AND SUPERVISOR MANDO MIN.
02:02:33 I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE ORDINANCE FOR THE BUSINESSES
02:02:36 TAX REGULATION CODE OF THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
02:02:40 COMMERCIAL RENTS TAX BASELINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND 27
02:02:46 AND 27 AND 28 WHICH THE ORDINANCE WOULD MODIFY THE
02:02:47 BASELINE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EARLY CARE
02:02:51 AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR BOTH OF THESE FISCAL YEARS TO ENABLE
02:02:55 THE CITY TO USE THE INTEREST EARNED FROM THE EARLY CARE
02:02:58 AND EDUCATION COMMERCIAL RENTS TAX FOR THOSE BASELINE PROGRAMS
02:03:01 FOR BOTH FISCAL YEARS STARTING IN 2627 THE AMOUNTS ARE $16.9
02:03:08 MILLION AND FOR 2728 THAT AMOUNT WOULD DECREASE TO
02:03:16 $16,650,000 AND THESE CREDITS WOULD NOT APPLY AGAINST THE
02:03:21 BASE AMOUNT IN ANY FISCAL YEAR WHERE THE CASH BALANCE IN THE
02:03:24 BABIES AND FAMILIES FIRST FUND UNTIL IT REACHES $300 MILLION
02:03:30 AND I'M AVAILABLE IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TO THAT AND I'M
02:03:40 16 IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW INTEREST EARNED ON THE
02:03:44 BABIES AND FAMILY FIRST FUND TO REDUCE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
02:03:47 BASELINE APPROPRIATION REQUIREMENTS IN 2627 AND IN
02:03:51 2728 THE BOARD HAS APPROVED SIMILAR ACTIONS IN EACH OF THE
02:03:55 PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS. YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE NINE THE
02:03:58 IMPACT OF THIS PROPOSAL WHICH WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE EARLY
02:04:02 CARE AND EDUCATION BASELINE SPENDING REQUIREMENTS BY
02:04:09 APPROXIMATELY $96 MILLION AS THEY ARE NOW TO $79 MILLION
02:04:12 AND EACH YEAR THE INTEREST IS IS WOULD BE APPROPRIATED TO
02:04:17 DECKS BUDGET NEXT YEAR TO FUND BABIES AND FAMILY FIRST FUND
02:04:23 ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. >> THE BASELINE THE MAYOR'S
02:04:26 PROPOSED BUDGET DOES ASSUME PASSAGE OF THIS ADJUSTED
02:04:29 BASELINE SPENDING REQUIREMENT AND ALSO FUNDS EARLY CARE
02:04:34 AND EDUCATION ABOVE THE BASELINE SPENDING REQUIREMENT
02:04:35 SO IN EACH OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS BASELINE SPENDING FOR
02:04:41 EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION IS $87 MILLION APPROXIMATELY THAT IS
02:04:45 FUNDED BY PIFF THE CHILDREN'S FUND AND THERE ARE 7% GENERAL
02:04:49 FUND FUNDING THOSE BASELINE SPENDING REQUIREMENTS.
02:04:52 BUT WE DO CONSIDER APPROVAL TO BE A POLICY MATTER FOR THE
02:04:56 BOARD. >> THANK YOU.
02:04:59 I THINK WE THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD FISCAL YEAR IN THE ROLE
02:05:00 THAT WE ARE DOING THIS I WISH WE DON'T HAVE TO REGRETTABLY
02:05:06 WITH THE BUDGET DEFICIT HERE WE ARE AGAIN AND SO THANK YOU SO
02:05:10 MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW WE HAVE WILL HAVE
02:05:14 FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT OF EARLY
02:05:15 CHILDHOOD BUDGET BUT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM TODAY
02:05:22 IS TO TAKE THE INTERESTS OF THE FUND TO A TO APPROPRIATE IT FOR
02:05:26 INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND SPENDING.
02:05:30 SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AS WE ARE
02:05:34 OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER 16 IF YOU HAVE ANY
02:05:36 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE FIRST
02:05:42 SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:05:53 MY NAME IS LUIS ALARCON AND I LIVE AND WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:05:58 IN THE EXCELSIOR NEIGHBORHOOD. >> WE THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE
02:06:01 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COMMITTING TO EXPAND IT TO MORE SAN
02:06:05 FRANCISCANS. >> AS A PARENT AND AS AN
02:06:09 EDUCATOR I SEE THE NEED FOR MORE FUNDING AND SERVICES FOR
02:06:13 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
02:06:17 >> THERE ARE CHILDREN WITH IEP IS NOT RECEIVING THE SERVICES
02:06:21 EDUCATORS HAVE NOT RECEIVED A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT
02:06:26 IN FIVE YEARS AND ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
02:06:30 SO PLEASE WE ASK KEEP THE FUNDING PROMISED FOR BABY
02:06:34 PROPERTY. THANK YOU.
02:06:37 THANK YOU MR. DAVIS ALARCON NEXT SPEAKER I.
02:06:45 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALIA FERNANDEZ
02:06:46 AND I'M WITH PARENT VOICES. >> BABY PROPERTY IS VERY
02:06:50 IMPORTANT TO ALL AND FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
02:06:56 PLEASE DON'T GO OR BORROW FUNDS FOR MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE
02:07:00 BECAUSE WE ARE FACING A FISCAL CLIFF FOR BABY SEE OUR KIDS
02:07:04 DEPEND ON BABY PROP C PLEASE DON'T HAVE TO STOP BALANCING
02:07:08 THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF OUR BABIES AND I ALSO HAVE KIDS
02:07:13 WITH SPECIAL GRANDKIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SO PLEASE SUPPORT
02:07:20 US. >> THANK YOU.
02:07:21 THANK YOU. EARLIER FERNANDO'S NEXT SPEAKER
02:07:23 . GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:07:24 MY NAME IS QUINN AND I'M HERE AS A PARENT LEADER WITH THE
02:07:29 FAMILY SERVICES ALLIANCE AND PARENT VOICES.
02:07:31 I'M THE MOTHER OF A FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.
02:07:34 LIKE MANY FAMILIES, THE CHILD CARE OPTION AVAILABLE THROUGH
02:07:38 ALPHA I HAVE NOT MET OUR FAMILY'S NEEDS.
02:07:39 AS A RESULT MY DAUGHTER LEARNS AND GROW THROUGH PLAYGROUPS
02:07:42 THAT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY.
02:07:45 >> FRC PROVIDE VALUABLE RESOURCES SO SHOW EMOTIONAL
02:07:49 AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AGES 0 TO 5.
02:07:54 THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF LEARNING
02:07:57 CONNECTION AND SUPPORT FOR MY DAUGHTER.
02:07:59 INVESTING MORE INVESTING MORE FUNDING IN FAMILY RESOURCE
02:08:08 CENTER IS A GREAT WAY TO PUT THE BABY BIOPSY RESEARCH TO
02:08:11 WORK NOW WHILE DIRECTLY SUPPORTING FAMILIES LIKE MINE.
02:08:15 I ALSO SUPPORT EXPANDING ACCESS TO CHILD CARE BY ALLOWING
02:08:18 FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR CARE FOR FAMILIES WHO WORK
02:08:20 WEEKENDS, NIGHTS SHIFT AND NONTRADITIONAL HOURS.
02:08:23 THERE ARE STILL MANY UNKNOWNS UNMET CHILDCARE NEEDS IN OUR
02:08:26 COMMUNITY AND WE CANNOT KEEP BORROWING FROM OUR FUTURE.
02:08:29 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MY NEXT SPEAKER THANK
02:08:35 YOU. >> BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
02:08:36 MY NAME'S MARIA LOU STREAM ORGANIZER, PARENT VOICES
02:08:40 AND EVEN WITH BABY SCI FUNDS WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF UNMET NEEDS
02:08:47 . >> THERE ARE STILL MANY
02:08:48 FAMILIES NOT GETTING ACCESS TO CHILD CARE LIKE QUEEN LIKE
02:08:51 BETSY THAT I MENTIONED LAST TIME.
