00:00:02 READY GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:13 ORDER. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING
00:00:14 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
00:00:17 COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR
00:00:18 THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, 2026. I'M SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY
00:00:22 CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I'M JOINED TODAY BY FELLOW
00:00:26 COMMITTEE MEMBERS VICE CHAIR DANNY SLAUGHTER AND SUPERVISOR
00:00:29 ALAN WONG. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR EVER
00:00:32 CAPABLE CLERK TODAY MRS. MONIQUE CREIGHTON WHOM WE THANK
00:00:34 IN ADVANCE FOR STAFFING US AND KEEPING US ON TRACK AS
00:00:37 WELL. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE TO THE
00:00:40 ENTIRE TEAM AT S.F. GOV TV FOR FACILITATING AND BROADCASTING
00:00:43 TODAY'S MEETING AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR JAMES MR.
00:00:44 JAMES KAWANA WHO WILL BE SERVING AS OUR PRODUCER TODAY.
00:00:48 >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:51 >> YES. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL
00:00:52 CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
00:00:55 THOSE DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE SHALL BE
00:00:56 SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:59 EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP
00:01:02 AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR
00:01:05 RIGHT. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:01:06 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS
00:01:09 FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
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00:01:22 WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA US POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY
00:01:25 HALL NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE ROOM 244 SAN
00:01:31 FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94102 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT
00:01:34 IN WRITING IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISORS AND ALSO
00:01:36 INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE IN WHICH YOU ARE
00:01:40 COMMENTING. >> FINALLY, ITEMS ACTED UPON
00:01:41 TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA
00:01:45 OF JULY 21ST 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:01:47 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. TODAY I WILL BE CALLING SOME
00:01:50 AGENDA ITEMS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER TO BE MINDFUL OF
00:01:53 DEPARTMENTAL STAFF WHO ARE GIVING PRESENTATIONS
00:01:57 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE ATTENDING TO GIVE PUBLIC
00:01:58 COMMENT. THE ORDER I WILL CALL TODAY'S
00:02:01 AGENDA ITEMS IS AS FOLLOWS IT'LL BE 3452678 AND ONE
00:02:06 BECAUSE WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY AND WITH A COUPLE OF
00:02:11 ITEMS THAT HOLD SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INTEREST WE WILL BE
00:02:14 LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY TO ONE MINUTE PER PERSON.
00:02:15 HOWEVER WE ALWAYS WELCOME AND CAREFULLY REVIEW WRITTEN
00:02:19 COMMENTARY WHICH IS SUBMITTED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD AND HAS
00:02:22 NO LIMIT ON LENGTH OR CONTENT. MADAM CLERK, WE PLEASE CALL
00:02:26 ITEM NUMBER THREE. >> YES.
00:02:27 ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE POLICE
00:02:30 CALL TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE PROHIBITED DISCHARGE OF
00:02:31 FIREWORKS INCLUDING THAT A FIRST OFFENSE IS PUNISHABLE AS
00:02:34 AN INFRACTION WITH A FINE NOT LESS THAN $125 OR MORE THAN
00:02:40 $250 AND A SECOND AND AT IN ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES WITHIN FIVE
00:02:45 YEARS OF A PRIOR OFFENSE ARE PUNISHABLE AS MISDEMEANORS WITH
00:02:49 A FINE NOT LESS THAN $250 OR MORE THAN $750 OR IMPRISONMENT
00:02:52 IN THE COUNTY JAIL OF NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OR BY BOTH SUCH
00:02:56 FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:02:59 THIS IS A PARTICULARLY TIMELY ITEM THAT WAS INTRODUCED BY
00:03:03 SUPERVISOR WONG GIVEN 4TH OF JULY JUST LAST WEEK.
00:03:06 ILLEGAL FIREWORKS TEND TO SURGE DURING SUMMER MONTHS,
00:03:09 PARTICULARLY AROUND JULY. THEY ARE DANGEROUS, DISRUPTIVE
00:03:12 ,BEST LEFT TO TRAIN PROFESSIONALS AND BEDEVIL BOTH
00:03:16 OF MY DOGS. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE STAFF FROM
00:03:17 SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS THIS MORNING
00:03:21 AND WITH THAT SUPERVISOR ON THE FLOOR YOURS.
00:03:24 >> COLLEAGUES, THIS LEGISLATION COMES BEFORE US JUST DAYS AFTER
00:03:28 THE 4TH OF JULY WHEN SAN FRANCISCO ONCE AGAIN SAW THE
00:03:31 REAL PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS OF LEGAL OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
00:03:36 THIS YEAR THOSE IMPACTS WERE NOT ABSTRACT EMERGENCY
00:03:37 DEPARTMENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS SAW A SHARP INCREASE
00:03:40 IN SERIOUS INJURIES OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
00:03:44 GENERAL HOSPITAL DOCTORS REPORTED DEVASTATING TRAUMA
00:03:48 INCLUDING FOR PEOPLE WHO LOST EYES AND FIVE PEOPLE WHO LOST
00:03:49 HANDS. MEDICAL INCIDENTS ON JULY 4TH
00:03:52 AND FIFTH WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE ABOUT DOUBLE THE NUMBER SEEN
00:03:56 DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
00:03:59 OUR FIREFIGHTERS ALSO FACE SIGNIFICANT STRAIN.
00:04:00 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ROUGHLY 576 CALLS IN A 24 HOUR
00:04:06 PERIOD ALMOST 200 MORE CALLS THAN USUAL AND TWO HOUSE FIRES
00:04:10 ON THE 4TH OF JULY DUE TO FIREWORKS ACTIVITY.
00:04:14 THAT IS WHY THIS ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY.
00:04:15 ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ARE NOT JUST A SEASONAL NUISANCE THEY ARE A
00:04:18 RECURRING PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROBLEM.
00:04:22 THEY CAN CAUSE INJURIES START FIRES, DAMAGED PROPERTY
00:04:25 AND PLACE ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS,
00:04:29 PARK RANGERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL WORKERS AND OTHER FIRST
00:04:33 RESPONDERS. FOR RESIDENTS THE IMPACTS ARE
00:04:34 ALSO VERY REAL. FAMILIES ARE KEPT AWAKE LATE
00:04:37 INTO THE NIGHT. SENIORS, VETERANS.
00:04:41 PEOPLE WITH PTSD AND PEOPLE WITH SENSORY SENSITIVITIES CAN
00:04:45 BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY SUDDEN EXPLOSIONS.
00:04:46 ANIMALS ARE ALSO AFFECTED TOO. PETS PANIC, RUNAWAY OR BECOME
00:04:50 INJURED TRYING TO ESCAPE THE NOISE.
00:04:53 I JUST SAW A NEWS STORY ABOUT ONE DOG THAT RAN INTO TRAFFIC
00:04:56 AND GOT HURT AS A RESULT OF THE FIREWORKS.
00:05:02 AND IN DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OURS, RESIDENTS WORRY ABOUT
00:05:04 FIREWORKS BEING DISCHARGED NEAR HOMES, CARS, PARKS AND OPEN
00:05:07 SPACES. SAN FRANCISCO ALREADY PROHIBITS
00:05:11 THE PRIVATE DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS BUT OUR LOCAL
00:05:14 PROHIBITION HAS LACKED A PRACTICAL ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM
00:05:17 . THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT
00:05:18 MECHANISM TO BE MORE EXACT. OFFICERS CAN RESPOND TO CALLS,
00:05:22 EDUCATE PEOPLE AND DISPERSE ACTIVITY BUT IN MANY CASES THEY
00:05:26 DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR LOCAL PENALTY.
00:05:27 THEY CAN ISSUE TO HOLD VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE.
00:05:31 THIS LEGISLATION CLOSES THAT GAP.
00:05:34 IT CREATES A BALANCED PENALTY STRUCTURE.
00:05:36 A FIRST OFFENSE WOULD BE TREATED AS AN INFRACTION WITH A
00:05:38 FINE BETWEEN 125 AND $250. THIS IS LESS THAN A TYPICAL
00:05:44 STOP SIGN OR SPEEDING VIOLATION.
00:05:45 REPEAT VIOLATIONS WITHIN FIVE YEARS COULD BE CHARGED AS
00:05:49 MISDEMEANORS. WITH STRONGER PENALTIES.
00:05:53 THIS IS A REASONABLE AND PROPORTIONATE APPROACH.
00:05:56 THE GOAL IS DETERRENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY NOT
00:06:00 OVERCRIMINALIZATION. BUT IF SOMETHING IS ILLEGAL
00:06:03 THERE SHOULD BE A CONSEQUENCE. AND IF WE EXPECT OUR PUBLIC
00:06:05 SAFETY AGENCIES TO ENFORCE THE LAW, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A
00:06:09 WORKABLE TOOL TO DO SO. THIS ORDINANCE ALSO RESPONDS TO
00:06:12 THE 2023 2024 CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT WHICH IDENTIFIED ILLEGAL
00:06:18 FIREWORKS AS A SERIOUS YEAR ROUND PROBLEM IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:06:22 AND RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL LEGAL TOOLS FOR ENFORCEMENT
00:06:23 AND BETTER TRACKING OF FIREWORKS RELATED CITATIONS
00:06:26 AND FINES. THIS LEGISLATION IS A PRACTICAL
00:06:29 PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURE. IT SUPPORTS FIRST RESPONDERS,
00:06:32 STRENGTHENS ACCOUNTABILITY, IMPROVES ENFORCEMENT AND HELPS
00:06:36 PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE FIRE INJURY TRAUMA, NOISE,
00:06:40 ANIMAL WELFARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS CAUSED BY ILLEGAL
00:06:44 FIREWORKS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
00:06:45 SUPPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INVITE
00:06:48 SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES
00:06:52 AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON
00:06:53 THIS LEGISLATION AND THE IMPACTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS
00:06:57 IN OUR COMMUNITIES. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
00:07:01 KARL NIKITA, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:07:05 POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT
00:07:08 CHALLENGES OFFICERS FACE AND HOW THIS ORDINANCE WOULD
00:07:09 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AN ADDITIONAL TOOL TO ADDRESS
00:07:13 ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ACTIVITY. >> HI, GOOD MORNING.
00:07:16 CHAIR DORSEY VICE CHAIR SAUDER SUPERVISOR WONG THANK YOU FOR
00:07:20 HAVING ME THIS MORNING. I'M CARL MACEDO, GOVERNMENT
00:07:24 AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:07:27 I'M HERE TO PROVIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE
00:07:28 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR WONG
00:07:31 FOR HIS WORK ON THIS ISSUE. I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT TOO MUCH
00:07:35 OF WHAT THE SUPERVISOR SAID BUT SHARE OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE
00:07:38 ORDINANCE. AS THE SUPERVISOR SAID,
00:07:39 FIREWORKS ARE ALREADY PROHIBITED THROUGHOUT SAN
00:07:43 FRANCISCO BUT THE ISSUE THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSES IS THAT
00:07:46 OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE PROHIBITS THE CONDUCT BUT IT
00:07:49 DOES NOT PROVIDE A LOCAL INFRACTION OR MISDEMEANOR
00:07:51 PENALTY THAT POLICE OFFICERS CAN USE WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER
00:07:55 SOMEONE ACTIVELY DISCHARGING FIREWORKS.
00:07:58 EXISTING CALIFORNIA LAW AND THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY
00:08:02 CODE PROVIDES CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR DANGEROUS
00:08:06 FIREWORKS. BUT MANY OF THE FIREWORKS THAT
00:08:07 ARE POLICE OFFICERS ENCOUNTER ARE CONSUMER GRADE.
00:08:10 WHILE THOSE FIREWORKS DO REMAIN ILLEGAL IN SAN FRANCISCO,
00:08:14 CURRENT LOCAL LAW DOES NOT PROVIDE OFFICERS WITH A
00:08:17 PRACTICAL LOCAL ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM.
00:08:21 THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT CREATE ANY NEW PROHIBIT FINES BUT IT
00:08:26 DOES ESTABLISH AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR CONDUCT THAT IS
00:08:29 ALREADY PROHIBITED UNDER SAN FRANCISCO LAW.
00:08:32 AS THE SUPERVISOR SAID, IT CREATES A GRADUATED PENALTY
00:08:34 STRUCTURE. A FIRST VIOLATION IS AN
00:08:37 INFRACTION WITH REPEAT VIOLATION SUBJECT TO
00:08:41 MISDEMEANOR PENALTIES. AND IT DOES GIVE OFFICERS AN
00:08:42 ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT OPTION WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER THESE
00:08:45 VIOLATIONS. SO FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
00:08:48 PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS AN INCREMENTAL BUT MEANINGFUL
00:08:50 CHANGE. I DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST THAT
00:08:52 THE LEGISLATION BY ITSELF WILL ELIMINATE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS OR
00:08:56 SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DEPLOYMENT MODEL.
00:09:00 BECAUSE LIKE EVERY OTHER CALL FOR SERVICE FIREWORKS INCIDENTS
00:09:03 MUST BE BALANCED AGAINST OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITIES
00:09:04 AND AVAILABLE STAFFING. THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT CHANGE
00:09:08 THOSE REALITIES BUT IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE OFFICERS WITH THAT
00:09:12 ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT TOOL. SOME ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND
00:09:16 INFORMATION ON ILLEGAL FIREWORKS SOME OF WHAT
00:09:19 SUPERVISOR WONG ALREADY SHARED. THESE ARE MORE THAN A QUALITY
00:09:22 OF LIFE ISSUE. THEY CREATE FIRE HAZARDS, CAUSE
00:09:24 INJURIES AND DAMAGE HOMES AND OTHER PROPERTY.
00:09:27 THE CIVIL GRAND JURY DID FIND THAT FIREWORKS RELATED FIRES
00:09:30 RELATE RESULTED IN $600,000 IN REPORTED PROPERTY LOSSES
00:09:34 IN SAN FRANCISCO BETWEEN 2018 AND 2023.
00:09:36 THOSE ARE ONLY REPORTED LOSSES .
00:09:40 IT ALSO DOCUMENTED SIX FIREWORKS RELATED PATIENTS
00:09:44 TREATED AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL DURING A SINGLE 4TH OF
00:09:47 JULY HOLIDAY PERIOD. THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONAL
00:09:51 EXPERIENCE REFLECTS THOSE CONCERNS.
00:09:51 >> SPEEDY DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE DATA SHOWS THAT
00:09:55 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO APPROXIMATELY 1700 FIREWORKS
00:09:59 RELATED CALLS SINCE 2017. THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF
00:10:04 APPROXIMATELY 145 DISPATCH CALLS EACH YEAR.
00:10:08 I DO WANT TO DISTINGUISH THESE POLICE DISPATCHED CALLS FROM
00:10:10 THOSE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH FAR EXCEED THE POLICE
00:10:13 DISPATCHED CALLS. BUT NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF POLICE
00:10:17 DISPATCH DISPATCH CALLS DO OCCUR DURING JUNE AND JULY
00:10:23 MONTHS. THIS YEAR THROUGH JULY 6TH,
00:10:27 2026, SPD HAS ALREADY RESPONDED TO ABOUT 70 DISPATCH CALLS FOR
00:10:31 FIREWORKS RELATED INCIDENTS. AND AGAIN THOSE ARE SAPD ONLY
00:10:36 DISPATCH CALLS NOT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
00:10:40 FINALLY, THIS PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT AS THE SUPERVISOR
00:10:42 SAID WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2023 2024 CIVIL GRAND JURY
00:10:46 WHICH IDENTIFIED A LACK OF LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AS ONE OF THE
00:10:50 CITY'S GAPS IN ADDRESSING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
00:10:53 FOR THESE REASONS THE DEPARTMENT RESPECTFULLY
00:10:54 SUPPORTS THIS ORDINANCE AND THANK YOU AGAIN HAPPY TO
00:10:56 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CARL.
00:11:00 NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PET RABBITS.
00:11:03 DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
00:11:05 DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS THE FIRE RISK EMERGENCY RESPONSE IMPACTS
00:11:08 AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. >> ASSOCIATE OF LEGAL FIREWORKS
00:11:14 . >> GOOD MORNING.
00:11:15 CHAIR DORSEY VICE CHAIR CIDER AND SUPERVISOR WONG.
00:11:20 I'M PATRICK RABBITT, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SAN
00:11:24 FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE
00:11:27 FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
00:11:33 >> JUST AS KARL MACEDO STATED IN REGARDS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:11:38 POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SEES AN
00:11:39 INCREASE IN RESPONSES TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS DURING THE
00:11:42 MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY SURGING AND THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE
00:11:45 FOURTH IN THE DAYS AFTER THE FOURTH.
00:11:48 >> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 576 ROUNDS AS
00:11:51 SUPERVISOR HUANG MENTIONED THAT DAY WITH A BUSY PERIOD IN THE
00:11:55 NIGHTTIME BETWEEN 9:09 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT WITH 146 DIFFERENT
00:11:59 INCIDENTS. THERE WERE 17 DIFFERENT GRASS
00:12:01 FIRES. THERE WERE 55 SMALL OUTSIDE OR
00:12:05 TRASH FIRES. MANY OF THESE TRASH FIRES WERE
00:12:08 SPENT FIREWORKS BOXES AND STREETS AND INTERSECTION
00:12:12 CARS. AND THEN AS A DETAILED SEARCH
00:12:13 OF OUR CAD DISPATCH WE FOUND 14 OTHER CALLS RELATED WITH CAD
00:12:20 IN THE CAD DETAIL THAT MENTIONED FIREWORKS.
00:12:23 >> THERE WERE SIX SIGNIFICANT INJURIES THAT REQUIRED SAN
00:12:27 FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT EMS RESPONSE AND TRANSPORT TO OUR
00:12:31 LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL AS WELL AS
00:12:35 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FIRE WHICH DROVE OVER A SPENT FIREWORKS
00:12:39 BOX AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT FIRE.
00:12:42 >> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE DATA FROM 2020 THROUGH 2025
00:12:47 REINFORCES THE SCALE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND THEIR PROBLEM.
00:12:51 THIS YEAR ALSO DEMONSTRATES THE INCREASED TREND WE HAVE SEEN AS
00:12:55 COMPARED TO RECENT YEARS. OVERALL THESE FIREWORKS CAUSE
00:13:01 SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PEAKING AND BEEN CONSISTENT IN THE DAYS
00:13:05 LEADING UP TO JULY 4TH AND THE DAYS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING.
00:13:09 THE MEDICAL AIDS ARE CONSISTENT FROM 2020 THROUGH 2025 FOR
00:13:13 SERIOUS INJURIES TO PEOPLE'S HANDS, EYES, HANDS.
00:13:21 MEDICAL CALLS HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THE DOWN ANY DOWNWARD TREND ANY
00:13:25 DOWNWARD TREND AND STILL REQUIRES A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE
00:13:30 FROM OUR EMS SIDE AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE FROM OUR
00:13:34 PARTNERS AT IN THE SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.
00:13:37 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FIRE
00:13:41 DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSES TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS GRASS FIRES
00:13:44 DURING THIS TIME AS WELL AS GIVE SUPPORT TO THIS MEASURE.
00:13:48 FIRM TO SUPERVISOR WONG IN THIS COMMITTEE.
00:13:51 THANK YOU. DEPUTY CHIEF ROBERT I WOULD
00:13:54 LIKE TO NOW WELCOME MARIA MARY LOUISE DE STAFF COUNSEL WITH
00:14:02 THE SAN FRANCISCO SPCA WHO WILL SHARE THE ANIMAL WELFARE
00:14:04 IMPACTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND HOW THESE INCIDENTS AFFECT
00:14:07 PETS, SHELTER ANIMALS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS THROUGHOUT OUR
00:14:12 COMMUNITIES. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:14:12 MY NAME IS MARY DRUSILLA WOLF REPRESENTING THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:14:16 SPCA AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK TO
00:14:19 ADDRESS THE DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS AND FIREWORKS IN OUR COMMUNITY
00:14:23 INCLUDING HOW THEY AFFECT OUR PETS.
00:14:26 APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A DOG OR CAT
00:14:29 IN SAN FRANCISCO NOISE SENSITIVITY IS BETTER DOCUMENT
00:14:34 THAN DOGS AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 40 TO 50% OF DOGS HAVE NO
00:14:37 SENSITIVITIES. THESE CAN RANGE FROM MILD FEAR
00:14:41 TO SEVERE FEAR AND PANIC. THESE ANIMALS EXPRESS CLASSIC
00:14:45 SIGNS OF FEAR SUCH AS DILATED PUPILS, INCREASED HEART RATES
00:14:49 AND PANTING BUT ANIMALS WITH SEVERE FEAR WILL TREMBLE, HIDE
00:14:53 OR RUN AND OFTEN THROUGH WINDOWS OR CHEW THROUGH WALLS
00:14:57 OR DOORS IN A PANIC. >> AND IT IS NOT ONLY THE
00:15:01 ANIMALS WHO SUFFER. OWNERS OF ANIMALS WITH NOISE
00:15:04 PHOBIAS ENDURE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES OF VETERINARY CARE,
00:15:08 MEDICATION BOARDING OR TRAVEL OUT OF THE CITY IN AN EFFORT TO
00:15:12 AVOID KNOWN TIMES OF ILLEGAL FIREWORK USE AND WORSE BECAUSE
00:15:16 OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, IT IS NOT
00:15:19 POSSIBLE FOR PET OWNERS TO PROTECT THEIR BELOVED PETS FROM
00:15:23 THIS FORM OF DISTRESS AND SUFFERING.
00:15:24 WE CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH. THIS IS NOT JUST A MINOR
00:15:28 INCONVENIENCE. FIREWORKS LEAVE ANIMALS SO
00:15:30 TERRIFIED THAT SOME SUFFER EXTREME DISTRESS.
00:15:34 FOR SOME ANIMALS THIS STRESS CAN BE FATAL AND THIS AFFECTS
00:15:38 ALL PETS. IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH
00:15:41 TRAINING. THIS YEAR A HIGHLY TRAINED
00:15:43 POLICE DOG IN FRESNO COUNTY WAS SO FRIGHTENED BY FIREWORKS THAT
00:15:46 HE RAN INTO TRAFFIC AND WAS HIT BY A CAR.
00:15:50 LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND UNHOUSED RESIDENTS WITH
00:15:53 PETS ARE ESPECIALLY CHALLENGED IN A DISPROPORTIONATE WAY
00:15:57 WITHOUT THE SAME FREEDOM TO GET OUT OF TOWN TO AVOID THE
00:15:58 EFFECTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY MOST
00:16:01 PREVALENT IN THE LEAD UP TO JULY 4TH WHICH WE ALL JUST
00:16:04 EXPERIENCED FROM AN EQUITY STANDPOINT.
00:16:08 WE KNOW THIS MATTERS TO YOU ALL INTO YOUR CONSTITUENTS SO
00:16:09 PLEASE COUNT US AS A RESOURCE IN YOUR BRAIN TRUST ON THIS
00:16:12 ISSUE AS YOU WORK TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE AND THANK YOU
00:16:16 VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
00:16:19 MS. RUIZ TELLO. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
00:16:23 JENNY PEREZ OF THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND HER HUSBAND
00:16:24 NICHOLAS WRITTEN OFF A VETERAN WITH DISABILITIES WHO WILL
00:16:28 SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT FIREWORKS CAN HAVE ON VETERANS
00:16:31 AND OTHERS WHO MAY EXPERIENCE TRAUMA RELATED RESPONSES TO
00:16:34 SUDDEN EXPLOSIONS AND LOUD NOISES.
00:16:35 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
00:16:38 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND EVERYONE HERE.
00:16:41 MY NAME IS JENNY PEREZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX
00:16:44 REPRESENTING CAREGIVERS, FAMILIES AND ANIMAL OWNERS.
00:16:48 WHILE FIREWORKS ARE SEEN AS A CELEBRATION, THEIR IMPACT LAST
00:16:53 FAR BEYOND ONE NIGHT. >> I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN
00:16:56 AND FIVE YEARS AGO I LIVED IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
00:16:57 I'M SORRY I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.
00:17:01 I USED TO LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN IN DISTRICT SIX DISPLAYS
00:17:06 ARE MORE CONTROLLED IN DISTRICT SEVEN NEXT TO THE BELL
00:17:08 RESERVOIR FOR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS WENT ON UNTIL 4 A.M. HEADPHONES
00:17:18 AND EARPLUGS ARE NOT A SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE WITH PTSD TRAUMATIC
00:17:23 BRAIN INJURIES, CHILDREN ON THE SPECTRUM OR ANIMALS.
00:17:27 THESE TOOLS SIMPLY DON'T WORK. FAMILIES ARE FORCED INTO
00:17:34 EXTREME MEASURES, PRESCRIBE MEDICATION OR LEAVING THE CITY
00:17:38 ENTIRELY. THAT'S NOT A CHOICE.
00:17:39 IT'S A FORCED EVACUATION WITH REAL FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
00:17:42 COSTS AND THE IMPACT LAST DAYS FOR VETERANS CHILDREN AND AND
00:17:50 PETS TRYING TO RECOVER CELEBRATION SHOULD NOT COME AT
00:17:54 THE COST OF PEOPLE'S HEALTH. >> WE URGE YOU TO PURSUE
00:17:57 QUIETER MODERATE ALTERNATIVES. THANK YOU.
00:18:01 THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKERS FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND SHARING
00:18:02 THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
00:18:05 >> GREAT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WONG.
00:18:08 I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE
00:18:13 ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS ITEM.
00:18:17 I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON THE BOARD NOW SUPERVISOR SUTTER
00:18:20 VICE CHAIR SUTTER THANK YOU, CHAIR PLEASE, MADAM CLERK
00:18:21 PLEASE ADMINISTER COSPONSOR AS WELL AND SUPERVISOR WONG,
00:18:24 THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I THINK FROM THE SPEAKERS TODAY
00:18:27 YOU'VE MADE A REALLY COMPELLING CASE ON ON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
00:18:31 INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS THAT THIS DOES IMPACT
00:18:35 AND CERTAINLY AFTER THIS PAST WEEK WE SEE THAT YOU KNOW I
00:18:39 UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT AND EXCITEMENT OF OF FIREWORKS
00:18:42 OF COURSE. BUT I THINK AS WAS STATED
00:18:43 EARLIER, BEST LEFT TO THE PROFESSIONALS.
00:18:46 >> THANKS. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR SUTTER
00:18:49 SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK, MAY WE
00:18:51 INVITE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
00:18:54 >> ITEM THREE YES. A MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
00:18:56 WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE
00:18:59 SIDE BY THE WINDOWS. ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE
00:19:01 MINUTE. >> OKAY.
00:19:02 THANK YOU. IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY WAY TO
00:19:05 STOP THIS. >> BY THE WAY, I LIVE IN BERNAL
00:19:09 HEIGHTS. MY NAME IS FLO KELLY IS TO MAKE
00:19:12 SURE THAT THESE THINGS DON'T GET SOLD, YOU KNOW, AND IN
00:19:17 PEOPLE'S HANDS AND WHICH I THINK ALSO MEANS THAT YOU MIGHT
00:19:24 HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME IF YOU CAN COORDINATE WITH ALL OF THE
00:19:31 TOWNS AROUND US BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
00:19:35 >> IF PEOPLE REALLY WANT SOMETHING THAT'S DANGEROUS
00:19:39 THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT AND THAT'S THAT'S ALREADY TOO
00:19:42 LATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:19:49 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE COME ON SUPERVISORS MY NAME'S JUSTICE.
00:19:57 I'M A DISTRICT OF D ONE IN THE RICHMOND.
00:20:00 I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE AS IT REALLY
00:20:04 ONLY ATTACKS THE ISSUE FROM AN ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE WHICH I
00:20:07 THINK HAS PROVEN IN MANY CASES TO BE TRULY INEFFECTIVE.
00:20:11 >> ASIDE FROM THE RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT WILL ALMOST
00:20:16 CERTAINLY COME FROM AN ENFORCEMENT MODEL LIKE THIS
00:20:19 ONE, IT LACKS ANY COMMUNITY EDUCATION MODEL TO INCLUDE
00:20:24 THIS. AND AS FLO KELLY STATED, I
00:20:27 THINK TRYING TO ATTACK THE SELLERS OF FIREWORKS RATHER
00:20:31 THAN PENALIZING ESPECIALLY WITH A MISDEMEANOR.
00:20:35 COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE DISPERSED TO DISPROPORTIONATELY
00:20:38 IMPACTED WILL HAVE LIFETIME EFFECTS.
00:20:42 AND SO I PLEASE URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION
00:20:43 AND ADD IN MORE COMMUNITY EFFORTS ALTERNATIVES TO
00:20:46 FIREWORKS. I DO THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE BUT
00:20:50 I THINK THAT ENFORCEMENT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THIS
00:20:53 AND THIS LEGISLATION LACKS A COMPETENT COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
00:20:57 . >> THANK YOU.
00:20:58 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
00:21:01 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS HARVEY FRYE.
00:21:06 I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE ACLU OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:21:09 WE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO EACH OF YOU AND TO THE FULL BOARD
00:21:13 IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ORDINANCE AND I'D LIKE TO RATHER THAN
00:21:17 REPEAT WHAT'S IN THE LETTER, JUST CLARIFY THE REAL BASIS FOR
00:21:21 THAT. >> WE DO NOT DISPUTE THAT
00:21:24 FIREWORKS ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:21:27 >> CERTAINLY EVERYTHING SUPERVISOR WONG THAT YOU'VE
00:21:29 SAID ABOUT FIREWORKS IS TRUE AND WE AGREE WITH THE FOLKS WHO
00:21:33 CAME HERE AND SPOKE ABOUT THE DANGER TO ANIMALS, THE HARM TO
00:21:36 PEOPLE, THE SPECIFIC HARM TO VETERANS AND OTHERS WITH PTSD.
00:21:43 I MYSELF LIVE IN THE MISSION AND TWO YEARS AGO I WAS SHOT
00:21:44 IN THE LEG WITH WITH AN ERRANT FIREWORK.
00:21:47 I KNOW THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SO DOES OUR
00:21:48 ORGANIZATION. >> THE REASON WE OPPOSE IS
00:21:51 THESE ARE PROBLEMS FROM DANGEROUS FIREWORKS WHICH ARE
00:21:55 ALREADY CRIMINALIZED. THERE'S A SERIOUS MISMATCH
00:21:59 BETWEEN THIS ORDINANCE AND THE PROBLEM.
00:22:02 >> THIS ORDINANCE CREATES PENALTIES.
00:22:03 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT FOR SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS LIKE
00:22:08 SPARKLERS AND SNAPPERS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:22:11 I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN TO SPEAKER LEO HOW THIS ADDRESS
00:22:13 IT. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:22:20 >> MY NAME IS JOHN CHOCOLATE AND THE NATION AND IS FIREWORKS
00:22:28 . I SEE THE BALLOONS HERE BECAUSE
00:22:29 THEY'RE POURED THERE EACH TIME .
00:22:31 BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE I ALSO HEARD ON THE NEWS
00:22:34 THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THERE
00:22:39 WERE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE I COULDN'T FIT IN THE BUSSES.
00:22:42 THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF ACCIDENTS.
00:22:43 THERE ARE ALL KINDS. I JUST WHAT I HEARD ON THE NEWS
00:22:48 A FACT WHERE THERE WERE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THERE WERE SO
00:22:55 MANY PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GO AND ARE PROVING THAT
00:22:56 TRANSPORTATION WAS TERRIBLE ALSO.
00:22:58 AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT AS SOON AS ANYTHING
00:23:02 PARADISE OR SAGE THIS CITY THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
00:23:06 >> I MEAN WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH BILLIONAIRES HERE.
00:23:09 WE HAVE TRIBE WE HAVE MURRAY MAKE THIS A PEOPLE CITY LIKE IT
00:23:13 USED TO BE THE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:23:19 DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
00:23:23 >> MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:23:25 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:23:28 NOW CLOSED. SUPERVISOR WONG COLLEAGUES
00:23:31 COLLEAGUES I WANT TO BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS
00:23:36 RAISED IN OPPOSITION. I TAKE SERIOUSLY THE CONCERN
00:23:39 THAT ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE FAIR, PROPORTIONATE AND NOT
00:23:42 UNNECESSARILY PUNITIVE. THAT IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION
00:23:44 USES A MEASURED STRUCTURE. A FIRST OFFENSE IS AN
00:23:47 INFRACTION, NOT A MISDEMEANOR OR THE PENALTY IS LESS THAN A
00:23:52 TYPICAL STOP SIGN OR SPEEDING VIOLATION.
00:23:55 STRONGER PENALTIES ARE RESERVED FOR REPEAT VIOLATIONS WITHIN
00:23:59 FIVE YEARS. THIS IS NOT AN ARREST FIRST
00:24:00 APPROACH AND IT IS NOT ABOUT CRIMINALIZING CELEBRATION.
00:24:02 IT'S ABOUT GIVING THE CITY A PRACTICAL TOOL TO ENFORCE A
00:24:06 PROHIBITION THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
00:24:07 SAN FRANCISCO ALREADY PROHIBITS THE PRIVATE DISCHARGE OF
00:24:10 FIREWORKS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR
00:24:11 EXISTING LOCAL LAW LACKS A CLEAR AND PRACTICAL ENFORCEMENT
00:24:15 MECHANISM. OFFICERS CAN RESPOND, EDUCATE
00:24:19 PEOPLE AND DISPERSE ACTIVITY BUT IN MANY CASES THEY DO NOT
00:24:22 HAVE A LOCAL PENALTY. THEY CAN ISSUE WHEN SOMEONE IS
00:24:24 ACTIVELY VIOLATING THE LAW. SOME HAVE ARGUED THAT PENALTIES
00:24:26 WILL NOT DETER FIREWORKS USE BECAUSE DETERRENCE DEPENDS ON
00:24:30 THE CERTAINTY OF BEING CAUGHT, NOT THE SEVERITY OF THE
00:24:33 PUNISHMENT. BUT WITHOUT A CLEAR PENALTY THE
00:24:34 REASON FOR OFFICERS TO INTERVENE DIMINISHES IF THERE
00:24:38 IS NO MEANINGFUL CITATION OR CONSEQUENCE AVAILABLE THAN THE
00:24:41 PRACTICAL LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMEONE WILL BE STOPPED,
00:24:43 SIGHTED OR HELD ACCOUNTABLE GOES DOWN.
00:24:45 THAT REDUCES THE CERTAINTY OF ENFORCEMENT.
00:24:46 THE VERY THING OPPONENTS SAY MATTERS MOST.
00:24:49 A PROHIBITION WITHOUT A PRACTICAL CITATION TOOL IS NOT
00:24:54 MEANINGFUL DETERRENCE A CLEAR SIGN OF A LOCAL OFFENSE PAIRED
00:24:58 WITH A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH GIVES THE CITY A
00:25:01 MORE REALISTIC WAY TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR.
00:25:02 WE HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT STATE LAW ALREADY ADDRESSES
00:25:06 FIREWORKS. SO THIS ORDINANCE IS REDUNDANT
00:25:09 BUT STATE LAW PRIMARILY ADDRESSES EVEN MORE DANGEROUS
00:25:10 FIREWORKS AND RELATED POSSESSION OFFENSES.
00:25:13 SAN FRANCISCO'S LOCAL PROHIBITION APPLIES TO
00:25:16 DISCHARGE OF ALL FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY.
00:25:17 BY THE TIME FIREWORKS ARE BEING DISCHARGED IN OUR
00:25:20 NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS NEED A
00:25:22 TOOL THAT APPLIES TO THE CONDUCT HAPPENING HERE.
00:25:26 INEQUITY I WANT TO BE CLEAR. LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES,
00:25:30 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE
00:25:31 NOT LESS DESERVING OF PROTECTION FROM DANGEROUS
00:25:35 AND HARMFUL ACTIVITY. IF OUR WORKS RELATED CALLS ARE
00:25:38 CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT ALSO MEANS
00:25:39 THE RESIDENTS LIVING WITH THE EXPLOSIONS VIRUS TRAUMA, SLEEP
00:25:42 DISRUPTION AND DANGER ARE FROM THOSE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:25:46 EQUITY CANNOT ONLY MEAN LIMITING ENFORCEMENT.