02:08:52 THOSE WHO WORK EVENING AND WEEKEND SHIFTS WE SHOULD
02:08:56 ALLOW FOR FAMILY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR CARE EXCEPTION
02:08:59 WHEN ALPHA ISN'T AVAILABLE WE ALSO NEED TO FIND RESPITE CARE
02:09:03 FOR FAMILIES WHO CANNOT ACCESS FULL CHILDCARE.
02:09:04 FOR EXAMPLE, MOMS WHO NEED TO GO TO DENTIST DOCTOR VISIT, DO
02:09:10 GROCERY SHOPPING. WE ALSO NEED TO ADDRESS CARE
02:09:11 FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS BY TRAINING THE WORKFORCE,
02:09:15 INCREASING THEIR WAGES FOR THIS IMPORTANT JOB.
02:09:18 AND WE ALSO NEED TO TALK TO OUR FRIEND GOVERNOR.
02:09:22 >> SO BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BUDGET YESTERDAY THAT
02:09:26 INCLUDES 30,000 CHILD CARE SPOTS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A
02:09:30 THOUSAND CHILDREN ON THE WAITING LIST IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:09:34 AND ABOUT 900 OF THEM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BABY SEE WE NEED
02:09:38 ALSO TO FIND WE NEED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABLE
02:09:42 EXPERT AND KNOW WOULD BE MY COUNTRY FOR ADDRESSING THIS
02:09:43 COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI MY NAME IS JUNEBUG
02:09:53 AND I'M A LEADER WITH PARENT VOICES SAN FRANCISCO.
02:09:54 I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE IN THE CITY AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE
02:09:58 BOROUGH SUPERVISORS TODAY. I AM FOR COMMITMENT TO EARLY
02:10:01 CARE AND EDUCATION. I KNOW THAT WE'RE FACING A
02:10:05 DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
02:10:08 MAYOR FOR MAKING THAT COMMITMENT TO PROTECT BABY PROP
02:10:11 C WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR MAYOR ORIGINALLY.
02:10:12 I WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE VOTED
02:10:16 WITH THAT TRUST IN MIND. >> I COME TODAY WITHOUT TRYING
02:10:20 NOT TO CRY BECAUSE I AM A PARENT WITH A CHILD WITH
02:10:24 SPECIAL NEEDS AND WHO REQUIRES AN IEP AND WHO REQUIRES AN F
02:10:31 AND PROVIDER. >> AND WE CAN'T AFFORD A
02:10:32 REDUCTION IN THESE SERVICES. >> WE NEED AN INCREASE.
02:10:36 WE NEED AN INVESTMENT. I HAVE NO ONE FROM MY DAUGHTER
02:10:39 TO TAKE CARE OF. >> MY DAUGHTER HAS CEREBRAL
02:10:40 PALSY AND IF I DON'T HAVE AN FFM PROVIDER TO TAKE CARE OF
02:10:44 HER HOW CAN I CONTINUE TO HELP IN MY COMMUNITY?
02:10:49 >> THIS IS THIS IS I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS EVEN UP
02:10:54 FOR DISCUSSION. >> PLEASE PROTECT THE PROXY.
02:10:57 >> PLEASE PROTECT. THANK YOU MUCH JIM FOR
02:10:58 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS
02:11:02 IN LINE. MADAM CHAIR, THAT COMPLETES OUR
02:11:05 Q C NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE
02:11:08 COLLEAGUES AS WE HAVE DONE PREVIOUSLY AND SOMETIMES MY
02:11:13 MEMORY LAPSE AND THEN I THINK I ,I, I COULD AND I'M GOING TO
02:11:17 EXPLAIN THIS AND WALK US THROUGH WHAT THIS IS BEFORE US
02:11:21 TODAY AND IF I'M INACCURATE DR. COTLER, PLEASE JUMPED IN BUT IF
02:11:25 I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
02:11:29 HERE IS THAT WE'RE BASIC THERE'S FUNDS GENERATED FROM
02:11:33 THAT. THERE'S INTEREST GENERATED FROM
02:11:36 THE FUND ACCRUE FROM BABY SEE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW
02:11:41 IS TO TAKE THAT INTEREST THAT IS GENERATED FROM THE FUND TO
02:11:45 APPROPRIATE IT INTO A GENERAL FUND SPENDING TO ACTUALLY HELP
02:11:49 US OFFSET THE DEFICIT. HOWEVER, BY TAKING A GOALIE
02:11:53 ADJUSTING THAT BY TECHNICALLY TAKING THAT INTEREST WE ARE
02:11:57 ALSO THEN HAVE TO TECHNICALLY ADJUST THE BASELINE
02:12:00 APPROPRIATION DOLLAR AMOUNT SO THE LOWER FUNDS THE LOWER
02:12:03 DOLLAR AMOUNT IS REALLY THE CALCULATION OF THE INTEREST,
02:12:07 NOT THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOWERING THE APPROPRIATION OF
02:12:12 THE OVERALL OF BABY PROP C AND I HOPE GUIDES THE ACCURATE
02:12:16 DESCRIPTION AND THAT'S ACCURATE ENOUGH WHICH WE HAVE DONE THE
02:12:20 PREVIOUS. ANYBODY WANT TO JUMP IN FAIRLY
02:12:23 ACCURATE THAT IS THAT IS HOW WE SEE IT.
02:12:28 >> YES THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT WE ARE SO
02:12:34 COLLEAGUES WE HAVE DONE THIS THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS IS
02:12:35 NOT SOMETHING THAT I I THINK ANY OF US REALLY WANT TO DO.
02:12:39 WE IF WE COULD I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE
02:12:43 DEFICITS FROM EVERY FUND FROM EVERY OTHER FUND.
02:12:46 BUT FRANKLY THIS IS REALLY A SUGGESTIONS BY OUR FORMER
02:12:49 COMPTROLLER BEN ROSENTHAL AND AND BY IDENTIFYING INTEREST
02:12:56 OF THESE FUND INTEREST GENERATED FROM THESE FUND
02:13:00 BECAME A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THE TIME BEING BUT ULTIMATELY FOR
02:13:04 THE LONG HAUL I IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE
02:13:08 FULFILLED HIS OBLIGATION WITHOUT TAKING ANY OF THE
02:13:12 INTEREST GENERATED FROM ANY OF THE FUNDS SO I DON'T SEE ANY
02:13:16 NAME ON THE ROSTER AT THE MOMENT.
02:13:17 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO A FULL BOARD
02:13:21 RECOMMENDATION TO THE JULY 14TH MEETING.
02:13:26 SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
02:13:28 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
02:13:32 DORSEY TO REFER THIS ORDINANCE TO THE JULY 14TH FULL BOARD
02:13:35 MEETING VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER
02:13:39 I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER MADELEINE MADELINE I
02:13:44 CHURCH AND I CHANT I WE HAVE FIVE EYES THE MOTION PASSES
02:13:49 AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL OUR LAST TWO ITEMS FOR ON
02:13:54 TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM 17 AND 18 TOGETHER.
02:13:57 >> YES ITEM NUMBERS 17 AND 18 ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE
02:14:01 TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE CAP ON THE USE OF HOMELESSNESS
02:14:08 GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REVENUES TO FUND SHORT TERM RENTAL
02:14:09 SUBSIDIES AND FINDING THAT TEMPORARILY ALLOWING FOR
02:14:13 INCREASED EXPENDITURES ON SHORT TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES WILL
02:14:17 FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE OUR CITY OUR HOME FUND PURSUANT TO
02:14:21 THE BUSINESS AND TAX REGULATIONS CODE AND ITEM
02:14:24 NUMBER 18 AS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEARS 2026
02:14:28 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028 EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR THE
02:14:32 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FUND.
02:14:35 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT OF
02:14:39 HOMELESSNESS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HERE.