00:25:49 IT MUST ALSO MEAN PROTECTING RESIDENTS IN IMPACTED
00:25:51 COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR RELIEF.
00:25:54 THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT THE WHOLE SOLUTION.
00:25:57 WE SHOULD PAIR IT WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION MULTILINGUAL
00:25:58 OUTREACH, RESPONSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSPARENCY
00:26:02 AROUND ENFORCEMENT BUT LEAVING THE LAW UNENFORCED BOTH DOES
00:26:05 NOT PROTECT COMMUNITIES. FOR THOSE REASONS I
00:26:07 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
00:26:09 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:26:10 SUPERVISOR WONG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR YOUR
00:26:13 PROPOSED ORDINANCE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
00:26:17 MOTION TO RECOMMEND THIS TO THE FULL BOARD.
00:26:21 A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? YES.
00:26:22 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WONG. >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A
00:26:25 ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION? YES.
00:26:26 AND ON THAT MOTION TO FORWARD THIS ORDINANCE THE FULL BOARD
00:26:28 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION .
00:26:31 >> REMEMBER WONG? I REMEMBER WONG I VICE VERSA.
00:26:33 ORDER FLETCHER SLATER I CHAIR DORSEY I SHARE DORSEY I HAVE
00:26:40 THREE EYES. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:41 MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS, SUPERVISOR
00:26:44 WONG. MY DOGS.
00:26:44 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK MAY PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM
00:26:48 NUMBER FOUR. >> YES.
00:26:50 ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE POLICE
00:26:51 CALL TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION THE PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN
00:26:55 TYPES OF LIBRARIES LENDING OR RENTING ANY BOOK, MAGAZINE
00:26:58 PAMPHLET OR OTHER PRINTED MATTER TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE
00:27:02 AGE OF 21 UNLESS THE PERSON HAS OBTAIN A MEMBERSHIP CARD WITH
00:27:06 THE CONSENT OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN.
00:27:07 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. >> THIS CALL.
00:27:10 THIS ITEM WAS ALSO INTRODUCED BY SUPERVISOR WANG FEEL.
00:27:13 SUPERVISOR WONG FEEL FREE TO WALK US THROUGH THE LEGISLATION
00:27:16 . >> THIS IS THE FIRST ORDINANCE
00:27:17 IN OUR OFFICE'S BROADER CODE CLEANUP PACKAGE AND IT REPEALS
00:27:21 SAN FRANCISCO'S OLD CIRCULATING LIBRARY LAW.
00:27:25 A CERTAIN CIRCULATING LIBRARY WAS ESSENTIALLY A PRIVATE FOR
00:27:28 PROFIT BOOK RENTAL BUSINESS. UNDER THIS LAW A LIBRARY COULD
00:27:29 NOT LEND OR RENT A BOOK, MAGAZINE PAMPHLET OR OTHER
00:27:33 PRINTED MATERIAL TO ANYONE UNDER 21 UNLESS THAT PERSON HAD
00:27:37 A MEMBERSHIP CARD APPROVED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN IN WRITING
00:27:41 SIGNED IN PERSON IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
00:27:44 SO IN THEORY A 20 YEAR OLD COULD VOTE SERVE IN THE
00:27:45 MILITARY, GET MARRIED BUT WOULD NEED PARENTAL PERMISSION TO
00:27:49 RENT A BOOK. >> THIS INDUSTRY DISAPPEARED
00:27:52 LONG BEFORE BLOCKBUSTER EVEN EXISTED AND NOW BLOCKBUSTER IS
00:27:55 GONE TOO, WHICH GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW OBSOLETE OBSOLETE
00:27:59 THIS PROVISION IS. REPEALING IT DOES NOT CREATE
00:28:00 ANY SORT OF ENFORCEMENT GAP. IT SIMPLY REMOVES AN OUTDATED
00:28:05 LAW FROM THE POLICE CODE AND WE'VE CHECKED IN WITH THE
00:28:08 LIBRARY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
00:28:11 GOOD GOVERNMENT MEANS NOT ONLY PASSING NEW LAWS BUT CLEANING
00:28:13 OUT OLD ONES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
00:28:15 SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WONG
00:28:18 VICE CHAIR SLAUGHTER THANK YOU COURTESY AND THANK YOU AGAIN
00:28:19 SUPERVISOR WONG FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
00:28:23 I'M A CO-SPONSOR AND CERTAINLY WILL BE SUPPORTING IT AND I
00:28:26 THINK IT IS GOOD THAT CODE CLEANUP AND I MEAN OF ALL THE
00:28:30 THINGS I WORRY ABOUT WITH WITH MY DAUGHTER GETTING INTO
00:28:34 TROUBLE WITH ONE DAY GETTING A LIBRARY CARD GOING TO THE
00:28:41 LIBRARY IS NOT ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK THIS
00:28:42 IS REASONABLE. I THINK BACK TO GROWING UP
00:28:45 AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE FREEDOM AND EXCITEMENT THAT A LIBRARY
00:28:49 AFFORDS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD
00:28:53 BRANCHES. I THINK THIS IS JUST A NICE WAY
00:28:56 TO REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
00:29:00 FOR CHILDREN INTO TEENAGERS TO TO TO REALLY BE WELCOMED AT OUR
00:29:03 LIBRARIES. >> SO THANK YOU.
00:29:07 THANK YOU VICE CHAIR SARTOR THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR
00:29:08 LEADERSHIP ON THIS. >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE INVITE A
00:29:11 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES.
00:29:12 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE SHALL
00:29:15 LINE THEM NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOW.
00:29:19 ITEM FOUR EXCUSE ME SHALL ITEM NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE
00:29:22 WINDOWS ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE MR. CHAIR WE HAVE NO
00:29:27 PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:29:30 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:29:31 SUPERVISOR WONG WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR YOUR
00:29:34 ORDINANCE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
00:29:35 HAVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD.
00:29:38 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WONG. MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL
00:29:42 CALL ON THAT MOTION? >> YES.
00:29:43 AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD THIS ORDINANCE TO THE FULL
00:29:45 BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:29:46 >> REMEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG I IF I SHORT ORDER VICE VERSA
00:29:50 ORDER I CHAIR DORSI I SURE DORSI I HAVE THREE EYES.
00:29:54 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES.
00:29:57 CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM CLERK CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT
00:30:00 ITEM? >> ITEM NUMBER FIVE?
00:30:01 YES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN
00:30:04 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HEALTH CODE TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION
00:30:05 TO PROHIBIT BISHAN ON TRANSPORTING BREAD IN OPEN
00:30:09 BASKETS OR CONTAINERS ON CITY STREETS.
00:30:12 THE HOPE THE PROHIBITION ON SELLING ON STERILIZED RAGS
00:30:16 AND OTHER TYPES OF CLOTH TO BE USED FOR CLEANING
00:30:17 AND INDUSTRIAL PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND RELATED
00:30:20 REGULATIONS AND THE PROHIBITION ON OPERATING A LAUNDRY FOR
00:30:24 STERILIZATION IN SUCH RAGS WITHOUT A PERMIT.
00:30:28 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. THIS ITEM WAS ALSO INTRODUCED
00:30:29 BY SUPERVISOR AR WANG. SUPERVISOR THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:30:33 THIS IS THE SECOND ORDINANCE IN OUR OFFICES CODE CLEANUP
00:30:36 PACKAGE THAT REPEALS TWO OUTDATED HEALTH CODE PROVISIONS
00:30:40 . THE FIRST IS AN OLD PROHIBITION
00:30:41 ON TRANSPORTING BREAD CAKES OR PASTRIES THROUGH CITY STREETS
00:30:45 AND OPEN BASKETS EXPOSED CONTAINERS OR EXPOSED VEHICLES.
00:30:48 >> THE SECOND SET OF PROVISIONS GOVERNS INDUSTRIAL WIPING RAGS
00:30:54 INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS AROUND STERILIZATION, INSPECTION
00:30:56 LABELING AND LAUNDRY PERMITS. THESE LAWS WERE NOT SILLY WHEN
00:31:00 THEY WERE ADOPTED. THE BREAD PROVISION APPEARS TO
00:31:03 COME FROM AN ERA WHEN SAN FRANCISCO WAS UNDERSTANDABLY
00:31:06 WORRIED ABOUT DISEASE CONTAMINATION AND YES, EVEN
00:31:07 PLAGUE. BUT IN 2026 WE HAVE MODERN FOOD
00:31:11 SAFETY STANDARDS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WONDER
00:31:14 WHETHER CARRYING AN EXPOSE BAGEL DOWN THE STREET CAN
00:31:18 BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH INCIDENT AND ALSO IF YOU'RE CARRYING A
00:31:22 DONUT OUTSIDE ON THE STREET YOU SHOULD NOT BE CONCERNED THAT
00:31:26 YOU'RE AN OUTLAW. LIKEWISE, WORKPLACE SANITATION
00:31:30 AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ARE NOW GOVERNED BY MODERN STATE
00:31:33 AND FEDERAL STANDARDS. WE DO NOT NEED OUTDATED LOCAL
00:31:35 PROVISIONS THAT MAKE PEOPLE WONDER WHETHER WASHING A CAR
00:31:38 WITH DIRTY UNDERWEAR SOMEHOW TRIGGERS A MUNICIPAL WIPING RAG
00:31:42 VIOLATION. THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT WEAKEN
00:31:46 PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS OR CREATE AN ENFORCEMENT GAP.
00:31:49 IT SIMPLY REMOVES OUTDATED AND OVERLY SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
00:31:53 THAT NO LONGER SERVE A PRACTICAL PURPOSE.
00:31:54 GOOD GOVERNMENT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT PASSING LAWS IT IS ABOUT
00:31:57 TAKING A LOOK AT THE OLD ONES AND ASKING DO WE STILL NEED
00:32:01 THIS IN THIS CASE? THE ANSWER IS NO.
00:32:02 THIS IS PART OF A BROADER EFFORT FROM MY OFFICE TO
00:32:05 IDENTIFY AND REPEAL OBSOLETE, OUTDATED AND UNNECESSARY LAWS.
00:32:09 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
00:32:12 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WONG.
00:32:15 >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE OPEN THIS ITEM UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:32:18 YES. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
00:32:19 WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE SHALL ON THEM NOW ALONG THE
00:32:22 SIDE BY THE WINDOWS. ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE
00:32:25 MINUTE. >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC
00:32:28 COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:32:29 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:32:33 AND SUPERVISOR WONG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION OF YOUR
00:32:34 PRIVACY AND MOVE THIS TO THE FULL BOARD OF A POSITIVE
00:32:37 RECOMMENDATION? THANK YOU, SIR.
00:32:38 ROSA WONG MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION A ROLL CALL ON
00:32:41 THAT? >> YES.
00:32:41 AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD THIS ORDINANCE TO THE FULL
00:32:44 BOARD WITH THE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:32:45 >> REMEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG AI FISCHER.
00:32:48 SARTOR. FISCHER.
00:32:48 SARTOR. I CHAIR DORSEY I SAW DORSEY.
00:32:51 >> I HAVE THREE EYES. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:32:54 THE MOTION PASSES. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE NOW
00:32:55 GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER TWO? >> YES.
00:32:59 ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING SAN FRANCISCO SUPPORT
00:33:02 FOR THE SPEEDY SAFETY SYSTEM PILOT PROGRAM AND URGING THE
00:33:05 EXPLORATION OF CHANGES TO STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAM
00:33:09 INCLUDING INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE SPEED CAMERA
00:33:13 LOCATIONS WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO CORRIDORS ON THE HIGH INJURY
00:33:17 NETWORK IN OTHER LOCATIONS WITH DEMONSTRATED SAFETY NEED.
00:33:20 JUST NOTING THIS ITEM WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD AS
00:33:22 A COMMITTEE REPORT AT THE JULY 14TH, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:33:27 MEETING. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
00:33:28 COLLEAGUES, I INTRODUCED THIS RESOLUTION AROUND THE TIME THAT
00:33:32 THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS CAME
00:33:35 AROUND BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HIGHLIGHT HOW WELL
00:33:38 THIS PROGRAM IS WORKING AND PUT OURSELVES ON RECORD AS A CITY
00:33:42 TO SUPPORT STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING IT.
00:33:45 THIS PROGRAM TOOK SEVERAL TRIES IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
00:33:49 AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO THE LEADERSHIP OF FORMER ASSEMBLY
00:33:53 MEMBER LAURA FRIEDMAN THAT SHE PROVIDED AND FINALLY GETTING
00:33:54 THIS BILL ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
00:33:57 I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE THE LONG STANDING LEADERSHIP OF
00:34:01 OUR CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY, FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVID
00:34:02 CHIU WHO DURING HIS TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE SPONSORED THIS LAW
00:34:05 SEVERAL TIMES BACK IN 2023. I JOINED ADVOCATES FROM WALK US
00:34:09 OFF AND FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS FOR AN ADVOCACY DAY
00:34:13 IN SACRAMENTO SO IT WAS DEEPLY MOVING TO SEE HOW TRAFFIC
00:34:17 VIOLENCE AFFECTS PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HOW SOME FAMILY MEMBERS
00:34:21 AND LOVED ONES FIND PURPOSE IN ADVOCATING FOR TRAFFIC
00:34:24 SAFETY LIKE SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS TO ENSURE THAT NO MORE
00:34:28 FAMILIES FACE THE TRAGEDIES THAT THEY DID.
00:34:31 SAN FRANCISCO MOVED QUICKLY TO IMPLEMENT THE BILL AND TO
00:34:34 MAXIMIZE THE PROGRAM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
00:34:35 THIS BOARD TOOK ACTION TO ALLOW A DESIGN BUILD A CONTRACT TO
00:34:39 FACILITATE SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION.
00:34:43 EARLIER THIS YEAR THE S.F. MTA RELEASED ITS DATA ON THE FIRST
00:34:46 FULL YEAR OF THE PROGRAM AND THE RESULTS I THINK SPEAK
00:34:48 FOR THEMSELVES. SPEED HAS DROPPED AN AVERAGE OF
00:34:52 80% AT THE 33 LOCATIONS IN THIS IN THIS PROGRAM MANY OF THEM
00:34:57 IN MY DISTRICT AND JUST LET ME SAY IT REDUCED ILLEGAL
00:35:00 DANGEROUS SPEEDING BY 80% ON AVERAGE.
00:35:04 >> DISTRICT SIX HAS MANY DANGEROUS ARTERIALS WHERE
00:35:08 DRIVERS BEHAVE AS IF THEY'RE ON A HIGHWAY.
00:35:09 IN REALITY THERE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DENSE URBAN
00:35:12 NEIGHBORHOOD THE STREETS WITH CAMERAS DO FEEL SAFER AND WE'VE
00:35:15 SEEN INCREDIBLE PROGRESS. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVING WHY WE
00:35:18 SHOULD HAVE EVEN MORE OF THIS LIFE SAVING TECHNOLOGY.
00:35:22 THE RESOLUTION THAT I'M PROPOSING RECOGNIZES THE
00:35:23 PROGRAM'S SUCCESS AND PUTS SAN FRANCISCO ON RECORD IN SAYING
00:35:26 WE SHOULD SUPPORT IT AND THAT WE BELIEVE THE STATE
00:35:29 LEGISLATURE SHOULD STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND IT.
00:35:30 I WANT TO THANK WALK OUR STAFF FOR THEIR UNRELENTING ADVOCACY
00:35:34 ON THIS ISSUE AND MTA FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK TO IMPLEMENT
00:35:37 AND RUN THE PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE THIS BOARD'S PRIOR
00:35:39 SUPPORT OF RESOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE STATE LAW THAT'S AB
00:35:43 645 AS WELL AS THE TRAILING LEGISLATION NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT
00:35:45 IT PROMPTLY. I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME
00:35:48 IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND I SEE BOTH COLLEAGUES
00:35:51 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. >> SUPERVISOR WONG I'D JUST
00:35:55 LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS.
00:35:56 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:35:58 >> SUPERVISOR WONG WANG VICE CHAIR SLAUGHTER THANK YOU CHAIR
00:36:00 DORSI FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I KNOW WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS FROM
00:36:03 FAMILY FOR SAFE STREETS AND WALK US F THANK YOU FOR
00:36:07 YOUR LONG LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND THIS HAS INDEED BEEN A
00:36:11 SUCCESS AND I WILL TELL YOU IN THE IN THE FIRST DAYS OF
00:36:15 THESE CAMERAS COMING ONLINE YOU KNOW THE FEEDBACK AND THE
00:36:18 QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS WERE ABOUT HOW THESE WORKED
00:36:22 AND MAYBE SOME CONCERNS. BUT VERY QUICKLY AS PEOPLE HAVE
00:36:25 GOTTEN USED TO THEM AND AS THEY'VE SEEN AND FELT THE
00:36:27 STREETS AROUND THESE CAMERAS GET SAFER, GET SLOWER, THAT IS
00:36:30 QUICKLY CHANGE TO HOW CAN WE GET MORE OF THESE AND WE HAVE
00:36:35 33 ACROSS THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY KNOW MANY,
00:36:39 MANY PLACES IN MY DISTRICT AND I THINK WE ALL CAN SAY THE
00:36:41 SAME THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM FROM THIS TECHNOLOGY AND FROM
00:36:44 THIS SAFETY DEVICE. SO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE S.F.
00:36:50 MTA'S LEADERSHIP FOR US BEING THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO GO
00:36:52 OUT WITH THIS PILOT AND I WANT TO CONTINUE PUSHING.
00:36:56 I THINK WE'VE ALREADY MADE THE CASE THAT THESE WORK AND THAT
00:37:00 THIS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP FROM THE STATE TO
00:37:02 EXPAND THESE QUICKLY. >> THANK YOU.