02:14:44 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS EMILY
02:14:46 COHEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
02:14:49 HOUSING I'M HERE WITH YOU TODAY FOR TWO PIECES OF TRAILING
02:14:53 LEGISLATION GOING WITH THE BUDGET.
02:14:56 THE FIRST ONE I'M PRESENTING ON WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND
02:14:59 ITEM ITEM 18 IS THE HCR FUND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
02:15:04 REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT AN EXPENDITURE PLAN IF
02:15:08 THE PROPOSED APPROPRIATION FROM THE HSA FUND EXCEEDS $11.8
02:15:12 MILLION AS IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT
02:15:16 THAT THE HSA FUND SUPPORTS FORMERLY HOMELESS RECIPIENTS OF
02:15:19 THE HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY'S CAP PROGRAM COUNTY ADULT ASSISTANCE
02:15:23 PROGRAM AND OVER 1200 UNITS OF HOUSING.
02:15:26 THIS RESOLUTION WOULD APPROVE THE F Y 26 AND F Y 27
02:15:30 EXPENDITURE PLAN OF 20 3.1 MILLION IN 1 YEAR AND IN YEAR
02:15:38 ONE AND 23.4 MILLION IN YEAR TWO THE ITEM 17 IS TRAILING
02:15:44 LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE OUR CITY OUR HOME FUND AND THIS
02:15:48 ORDINANCE SIMPLY LIFTS THE OUR CITY OUR HOME 12% CAP ON TIME
02:15:55 LIMITED RENTAL SUBSIDIES AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO
02:15:58 CREATE THOSE 800 RENTAL OR 800 SUBSIDIES.
02:16:02 I WAS HERE TREENE WAS HERE BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT LAST
02:16:05 WEEK AND WE REALLY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE MORE
02:16:09 INVESTMENTS TOWARDS FAMILIES, TOWARDS YOUNG ADULTS AND OLDER
02:16:12 ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT CHANGE
02:16:17 ANY OF THE OUR CITY OUR HOME FUNDING CATEGORIES NOR DOES IT
02:16:21 CHANGE FUTURE ALLOCATIONS AND IT BUILDS ON THE TEMPORARY
02:16:24 CAP WAIVER THAT THIS BOARD HAS PASSED EVERY FISCAL YEAR I
02:16:29 BELIEVE AT LEAST THE LAST SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS BECAUSE
02:16:32 THE 12% IS QUITE LIMITING AND I'M HERE WITH DON'T TRY TO
02:16:39 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
02:16:40 >> THANK YOU. ITEM 17 IS A ORDINANCE THAT
02:16:47 WOULD SUSPEND THE 12% SPENDING CAP ON THE USE OF HOMELESS
02:16:51 GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REVENUE FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES
02:16:55 IN FISCAL YEAR 2728 SO THE HOMELESS GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
02:16:58 REVENUE MEASURE INCLUDES SPENDING ALLOCATION
02:17:02 REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM AREA AND BY POPULATION AND WITHIN
02:17:06 THE HOUSING BUCKET ONLY 12% OF HOUSING REVENUES CAN BE USED
02:17:13 FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES OR RENTAL SUBSIDIES THAT LAST
02:17:16 LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. THE BOARD SUSPENDED THAT
02:17:20 REQUIREMENT AND LAST JUNE FOR 25, 26 AND 2627.
02:17:25 AND SO THIS IS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING RENTAL
02:17:29 SUBSIDIES THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2728.
02:17:33 SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ORDINANCE ACCOMPLISHES.
02:17:36 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT PASSAGE THERE ARE BUDGET IS SEEKING TO
02:17:41 ADD 800 NEW RENTAL SUBSIDIES WHICH WE DETAIL IN THE REPORT
02:17:45 BUT THEY INCLUDE 350 SUBSIDIES FOR FAMILIES, 250 SUBSIDIES FOR
02:17:50 ADULTS AND 200 FOR YOUTH. LOOKING AT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR
02:17:54 25% OF NEW HOMELESS GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REVENUES WITHIN
02:17:57 THE HOUSING BUDGET ARE DEDICATED TO RENTAL SUBSIDIES
02:18:02 AND THAT NUMBER GOES UP TO 33% IN FISCAL YEAR 28.
02:18:05 SO THAT'S WHY THIS ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY FOR THE SECOND YEAR
02:18:09 OF THE BUDGET. >> YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE 14 OF
02:18:12 THE REPORT THE KIND OF BREAKDOWN OF THE SPENDING FOR
02:18:16 THE 800 NEW RENTAL SUBSIDIES. IT'S $33.6 MILLION IN FISCAL
02:18:22 YEAR 2627 AND $47.5 MILLION IN 2728.
02:18:27 THANK YOU. OH, I AS YOU MAY RECALL LAST
02:18:31 YEAR WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT ABOUT CAPPING THE $19 MILLION OF
02:18:37 ADDITIONAL USE OF SPENDING. WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT IN TERMS
02:18:45 OF HOW THAT IT CALCULATES INTO THE 2627 AND 2728 SOPHIA
02:18:51 KETTLER FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE.
02:18:52 SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED LAST
02:18:56 YEAR WAS MOVING THINGS FROM ONE BUCKET TO ANOTHER SO
02:18:59 SPECIFICALLY MOVING THINGS OUT OF HOUSING AND INTO SHELTER
02:19:02 AND HYGIENE. THIS YEAR THE BUDGET DOES NOT
02:19:05 CONTEMPLATES THE REARRANGING OF ANY BUCKETS.
02:19:06 HOWEVER WITHIN THE HOUSING WITHIN THE HOUSING BUCKETS
02:19:10 THERE IS A PROPOSED LIMIT A LIMIT IN THE LEGISLATION ON HOW
02:19:14 MUCH WE CAN SPEND ON WHAT PROPERTY DEFINES AS SHORT TERM
02:19:17 SUBSIDIES AND SO WE ARE SPENDING WITHIN THE HOUSING
02:19:18 CATEGORY MORE MONEY ON SHORT TERM AS A PERCENTAGE BUT SO
02:19:23 THAT IT DOES NOT MOVE ACROSS BUCKETS.
02:19:25 IT IS JUST WITHIN THE HOUSING BUCKET IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
02:19:28 WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO MOVE. I THINK WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT
02:19:32 USING MOST OF OUR $19 MILLION ALLOTMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAD
02:19:36 HAD GIVEN FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
02:19:37 BUT TECHNICALLY IF WE WERE TO SUSPEND THE CAP THERE'S ONLY
02:19:44 CAP ON THE SHELTER AND HYGIENE CATEGORY ISN'T IT?
02:19:51 >> SO I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SO THERE ARE PROP C DOES
02:19:55 CONTEMPLATE HOW IT WOULD LIKE THE MONEY APPORTIONED A CERTAIN
02:19:59 PERCENTAGE ON HOUSING AND WITHIN HOUSING BUCKET A CAP
02:20:00 ON SHORT TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES THERE ARE ALSO AN APPORTIONMENT
02:20:06 TO SHELTER AND HYGIENE AND APPORTIONMENT TO MENTAL
02:20:10 HEALTH AND APPORTIONMENT TO PREVENTION AND SO WE ARE
02:20:14 STAYING WITHIN THE PROPOSED PERCENTAGES FOR THE BUCKETS BUT
02:20:18 RAISING THE CAP WITHIN THE HOUSING BUCKETS FROM BETWEEN ON
02:20:22 THE PROPORTION BETWEEN LONG TERM SUBSIDIES AND SHORT TERM
02:20:23 SUBSIDIES UNDER STATE AND BY THE EQUIVALENCY OF THE 12%
02:20:28 WHICH IS 800 NEW RENTAL SUBSIDIES.
02:20:30 ROUGHLY HOW MUCH IS THAT? >> SO WE WILL BE AT AROUND 25%
02:20:35 OF THE CURRENT YEAR HOUSING ALLOCATION WHICH IS CONSISTENT
02:20:37 WITH WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR BUDGET CYCLES AND AND
02:20:40 BUT THEN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THAT 12% CAP DO WE KNOW FOR THE
02:20:46 SECOND REMAINING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE
02:20:51 MEMBERS DYLAN SCHNEIDER DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
02:20:55 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE
02:20:58 BREAKDOWN OF THE CAP THIS YEAR WOULD BE 47.5 MILLION WHICH
02:21:01 WOULD SUPPORT THE 400 NEW SUBSIDIES IN YEAR TWO OF THE
02:21:05 BUDGET OF THAT FULL 800 AS WELL AS 31 MILLION THAT WOULD
02:21:11 SUSTAIN ONGOING SUBSIDIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
02:21:14 >> >> SO IS THE IS THE CAP OR IS THE INCREASE 13.9 MILLION
02:21:22 THE INCREASE IN YEAR TWO FOR THE CAP WOULD BE THAT 47.5
02:21:28 MILLION THAT IS SUPPORTING THE 400 PROPOSED NEW SUBSIDIES
02:21:29 AND THAT'S ADDITIONAL OR JUST THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL SO YOU
02:21:35 KNOW WE HAVE OUR OUR BUCKET I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 81.7 MILLION
02:21:39 FOR THE 800 NEW SUBSIDIES OVER THE TWO YEARS.
02:21:42 SO YEAR TWO FOR THOSE 400 SUBSIDIES IS ABOUT THAT 47.5
02:21:48 MILLION THAT IS IN NEW PROPOSED INVESTMENTS.
02:21:49 UNDERSTOOD. >> THANK YOU.
02:21:52 THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. GREAT.
02:21:53 I AM IN SUPPORT OF THAT LIKE AND DO WE WANT TO WALK THROUGH
02:22:00 JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE THAN I THINK THERE'S TWO
02:22:02 PERSPECTIVE HERE TOO. ONE IS THAT PROP C IN GENERAL
02:22:05 IS GENERATING MORE LIKE AT LEAST $68 MILLION MORE THAN
02:22:12 WHAT WE PROJECTED AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
02:22:15 PUTTING A PORTION OF THAT INTO A RESERVE WHICH IS A TOTAL OF
02:22:19 98 MILLION. YES, THE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE
02:22:26 MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS. I DID NOT COME WITH THEM BUT
02:22:27 GENERALLY THERE ARE A FEW THINGS HAPPENING.
02:22:30 IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAD BEEN USING UNSPENT FUND BALANCE TO
02:22:34 TO KIND OF STAVE OFF FISCAL CLIFFS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
02:22:39 AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS BOTH IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND IN THE
02:22:42 TWO UPCOMING YEARS WE ARE EXPECTING MORE PROP C ONGOING
02:22:46 REVENUE THAN WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED AND SO THAT DOES A
02:22:50 FEW THINGS. FIRST, THE ONGOING REVENUE FOR
02:22:52 LACK OF A BETTER TERM PUSHES OUT THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE
02:22:56 HAD PREVIOUSLY PROGRAMED SO WE HAVE MORE FUND BALANCE THAN WE
02:23:00 EXPECTED. >> THE CURRENT YEAR THE CURRENT
02:23:05 YEAR RECEIPTS COMING IN HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED IS
02:23:07 WHAT GENERATES THAT $98 MILLION RESERVE.
02:23:10 >> AND THEN THERE IS STILL MORE FUND BALANCE ON TOP OF THAT.
02:23:15 AND SO THIS BUDGET CONTEMPLATES BOTH THE INCREASED REVENUE
02:23:18 LEVELS THAT ARE SUSTAINED AS WELL AS USING AROUND $200
02:23:22 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE THAT WE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR OTHER
02:23:25 THINGS AND EXPANDING SERVICES WITH THAT EXTRA FUND BALANCE.
02:23:29 >> AND SO THIS WE HAVE KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE GROWN THE PIE
02:23:34 SIGNIFICANTLY AND SO WE ARE STAYING AT KIND OF THE SAME
02:23:37 PERCENTAGE OF HAVING OF SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES AS WE HAD
02:23:41 BEFORE. >> BUT THE NUMBER THE DOLLAR
02:23:43 VALUE IS GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY. >> OKAY.
02:23:47 THANK YOU. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WALK
02:23:48 THROUGH. AND SO WITH THAT I DON'T SEE
02:23:51 ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER. WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
02:23:55 ON THESE TWO ITEMS. >> YES FOR OPENING PUBLIC
02:23:56 COMMENT REGARDING THESE ITEMS 17 AND 18 SPECIFICALLY ON THE
02:24:02 ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE CAP ON THE USE
02:24:06 OF HOMELESSNESS GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:24:07 HOMELESSNESS IS EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR SPEAKER POLICE
02:24:16 TRANSLATION OR SPEAKER YES I KNOW I SPEAK IN ENGLISH I THE
02:24:27 DO YOU HAVE TRANSLATION? >> CAN I TRANSLATE?
02:24:31 >> SURE. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKER IT IS
02:24:35 STILL LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE OF COURSE.
02:24:36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. GOOD MORNING OF THE ME NUMBERS
02:24:39 WE ARE CONCERNED MASON ASTORIA KEEPER A PERILOUS CANADA NET
02:24:43 SUPUESTO PEDRO WHITLOCK IS THAT PROPOSITION SAY HI I'M SORRY
02:24:53 I'M BAD THREES AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU FOR A PLEASE TO PUT THE
02:24:58 CAP ON THE TO RESPECT THE CAP OF PREPOSITION SEE THE GOLDEN
02:25:06 MOSCOW LOS ALTOS COAST THAT MAYBE THE SUN IMPOSSIBLE TO THE
02:25:10 CAREER EMBASSY OR TRACON DOUGLAS THE OFFICIAL DE LA VIDA
02:25:13 DE LOS NINOS THE SQUARE LA FAMILIA AMIGOS HISPANIC IN SAN
02:25:16 FRANCISCO SO ALSO THE HIGH COST OF LIVING HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:25:24 IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TO PAY IT OFF AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR
02:25:27 FAMILIES TO STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO IF WE HAD TO PAY THE
02:25:31 FULL AMOUNT OF OF OF THE RENT AND WE HAVE DIFFICULTIES
02:25:35 BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL HERE.
02:25:39 >> HERE'S OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, HERE'S WHERE WE BELONG.
02:25:42 >> LOOK WHERE THOSE CAME TO THIS DIMENSIONAL MARIO SHERMAN
02:25:48 DOESN'T KNOW THEY JUST WENT FOR THEIR PICK ARE YOU GUYS ARE ON
02:25:50 PREP TO COME INTO QUATRO MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN
02:25:51 MOSCONI CENTER PATROL I MEANT TO SAY SO YES BUT I MEAN
02:25:55 THAT'S COST AND THEY ALSO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.
02:25:58 GIVE ME ONE SIP IN THE EVENT OF THEIR PAYCHECK AND THEY SPEND
02:26:03 LIKE FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE MOSCONI CENTER AND THEY
02:26:09 ARE STILL SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR ENOUGH ENOUGH
02:26:10 FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTING PERMANENT HOUSING.
02:26:13 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU.
02:26:17 THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:26:18 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> OKAY.
02:26:24 OKAY. THERE'S A WHOLE NEW VENUE
02:26:27 COMING GEORGIOS I'M GONNA SEE HOW YOU GO MOMMY HIGH LOCO
02:26:31 AND GO HIGH YEAR TO BEING A GATEWAY.
02:26:34 >> HI MY NAME IS YOUNG JULIE AND I AM A MOTHER OF THREE
02:26:39 CHILDREN. OUR FAMILY OF FIVE ARE
02:26:41 CURRENTLY LIVING IN DISTRICT SIX AND WE ARE RECEIVING THE
02:26:45 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER HOUSING OF THESE THREE.