00:37:06 VICE CHAIR SARTOR LET'S OPEN THIS ITEM UP MADAM CLERK TO
00:37:10 PUBLIC COMMENT YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO
00:37:14 SPEAK ON ITEM TWO. SHE LINE UP ALONG THE SIDE BY
00:37:17 THE WINDOWS. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE
00:37:18 MINUTE YOU'RE ON THE CATWALK. >> I JUST HEARD AN ARTICLE
00:37:22 YESTERDAY THAT THIS POLICE SURVEILLANCE ALL THIS
00:37:26 PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE ORIGINATED IN ISRAEL AND IT WAS
00:37:29 GEARED AGAINST THE PARIS TEEN YEARS AND THEY SAID NOT ONLY
00:37:33 WERE THEY TARGETED AT THE PALESTINIANS BUT THE POLICE THE
00:37:37 STATE COMMISSIONER FOUND WAYS OF MANIPULATING AND AND OUR
00:37:41 MESSING UP PEOPLE'S WAY OF THINKING THERE THEY WERE ABLE
00:37:48 TO PRY INTO THE HOW HOW THEY FEEL, HOW THEY ACT, WHAT IT
00:37:53 DIDN'T JUST STOP WITH POLICE AWARENESS TO STAY TO BALANCE IT
00:37:56 CONTINUES TO CAUSE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL DANGER.
00:38:00 I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WANT SAFER STREETS BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A
00:38:01 WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF MENTALITY WHERE PEOPLE GET OFF
00:38:05 WORK, THEY GOT TO GO HOME, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, THEY
00:38:09 GOT TO GO SHOPPING. THERE'S JUST THIS SOCIETY IS
00:38:12 JUST TOO MUCH BASED ON SPEED AND SO IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST
00:38:17 CAMERAS TO CHANGE JUST FACIAL BEHAVING AND TASTES, LOSS OF
00:38:21 TASTE ARE REALLY COOPERATIVE SOCIETY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF
00:38:25 THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:38:28 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO I'M GLENIS.
00:38:38 I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT SIX I LIVE AT THE
00:38:45 CORNER OF FOUR THINKING AND I CAN DISTINCTLY HEAR IT IS SO
00:38:50 MUCH QUIETER SPEED CAMERAS ABSOLUTELY ALONE HAVE MADE MY
00:38:54 NEIGHBORHOOD QUIETER. IT'S STILL NOT 100% SAFE.
00:38:58 I MEAN WE'VE STILL HAD TRAGIC FATAL ACCIDENTS BUT THOSE ARE
00:39:05 JOKE FATAL ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. >> IT PRODUCED SPEEDS SO THE
00:39:08 MORE THAT WE CAN GET CARS GOING SLOWER AND SLOWER EVERYWHERE,
00:39:12 THE SAFER EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE IT'S THE SPEED
00:39:16 THAT'S REALLY GOING TO KILL PEOPLE AND I'M FIVE EIGHT
00:39:19 AND THOSE FRIENDS OF THOSE CARS ARE SCARY TO ME.
00:39:23 I STILL FEEL LIKE A SIX YEAR OLD LOOKING OVER AT THEM AND WE
00:39:24 CAN'T STOP THE CARS FROM BEING TOO TALL FOR A FIVE FOOT EIGHT
00:39:28 WOMAN BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT MORE SPEED CAMERAS IN AND
00:39:30 ENCOURAGE BETTER BEHAVIOR. >> SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:39:35 COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
00:39:44 SUPERVISOR WANG DORSEY INSIDER I MY NAME IS JOHN LOL I LIVE
00:39:51 IN DISTRICT SIX. I AM A SURVIVOR OF A SPEEDING
00:39:52 VEHICLE THAT RAN INTO ME AT THE 14TH ADMINISTRATION
00:39:57 INTERSECTION ON MARCH 23RD 2001.
00:40:00 THE DRIVER WAS CHARGED AND FOUND GUILTY IN A JURY
00:40:07 TRIAL OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF RECKLESS DRIVING.
00:40:11 >> PUBLIC EXPENSES WENT WERE TAKEN OUT BY THE CITY FOR HIS
00:40:18 FIVE PUBLIC DEFENDERS FOR HIS SIX MONTH SENTENCE AND FOR THE
00:40:21 PROSECUTION OFFICE AND THE POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATION.
00:40:26 SO THE CHARGES WILL BE LESS PART TWO WE DO INITIATE THE
00:40:33 PROGRAM OF WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDED TO THE WHOLE BOARD
00:40:35 OF SUPERVISORS SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND I RECOMMEND YOU ALL
00:40:38 PASS THIS BECAUSE WE NEED MORE CAMERAS OUT THERE BOTH FOR
00:40:42 SPEEDING AND FOR RED LIGHT RUNNING.
00:40:46 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
00:40:49 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR
00:40:53 DORSEY SALTER AND WONG. I'M LORELEI FROM FAMILIES FOR
00:41:01 STREET SAFE STREETS LIVING IN BERNAL HEIGHTS WITH MY
00:41:05 FAMILY SINCE THE 1980S PEOPLE OUT SIDE OF VEHICLES ARE THE
00:41:09 MOST VULNERABLE TO CARS GOING TOO FAST ESPECIALLY SENIORS
00:41:13 LIKE ME, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
00:41:17 >> IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF FALL 2023 I STARTED WALKING
00:41:20 ACROSS ALIMONY BOULEVARD IN THE EXCELSIOR AFTER THE WALK SIGN
00:41:25 LIT UP I WAS IN THE CROSSWALK AND MADE A LITTLE MORE THAN
00:41:29 HALFWAY TO THE MEDIAN OF MIDDLE OF ALIMONY AND OUT OF NOWHERE A
00:41:35 DRIVER TURNING LEFT SWUNG TOWARDS ME, STRUCK ME DRAWING
00:41:40 MY BODY ONTO THE HOOD OF THE CAR, SLAMMING MY HEAD AGAINST
00:41:41 HIS WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER NEVER SAW ME.
00:41:44 HE NEVER STOPPED SO HE MUST BE GOING PRETTY FAST.
00:41:47 THE SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL STAFF SAID IT WAS A MIRACLE I WAS
00:41:51 ALIVE. >> I'M LUCKY TO MOSTLY HAVE
00:41:52 RECOVERED AND JOIN FAMILIES FOR STREETS TO SAVE FREEDOM
00:41:55 ADVOCATE FOR CRASH PREVENTION PREVENTION SOLUTIONS.
00:41:59 >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER HELLO CHAIR
00:42:09 DORSEY SUPERVISOR SOUDER SUPERVISOR WONG I LIVE
00:42:13 IN DISTRICT NINE AND MY NAME IS SUSAN GEORGE.
00:42:17 >> I'M A PHYSICIAN A SENIOR. I USE PUBLIC TRANSIT
00:42:20 IN ADDITION TO WALKING AND BIKING IN THIS CITY AS A
00:42:22 PHYSICIAN I REMEMBER MY FIRST TRAUMA WAS A 30 YEAR OLD
00:42:25 CYCLIST WHO HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR AND HE YES, HE HAD NO LIFE
00:42:29 THREATENING INJURIES AS THE NEWSPAPERS LIKE TO SAY.
00:42:33 BUT NOW HE WAS A QUADRIPLEGIC. >> HE WAS FULLY ALERT, KNEW HE
00:42:37 WAS UNABLE TO MOVE HIS LEGS. THESE INJURIES AND MANY OTHER
00:42:40 ONES ARE A RESULT OF SPEEDING MOTOR VEHICLES.
00:42:45 AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE CANNOT ONLY EVALUATE THE SAFETY OF OUR
00:42:49 STREETS BASED ON THE ENDPOINT OF DEATH BUT ALSO INCLUDE ALL
00:42:52 THE NON-LIFE THREATENING HARMS AS WELL.
00:42:53 WE DO KNOW THAT THE THREE SPEED CAMERAS ARE ALREADY THAT ARE
00:42:59 ALREADY OPERATING IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVE CHANGED DRIVERS
00:43:01 BEHAVIOR FOR THE BETTER BUT WE NEED MORE THAN 33 TO COVER THIS
00:43:04 CITY. I STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPERVISOR
00:43:07 DORSEY'S RESOLUTION TO EXPAND AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:43:11 COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU.
00:43:13 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING. SUPERVISOR OUR SON ANDREW WAS
00:43:21 KILLED BY A SPEEDING CAR AT THE BOTTOM OF FRANKLIN STREET
00:43:26 IN FRONT OF SHERMAN ELEMENTARY A CAR GOING ABOUT 40 NOT EVEN
00:43:30 THE FASTEST AMONG THE CARS GOING AND IT WAS UP ON THE
00:43:34 SIDEWALK AGAINST THE BUILDING ACCORDING TO ALL THE LEAD UP TO
00:43:38 THAT THE CITY DID FINALLY TAKE ACTION.
00:43:41 THEY FIRST DID THE BOLTS TO SLOW THE TURNING.
00:43:44 THAT'S ONE CALMING MEASURE AND TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DIDN'T
00:43:46 HELP. THEY ADJUSTED THIS TRAFFIC
00:43:48 TIMING LIGHTS WHICH THEY ADMITTED CAUSED PEOPLE TO
00:43:52 SPEED. THAT DIDN'T HELP.
00:43:53 THEY FINALLY ANNOUNCED TO SPEED CAMERAS ONCE THEY WERE APPROVED
00:43:56 I THINK THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD PUT IN THERE
00:43:57 IN MARCH OF 24 AND THAT FINALLY DID THE TRICK.
00:44:00 SO THE REASON THE CAMERAS ARE IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE ALL THE
00:44:04 OTHER MEASURES MAY HELP BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO THE TRICK.
00:44:07 THEY'RE JUST NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH. AND I'M SURE THERE'S MORE
00:44:11 FRANKLIN STREETS IN SHERMAN ELEMENTARIES OUT THERE THAT
00:44:14 AREN'T BEING DEALT WITH THAT NEED MORE THAN JUST JUST BASIC
00:44:15 TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. >> SO I SUPPORT THIS.
00:44:19 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:44:21 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:44:26 MY NAME IS PAUL. I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
00:44:29 FIVE YEARS AGO MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE LOUISA WAS KILLED
00:44:30 BY A SPEEDING DRIVER A BLOCK FROM WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW
00:44:34 STEVE WORKS A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE IT HAPPENED AND HE'S
00:44:37 VALLEY WHERE TOO MANY DRIVERS BEHAVE LIKE THE CENTRAL FREEWAY
00:44:40 IS STILL THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY I PUT MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
00:44:44 ON THE BACK OF MY BIKE AND I RIDE FOUR STREETS EXACTLY LIKE
00:44:46 THIS ONE. I WON'T PRETEND I'M NOT AFRAID.
00:44:48 I THINK ABOUT MY FRIEND AND A LOT OF INTERSECTIONS AND ABOUT
00:44:51 OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CLOSE CALL AND A TRAGEDY IS
00:44:55 JUST A FEW MILES PER HOUR. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SPEED
00:44:56 CAMERAS CHANGE WHERE WE'VE INSTALLED THEM DRIVERS SLOW
00:44:59 DOWN MORE CAMERAS MEANS MORE STREETS WHERE A PARENT LIKE ME
00:45:03 CAN BREATHE A LITTLE EASIER AND FEWER FAMILIES WHO LOSE
00:45:06 SOMEONE THEY CARE ABOUT. >> I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE
00:45:08 MOVE THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD TO A VOTE BY A FULL BOARD OF
00:45:11 SUPERVISORS. WELL, I HOPE YOU'LL SEE
00:45:14 UNANIMOUS SUPPORT MY DAUGHTER AND EVERY KID GROWING UP IN THE
00:45:17 CITY IS COUNTING ON IT. >> THANK YOU.
00:45:20 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISOR
00:45:29 DORSEY. SUPERVISOR SORTERS SUPERVISOR
00:45:30 WONG MY NAME'S CATHERINE WORTHINGTON.
00:45:32 >> I'M A STUDENT YUSEF AND I LIVE IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT
00:45:34 IN SAN FRANCISCO. I'M HERE TO SHARE MY STRONG
00:45:36 SUPPORT FOR SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S RESOLUTION FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO
00:45:40 ACTIVELY PURSUE EXPANDING THE SPEED CAMERA PROGRAM.
00:45:41 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON SAFE STREETS
00:45:45 FOR MY SUMMER INTERNSHIP I'M DOING RESEARCH ON NATIONWIDE
00:45:49 SPEED CAMERA PROGRAMS AND I'M SEEING JUST HOW WELL
00:45:51 CONSTRUCTED THIS CALIFORNIA PILOT PROGRAM IS.
00:45:52 >> I'VE SEEN FIRST HAND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HOW PREVALENT
00:45:55 SPEEDING IS AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE MOVE THIS RESOLUTION
00:46:02 FORWARD TO A VOTE BY THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND I HOPE
00:46:04 WE CAN SEE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR MORE LIFE SAVING SPEED
00:46:07 CAMERAS. THANK YOU.
00:46:10 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
00:46:13 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:46:17 >> MY NAME IS RICHARD BAUMAN. I LIVE IN THE RICHMOND AND I
00:46:21 VERY FREQUENTLY CROSS AS A PEDESTRIAN BOTH GEARY BOULEVARD
00:46:25 AND PARK PRESIDIO. AND SPEED CAMERAS HAVE WORKED
00:46:29 AND BOTH OF THOSE STREETS ARE GREAT CANDIDATES FOR MORE SPEED
00:46:33 CAMERAS. SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR
00:46:36 EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:46:40 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:46:44 GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JODI MEDEIROS
00:46:48 AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WALKS FRANCISCO EVERY DAY ON
00:46:49 AVERAGE THREE PEOPLE ARE HIT WHILE WALKING IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:46:54 AND 11 PEDESTRIANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED ALREADY THIS YEAR
00:46:56 INCLUDING A TWO YEAR OLD. SPEEDING IS THE NUMBER ONE
00:46:58 CAUSE OF CRASHES. WE DESPERATELY NEED DRIVERS TO
00:47:01 GO AT SAFE SPEEDS TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES AND SAVE LIVES ON OUR
00:47:05 STREETS IN SAN FRANCISCO SPEED CAMERA PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN
00:47:09 THOUGHTFULLY AND EQUITABLY IMPLEMENTED BY THE MTA IS
00:47:10 PROVING TO BE A POWERFUL SOLUTION AND MODE FOR THE
00:47:13 ENTIRE END MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
00:47:18 THAT IS WHY IS WALKING SAFE AND FAMILIES ARE SAFE STREETS
00:47:21 FOUGHT FOR EIGHT YEARS FOR SPEED CAMERAS TO BE LEGAL HERE
00:47:22 AND IT'S WHY WE SUPPORT EXPANDING THE SPEED CAMERA
00:47:24 PROGRAM ASAP. >> IT IS CAREFULLY DESIGNED
00:47:32 WITH VERY STRONG PRIVACY PROTECTIONS AND FAIR FEE
00:47:33 STRUCTURE WITH REDUCED FINES FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE.
00:47:36 LEGISLATION TO EXPAND THE SPEED CAMERA PROGRAM WOULD CONTINUE
00:47:39 TO DO THIS SO PLEASE LET US NOT WAIT TO ACT.
00:47:44 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:47:47 DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM?
00:47:51 >> MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:47:52 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:47:55 NOW CLOSED. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS MY
00:47:59 GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS ESPECIALLY WALK
00:48:02 OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS.
00:48:03 >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE HEARD FROM WHO SHARED
00:48:07 VULNERABLY AND POWERFULLY ABOUT THE TRAGEDIES THAT THEY FACED.
00:48:10 COLLEAGUES OF COURSE RESIDENTS MTA AND LEGISLATORS WHO LABORED
00:48:14 FOR A LONG TIME TO GET THIS PROMISING LIFESAVING TECHNOLOGY
00:48:17 AUTHORIZED. AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
00:48:19 MOVE TO SEND THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION OUT TO THE FULL
00:48:22 BOARD AS A COMMITTEE REPORT WITH OUR POSITIVE
00:48:25 RECOMMENDATION. >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A
00:48:26 ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION? YES.
00:48:29 >> AND ON THIS THE MOTION TO FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
00:48:31 FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS
00:48:34 COMMITTEE REPORT MEMBER WANG REMEMBER WANG AI FISCHER
00:48:38 SLAUGHTER FISCHER SLAUGHTER I CHAIR DORSEY CHAIR DORSEY I
00:48:44 HAVE THREE EYES. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE
00:48:45 MOTION PASSES AND MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE NEXT
00:48:48 ITEM? >> ITEM NUMBER SIX?
00:48:49 YES. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A HEARING TO
00:48:52 CONSIDER THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 42 ON SALE BEER IN WINE
00:48:54 AND PUBLIC PREMISES, LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE LOVE POTION
00:48:58 LIBRARY LLC LOCATED AT 284 NO STREET IN DISTRICT EIGHT WILL
00:49:03 SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY OF THE CITY
00:49:05 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
00:49:08 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LIQUOR LICENSES TO GET THROUGH AND I
00:49:12 KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE HERE FOR THE THE DRUG FREE HOUSING THING
00:49:16 BUT I THINK THIS WILL GO RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
00:49:17 WE HAVE OFFICER BRANDON ERICKSON FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:49:20 POLICE DEPARTMENT'S LIAISON UNIT TO THE CALIFORNIA
00:49:24 DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OR ABC.
00:49:27 THANK YOU, OFFICER ERICKSON. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
00:49:31 LOVE POTION LIBRARY IS AN INNOVATIVE ROMANCE BOOKSTORE
00:49:32 TEA ROOM AND WINE BAR IN THE CASTRO.
00:49:35 I APPRECIATE THE ESTABLISHMENT'S COMMITMENT TO
00:49:36 FOSTER ITS COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS LIBRARY COLLECTION, UNIQUE
00:49:40 EVENTS AND ATMOSPHERE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS
00:49:43 LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION HAS THE SUPPORT OF BOARD PRESIDENT
00:49:47 AND DISTRICT EIGHT SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT FOR RESOURCE.
00:49:51 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:49:52 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A REPORT
00:49:56 FOR THE LOVE POTION LIBRARY LLC OPERATING AS A LOVE POTION
00:49:59 LIBRARY LLC. THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 42
00:50:03 LICENSE AND IF APPROVED THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE
00:50:04 AND ON SALE BEER AND WINE PUBLIC PREMISES AT 284 NO WE
00:50:09 STREET THERE ARE ZERO LETTERS OF PROTEST ZERO LETTERS OF
00:50:12 SUPPORT THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT 411 WHICH IS CONSIDERED
00:50:15 A LOW CRIME AREA. THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 169
00:50:19 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CONCENTRATION AREA.
00:50:22 PARK STATION HAS NO OPPOSITION MOU RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL
00:50:26 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CONDITION ONE PETITIONER SHALL
00:50:30 ACTIVELY MONITOR THE AREA UNDER THEIR CONTROL IN AN EFFORT TO
00:50:34 PREVENT THE LOITERING OF PERSONS ON ANY PROPERTY
00:50:38 ADJACENT TO THE LICENSED PREMISES AS DEPICTED ON ABC
00:50:39 FORM 257 CONDITION TWO THE PETITIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
00:50:45 FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE
00:50:47 PREMISE OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONTROL AS DEPICTED ON ABC 257
00:50:52 AND LASTLY CONDITION THREE WENDY SAID OUTDOOR PATIO OF THE
00:50:56 PREMISES BEING UTILIZED FOR THE SALE SERVICE AND CONSUMPTION OF
00:51:00 ALCOHOL BEVERAGES A PREMISE EMPLOYEE SHALL BE IN ATTENDANCE
00:51:01 AND MAINTAINED CONTINUOUS SUPERVISION AT ALL TIMES OF THE
00:51:05 SET AREA TO ENSURE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF PATRONS.
00:51:08 THANK YOU OFFICER ERICKSON. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON THE
00:51:13 ROSTER FOR COMMENT OR QUESTIONS.
00:51:14 WHY DON'T WE OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:51:17 >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX
00:51:20 SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
00:51:24 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
00:51:27 PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK FOR
00:51:32 THE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
00:51:34 THAT THROUGH TO REQUEST THAT THE CLERK PREPARE A RESOLUTION
00:51:36 MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 42 ON SALE
00:51:40 BEER AND WINE LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT WOULD SERVE THE
00:51:43 PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY .
00:51:46 >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL IN THAT MOTION?
00:51:48 YES. AND ON THE MOTION DIRECTING THE
00:51:49 CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION AND FORWARDING THAT RESOLUTION
00:51:52 TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:51:54 REMEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG? I I SHORT ORDER FISCHER SLATER
00:51:59 I CHAIR DORSEY CHAIR DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES.
00:52:02 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES.
00:52:04 MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM SEVEN?
00:52:07 >> YES. ITEM SEVEN IS A HEARING TO
00:52:08 CONSIDER THAT THE PERSON TO PERSON PREMISE TO PREMISE
00:52:10 TRANSFER OF A TYPE 21 ALL SALE GENERAL BEER WINE AND DISTILLED
00:52:13 SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO DEL RIO PRODUCE MARKET I I AND C
00:52:20 DOING BUSINESSES DEL RIO PRODUCE MARKET LOCATED AT 2214
00:52:23 CLEMENT STREET IN DISTRICT ONE WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC IN THE
00:52:27 ANSWER NECESSITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:52:29 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE LIQUOR
00:52:33 LICENSES OFFICER AND FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:52:34 >> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A REPORT
00:52:37 FOR DEL RIO PRODUCE MARKET INC AS OPERATING HOURS DEL RITO DEL
00:52:40 RIO PRODUCE MARKET THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 21 LICENSE
00:52:44 AND IF APPROVED THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE AT AN OFF
00:52:48 SALE GENERAL LIQUOR STORE AT 2 TO 1 FOR COMMENT STREET THERE
00:52:52 ARE THERE IS ONE LETTER OF PROTEST ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT
00:52:55 THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT 718 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A LOW CRIME
00:52:59 AREA. THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 4 TO
00:53:02 6.01 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CONCENTRATION AN AREA RICHMOND
00:53:07 STATION HAS NO OPPOSITION AEW RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL WITH
00:53:10 THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CONDITION ONE PETITIONER SHALL
00:53:14 ACTIVELY MONITOR THE AREA UNDER THEIR CONTROL IN AN EFFORT TO
00:53:18 PREVENT THE LOITERING OF PERSONS ON PROPERTY ADJACENT TO
00:53:19 THE LEAST LICENSED PREMISES AS DEPICTED ON THE ABC FORM 257
00:53:25 CONDITION NUMBER TWO THE PETITIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
00:53:28 FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE
00:53:30 PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONTROL AS DEPICTED ON ABC TWO
00:53:33 FIVE SEVEN THANK YOU OFFICER DEL RIO PRODUCE PRODUCE MARKET
00:53:40 IS A LOCAL STORE STOCKING FRESH PRODUCE AND INTERNATIONAL FOODS
00:53:44 AND BEVERAGES ON CLEMENTS STREET.
00:53:45 IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF DISTRICT ONE SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHEN OUR
00:53:48 COLLEAGUE SEEING NO ONE ON THE ROSTER.
00:53:51 >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE INVITE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
00:53:52 YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
00:53:54 TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN SHOULD LINE UP ALONG THE SIDE BY THE
00:53:57 WINDOWS. ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE
00:53:58 MINUTE. >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC
00:54:02 COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:54:03 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS CLOSED AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
00:54:06 THE MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THE CLERK PREPARE A RESOLUTION
00:54:09 MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 21 LIMITED
00:54:12 OFF SALE GENERAL BEER WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR
00:54:16 LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR
00:54:21 NECESSITY. >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A
00:54:22 ROLL CALL IN THAT MOTION? YES.
00:54:24 I'M ON THE MOTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION
00:54:26 AND 40 THAT RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
00:54:28 RECOMMENDATION MEMBER WANG MEMBER WANG I VICE-CHAIR
00:54:31 SLAUGHTER FISCHER SARTOR I CHAIR DORSEY I CHAIR DORSEY I
00:54:37 HAVE THREE EYES. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE
00:54:38 MOTION PASSES AND MADAM CLERK CAN WE CALL UP ITEM NUMBER
00:54:43 EIGHT WHICH WILL BE THE LAST OF OUR LIQUOR LICENSE?
00:54:44 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A HEARING
00:54:47 TO CONSIDER THAT THE PERSON TO PERSON PREMISE TO PREMISE
00:54:48 TRANSFER OF A TYPE 20 ALL SALE BEER IN WINE LIQUOR LICENSE TO
00:54:51 FOOD FOLK LLC DOING BUSINESS AS FOOD FOLK LOCATED AT 210
00:54:58 CLEMENTS STREET IN DISTRICT ONE WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC
00:54:59 CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:55:02 FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK
00:55:05 AND WELCOME BACK OFFICER ERICKSON YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A
00:55:08 REPORT FOR FOOD FORK LLC OPERATING AS FOOD FORK.
00:55:12 THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 20 LICENSE AND IF APPROVED THIS
00:55:16 WILL ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE AN OFF SALE BEER AND WINE
00:55:17 CONVENIENCE MARKET AT 210 CLEMENT STREET THERE ARE ZERO
00:55:22 LETTERS OF PROTEST ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
00:55:24 THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT 723 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A LOW CRIME
00:55:27 AREA. THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 401
00:55:31 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CONCENTRATION AREA.
00:55:34 RICHMOND STATION HAS NO OPPOSITION MOU RECOMMENDATION
00:55:38 APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CONDITION ONE
00:55:41 PETITIONER SHALL ACTIVELY MONITOR THE AREA UNDER THEIR
00:55:42 CONTROL IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE LOITERING OF PERSONS ON ANY
00:55:46 PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE LICENSED PREMISES AS DEPICTED
00:55:49 ON ABC FORM 257 CONDITION TWO THE PETITIONER SHALL BE
00:55:52 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER THE AREA
00:55:56 ADJACENT TO THE PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONTROL AS
00:55:59 DEPICTED ON ABC FORM 257 THANK YOU OFFICER.
00:56:03 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOOD FOLK LOCATED ON CLEMENT STREET
00:56:06 IN DISTRICT ONE IS A SMALL MARKET WITH FOOD PANTRY GOODS
00:56:08 AND KITCHEN SUPPLIES FROM INDEPENDENT MAKERS ACROSS THE
00:56:11 COUNTRY. THIS LIQUOR LICENSE HAS THE
00:56:12 SUPPORT OF OUR COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR CHAN AND IT'S CLEAR
00:56:15 THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT IS COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING SMALL
00:56:18 BUSINESSES AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO ARTISANAL GOODS.
00:56:20 MADAM CLERK, MAY WE OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
00:56:23 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
00:56:25 TO SPEAK ON ITEM EIGHT SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY
00:56:27 THE WINDOWS. ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE
00:56:28 MINUTE MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:56:33 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:56:36 NOW CLOSED AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE CLERK PREPARE A
00:56:38 RESOLUTION MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ISSUANCE
00:56:40 OF A TYPE 20 OFF SALE BEER AND WINE LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE
00:56:44 APPLICANT WOULD SERVE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR
00:56:48 NECESSITY. >> AND MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE
00:56:49 A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION? YES.
00:56:51 AND ON THE MOTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION
00:56:53 AND FOLLOWING THAT RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A
00:56:57 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION REMEMBER WANG REMEMBER WANG I
00:57:00 FISCHER SLAUGHTER FISCHER SLAUGHTER I CHAIR DORSEY CHAIR
00:57:04 DORSEY. >> I HAVE THREE EYES.
00:57:05 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
00:57:08 APPLICANT. NOW, MADAM CLERK, MAY WE PLEASE
00:57:09 GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE? >> YES.
00:57:12 ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:57:14 CODE TO STATE THAT IT'S CITY POLICY TO EXPAND THE
00:57:17 AVAILABILITY OF SITE BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:57:20 THAT PROHIBITS ON CELL ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG RESIDENTS TO
00:57:24 MEET THE DEMAND OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
00:57:27 PREFER SUCH A RESIDENTIAL OPTION REQUIRE THAT CITY
00:57:31 FUNDING FOR NEW SITE BASED PCH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
00:57:32 HOMELESSNESS IS BE USED FOR DRUG FREE HOUSING EXCEPT WHEN
00:57:37 OPERATION OF THE HOUSING AS DRUG FREE PCH WILL CONFLICT
00:57:40 WITH STANDARDS IMPOSED BY LAW OR BY A CONDITION OF OTHER
00:57:44 FUNDING WHERE THE FUNDING IS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR THE
00:57:47 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS WAIVED THE FUNDING REQUIREMENT BASED
00:57:50 ON SPECIFIC FINDINGS OR PRIOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
00:57:52 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO SURVEY RESIDENTS OF SITE BASE
00:57:55 PASSAGE TO ACCESS THEIR INTEREST IN LIVING IN EITHER
00:57:59 DRUG TOLERANT PCH OR DRUG FREE PCH AND REPORT AND REPORT ON
00:58:03 THE SURVEY FINDINGS IN H. S H HAS STRATEGIES TO MEET PCH
00:58:08 RESIDENTS DEMANDS IN REQUIRE H S H TO ADOPT RULES
00:58:11 AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS FOR
00:58:15 EVICTIONS FROM CITY FUNDED DRUG FREE HOUSING.
00:58:19 >> I THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE HEARD THIS
00:58:21 ITEM SEVERAL TIMES AND IN FACT THE ORIGINAL ITERATION OF THIS
00:58:26 BEGAN MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NOW
00:58:30 PRESIDENT RAFAEL MANDAL. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
00:58:34 EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AS WE MOVE TOWARD FINALIZING HOPEFULLY
00:58:35 THIS LEGISLATION. I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF MY
00:58:39 SPONSORS WHEN I SAY THAT WE THOUGHT VERY MUCH FROM THE
00:58:43 BEGINNING IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE AN ABUNDANCE OF
00:58:46 COLLABORATION WHICH WE HAVE AND I THINK TODAY THE
00:58:47 LEGISLATION WE HAVE IS BETTER FOR IT.
00:58:51 I DO HAVE SOME FINAL AMENDMENTS TO INTRODUCE TODAY.
00:58:54 THESE AMENDMENTS RESPONDS TO CONCERNS THAT WE PROVIDE MORE
00:58:58 CLARITY ON HOW REMOVALS AND EVICTIONS WOULD BE HANDLED
00:59:02 IN A DRUG FREE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT
00:59:05 . IN PARTICULAR, IT WOULD
00:59:06 GUARANTEE THAT NO RESIDENT OF DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:59:09 WILL EVER BE EVICTED FOR A SINGLE RELAPSE.
00:59:13 AND IT WILL GUARANTEE THAT NO RESIDENT OF DRUG FREE
00:59:14 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHO MAY CHOOSE TO RETURN TO THE
00:59:18 HABITUAL USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS IS IN EVER AND VOLUNTARILY
00:59:21 EVICTED INTO HOMELESSNESS. IN FACT IT WILL ENSURE IN THOSE
00:59:25 CASES THAT H S H PROVIDES RELOCATION TO AN ALTERNATIVE
00:59:28 DRUG TOLERANT MODEL OF HOUSING OR SHELTER IN ADDITION TO
00:59:29 SERVICES. THESE AMENDMENTS PROVIDE MORE
00:59:32 SPECIFIC DIRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT ENSURES EVERY
00:59:36 TENANT FACING REMOVAL FROM A DRUG FREE PASSAGE SOLELY FOR
00:59:40 ILLICIT DRUG USE IS OFFERED ALTERNATIVE HOUSING.
00:59:43 THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE
00:59:45 DRUG FREE COMMUNITY AND RAISE RESIDENTS WHO PREFER THAT
00:59:48 OPTION. I KNOW THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
00:59:52 INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC SO I WILL READ THIS NEW LANGUAGE
00:59:54 ALOUD. IT WILL SAY UNDER SECTION 12 K
00:59:56 SIX RULES AND REGULATION S NUMBER FOUR PROVIDE THAT
01:00:00 BEFORE AN OPERATOR MAY EVICT A RESIDENT WHO HAS ENGAGED
01:00:04 IN ILLICIT DRUG USE BUT IS OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
01:00:08 ALL THESE TERMS. THE OPERATOR MUST RECEIVE
01:00:11 CONFIRMATION FROM H S H THAT THE RESIDENT HAS BEEN OFFERED
01:00:15 ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OR SHELTER TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT
01:00:16 EVICTED INTO HOMELESSNESS. ASIDE FROM THAT MAIN CHANGE I
01:00:20 ALSO HAVE SOME MINOR AMENDMENTS TO ADD A NEW SECTION OF
01:00:24 FINDINGS TO MAKE MINOR CHANGES TO THE DEFINITION OF DRUG FREE
01:00:28 HOUSING AND TO ADD CLARIFICATION THAT EVICTION IS
01:00:31 PROHIBITED SOLELY FOR THE SINGLE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS OR
01:00:32 RELAPSE. THESE AMENDMENTS PROVIDE MORE
01:00:36 CLARITY TO DEPARTMENTS AS THEY IMPLEMENT THIS LEGISLATION
01:00:39 AND AS I'VE SAID AT PRIOR HEARINGS THIS WILL NOT BE THE
01:00:43 ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK ON THIS PROCESS.
01:00:46 THE LEGISLATION ITSELF PROVIDES FOR A RULEMAKING PROCESS AND I
01:00:50 INTEND FOR THAT TO BE AS COLLABORATIVE AS THIS
01:00:51 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS HAS BEEN. THE LANGUAGE ESTABLISHES CORE
01:00:58 PRINCIPLES THAT'S THE LEGISLATION WE ARE ADOPTING
01:00:59 TODAY OR GUARDRAILS IF YOU WILL .
01:01:02 BUT THE RULE MAKING PROCESS IS A SEPARATE ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE
01:01:05 INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN. IN FACT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED
01:01:08 EXACTLY THAT POINT YESTERDAY WHEN I MET WITH THE NEW
01:01:09 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
01:01:13 HOUSING OR H. S H.
01:01:14 MIKE LEVINE TOGETHER WITH HHS EMILY COHEN WE ARE ALL
01:01:20 IN AGREEMENT THAT THE FORTHCOMING RULEMAKING PROCESS
01:01:23 SHOULD BE AND WILL BE AS INCLUSIVE AND PARTICIPATORY AS
01:01:24 POSSIBLE. FINALLY, I WANT TO MAKE ONE
01:01:28 POINT ABOUT POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE
01:01:31 HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO. LAST DECEMBER EMC RESEARCH
01:01:35 WHICH IS AN OAKLAND BASED NATIONAL POLLING FIRM,
01:01:38 CONDUCTED A CITYWIDE SURVEY OF 400 SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS.
01:01:43 IT HAD A 4.9% MARGIN OF ERROR AND IT ASKS THE FOLLOWING
01:01:50 HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION SHALL THE CITY REQUIRE THAT ALL NEW CITY
01:01:53 FUNDED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS
01:01:56 PROHIBIT THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS ON SITE AND MANDATE THE
01:01:58 INCLUSION OF RECOVERY FOCUSED OPTIONS FOR THOSE SEEKING TO
01:02:01 MAINTAIN THEIR SOBRIETY FROM ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE USE
01:02:05 DISORDERS. PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR DRUG FREE
01:02:06 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TURNS OUT TO BE OVERWHELMING WITH 69% SAYING
01:02:12 YES AND ONLY 31% SAYING NO. A BETTER THAN 2 TO 1 ADVANTAGE
01:02:16 FOR DRUG FREE HOUSING OPTIONS. SO THIS IS PROGRESS THAT THE
01:02:19 LARGE MAJORITY OF SAN FRANCISCANS THEMSELVES
01:02:22 RECOGNIZE WE DESPERATELY NEED. AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, MAY
01:02:27 WE NOW INVITE UP UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
01:02:30 I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON THE ROSTER.
01:02:31 MADAM CLERK, MAY WE INVITE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
01:02:34 AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, GIVEN THE AGENDA TODAY WE HAVE
01:02:35 AND OTHER OTHER THINGS WE'VE HAD TO HEAR.
01:02:38 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.
01:02:41 YES. MR. CHAIR, I ALSO WANTED TO
01:02:42 NOTE THAT THIS ITEM WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD AS
01:02:46 A COMMITTEE REPORT ON JULY 14TH.
01:02:48 >> AT THE JULY 14TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
01:02:52 >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK FOR SPEAKER EXCUSE ME.
01:02:55 >> LET ME FORMALLY CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:02:59 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL
01:03:01 LINE UP NOW ON THE SITE BY THE WINDOWS.
01:03:03 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE YOU CAN BEGIN.