02:26:50 >> AND SO YOUR YOU GOT YOUR BANK, YOU GOT YOUR DINKY GET
02:26:53 YOUR PIPE BOMB ORTEGA WE REALLY NEED LONG TERM HOUSING
02:26:57 SUPPORT BECAUSE SHORT TERM HOUSING THEY CAN REALLY HELP US
02:27:04 ALL YOU GUYS ALL YEAR LONG ONE PART TIME WE'RE GOING TO OUR
02:27:06 KIDS EATING ALL YEAH GAGA SANG WHAT WAS HIS IDEA GOD YOUNG
02:27:13 BAND ONE DAY HOW SMALL HAVE A GANG VOICE IN THAT LINGO WALKER
02:27:14 YOGURT THAT'S YOU GO YOU HANG YOUR FACE ON THIS DO YOU WANT
02:27:17 TO GET YOU GO CURRENTLY I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS WORKING
02:27:21 TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HE HAS HEALTH
02:27:25 CONDITIONS AND HE'S UNABLE TO WORK AND I HAVE A KID WHO IS
02:27:29 IN SPECIAL EDUCATION WHO REQUIRES A LOT OF MY TIME TO
02:27:33 TAKE CARE OF HIM HANGING ON THE FACE OF MEDICAL WASTE TIME.
02:27:37 SO YOU GOT HIP BONE LADY WHO YO YOU GOT JUNK RUN THINGS AND GOT
02:27:44 YOUR QUICK BOND I GOT SOME HOUSES AND JUNK ON MY SONG
02:27:45 BUDGET I REALLY HOPE TO GET THE SUPPORT FROM ALL THE
02:27:51 SUPERVISORS HERE FOR LONG TERM HOUSING SUBSIDIES BECAUSE ALL
02:27:54 THE FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO HAVE A
02:27:58 STABLE LIFE AND FUTURE. THANK YOU.
02:28:01 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:28:05 >> OKAY. HI JENNIFER FREEDOM PARK
02:28:09 COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE?
02:28:13 >> OKAY. I JUST WANT TO DO SOME
02:28:15 BACKGROUND ON THE PURPOSE OF PROP C WE WROTE IT AND PUT IT
02:28:17 ON THE BALLOT TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WERE
02:28:21 DRIVING HOMELESSNESS AND WE PURPOSELY PUT THE CAP IN THE
02:28:27 12% FOR THAT VERY REASON. WHAT WE HAD BEEN SEEING IS A
02:28:29 HUGE REVOLVING DOOR IN OUR SYSTEM FOLKS GOING INTO
02:28:32 TREATMENT BACK TO THE STREETS, FOLKS GOING INTO SHELTER, BACK
02:28:36 TO THE STREETS, FOLKS GOING IN SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES
02:28:39 AND BACK TO THE STREETS ARE OUR LACK OF DIVERSITY IN WHAT WE
02:28:43 HAVE TO OFFER IS A RESULT OF THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAD A
02:28:47 STRUCTURAL SHORTFALL IN PROP C SO THAT'S WHY WE DID THE SHORT
02:28:50 TERM SUBSIDIES. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS
02:28:51 FOR PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES OR PEOPLE WHO NEED A LONGER TERM
02:28:54 SUPPORT UNLESS WE ADD LONG TERM SUBSIDIES BECAUSE OF THE TRUMP
02:28:59 CUTS TO MIXED STATUS FAMILIES, VERY FEW PERMANENT OPTIONS ARE
02:29:02 THERE ALSO 70% OF FAMILIES ON SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES ARE PLACED
02:29:07 OUT OF COUNTY AND 20% ON LONG TERM SUBSIDIES.
02:29:10 >> S.F. LANDLORDS DON'T LIKE IT.
02:29:13 >> TIME HAS EXPIRED BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FEEDING BACK NEXT
02:29:17 SPEAKER AND OBVIOUSLY WE SUPPORT NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:29:24 >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MARITZA SALINAS.
02:29:28 I AM CURRENTLY HOMELESS. I'M I HAVE A I'M A SINGLE MOM
02:29:35 OF FOUR AT A 3 TO 3 MINORS, ONE WITH DISABILITY AND MYSELF ALSO
02:29:41 HAS PTSD. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT MY
02:29:46 CASE AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE MY SITUATE MY CURRENT
02:29:50 SITUATION IS. I RECEIVE I WAS NOMINATED WITH
02:29:53 A SUBSIDY WHICH WAS LOW TWO DAYS AGO.
02:29:57 I RECEIVE A PHONE CALL THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE FOR TWO
02:30:01 BEDROOMS OF OUR FAMILY MY SIZE SO NOW I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR
02:30:06 IT BUT IS ONLY FOR TWO YEARS WITH THE STRUGGLE THAT I HAVE
02:30:12 ALREADY AND ALL THE BARRIERS I HAVE WITH MY FAMILY SO FAR I
02:30:15 DON'T THINK I WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH AND TWO YEARS
02:30:19 WHERE I REALLY NEED TO BE THERE'S A LOT OF HEALING IS A
02:30:22 LOT OF TRAUMA THAT MY FAMILY'S BEEN THROUGH NOT JUST BECAUSE
02:30:26 WE ARE DV SURVIVORS BUT BEING SHELTER SYSTEM IS BEING BUILT
02:30:30 TRAUMATIC IS WELL BECAUSE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
02:30:31 >> THANK YOU BUT THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR
02:30:34 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE AND HI NICE TO
02:30:41 MEET YOU. MY NAME IS CARTER.
02:30:45 I AM HERE REPRESENTING HOMELESS COALITION AND PEOPLE'S BUDGET.
02:30:49 >> I'M HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
02:30:53 FOR THE HOMELESS FAMILIES, PARENTS, CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY
02:30:57 MEMBERS AND THE COALITION OF HOMELESS AND CHINATOWN
02:31:03 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER ARE ARE URGING THE CITY LEADERS
02:31:07 TO INVEST IN LONG TERM SUPPORT SUBSIDIES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES
02:31:14 IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOUSING INSTABILITY
02:31:18 FOR THE 2026 SAN FRANCISCO POINT IN TIME COUNT REPORTS A
02:31:22 15% INCREASE IN FAMILY HOMELESSNESS AFTER DOUBLING
02:31:27 IN TWO YEARS EARLIER. HIGHER END PRICES PAIRED WITH
02:31:31 LONG SHELTER WAITLISTS HAVE FAMILIES AT RISK OF RETURNING
02:31:35 TO HOMELESSNESS ONCE ASSISTANCE EXPIRES EVENTUALLY.
02:31:39 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET HAS NO LONG TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES FOR LOW
02:31:43 INCOME FAMILIES WHO ARE FACING HOUSING SPEAKING TIME.
02:31:48 >> NICE TO MEET YOU BUT THANK YOU MUCH CARTER.
02:31:50 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI THERE SUPERVISES MY NAME
02:31:58 MIGUEL CABRERA. I WORK IN THE COALITION ON
02:31:59 HOMELESSNESS SO I WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.
02:32:03 >> SO WHEN SUBSIDIES CHARGED WENT UP IT IS NOT WORKING FOR
02:32:07 FAMILIES AND IS NOT WORKING FOR ANYBODY.
02:32:09 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY FAMILIES
02:32:11 WHEN YOU PROVIDE RENT SUBSIDY TO FAMILY THEY ARE WORKING NOW
02:32:14 FROM THEIR APARTMENT FOR THE PLACES THEY LIVE.
02:32:18 >> IT'S REALLY RUDE WHEN WE WHEN WHEN WHEN WE DO THESE
02:32:21 THINGS THESE ISSUES TO THE FAMILIES WE CAN NO DO THAT TO
02:32:25 THE CHILDREN'S. WHEN WE SEE CHILDREN WORKING
02:32:26 OUT TO BECOME HOMELESS I MEAN WHAT ARE WE DOING REALLY?
02:32:30 WE KNOW WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY STABILIZATION TO THE FAMILIES.