01:03:07 >> THANK YOU. I'M REALLY SORRY THAT WE ONLY
01:03:11 HAVE ONE MINUTE. THAT'S JUST CRAZY TO TRY TO SAY
01:03:15 EVERYTHING IN ONE MINUTE. >> SO I THINK RATHER THAN
01:03:20 FIGURING OUT WHAT PEOPLE ON THE STREET IN OAKLAND THINK
01:03:23 REGARDING EUROPE WHAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO SORRY.
01:03:31 >> IT IS REALLY BETTER TO LOOK AT WHAT THE SCIENTISTS HAVE
01:03:35 FOUND OUT. >> WHAT IS IT THAT PEOPLE NEED
01:03:41 IN ORDER TO TRULY NOT BE ADDICTED?
01:03:46 >> RELAPSE IS PART OF RECOVERY .
01:03:50 ADDICTION IS A CHRONIC DISEASE. SO PEOPLE IN SOBER HOUSING ARE
01:03:53 THERE BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO BE SOBER.
01:03:55 AND IN A LOT OF THESE HOMES THERE'S FAMILIES AND I CAN TELL
01:04:01 YOU FLO KELLY AS A RETIRED AS A FEW AS THE SPECIAL ED TEACHER,
01:04:05 I CAN SAY THAT IT HAS IT A TERRIBLE MOMENTS.
01:04:11 IT'S TERRIBLE FOR CHILDREN TO BE EVICTED FROM COMMON HOME.
01:04:16 >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER I USE MARIJUANA
01:04:27 WORDS HAVE TWO WORDS ABOUT VERY TOPIC FOR MY EXPERIENCE FROM
01:04:31 NOW USING THE ACCESS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
01:04:35 CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO SAID I AM USED TO DRUGS.
01:04:38 >> THE THING IS I SPOKE WITH SOME PEOPLE WE REALLY WEREN'T
01:04:42 ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE AND THEY COME AND THEY PAY RENT TO HAVE A
01:04:46 RIGHT TO LIVE THE LIFE THEY WANT TO LIVE.
01:04:49 OTHER PEOPLE SAID WHEN THEY USE DRUGS AND MAKES THEM FUNCTION
01:04:53 BETTER. SO I THINK ACTUALLY TAKING AWAY
01:04:57 THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGES OF A PEOPLE AND A CITY THAT WAS
01:05:02 BASED ON LOVE AND HIPPIES AND THE DRUG USE OF THE 60S
01:05:06 WHICH WAS USED AS DRUGS TO STOP AND COMBAT AGAINST THE WAR
01:05:10 IN VIETNAM. AND FOR THAT THEY CAME UP WITH
01:05:13 NIXON'S LAW ABOUT DRUG ADDICTION THAT SAID THAT
01:05:17 PENALIZE PEOPLE FOR USING MARIJUANA WHICH MANY HIPPIES,
01:05:21 WHITE HIPPIES AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN USING
01:05:25 HEROIN BECAUSE THAT WAS A WAY OF FIGHTING AGAINST THE WAR
01:05:26 IN VIETNAM. SO THIS IS POLITICAL AND I
01:05:29 GUESS SOCIAL ISSUES NOT IT'S POLITICAL.
01:05:33 LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE BECAUSE THEY DO
01:05:36 NEED HELP AND IT WOULD JUST TAKE THEM BACK INTO
01:05:41 HOMELESSNESS TO THEIR POTENTIAL TO SO PUT BACK IN SOME CARE
01:05:44 ABOUT THEIR HOUSING THEY HAVE RIGHTS ALSO.
01:05:47 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:05:51 >> HI CHAIR DORSEY AND SUPERVISOR WANG AND SOLDER.
01:05:55 MY NAME IS LUCAS ELLA. I'M WITH THE COALITION ON
01:05:56 HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF DRUG FREE
01:05:59 HOUSING. THERE IS ONE SMALL THING THAT I
01:06:03 HOPE EVERYONE GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY RECOGNIZES AS
01:06:06 WELL WHICH IS ON THE SECOND RELAPSE THERE ISN'T AN
01:06:10 OPPORTUNITY TO GET PLACED IN DRUG TOLERANT PCH.
01:06:13 IT'S NOT STATED IN THE LEGISLATION.
01:06:14 IT SAYS SHELTER OR ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE FORM OF HOUSING.
01:06:18 >> LET'S JUST SAY PCH. LET'S JUST SAY DRUG TOLERANT
01:06:22 PCH. >> THERE'S NO REASON IF SOMEONE
01:06:23 WERE TO RELAPSE, GOD FORBID ON A SECOND TIME THAT THEY
01:06:26 SHOULDN'T JUST BE PLACED IN PCH .
01:06:30 YOU HAVE REFUSED THAT AMENDMENT AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A
01:06:33 MISTAKE AND I HOPE THAT THE THE PUBLIC COMMENT GIVEN TODAY BY
01:06:35 FOLKS RECOGNIZES THAT THAT SHOULD BE A PROTECTION.
01:06:38 THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO PUT THAT IN AS A PROTECTION AND IT
01:06:42 DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE SOBER HOUSING.
01:06:46 SOBER HOUSING CAN REMAIN SOBER. >> IT'S JUST WENT ON A SECOND
01:06:50 RELAPSE THAT PERSON BE GIVEN AN OPTION TO STAY IN PCH.
01:06:54 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:06:57 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING CHAIR DORSEY SUPERVISOR SARTOR
01:07:05 MY NAME IS RICHARD BEALL. I AM A VERY GRATEFUL RECOVERING
01:07:09 ADDICT AND IN NINE DAYS I'LL BE CELEBRATING 31 YEARS CLEAN
01:07:12 AND SOBER AND WITH NO SLIPS, NO DIPS, NO WEEKEND TRIPS.
01:07:18 YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS COMING FORWARD.
01:07:22 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
01:07:23 YOU KNOW, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF RECOVERY SERVICES FOR
01:07:26 TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC. WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST
01:07:28 PROVIDERS OF HOUSING SRO HOUSING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY
01:07:31 OF SAN FRANCISCO. I'M ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF BAD
01:07:34 BROTHERS AGAINST DRUG DEATHS AND SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT A
01:07:38 DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ORDINANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE
01:07:39 IN RECOVERY DESERVE MORE THAN JUST HOUSING.
01:07:42 THEY DESERVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE RECOVERY CAN GROW.
01:07:45 THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT CHOICE, DIGNITY, ACCOUNTABILITY
01:07:47 AND LIFE. FIRST IT REQUIRES NEWLY CITY
01:07:50 REFUND IT FUNDED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO PROHIBIT
01:07:54 ILLICIT DRUG USE ON SITE IS SAN FRANCISCO INVEST MILLIONS OF
01:07:58 DOLLARS IN HELPING PEOPLE ESCAPE ADDICTION HOMELESSNESS
01:08:01 IT'S INCARCERATION AND OVERDOSE THEN WE MUST ALSO INVEST
01:08:05 IN HOUSING. >> THIS PROTECTS RECOVERY.
01:08:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WE'RE LIVING IN PUBLIC
01:08:09 COMMENT TO ONE MINUTE. OKAY SO I JUST WANT TO SAY
01:08:13 PEOPLE NEED A CHOICE. PEOPLE NEED A CHANCE.
01:08:14 PEOPLE NEED A HOME AND RECOVERY IS FIRST.
01:08:16 WHEN I SAY RECOVERY I'LL SAY FIRST RECOVERY RECOVERY.
01:08:23 >> MY NAME IS RICHARD BEAL. I AM THE AMBASSADOR FOR
01:08:25 RECOVERY. THANK YOU.
01:08:27 >> THANK YOU MR. BILL NEXT FOR VISORS I'M KEITH ALLEN I'M A
01:08:30 CLIENT AT POSIT RIGHTS MR. IP I'VE BEEN SOBER FOR EIGHT
01:08:35 MONTHS. I BELIEVE IN LIVING IN AN
01:08:36 ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DRUG INFESTED IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
01:08:39 TO ONE WHO HAS NO INTENTIONS ON BEING SOBER AND LIVING A
01:08:42 HEALTHY, CLEAN AND SAFE LIFESTYLE.
01:08:45 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING.
01:08:49 >> MY NAME IS ELIZABETH FUNK AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF
01:08:51 SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY
01:08:54 ABOUT FAIRNESS AND CHOICE. >> THE CORE ISSUE IS SIMPLY
01:08:58 THAT WE FUND ONLY ONE MODEL OF PCH ONE THAT PROHIBITS NOTHING.
01:09:02 THAT'S A CHOICE WE'VE MADE ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS.
01:09:05 BUT THE TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC SURVEYED 450 OF THEIR
01:09:06 RESIDENTS ABOUT 71% WOULD PREFER TO LIVE IN A DRUG FREE
01:09:12 ENVIRONMENT. >> SEVEN OUT OF TEN PEOPLE TOLD
01:09:13 US WHAT THEY WANT AND WE'RE NOT OFFERING IT.
01:09:16 >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE
01:09:17 WHO USE DRUGS. WE SHOULD CONTINUE FUNDING DRUG
01:09:20 TOLERANT HOUSING BUT WE MUST TRUST RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT
01:09:24 THEY WANT. >> THANK YOU.
01:09:25 THANK YOU. NEXT WEEK OR PLEASE HELLO
01:09:28 SUPERVISORS TOM WOLF RECOVERY ADVOCATE.
01:09:31 I JUST WANT TO HIT YOU WITH SOME QUICK DATA FROM 2020 TO
01:09:34 2025 4090 PEOPLE 4090 PEOPLE DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE IN SAN
01:09:37 FRANCISCO AND THEN ACCORDING TO THE VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:09:41 DATA AND GINA MCDONALD, SEVEN HUNDRED AND 84 OF THEM DIED
01:09:45 IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
01:09:49 MAKES UP 1.5% OF THE PEOPLE HOUSED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND 784
01:09:52 PEOPLE DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE INSIDE THAT HOUSING.
01:09:56 >> ALL THE WHILE THE CITY SPENT TWO BILLION DOLLARS OVER THOSE
01:10:00 FIVE YEARS ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND NONE OF
01:10:01 IT WAS FOR DRUG FREE RECOVERY HOUSING.
01:10:04 >> ENOUGH. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH.
01:10:07 IT'S TIME FOR DRUG FREE HOUSING.
01:10:08 I'VE BEEN FIGHTING WITH SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND OTHERS
01:10:09 FOR YEARS ON THIS ISSUE. >> IT'S OKAY TO HAVE A SEPARATE
01:10:12 TRACK FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. IT'S OKAY TO ASK MORE PEOPLE TO
01:10:15 ACTUALLY GET IN RECOVERY AND PUT THE DOPE DOWN.
01:10:19 I'M TOM WOLF. I'M EIGHT YEARS IN RECOVERY.
01:10:21 I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE IN THE
01:10:24 CITY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:10:25 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER OH, GOOD MORNING
01:10:33 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JUSTICE DOOM LOUD
01:10:34 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TREATMENT AND DEMAND COALITION
01:10:39 I WANT TO REINSTATE AGAIN OUR SUPPORT FOR DRUG FREE HOUSING.
01:10:43 I DO THINK THE SPIRIT OF THIS LEGISLATION IS GOOD.
01:10:44 HOWEVER, THE EXECUTION OF IT I HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH FIRSTLY
01:10:48 OF COURSE PREVENTING HOUSING DOLLARS TO GO INTO PCH
01:10:54 AND PREVENTING IT FROM GOING TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO I THINK IS
01:10:58 A MISTAKE. WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN THE
01:10:59 CITY. AND TO REITERATE LUCAS'S POINT
01:11:02 ,I BELIEVE THAT THE SPECIFIC CUT OUT FOR SHELTER IS REALLY A
01:11:06 MISTAKE IN THIS ORDINANCE. IT TAKES SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO
01:11:10 GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO JUST GET INTO PCH AND SO
01:11:14 JEOPARDIZING PEOPLE AND PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR NOT
01:11:15 BEING PERFECT HUMANS WHEN THEY INEVITABLY RELAPSE BECAUSE THIS
01:11:19 IS PART OF RECOVERY AND TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THAT STABLE
01:11:23 HOUSING WILL ONLY FURTHER PUSH THEM INTO THE ISSUE THAT THEY
01:11:27 ARE TRYING SO DESPERATELY TO GET OUT OF.
01:11:31 >> SO I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO URGE YOU TO ACCEPT THIS
01:11:34 AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NEXT
01:11:36 SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:11:41 MY NAME IS JORDAN SOLECKI. MY PRONOUNS SHE HER.
01:11:44 AND ONCE AGAIN I'M ANGRY. I HAVE TO BE HERE FIGHTING
01:11:46 AGAINST THIS FALSE DICHOTOMY. IF THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM
01:11:49 NOBODY WOULD BE AGAINST IT IF THE JUST TRANSITION THE LOW
01:11:51 BARRIER HOUSING WAS IMPROVED NOBODY WOULD BE AGAINST IT.
01:11:53 IT WAS ABOUT OPTIONS. NOBODY WOULD BE AGAINST IT.
01:11:57 BUT DORSEY IS THE REAL EXTREMIST HERE.
01:11:58 DISH DID A SURVEY OF TENANTS AND SURPRISE SURPRISE BARRY P
01:12:01 TEN SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. I TALKED TO TENANTS IN MY
01:12:04 BUILDING AND NOBODY SUPPORTS IT AND WHY ARE YOU DOING POSITIVE
01:12:08 THINGS FOR US? >> PSA STANDS AS SOMEONE WHO
01:12:09 LED ON POSITIVE LEGISLATOR FOR PSA AND SRO TENANTS WHO'S
01:12:14 ADVOCATED DURING THE TENANT EMPOWERMENT WEEK LAST MONTH FOR
01:12:17 REAL SOLUTIONS. I GET SICK TO MY STOMACH EVERY
01:12:18 TIME SOMEONE DOES WITHOUT US AS TENANTS OUR SUCCESS IS TO
01:12:21 SAY SUCCESS. I ALSO THINK THIS LEGISLATION
01:12:24 LIKE SUPERVISOR DOHERTY'S IS TRANSPHOBIC AS THIS IS JUST A
01:12:28 GIVEAWAY TO THE SALVATION ARMY AND OTHER NEFARIOUS PROPELLOR
01:12:31 FILE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS YOUR RELIGIONS CHURCHES SHOULD
01:12:33 BURN NOT BE PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES HOUSING I YIELD MY
01:12:38 TIME YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:12:46 >> HELLO I'M RAY YORK PIANO AND I'M A RESIDENT OF KCC.
01:12:50 I'M A PEER RESPONDER AND I'M FIVE YEARS SOBER.
01:12:53 I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE OF MY PERSONAL STORY.
01:12:57 I IN 2020 I WAS BROUGHT INTO KCC CHEMICAL COMMUNITY TO LIVE
01:13:04 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SEVERELY ADDICTED AND WAS FOUND MULTIPLE
01:13:09 TIMES BY A SOCIAL WORKER. SOCIAL WORKER FOUND ME HALF
01:13:13 DEAD, PUT ME INTO A HOSPITAL. >> I STAYED THERE FOR TWO YEARS
01:13:17 FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE. THEY KEPT MY HOUSING FOR TWO
01:13:20 YEARS. I WAS ABLE TO COME BACK
01:13:21 AND KEEP MY HOUSING AND I'VE BEEN SOBER EVER SINCE.
01:13:24 SO I, I, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS AT ALL AND I THINK PEOPLE
01:13:31 SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE. >> I DON'T THINK THAT MY WAY IS
01:13:35 THE ONLY WAY. I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE DO
01:13:39 NEED A SLAP ON THE WRIST BUT I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE BOTH
01:13:43 TOGETHER. ALSO JUST A QUICK COMMENT THAT
01:13:47 HARM REDUCTION IS A DYING TERM BUT AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE I WILL
01:13:50 STILL BE FIGHTING FOR IT. >> THANK YOU.
01:13:52 NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:14:03 >> MY NAME IS LINEAR CALLS AND I'M GOING TO BE READING A
01:14:08 STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MIRACLE VITRO IN SUPPORT OF DRUG FREE
01:14:11 HOUSING. >> DEAR SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS
01:14:15 MICHAEL MAREK VITRO. TODAY I'M SPEAKING NOT JUST ON
01:14:16 BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN ADDICTION RECOVERY ASSOCIATION
01:14:19 AS A MEMBER OF THEIR BOARD OF GOVERNORS BUT AS A GAY MAN
01:14:23 AND A PERSON LIVING IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE
01:14:26 DISORDER AND HOMELESSNESS. I MOVED HERE IN 2020 TO
01:14:30 HOMELESS AND IN THE THROES OF ADDICTION.
01:14:31 >> COMING FROM THE SOUTH I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE
01:14:35 IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN STATES WHERE MEDICAID IS NOT
01:14:38 A HUMAN RIGHT AND THE TOPIC OF ADDICTION IS TABOO.
01:14:41 BUT WHAT I FOUND IN SAN FRANCISCO TO BE TABOO IS BEING
01:14:45 HONEST ABOUT THE DRUG CRISIS AND THE FACT THAT THIS CITY HAS
01:14:48 TURNED A COLD SHOULDER TO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING HOUSING
01:14:52 THAT IS DRUG FREE AND CONDUCIVE TO SOBRIETY.
01:14:53 I HAVE FOUND THAT THE CITY HAS SHAMED AND STIGMATIZED
01:14:57 INDIVIDUALS SEEKING DRUG FREE HOUSING IN THE NAME OF
01:15:00 PROGRESSIVISM AND COMPASSION. >> THERE WERE NO DRUG FREE
01:15:04 HOUSING OPTIONS WHEN I MOVED HERE AND I WAS CONSTANTLY
01:15:07 EXPOSED TO ACTIVE DRUG USE. >> BUT YOU TOOK ME FURTHER INTO
01:15:09 THE DEPTHS OF DEPRESSION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:15:15 . >> JUST A REMINDER WE ARE
01:15:16 LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TO ONE MINUTE PLEASE.
01:15:20 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:15:24 MY NAME IS AN ORGANIZER AT THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS THE
01:15:28 LONGEST I EVER WENT DRUG FREE BEFORE RETURNING TO USE WAS TWO
01:15:31 YEARS. IT TOOK ONE NIGHT FOR
01:15:34 EVERYTHING TO DESCEND INTO CHAOS.
01:15:35 BUT UNDER THIS LEGISLATION THAT ONE NIGHT COULD COST SOMEONE
01:15:38 THEIR HOME. ALL I ASK IS THAT THIS HOUSING
01:15:39 MODEL RECOGNIZES THE REALITIES OF RECOVERY AND ALL ITS UPS
01:15:42 AND DOWNS ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU START OVER AGAIN.
01:15:46 THE THREAT OF EVICTION WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO HIDE THEIR USE
01:15:49 FROM THE VERY CASEWORKERS WHO COULD HELP THEM.
01:15:50 IT MOVES THEM AND POSSIBLY THEIR FAMILIES FROM HOUSING TO
01:15:53 SHELTER AND BACK TO THE STREET WHERE ADDICTION GETS WORSE
01:15:57 AND NOT BETTER. IT PUNISHES RELAPSE INSTEAD OF
01:15:58 TREATING IT. I'M HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE GAVE ME
01:16:01 CHANCES. SO MANY CHANCES.
01:16:02 AND THAT'S WHAT RECOVERY LOOKS LIKE.
01:16:05 >> SO GIVE PEOPLE A CHOICE. EITHER TREATMENT A TRANSFER
01:16:09 INTO ANOTHER HOUSING UNIT THAT SUITS THEIR NEEDS OR TO STAY
01:16:10 HOUSED WHILE THEY FIGHT FOR THEIR SOBRIETY.
01:16:13 A SHELTER IS NOT A HOME. WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR
01:16:16 FURTHER AMENDMENTS. >> PLEASE DON'T EVICT PEOPLE
01:16:18 INTO HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU.
01:16:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:16:23 >> HI, MY NAME IS ARTIST CRENSHAW.
01:16:28 I WENT TO THE TR ACADEMY. I'M GAY STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
01:16:31 SUPPORTING DRUG FREE HOUSING SHOULD BE A MANDATORY.
01:16:33 WE SHOULDN'T BE EVEN BE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
01:16:36 WE'RE HERE TO SAVE THE STREETS AND CLEAN UP SAN FRANCISCO.
01:16:39 WHERE IS THE DEBATE ABOUT? SO THE FUNDING SHOULD BE A
01:16:41 MANDATORY THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:16:48 HI. MY NAME IS ISLAM LEE BIG.
01:16:51 >> I WOULD LIKE IT IF WE CAN HAVE MORE DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT
01:16:58 AND LESS FITTING AUDIENCE THANK YOU.
01:16:59 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:17:05 HELLO, MY NAME IS GLEN CLARK. I'M ALSO IN A POSITIVE
01:17:07 DIRECTION T.A.R.P. OH, I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH NECESSARY TO
01:17:10 HAVE DRUG FREE HOUSING. I WORK IN A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
01:17:14 PRICE AND WE NEED DRUG FREE HOUSING.
01:17:21 NO NEEDLES, NO GLASS, NO TORCHES, ACCOUNTABILITY SUPPORT
01:17:26 CLASSES, COUNSELING. ALL OF THAT IS VERY NECESSARY.
01:17:33 I JUST GRADUATED FROM TRT AND IN TWO WEEKS I WENT TO MY
01:17:37 ENVIRONMENT AND IT WAS VERY TOXIC.
01:17:41 IT WAS VERY TOXIC. I HAD TO LEAVE THAT ENVIRONMENT
01:17:44 BECAUSE IT WASN'T DRUG FREE. IT WASN'T TOXIC FREE.
01:17:48 IT WILL BE VERY, VERY MUCH NECESSARY FOR THAT DRUG FREE
01:17:52 HOUSING DEFINITELY SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA.
01:17:53 WE NEED TO SAY ENERGY PUT IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT
01:17:57 NEEDS TO BE THAT SAME ENERGY NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO DRUG FREE
01:18:00 HOUSING. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR FOR
01:18:04 LETTING ME TALK. THANK YOU.
01:18:07 >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING.
01:18:11 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS RECORD CREWS.
01:18:15 AS SOMEONE IN RECOVERY I SUPPORTED DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE
01:18:18 HOUSING BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IS
01:18:22 . RECOVERY IS HARD ENOUGH WITHOUT
01:18:23 BEING SURROUNDED BY DRUGS AND OR CONSTANT TEMPTATIONS.
01:18:26 HAVING A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE IS COMMITTED TO STAYING SILVER
01:18:28 CREATES ACCOUNTABILITY, ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOPE.
01:18:31 DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ISN'T ABOUT JUDGING PEOPLE WHO
01:18:35 ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION.
01:18:36 IT'S ABOUT GIVING THOSE OF US WHO HAVE CHOSEN RECOVERY THE
01:18:39 BEST CHANCE TO REBUILD OUR LIVES.
01:18:42 IT PROVIDES STABILITY STRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.
01:18:43 PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
01:18:46 RECOVERY ISN'T JUST ABOUT QUITTING DRUGS.
01:18:47 IT'S ABOUT CREATING A NEW LIFESTYLE A DRUG FREE HOME
01:18:50 GIVES THOSE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND FORM
01:18:51 AND RECONNECT WITH FAMILY, IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND BECOME
01:18:54 PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
01:18:55 I STAND BEHIND DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BECAUSE I'VE
01:18:58 EXPERIENCED HOW THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT CAN MAKE THE
01:19:02 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELAPSE AND LASTING RECOVERY.
01:19:03 EVERYONE DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR IN A SAFE
01:19:06 SILVER AND SUPPORTIVE PLACE. >> THANK YOU.
01:19:07 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:19:13 >> MY NAME IS DAVID LEWIS AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF DRUG FREE
01:19:18 HOUSING AND LET ME LET ME LEAD WITH A QUOTE.
01:19:21 >> WHEN INDIVIDUALS LIFESTYLE CHOICES ARE GOING TO AFFECT
01:19:25 SOCIETY TODAY, THEN SOCIETY MUST INTERVENE.
01:19:29 I MYSELF WENT THROUGH REHAB IF I WAS SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE
01:19:33 USING I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN CLEAN.
01:19:37 >> I WENT AHEAD AND I GRADUATED FROM THAT PROGRAM AND I WENT
01:19:40 INTO HOUSING WHICH HAD NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AROUND ME AND THAT'S
01:19:44 WHAT I NEEDED AND THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO SURVIVE.
01:19:47 BUT YET LATER ON 12 YEARS LATER I DID HAVE A RELAPSE.
01:19:53 I WAS NOT READY APPARENTLY. BUT THEN WHEN I CAME BACK I WAS
01:19:57 READY. SO I DO AGREE WITH THE
01:19:58 AMENDMENT OF HAVING ONE RELAPSE IS OKAY BUT IF YOU RELAPSE A
01:20:04 SECOND TIME, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE JUST MESSING AROUND.
01:20:07 SO I BELIEVE IN DRUG FREE HOUSING AND I BELIEVE IN THIS
01:20:11 CURRENT BILL WITH THE AMENDMENT GIVEN.
01:20:15 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:20:16 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HEY GUYS.
01:20:19 MY NAME'S CHRISTOPHER MATTSON. ONE TIME I HAD 11 YEARS CLEAN I
01:20:24 RELAPSED. I WAS OUT FOR TEN YEARS
01:20:26 SLAMMING METH, METH, AMPHETAMINE AND DRINKING
01:20:30 ALCOHOL A FIFTH DAY. I HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
01:20:31 IN JAIL. I CAME TO HARBOR LIGHTS.
01:20:34 IT SAVED MY LIFE. I'M GRADUATING IN EIGHT WEEKS
01:20:38 AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ON THE STREETS.
01:20:39 YOU KNOW I DON'T FEEL SAFE ENOUGH.
01:20:42 I'VE BEEN TAUGHT THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO OF HOW TO SURVIVE
01:20:45 IN SOBRIETY AGAIN AND I'VE WORKED TWO STEPS AND I'M JUST A
01:20:49 PRO FOR THE HOUSING TO YOU HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME.
01:20:50 I'M 57 YEARS OLD AND MY FUTURE LOOKS REALLY BRIGHT SO I JUST
01:20:56 COULD USE THE ASSISTANCE. >> THANK YOU.
01:20:57 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:21:03 GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JASON JARBOE.
01:21:04 I'M A STUDENT AT TR ACADEMY. THE POSITIVE DIRECTIONS AND MY
01:21:08 VISION OF RECOVERY DOESN'T HAVE RELAPSE IN ME.
01:21:12 I BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT I'M GOING TO MAINTAIN
01:21:16 BEING SOBER ON MY ROAD TO RECOVERY WHICH IS A LIFE TIME
01:21:19 THING IS BY BEING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S CONDUCIVE TO
01:21:24 ME STAYING CLEAN AND SOBER. YOU KNOW I DESERVE IT.
01:21:27 JIM SISKO DESERVES A CITIZEN THAT'S GOING TO BE PRODUCTIVE
01:21:34 IN I DESERVE MY FAMILY DESERVES EVERYBODY DESERVES A CLEAN
01:21:35 SOBER ENVIRONMENT SO THEY CAN BECOME THE BEST BEST SO BEST
01:21:41 BEST PERSON THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE IN LIFE AND I SUPPORT THIS
01:21:45 1,000%. WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DONE
01:21:46 IN SAN FRANCISCO DESERVES BETTER AND WE ALL DESERVE
01:21:50 BETTER. >> THANK YOU.
01:21:53 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:21:57 ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS.
01:21:58 DRUG FREE HOUSING. I TOTALLY SUPPORT AND HOUSING
01:22:01 SHOULDN'T JUST BE ABOUT PUTTING A ROOF OVER SOMEONE'S HEAD.
01:22:05 IT SHOULD BE ABOUT BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR A PERSON SO THEY
01:22:09 CAN HAVE THE STABILITY AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO BE ABLE TO LIVE
01:22:13 INDEPENDENTLY AND FREE AND BE ABLE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO
01:22:17 FEET WITHOUT DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
01:22:21 CARE OF THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
01:22:22 ALSO WITH DRUG FREE HOUSING. IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY AND WHEN
01:22:25 YOU'RE IN RECOVERY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY OF
01:22:29 PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND YOU THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE, THAT CARE FOR
01:22:33 YOU AND SHOW LOVE. AND WE DON'T GET THAT TOO MUCH
01:22:36 IN THIS CITY. SO RIGHT NOW I JUST PRAY THAT
01:22:40 ALL OF US BE ABLE TO STAND TOGETHER.
01:22:41 WHETHER YOU DISAGREE OR AGREE WITH THIS THAT WE HAVE AN
01:22:45 AVENUE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO REMAIN SOBER AND HAVE SAFE
01:22:48 HOUSING. >> THANK YOU.
01:22:52 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:22:55 MORNING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ALL OF MEDICINE.
01:23:00 I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. I AM SURROUNDED BY MY LOVELY
01:23:04 UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S NOT A JOKE.
01:23:05 I DO FIND COMMUNITY IN THEM MORE THAN MANY PEOPLE IN THE
01:23:11 CITY WHO ARE HOUSED. I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR
01:23:18 COLLABORATIVE NATURE AS YOU SAY AND WORK WITH THE COALITION ON
01:23:24 HOMELESSNESS. LUCAS BROUGHT UP A REALLY GREAT
01:23:27 POINT THAT THIS BILL NEEDS AMENDMENTS IN ORDER FOR IT TO
01:23:31 BE SUCCESSFUL. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED
01:23:32 FOR RELAPSING. IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS
01:23:36 AND IF YOU TRULY WANT THESE PEOPLE TO BE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT
01:23:40 OF MIND YOU WILL YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SWEEPING.
01:23:44 BUT I ALSO URGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE SAY A FEW
01:23:48 SITES WHICH BLOWS MY MIND THAT SAN FRANCISCO DOES NOT HAVE
01:23:52 ONE. ALLOW PEOPLE TO ENTER INTO THE
01:23:55 SYSTEM OF RECOVERY WITH THE SUPPORTIVE NATURE OF YOUR
01:23:59 CONGRESSMAN. >> THANK YOU.
01:24:00 THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER WE WANT TO
01:24:04 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS RICHARD.
01:24:07 I'M ALWAYS A STUDENT AT CRB RIGHT NOW I JUST WANTED TO LOOK
01:24:11 AT THE EXPANDING DRUG FREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:24:12 I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD IN THAT STATEMENT RIGHT THERE
01:24:15 IS SUPPORTIVE AND THE REASON IN WHICH I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE
01:24:19 IN ORDER TO HAVE SUPPORT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH YOU CAN
01:24:21 PROGRESS AND THE SUPPORTIVE MEASURES IN WHICH IS THAT THEY
01:24:23 LEARN AND TRUST IN THEIR SELF AS TO THESE DIFFERENT SKILLS
01:24:26 IN WHICH WE CAN GAIN TO CASE MANAGEMENT DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT
01:24:30 WE CAN LEARN TO UTILIZE IN OUR PERSONAL LIFE THAT CAN HELP US
01:24:36 MOVE UP AS FAR AS LIKE EDUCATIONAL WISE AND THINGS
01:24:40 LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT I LIKE THE IDEA
01:24:41 OF IT. I BELIEVE IN A DRUG FREE
01:24:44 ENVIRONMENT. I THINK ONE RELAPSES A GOOD A
01:24:48 GOOD HONEST FAIR COMPLIMENT AS FAR AS LIKE INDIVIDUALS
01:24:51 CONTINUOUSLY DOING WHAT THEY GOT TO DO.
01:24:55 BUT I REALLY AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND I APPRECIATE
01:24:58 YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:24:59 NEXT SPEAKER. >> YEAH.
01:25:02 MY NAME IS LLOYD BANKS. NO I I'VE BEEN ON DRUGS AND IN
01:25:10 THE PENITENTIARY FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS AND NEVER REALLY GAVE
01:25:13 ANY THOUGHT OR HIT ANY KIND OF EDUCATION ABOUT GETTING OUT OR
01:25:17 GETTING OFF DRUGS UNTIL I GOT INTO A DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT
01:25:20 THAT'S GIVEN ME THE EDUCATION, THE COUNSELING AND THE
01:25:24 RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH MY ADDICTION AND MY CRIMINAL
01:25:30 BEHAVIOR. >> DRUG FREE AND WHERE I'M IT
01:25:31 IS WHAT THIS CITY NEEDS MORE OF NOT LESS OF.
01:25:35 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:25:39 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR WANG SADR
01:25:46 AND DORSEY. MY NAME IS DEREK.
01:25:47 I'M CURRENTLY HOUSE UNDER DRAKE HOTEL UNDER SUPERVISION OF
01:25:50 RICHARD BEAL. I ALSO WORK AT CHASE CENTER
01:25:54 AND I DO LOVE MY JOB. THE PERSON WHO HIRED ME HIS
01:25:57 NAME IS THOMAS IS NO LONGER THERE.
01:25:58 HE'S KNOWN AS THE CAPTAIN OF ALL OUR HP AND I PUMPED HIM AN
01:26:02 HOUR DAY AND ASKED HIM WHY ARE YOU NOT THERE?
01:26:05 I'M NOT GETTING UP HOURS. I NEED TO PAY FOR CHILD SUPPORT
01:26:08 . SO I VOUCH FOR SUPPORTIVE
01:26:09 HOUSING BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IS WAY TOO HIGH.
01:26:12 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:26:16 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:26:17 MY NAME IS AMBER RICHMOND. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THIS
01:26:20 ORDINANCE TAKES HOUSING AWAY. IT DOESN'T IT ADDS ANOTHER
01:26:24 VOLUNTARY OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE RECOVERY.
01:26:25 >> I'VE ALSO HEARD PEOPLE SAY ALL HOUSING IS RECOVERY HOUSING
01:26:31 AND I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. SIX YEARS AGO I WAS HOUSED BUT
01:26:32 I WAS OVERDOSED ALONE ON MY BEDROOM FLOOR.
01:26:36 HOUSING KEPT ME ALIVE BUT IT WASN'T RECOVERY.
01:26:39 IN A FEW DAYS I'LL CELEBRATE SEVEN MONTHS SOBER.
01:26:41 RECOVERY REQUIRES MORE THAN A ROOF ENVIRONMENT MATTERS.
01:26:46 >> WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF
01:26:47 SOMEONE RELAPSES. >> BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE
01:26:50 THAT NEVER RELAPSE BECAUSE THEY FINALLY HAVE THE SUPPORT
01:26:53 AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY NEED?
01:26:54 MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE MEANS MEETING EVERYONE
01:26:57 INCLUDING THE PEOPLE WHO SAY YES AND SAY I'M READY SO PLEASE
01:27:01 VOTE YES. >> THANK YOU.
01:27:04 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:27:06 WOW, THAT'S INSPIRING. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:27:10 I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH WHAT THE COMMENTS THAT WE JUST
01:27:17 HEARD. MARIE.
01:27:17 I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THIS AS EVERYONE KNOWS LIFELONG SAN
01:27:20 FRANCISCAN WHO'S WONDERING HOW MY HOMETOWN HAS BEEN HOST TO
01:27:27 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DYING ON OUR STREETS AND IN PCH FOR THE
01:27:31 LAST FEW YEARS. >> THE COALITION ON
01:27:35 HOMELESSNESS HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB OF EXPANDING
01:27:39 HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG ADDICTION ON OUR STREETS.
01:27:43 SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS HERE, I THINK WE NEED
01:27:44 TO NOT DO WHAT THEY ADVISE. >> THE ISSUE HERE IS
01:27:50 STRAIGHTFORWARD MEN AND WOMEN ARE TRYING TO RECLAIM THEIR
01:27:53 LIVES FROM ADDICTION AND THEY DESERVE MORE THAN A BED.
01:27:55 MOST HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT DRUG FREE.
01:28:01 SO IF PEOPLE NEED THAT OPTION THERE IS PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM.
01:28:05 >> IT IS TIME TO EXPAND OUR OPTIONS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT,
01:28:09 SOBRIETY, STABILITY, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.