02:32:33 WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BETTER. WE NEED TO PROVIDE PERMANENT
02:32:36 SUBSIDIES TO THE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
02:32:40 WE NEED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES.
02:32:41 WE NEED TO PROVIDE THESE SUBSIDIES TO FAMILIES MANY,
02:32:45 MANY FAMILIES. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
02:32:47 AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US.
02:32:48 WE NEED TO SOLVE THIS SITUATION.
02:32:52 >> WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO PROVIDE STABILITY TO OUR
02:32:55 CHILDREN, TO ALL FAMILIES. PLEASE, PLEASE.
02:32:59 >> THE SUBSIDY HAD TO BE CUT AT A NEXT SPEAKER PLACE ALLOWING
02:33:06 US TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POOR TO MEET HISTORICALLY
02:33:11 WITHIN NUMBERS WHEN THE ORTIZ A SINGLE SUBSIDY OF THE NEW
02:33:18 ADDRESS ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM HANDLE 11% OR
02:33:23 LESS HOW YOU MUST ANSWER TO QATAR'S PURPOSE THE CALL WORKS
02:33:25 E LA FAMILIA TO ELIMINATE THE NECESITAMOS SUBSIDY A LAGO
02:33:30 PLAZA APPARENT STOLI THAT FINANCIER THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
02:33:33 PRODUCING FOR MY NAME IS WHEN THE ARTES THANK YOU GUYS HERE
02:33:38 FOR LISTENING TO MY STORY HERE WITH MY FAMILY I'M CURRENTLY
02:33:41 YOU KNOW HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS
02:33:44 AND FOR HOUSING IN THE LONG TERM.
02:33:48 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
02:33:52 COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE IF YOU'RE
02:33:58 IF YOU GIVE ME THE CHANCE CAN I CAN I TRANSLATE FOR THIS FAMILY
02:34:04 PLEASE START ONLINE WHEN I START THIS IS YOUR THIRD IN THE
02:34:12 OPERATIVE VIDEO GAME I PLAYED IN A LATERAL A LATERAL SUPPORT
02:34:15 MAYBE GOING FOR A LAS FAMILIAS GIVE YOU A SINGLE MOTEL.
02:34:18 >> OKAY. I LIVE IN A IN A HOTEL AND I'M
02:34:22 HERE TO ADVOCACY FOR MORE SUBSIDIES AND A LONG TERM
02:34:23 SUBSIDIES FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING CURRENTLY IN THE HOTELS.
02:34:27 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
02:34:30 MY SHE WANTS TO SHE WANTS TO GIVE YOU THE DRAWING THAT SHE
02:34:38 DID COME. >> YES.
02:34:38 YOU COULD JUST LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE OR OR BY THE BOX NEXT TO
02:34:42 THE TV. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
02:34:49 OKAY. THAT'S ME.
02:34:50 HI, MY NAME IS ATLANTICO. I WORK WITH THE SRO
02:34:53 COLLABORATIVE. I'M PART OF A COALITION ON
02:34:56 HOMELESSNESS TOO. AND I'M HERE BECAUSE LAST NIGHT
02:34:57 I HAD A DINNER WITH 20 FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE MISSION
02:35:00 IN SYROS RIGHT NOW IN A REALLY BAD CONDITIONS I'M WORKING WITH
02:35:04 DVI. WE ARE SOLVING THE PROBLEMS.
02:35:07 WE HAD AN EXCELLENT PERSON THAT IS BEING WORKING WITH US
02:35:11 AND SOLVING THE ISSUES SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A TASK FORCE IN THE
02:35:13 UTA STREET. SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
02:35:15 THEY DID BATHROOMS ARE CLOGGED. THEY DON'T HAVE HOT WATER.
02:35:18 WE HAVE LIKE SIX, SEVEN KIDS LIVING RIGHT THERE AND IT'S
02:35:22 REALLY BAD CONDITIONS. THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT TO COME
02:35:25 HERE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO WORK TO MAKE THE MONEY FOR THE RENT
02:35:27 THEY PAY $1,000 THERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE EVEN HOT WATER OR A
02:35:30 BATHROOM. SO THEY'RE THESE ARE THEIR
02:35:33 DRAWINGS. SO I'M GOING TO SHARE IT THERE.
02:35:36 >> THANK YOU MUCH. THANK SPEAKER.
02:35:40 NEXT SPEAKER NEXT SPEAKER YEAH .
02:35:57 ALWAYS NICE TODAY'S MISNOMERS YOU KNOW MY BODY'S A ESTAMOS
02:36:04 VIVIENDO NO NO DEL INES AS IT WAS SAID I KNEW THAT THE LA
02:36:08 BLASIO BOARD FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND I THOUGHT OF NINO THIS TOWN
02:36:13 SO FRIENDLY TENEMOS UNDERGARMENT PEQUENO PARA BUT I
02:36:20 NOTICED ROSIE WAS A WELL HOW LACKING WAS I KNEW THEY WERE
02:36:28 PLAZA BUT I KNOW FUTURO IS GAMBIAN POQUITO MUJER GRACIAS
02:36:35 SO HI MY NAME IS ITAMAR AND I'M LIVING WITH MY KIDS IN A HOTEL
02:36:43 RIGHT NOW IN THE MISSION AND I'M HERE WITH ALL MY TEAM
02:36:47 RIGHT TO ASK YOU TO HELP US TO HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION.
02:36:51 SO WE ARE LIVING IN A SMALL ROOM ALL TOGETHER AND I'M HERE
02:36:53 JUST TO ADVOCACY FOR MORE SUBSIDIES AND LONG TERM
02:36:56 SUBSIDIES. >> THANK YOU MUCH.
02:36:59 NEXT SPEAKER HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN.
02:37:03 >> IN MINUTES I'M WITH THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS
02:37:06 AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FAMILIES LIVING IN SRO
02:37:10 APARTMENTS. >> THEY'RE ALL LIVING IN ONE
02:37:12 ROOM FIVE IN A ROOM, SIX IN A ROOM WHO KNOWS?
02:37:14 IT'S A VERY SMALL ROOM AND THESE PEOPLE NEED THESE
02:37:17 LONG TERM SUBSIDIES, NOT THESE SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES THAT ARE
02:37:21 ONLY FOR THREE YEARS FIVE YEARS BECAUSE WHAT DOES THAT DO?
02:37:23 >> COME ON. >> REALLY AND I'M SERIOUS.
02:37:25 WHAT DOES THAT DO THESE FAMILIES NEED LONG TERM
02:37:29 SUBSIDIES FOR THEIR APARTMENTS. THEY FACE SO MANY CHALLENGES
02:37:32 AND THESE SRO IT'S IT'S NOT LIVABLE.
02:37:33 >> THEY NEED SOMEWHERE TO LIVE, SOMEWHERE TO GROW THESE
02:37:36 CHILDREN REALLY HERE LET ME SHOW YOU THE PICTURES, THE
02:37:38 HOUSES LOOK AT THEM LOOK AT THESE DRAWINGS THAT THESE
02:37:43 CHILDREN DREW. >> THEY WANT THESE HOUSES.
02:37:46 >> THEY WANT HOUSING. THEY WANT SOMEWHERE TO LIVE
02:37:47 HERE IS ANOTHER ONE AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE AND THERE'S A
02:37:56 DRAWING THAT WAS HANDED OVER THERE THAT SAYS I WANT A HOUSE,
02:38:00 PLEASE. SO PLEASE, PLEASE FUND THESE
02:38:04 LONG TERM SUBSIDIES FOR THESE FAMILIES.
02:38:07 >> THANK YOU. CHRISTIAN HIM AND HIS NEXT
02:38:08 SPEAKER PLACE. >> YEAH.
02:38:12 MY NAME IS SHARON NICOLE TAKAHASHI HTC HOW FEEL I LIVE
02:38:16 IN SALFORD. NICE HOUSING AND I'M VERY HAPPY
02:38:19 WITH IT DESPITE ITS UPS AND DOWNS.