01:28:10 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
01:28:13 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:28:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MY NAME IS LINDA MANTELL
01:28:22 AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE TENDERLOIN FOR THE LAST 20
01:28:24 YEARS AND I'VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH GLIDE MEMORIAL
01:28:28 CHURCH FOR 36 AND SO LIVING IN THE TENDERLOIN MY NEIGHBORS
01:28:31 AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK AMONG VICTIMS OF DRUG
01:28:38 ADDICTION ALL DAY LONG EVERY DAY AND WE BELIEVE AND I SPEAK
01:28:42 FOR MANY OF US WHEN I SAY THAT DRUG FREE HOUSING IS IS
01:28:46 DEFINITELY A SOLUTION. >> PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
01:28:50 GETTING INTO RECOVERY DESERVE THAT CHANCE.
01:28:51 SO WE SUPPORT DRUG FREE HOUSING AND ALSO THE AMENDMENT
01:28:54 MENTIONED. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:28:58 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HEY SUPERVISORS.
01:29:02 MY NAME IS KEVIN. I'M A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT
01:29:06 AND ALSO WORK IN THE TENDERLOIN ORGANIZED TO DC RESIDENTS.
01:29:09 AND SO I AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS LEGISLATION RECOVERY
01:29:13 HOUSING IS IMPORTANT. SOBER HOUSING IS IMPORTANT.
01:29:17 HOWEVER, IT SHOULD NOT BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE HOUSING
01:29:19 FIRST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MODEL.
01:29:22 AND WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE IN IS EVICTING PEOPLE AND I KNOW A
01:29:24 LOT OF RESIDENTS WILL SAY THE SAME FOR A TURN TO USE, RIGHT?
01:29:27 THEY SHOULD EITHER BE ALLOWED TO STAY OR BE CONNECTED TO A
01:29:31 GENUINE TREATMENT PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN YOU KNOW, WORK ON
01:29:34 THEIR RECOVERY. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO EVICT
01:29:38 FOLKS FOR, YOU KNOW, RETURN TO USE, THEN WE SHOULD AT LEAST
01:29:41 OFFER THEM HOUSING AND A DRUG TOLERANT HOUSING UNIT OR YOU
01:29:45 KNOW, BE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO REVOKE THE EVICTION FROM THEIR
01:29:50 RECORD. THAT'D BE THE MOST HUMANE WAY
01:29:51 TO GO IN TERMS OF OUR AMENDMENTS.
01:29:53 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:29:57 >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS JUNEBUG
01:30:01 AND BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:30:04 I'M PART OF SATURDAY NIGHT. I'M ALIVE.
01:30:05 I'M ALSO IN SOLIDARITY WITH SUPPORT OF HOUSING OVERDOSE
01:30:08 PREVENTION NETWORK. AND I'M ALSO PART OF POOR
01:30:09 MAGAZINE HOPEFULNESS. >> HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
01:30:12 HOUSING NEEDS SHOULD NOT BE PIVOTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
01:30:17 AND I DO BELIEVE HOUSING IS RECOVERY BECAUSE WE NEED NO
01:30:20 BARRIERS TO GETTING HOUSING. >> WE HAVE A HOUSING PROBLEM.
01:30:24 USING SUBSTANCES IS USED TO COPE WITH PROBLEMS.
01:30:28 >> WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHOICE, NOT AN EVICTION.
01:30:30 WE NEED TO MAKE DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT COME INSIDE
01:30:32 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT CREATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHANGE THAT
01:30:36 ACTUALLY USES THE STAGES OF CHANGE.
01:30:39 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO NOT CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE
01:30:43 HOMELESSNESS BY MAKING IT A CONDITION.
01:30:44 IT'S A HUMAN RIGHT. >> HOUSING FIRST.
01:30:48 HOUSING IS RECOVERY. THANK YOU.
01:30:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:30:52 HELLO. MY NAME IS JAMAAL.
01:30:55 GOOD MORNING. MY SAY SO ON THIS POINT OF THE
01:30:59 HOUSING IS THAT WE NEED MORE HANDS ON SUPPORT CASE
01:31:03 MANAGEMENT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
01:31:06 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
01:31:10 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HI, I'M CURTIS BRADFORD AND I
01:31:14 AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT. THE TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD
01:31:17 COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND A RECOVERING ADDICT.
01:31:20 I CELEBRATED 15 YEARS CLEAN AND SOBER AND I AM A HERE TODAY
01:31:24 BECAUSE I WAS ALLOWED INTO HOUSING FIRST I WAS STILL USING
01:31:29 WHEN I ENTERED HOUSING AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET CLEAN
01:31:32 AND SOBER BUT I EVENTUALLY DID HOUSING FIRST SAVED MY LIFE.
01:31:36 >> I WANT TO READ THIS THIS SAYS BETWEEN 93% AND 96% OF
01:31:39 PEOPLE WHO EXIT HOMELESSNESS INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:31:42 HOUSING PROGRAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO REMAIN STABLY HOUSED
01:31:44 OR TRANSITIONED TO OTHER PERMANENT OPTIONS.
01:31:47 SOURCE FOR THAT INFORMATION IS ASKED TO WALK PAST THE
01:31:50 STATEMENT BY SAN FRANCISCO CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ITSELF.
01:31:54 IT CELEBRATES THE SUCCESS OF THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL.
01:31:57 >> I HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FAILURES OF HOUSING
01:32:00 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT THEY FAILED TO MENTION THAT
01:32:02 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO BENEFITED DIRECTLY
01:32:05 FROM HOUSING FIRST AND WHO ARE STILL ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF
01:32:09 HOUSING FIRST AND HARM REDUCTION WE JUST NEED.
01:32:11 >> WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOME MODIFICATIONS.
01:32:12 YOUR COMMENTS AND A TRIAL WE BELIEVE IN.
01:32:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DRUG FREE HOUSING BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT
01:32:20 PART OF A CONTINUUM. >> THANK YOU.
01:32:21 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:32:25 >> HI, JENNIFER FRUIT OF THE COALITION HOMELESSNESS.
01:32:29 I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE
01:32:30 FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND THERE'S SO MANY OF YOU THAT ARE
01:32:33 IN RECOVERY AND THAT JOURNEY IS SO DIFFICULT.
01:32:37 IT'S SO DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR CULTURAL CONTEXT THAT
01:32:40 PREY PRIORITIZES GREED OVER CARE.
01:32:44 BIG PHARMA AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WE
01:32:46 FOUGHT FOR STEP DOWN HOUSING, SOBER HOUSING RECOVERY, HOUSING
01:32:49 WE'VE GOTTEN COALITION HOMELESSNESS HUNDREDS OF UNITS
01:32:53 IN PLACE, THOUSANDS OF TREATMENT SLOTS.
01:32:56 BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
01:33:00 AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING
01:33:04 EVICTIONS AND WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
01:33:08 THRIVE. >> AND SO IF SOMEONE IS WANTING
01:33:11 TO GO INTO SOBER HOUSING WHICH WHICH IS WONDERFUL IT'S SO HARD
01:33:15 TO GET CLEAN WHEN YOU'RE AROUND OTHER USERS ESPECIALLY IN EARLY
01:33:19 RECOVERY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF
01:33:20 THEY RELAPSE THAT THEY RETURN TO USE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET
01:33:23 INTO TREATMENT AND NOT JUST BE EVICTED.
01:33:26 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:33:30 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:33:31 MY NAME IS BRITTANY TO QUIET TIME WITH THE OFFICE OF RACIAL
01:33:35 EQUITY AND WE JUST HAD THREE OUTSTANDING REQUESTS FOR
01:33:38 AMENDMENT. ONE IS TO CHANGE THE TERM DRUG
01:33:42 TOLERANT TO EITHER PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR STANDARD
01:33:45 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WE DON'T WANT AN UNINTENDED
01:33:49 CONSEQUENCE OF THIS TERM TO MAKE IT SUCH THAT LEGISLATORS
01:33:53 DON'T SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR PERMANENT
01:33:57 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BECAUSE IT HAS THE NAME AND PATHOLOGY OF
01:34:01 BEING DRUG TOLERANT. >> OUR SECOND REQUEST IS TO
01:34:03 PUSH OUT THE DATE OF ENACTMENT BY SIX MONTHS.
01:34:06 THIS HAS BEEN DONE ON A LOT OF OTHER LEGISLATION.
01:34:09 >> WE WANT TO GIVE TIME FOR THE RULEMAKING AND FOR THE SURVEY
01:34:11 THAT HAS BEEN BAKED INTO THE LEGISLATION.
01:34:14 AND LASTLY, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CHANGE THE TERM
01:34:17 EVICTION TO RELOCATION SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU'RE WORKING
01:34:21 TO RELOCATE PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THE DRUG
01:34:25 FREE HOUSING. >> THANK YOU.
01:34:28 THANK YOU, BRITTANY. >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
01:34:32 >> I'M ALL FOR RECOVERY AND DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENTS.
01:34:37 >> I THINK IT'S A NECESSARY PART OF RECOVERY.
01:34:40 >> BUT I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE'S STABILITY IN HOMES
01:34:44 SHOULD BE PUT ON THE LINE BECAUSE OF RELAPSE.
01:34:46 RELAPSE DOES NOT MEAN A DIMINISHED EARNESTNESS
01:34:49 IN RECOVERY THAT YOU DO NOT COINCIDE.
01:34:52 I THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE.
01:34:53 I'VE LOST TOO MANY FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE SHAME AND THE
01:34:59 STIGMA THAT REVOLVES AROUND A RELAPSE.
01:35:05 >> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
01:35:07 SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? >> MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES
01:35:12 PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:35:13 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
01:35:17 AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO GAVE
01:35:20 TESTIMONY TODAY. >> AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
01:35:23 WHO IS MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS NOT JUST IN THE
01:35:27 LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BUT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
01:35:29 HONESTLY, IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
01:35:31 >> SOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN INTERESTING ABOUT TACKLING THIS
01:35:35 IS THAT EVEN AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL WITH SOME OF
01:35:38 THE MEMBER MATT HANEY WORKING ON THIS CERTAINLY AT THE
01:35:42 FEDERAL LEVEL A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THIS
01:35:46 POLICY REALM. SO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS ALONE.
01:35:50 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR
01:35:53 CHANGE. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ISSUES
01:35:57 THAT WERE RAISED IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I DO THINK MERIT
01:35:58 ADDRESSING. ONE IS THAT SOME COMMENTERS
01:36:02 REFERRED TO SOBER HOUSING OR SOMETIMES IN SOME CASES
01:36:06 RECOVERY HOUSING. IMPORTANTLY THIS LEGISLATION IS
01:36:09 NOT THAT DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DOESN'T REQUIRE
01:36:13 SOBRIETY FROM LEGAL SUBSTANCE IS LIKE ALCOHOL OR LEGAL
01:36:17 MARIJUANA. AND THE THE WELL-ESTABLISHED
01:36:21 MODEL FOR THAT IS ACTUALLY THE STANDARD RESIDENTIAL LEASE
01:36:23 IN CALIFORNIA WHICH PROHIBITS ILLICIT DRUG USE ON SITE.
01:36:27 AND THAT GOVERNS IN SAN FRANCISCO MORE THAN 240,000
01:36:30 RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES CITYWIDE ONLY IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:36:35 HOUSING. UNDER HOUSING FIRST IS THERE A
01:36:39 SPECIFIC RULE THAT RESIDENTS CAN NEVER BE EVICTED FOR
01:36:42 HABITUAL USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS. THAT IS A RULE WE ONLY EMPLOY
01:36:46 OPPOSE ON PCH RESIDENTS. THAT IS CALIFORNIA LAW.
01:36:49 >> THAT IS THE CORE COMPONENTS OF HOUSING.
01:36:51 FIRST READ THE LAW. NO OTHER RESIDENTIAL TENANT
01:36:53 IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS THAT RULE IN THEIR LEASE.
01:36:57 AND THE RESULT HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN CHAOTIC AND DANGEROUS
01:37:01 SITUATIONS WHICH CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR
01:37:02 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AS WELL AS THOSE IN RECOVERY WHO ARE
01:37:06 SEEKING TO GET IN RECOVERY OR STAY THERE.
01:37:08 IT CAN BE INCREDIBLY DISRUPTIVE AS WELL TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:37:10 IMPORTANTLY, THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT ENDING THE DRUG TOLERANT
01:37:14 MODEL OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:37:17 IT'S ADDING AN OPTION THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR AS WE
01:37:21 ALSO HEARD PEOPLE SAY. >> THERE WAS ALSO A
01:37:24 REPRESENTATION THAT ANYONE SUFFERING A SECOND RELAPSE
01:37:25 WOULD NOT BE OFFERED DRUG TOLERANT HOUSING.
01:37:29 AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS LOOKING AT A PREVIOUS ITERATION
01:37:32 OF THIS BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THE AMENDMENT THAT I
01:37:35 READ INTO THE RECORD ADDRESSES THAT IT'S IN SECTION 12.6.
01:37:39 IT WILL PROVIDE THAT BEFORE AN OPERATOR MAY EVICT A RESIDENT
01:37:44 WHO HAS ENGAGED IN ILLICIT DRUG USE BUT IS OTHERWISE
01:37:48 IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THESE TERMS.
01:37:51 THE OPERATOR MUST RECEIVE CONFIRMATION FROM A SEARCH SAGE
01:37:55 THE HOUSING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND SUPPORT OF
01:37:56 HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
01:38:00 HOUSING THAT THE RESIDENT HAS BEEN OFFERED ALTERNATIVE
01:38:03 HOUSING OR SHELTER TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT EVICTED INTO
01:38:07 HOMELESSNESS. SO IT IS AN OPTION THAT'S
01:38:10 THERE. THERE'S ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
01:38:13 THAT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE OFFERED SERVICES.
01:38:15 >> AND BEYOND THAT AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS ALSO GOING
01:38:18 TO BE A ROBUST RULEMAKING PROCESS THAT PEOPLE CAN
01:38:22 PARTICIPATE IN. WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
01:38:23 ARE SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN THEIR JOURNEYS.
01:38:26 IF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO NOT BE IN A DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT THAT
01:38:29 SHOULD BE OKAY. BUT IT JUST STANDS TO REASON
01:38:30 THAT IF WE WERE TO ALLOW PERPETUAL RELAPSES
01:38:34 AND PERPETUAL DRUG USE IT CEASES TO BE DRUG FREE HOUSING.
01:38:38 >> SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A RULE FOR THAT.
01:38:41 BEYOND TODAY'S SPEAKERS HERE, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MANY OF THE
01:38:44 POLICY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE
01:38:46 WRITTEN TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND WHO CONTRIBUTED
01:38:49 IN MEANINGFUL WAYS TO ITS DEVELOPMENT.
01:38:53 TWO OF THEM ARE GIANTS IN THE DRUG POLICY REALM.
01:38:56 BOTH OF THEM FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
01:38:57 DR. KEITH HUMPHREYS IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERT
01:39:01 IN ADDICTION MEDICINE AND DRUG POLICY.
01:39:04 HE SERVED IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WHITE HOUSE AS A SENIOR POLICY
01:39:05 ADVISOR TO THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY.
01:39:08 HE HAS ENDORSED THIS LEGISLATION.
01:39:12 IT IS ALSO ENDORSED BY DR. ANNA LEMKE.
01:39:16 SHE SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF ADDICTION MEDICINE AT STANFORD
01:39:17 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. SHE'S A PROFESSOR AND PROGRAM
01:39:21 DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF STANFORD'S ADDICTION MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP.
01:39:27 BUT DR. LEMKE IS I THINK BEST KNOWN AS A BESTSELLING AUTHOR
01:39:29 ON THE TOPIC OF DRUG POLICY. HER MOST RECENT BOOK DOPAMINE
01:39:32 NATION HAS CERTAINLY BEEN INFLUENTIAL TO MY THINKING.
01:39:38 SHE ALSO WROTE A 2006 BOOK DRUG DEALER M.D. HOW DOCTORS WERE
01:39:42 DUPED PATIENTS GOT HOOKED AND WHY IT'S SO HARD TO
01:39:44 STOPPED. THE NEW YORK TIMES ACTUALLY
01:39:46 RECOGNIZED THAT AS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE BOOKS EVER WRITTEN ON
01:39:48 THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. BEYOND THOSE POLICY LEADERS, I
01:39:54 WANT TO THANK MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE RECOVERY
01:39:55 COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR RECOVERY COMMUNITY ADVOCATES
01:39:58 THERESE COATES AND RICHARD BEALL.
01:39:59 RICHARD WE HEARD FROM WHO WERE THE FOUNDERS OF BROTHERS
01:40:02 AGAINST DRUG DEATHS THE MOTHERS AGAINST DRUG DEATHS
01:40:05 AND ADDICTION HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL ALLIES.
01:40:09 THE SALVATION ARMY POSITIVE DIRECTIONS EQUALS CHANGE
01:40:12 AND THE BAY AREA COUNCIL. NATIONALLY OUR APPROACH IS ALSO
01:40:13 ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN ADDICTION RECOVERY ASSOCIATION
01:40:16 AS WE HEARD FROM A MEMBER OF ITS BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
01:40:20 I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT MY AMENDMENTS WHILE IMPORTANT ARE
01:40:24 NOT LEGALLY SUBSTANTIVE MEANING THE PROCESS REQUIRES NO FURTHER
01:40:27 DELAY WITH THEIR ADOPTION. SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
01:40:31 MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS THAT I HAVE
01:40:33 CIRCULATED AND READ INTO THE RECORD AT LEAST IN PART
01:40:36 AND THEN SEND THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD OF
01:40:39 SUPERVISORS WITH OUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE
01:40:42 REPORT FOR THE JULY 14TH MEETING.
01:40:43 MADAM CLERK MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION?
01:40:47 >> YES. AND ON THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE
01:40:50 AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED IN FORWARD THE AMENDED ITEM TO
01:40:51 THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. VISORS AND FORWARD THE AMENDED
01:40:55 ITEM WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
01:40:59 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE JULY 14TH COMMITTEE MEETING.
01:41:02 >> AS COMMITTEE REPORT MEMBER WONG MEMBER WONG I FISCHER'S
01:41:09 ORDER FISCHER SAUDER I CHAIR DORSEY CHAIR DORSEY I HAVE
01:41:13 THREE EYES. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
01:41:14 THE MOTION PASSES. MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY
01:41:17 BUSINESS BEFORE US AT THIS COMMITTEE?
01:41:21 >> REMAINING MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AGENDA.
01:41:22 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, AND THANKS ALL FOR YOUR CIVIC
01:41:25 PARTICIPATION. >> THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED
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