02:38:22 I AM I GET WE GOT TO KEEP OURSELVES TO THE TUNE OF WHAT
02:38:26 THE SYRIANS FEDERAL AND STATE ADMINISTRATION SAY AND YET I
02:38:30 LOVE IT IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A
02:38:35 PLACE TO LIVE FOR THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
02:38:37 HE DIED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR FROM LIVER CANCER.
02:38:41 I KNOW THE MONTH THAT WE WERE GIVEN THE KEYS WE HAD HIM
02:38:45 INSTEAD. >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT
02:38:48 HELPED. I COULDN'T IMAGINE FIVE YEARS
02:38:49 OF LIVING ON THE STREETS AND AROUND THIS FAMILY FOR ME
02:38:55 TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP EVERYBODY.
02:38:59 >> SO I SAID I DON'T WANT TO WORK.
02:39:04 >> YOU'RE HAVING A KNOCK OUT. YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF KIDS
02:39:07 AND YOU GOT TO WORK WITH THE KIDS.
02:39:08 YOU GOT TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES.
02:39:10 YOU'VE GOT TO SUPPORT LONG TERM SUBSIDIES.
02:39:15 >> IT'S BUILDING IT. IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA BECAUSE
02:39:17 TIME HAS EXPIRED. >> BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR
02:39:19 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLACE NEXT SPEAKER
02:39:25 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS CADET.
02:39:33 SOME OF THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS WE HAVE SO MANY
02:39:37 FAMILIES WITH DIFFERENT DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
02:39:42 NEED THESE LONG TERM HOUSING SUBSIDIES.
02:39:45 PLEASE PUT MONEY INTO THE PERMANENT HOUSING SO PEOPLE
02:39:46 HAVE A REAL PATHWAY TO STABILITY AND HEALING.
02:39:49 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH .
02:39:51 NEXT SPEAKER HI, MY NAME IS JACK AND I LIVE IN AN RV AND I
02:39:59 WORK WITH ORGANIZING MY COMMUNITY IN THE RV YEARS
02:40:00 THERE'S BEEN SOME STUDIES DONE ON LONG TERM VERSUS SHORT TERM
02:40:04 SUBSIDY OUTCOMES LONG TERM SUBSIDIES WIND BY A MILE.
02:40:10 >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED IN THEIR RV IS ABOUT
02:40:12 BEING OFFERED THESE SHORT TERM RAPID REHOUSING SUBSIDIES BUT
02:40:15 THEN RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AND THE STATE TO SUPPORT IT.
02:40:19 AT LEAST 40% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OFFERED SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES
02:40:22 RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER THOUGH THAT
02:40:25 NUMBER IS HALVED OR MORE WITH LONG TERM SUBSIDIES.
02:40:29 >> PEOPLE NEED LONG TERM HOUSING, LONG TERM STABILITY
02:40:32 AND THIS IS IN COMPARISON TO SELF NAVIGATION WHICH IS CALLED
02:40:37 USABLE CARE. THE SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES IS A
02:40:38 PAT ON THE BACK FOR YOURSELVES TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND TO SAY
02:40:41 THAT YOU'RE GIVING PEOPLE HOMELESS HOUSING BUT LONG TERM
02:40:44 SUBSIDIES ACTUALLY DO HELP PEOPLE ACHIEVE STABILITY FOR
02:40:48 THE LONG TERM. >> THANK IS THAT NEXT SPEAKER?
02:40:52 >> HI, MY NAME'S LEAH MCKEEVER .
02:40:56 >> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE LONG TERM HOUSING SUBSIDIES.
02:41:00 >> I DON'T KNOW. IT'S LIKE A CITY THAT CAN'T
02:41:01 TAKE CARE OF ITS KIDS. LIKE WHAT GOOD IS THAT CITY?
02:41:04 IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY MESSED UP CITY TO ME.
02:41:07 >> PRETTY MESSED UP SOCIETY. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL THE
02:41:11 ATTACKS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT WHICH IS COMPOSED OF PEOPLE
02:41:16 YOURSELVES HAVE BEEN DOING AGAINST HOMELESS PEOPLE,
02:41:19 HOMELESS KIDS AND I MEAN IT'S LITERALLY LIKE ABUSE.
02:41:23 IT'S LITERALLY CHILD ABUSE. >> CHILD NEGLECT.
02:41:27 I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE OKAY DOING THAT.
02:41:29 >> I'M NOT. I JUST I JUST DON'T GET YOU.
02:41:37 >> LIKE CAN YOU JUST LIKE FUND THEIR HOUSING LONG TERM?
02:41:43 >> THEY CAN LEAVE MICKY FOR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:41:50 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL.
02:41:54 SAN FRANCISCO'S VOTERS PASSED PROP C WITH THE CLEAR INTENT TO
02:41:58 CREATE A DATA DRIVEN, DEPOLITICIZED ACCOUNTABLE
02:41:59 APPROACH TO SOLVING THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS.
02:42:03 IT IS CRAZY THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA
02:42:06 IN GENERAL BEING THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD
02:42:10 WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR HOUSING FOR FOLKS THAT CANNOT AFFORD
02:42:13 RENT IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> IT IS CRAZY TO SEE ALL THESE
02:42:16 FAMILIES HERE WITH THESE BABIES AND THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF
02:42:21 SUPERVISORS STILL QUESTIONING IF THIS IS ACTUALLY NECESSARY
02:42:25 FOR THE FOR THE LONG TERM. IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT SAN
02:42:28 FRANCISCO IS CONSTANTLY, CONSTANTLY FIGHTING.
02:42:33 I'M TALKING ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO, THE PEOPLE THAT HOLD
02:42:34 THIS CITY UP CONSTANTLY FIGHTING FOR BASIC NEEDS THAT
02:42:36 HUMANS DESERVE. SO I'M JUST HERE TO
02:42:40 CONTINUOUSLY BRING THIS UP FIGHT FOR THESE CAUSES BECAUSE
02:42:43 IT'S SO EMBARRASSING THAT I'M REPRESENTING A LATINO COMMUNITY
02:42:47 AND AND THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS HOUSING AND YOU JUST GET
02:42:51 TO SIT HERE AND HEAR US. >> THANK YOU MUCH.
02:42:55 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:42:59 MY NAME IS LUCIA. I REPRESENT THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:43:03 LATINO PARITY AND EQUITY COALITION.
02:43:04 28 ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
02:43:06 AND THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR US.
02:43:09 LATINOS ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HIGH LEVELS OF
02:43:13 HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
02:43:16 CONTINUES. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES REMAIN
02:43:19 JUST ONE MISSED PAYCHECK, ONE RENT INCREASE OR ONE SUBSIDY
02:43:24 LOSS AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS. >> WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BEG FOR
02:43:27 LONG TERM STABILITY. WE CAN DO THIS.
02:43:28 THIS CITY CAN DO THIS. >> WE CAN OFFER FAMILIES
02:43:31 STABILITY FOR THANK YOU MUCH LESS YEAR NEXT SPEAKER WHEN
02:43:42 TODAY MISNOMERS ISRAEL CARMONA ROMERO GRASSI OPERATE WHICH ARE
02:43:50 KNOWN FOR PERMITTED CALL IT PERFORMANCE METRO IT THE
02:43:57 COMMUNITY IN BUT OPERATED IN NOSOTROS YOU'LL BE WORKING
02:44:08 OUT. >> HI MY NAME IS ISRAEL MONA
02:44:09 AND I'M HERE FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
02:44:13 RELEASING US A JOY MISS YOUR POST WE MUST NOT TELL ME AND MY
02:44:19 MY MY MY WIFE AND MY KIDS WE LIVE IN A HOTEL NEW JERSEY
02:44:23 THOMAS ARE YOU THE OUR SOLIDARITY WE NEED SOME HELP TO
02:44:28 GET OUT OF THEIR WORK AND THIS HOTEL CARRIE WE NOT THE
02:44:35 MNEMONIC CASINO EXPERIMENT IN THOSE ARE YOU THERE IN ORDER
02:44:38 TO CREATE A LAGO PLUS THAT'S RIGHT THERE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE
02:44:42 A KITCHEN TO COOK AND WE ARE JUST WE WERE IN A SMALL ROOM
02:44:48 AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN SO YOU DO A LOT AND WE ARE HERE TO
02:44:55 ASK YOU FOR MORE SUBSIDIES IN A LONG TERM.
02:44:56 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
02:44:59 COMMENTS AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN LINE.
02:45:04 MADAM CHAIR TO COMPLETE OUR QUEUE SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC
02:45:07 COMMONS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE SO I THINK HERE'S MY
02:45:14 SUGGESTIONS AND ALSO ARE AND PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE
02:45:18 FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR EVERY FOR THE ADVOCATES HERE'S I AM
02:45:22 IN SUPPORT OF I HAVING SPENDING MORE FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL
02:45:26 SUBSIDIES LET'S GET MORE FAMILIES THAT CURRENTLY ON THE
02:45:30 LIVING AND PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS THAT THEY COULD
02:45:33 ACTUALLY HAVE IMMEDIATE RAPID REHOUSING AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S
02:45:37 SHORT TERM LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM SHELTER AND GET
02:45:40 THEM HOUSING AND HOTELS WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SUPPORT
02:45:44 THEM TO TO GET THEM NOT HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE STREETS.
02:45:50 SO THAT'S ONE BUT I ALSO AM APPRECIATIVE OF PUTTING IN $98
02:45:55 MILLION ON RESERVE. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SEE AND I
02:45:58 WANT TO SUGGEST TO THE BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:46:02 HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND TO THIS BODY AS
02:46:04 WELL AS TO ADVOCATE IS THAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN A HEAD IN THE
02:46:07 NEXT SIX MONTHS EITHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR OR
02:46:11 EVEN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR SHOULD THE EVENT THAT WE SAY
02:46:14 NOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY FOR SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES
02:46:18 AND THAT WE WANT TO SEE A LONGER TERM AND EXTENDING THESE
02:46:22 SUBSIDIES FOR HOUSING IS THAT WE TAP INTO THAT $98 MILLION A
02:46:26 RESERVE AND SPECIFICALLY IS REALLY DEDICATED FOR RENTAL
02:46:30 SUBSIDIES SO THAT TO TURN INTO SOME OF THESE SHORT TERM INTO A
02:46:34 LONGER TERM AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE TO REALLY BE NOT
02:46:40 ONLY STAY HOUSE BUT TO HOPEFULLY FIND LONG TERM
02:46:44 HOUSING. AND I DO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW,
02:46:45 HAVING GONE THROUGH WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE LAST FISCAL
02:46:48 YEAR AND THOSE CONVERSATION IS THAT I YOU KNOW, CLEARLY
02:46:51 THERE'S ALSO A CAPACITY ISSUE MEANING LIKE THE KIND OF
02:46:53 HOUSING THAT WE CAN OFFER TO A LOT OF FAMILIES IN SAN
02:46:57 FRANCISCO THERE ARE THERE ARE PROBABLY TIMES THAT WE CAN
02:47:00 OFFER VOUCHER BUT THEN THEY END UP BEING OUTSIDE OF SAN
02:47:04 FRANCISCO AND I THINK THAT THIS A LOT OF FAMILIES WANT TO STAY
02:47:06 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE WANT THEM TO STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:47:08 SO I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ARE A FEW CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU
02:47:12 KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES IN THE
02:47:15 IMMEDIATE TERM AND BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT DOLLARS THAT CAN
02:47:18 MAKE SURE THOSE GO FURTHER. BUT ALONG WITH LIKE HOUSING
02:47:23 AND ACTUAL HOUSING NOT JUST SHELTERS, NOT JUST HOTELS BUT
02:47:27 ACTUAL HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THAT MEANS THAT
02:47:30 SIMULTANEOUSLY GET THE GOTTA BE A PARALLEL PATH TO NOT ONLY
02:47:34 EXTEND RENTAL SUBSIDIES BUT TO ALSO BUILD CAPACITY FOR THOSE
02:47:38 LONG TERM HOUSING. >> IT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE
02:47:42 BUT I'M JUST LAYING OUT FOR WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE
02:47:47 ADVOCATES AND AND HOW DO WE WITH THE $98 MILLION ON RESERVE
02:47:50 AND HOW DO WE LIKE PROBLEM SOLVE FOR THE LONG TERM BEYOND
02:47:56 THIS ONE FISCAL YEAR AT THIS MOMENT IS MY SUGGESTION FOR
02:48:00 THIS COMMITTEE AND FOR FOR FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND ALL THE
02:48:03 STAKEHOLDERS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
02:48:07 >> I WANT TO SAY THAT IF I MAY YOU KNOW AS YOUR LAST AS YOUR
02:48:11 COMMITTEE BUDGET CHAIR FOR THE LAST SESSION I WANTED TO GIVE
02:48:15 MORE CREDIT CREDIT WHERE CREDIT WAS DUE STARTING FROM, YOU
02:48:19 KNOW, FORMER BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR SUPERVISOR SANDRA LEE
02:48:23 FEUER AND THEN SUPERVISOR HILLARY RONEN AND THEN MYSELF
02:48:27 AND THEN BUT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH SUPERVISOR
02:48:30 JACKIE FIELDER FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR AS WELL AS SUPERVISOR
02:48:32 MIRIAM MELGAR FROM ALL THIS TIME TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT
02:48:38 WE REALLY LOOK AT PROP C MONEY OUR CITY OUR WHOLE MONEY TO TO
02:48:41 MAKE SURE WE NOT ONLY FULFILL THE PROMISE THAT WE HAVE MADE
02:48:46 TO THE VOTERS BUT TO ALSO A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT REALLY IN NEED
02:48:49 OF THIS FUNDING. I THINK THAT TODAY WHAT I'M
02:48:50 LOOKING AT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS FROM WHERE WE WERE
02:48:54 WHEN WE BEEN TO AGAIN ONCE AGAIN TO AFFIRM THE COMMITMENTS
02:48:58 THAT WE FOR HOUSING FIRST POLICY IS THE WAY TO GO
02:49:05 ULTIMATELY WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS
02:49:09 AND HOMELESS FAMILIES. >> SO I CONTINUE TO URGE THIS
02:49:10 COMMITTEE TO SEE IT THROUGH THAT LENS WHEN WE WHEN WE COME
02:49:16 TO THE DISCUSSION OF HOW WE SPEND THE PROP C DOLLARS
02:49:20 AND AGAIN NOT ONLY DO I SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF SHORT TERM
02:49:25 RENTAL SUBSIDIES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT $98 MILLION ON
02:49:29 RESERVE TO BE SPENT ON LONGER TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES WHEN THE
02:49:32 TIME COMES AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE CAPACITY WHEN WE HAVE
02:49:36 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR OR
02:49:40 THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. >> SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES, I
02:49:44 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS TO A FULL BOARD WITH
02:49:47 RECOMMENDATION TO THE JULY 14TH MEETING SECOND SECOND BY VICE
02:49:53 CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
02:49:56 AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
02:49:58 DORSEY THAT BOTH THESE ITEM 17 AND 18 BE REFERRED TO THE JULY
02:50:02 14TH FULL BOARD MEETING AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I
02:50:06 REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
02:50:10 REMEMBER MADELINE MADELINE I CHURCH CAN I CAN I HAVE FIVE
02:50:15 EYES THE MOTION PASSES THANK YOU.
02:50:18 >> AND WITH THAT DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
02:50:26 >> I MADAM CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS AND I BELIEVE
02:50:29 WE'RE ADJOURNING THIS MEETING. YES.
02:50:30 AND SO THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED