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mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a majority going to existing projects. and $5 million in bonus funding for new projects, including 2.4 million in resources for programs for survivors of domestic violence. to put together this application, h.s.h. worked with the homeless coordinating board which is the governing body for the continuum of care. we met to put together the list of projects. the grant focuses largely on housing projects, buildings for permanent supportive housing, providing rapid rehousing. the full list of projects proposed in this applica
mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a...
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mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. apologize about that. i only honestly caught half of the presentation because the computer stopped, so i don't have any further questions, but i'm going to have to get further answers and things offline. colleagues, any questions or comments? >> nope. i asked mine all last week. >> chair haney: all right. with that, i make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: mr. chair, i want to double check if the b.l.a. had an updated report on this item? >> nick menard from the budget legislative analyst. we don't have a report for this item. thank you. >> clerk: and mr. chair, further, the b.l.a. did recommend -- i just wanted to confirm if the committee is accepting the b.l.a.'s recommendation that requesting -- or the committee requesting that the department of public health provide a written report to the committee with updated performance data through fiscal years 2020 to 2021. if the committee is making that r
mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. apologize about that. i only honestly caught half of the presentation because the computer stopped, so i don't have any further questions, but i'm going to have to get further answers and things offline. colleagues, any questions or comments? >> nope. i asked mine all last week. >> chair haney: all right. with that, i make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >>...
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yes, mr. chair? >> chairman: before we proceed, the items should be within the redistricting task force jurisdiction and how and why the giants lost their last game to the dodgers is not within our jurisdiction, but it should be. having said that, proceed. >> clerk: we'll watch out for those comments, mr. chair. the public comment call-in number is (415) 655-0001. the meeting id for today's meeting is 24963086800. after you have entered the meeting idea pile the star symbol followed by three. the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. you may then begin your comments and task force members, i see that we are three callers who are listening and all three of those callers have their hands raised to provide general public comment. can we have the first caller, please. >> chairman: thank you. >> caller: hi. thank you very much for listening and really appreciate all the great information. i think two things come to mind for me as if we are thinking about moving the tenderloin into a diffe
yes, mr. chair? >> chairman: before we proceed, the items should be within the redistricting task force jurisdiction and how and why the giants lost their last game to the dodgers is not within our jurisdiction, but it should be. having said that, proceed. >> clerk: we'll watch out for those comments, mr. chair. the public comment call-in number is (415) 655-0001. the meeting id for today's meeting is 24963086800. after you have entered the meeting idea pile the star symbol followed...
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mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a majority going to existing projects. and $5 million in bonus funding for new projects, including 2.4 million in resources for programs for survivors of domestic violence. to put together this application, h.s.h. worked with the homeless coordinating board which is the governing body for the continuum of care. we met to put together the list of projects. the grant focuses largely on housing projects, buildings for permanent supportive housing, providing rapid rehousing. the full list of projects proposed in this applica
mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a...
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mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the emergency acquisition of small apartment buildings to prevent displacement of vulnerable tenants and we will be [inaudible] buildings from the executive market and permanently affordable housing and thanks to all of the community housing advocates for coming in to emphasize the extreme urgency of this funding appropriatation and as everyone has so eloquently conveyed, the program is one of the most innovative and important strategies we've created to prevent displacement and create affordable housing and it's that kind of regional level, t
mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the...
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. >> chair: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please -- i don't know if we have somebody from d3 yet. >> clerk: i'm not seeing them, mr. chair. >> chair: can you please call item 2. >> clerk: that is a resolution approving amendment 3 between the san francisco aids foundation and the department of public health to provide city aids prevention services through city-wide syringe access and disposal services to increase the contract amount by $6,507,312 for a total amount not to exceed $42,115,471 with no change to the contract term of july 1, 2016, through june 30, 2026, to commence upon board approval. ( members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001 meeting id 2416 316 6412. please dial star 3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. chnchts we have tracy packer to comment on this. >> i am tracy packer, the director of health equity in the health department and we are here to request your approval for this resolution of amending
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mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the emergency acquisition of small apartment buildings to prevent displacement of vulnerable tenants and we will be [inaudible] buildings from the executive market and permanently affordable housing and thanks to all of the community housing advocates for coming in to emphasize the extreme urgency of this funding appropriatation and as everyone has so eloquently conveyed, the program is one of the most innovative and important strategies we've created to prevent displacement and create affordable housing and it's that kind of regional level, t
mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the...
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mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a majority going to existing projects. and $5 million in bonus funding for new projects, including 2.4 million in resources for programs for survivors of domestic violence. to put together this application, h.s.h. worked with the homeless coordinating board which is the governing body for the continuum of care. we met to put together the list of projects. the grant focuses largely on housing projects, buildings for permanent supportive housing, providing rapid rehousing. the full list of projects proposed in this applica
mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a...
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mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the emergency acquisition of small apartment buildings to prevent displacement of vulnerable tenants and we will be [inaudible] buildings from the executive market and permanently affordable housing and thanks to all of the community housing advocates for coming in to emphasize the extreme urgency of this funding appropriatation and as everyone has so eloquently conveyed, the program is one of the most innovative and important strategies we've created to prevent displacement and create affordable housing and it's that kind of regional level, t
mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the...
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. >> chair: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please -- i don't know if we have somebody from d3 yet. >> clerk: i'm not seeing them, mr. chair. >> chair: can you please call item 2. >> clerk: that is a resolution approving amendment 3 between the san francisco aids foundation and the department of public health to provide city aids prevention services through city-wide syringe access and disposal services to increase the contract amount by $6,507,312 for a total amount not to exceed $42,115,471 with no change to the contract term of july 1, 2016, through june 30, 2026, to commence upon board approval. ( members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001 meeting id 2416 316 6412. please dial star 3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. chnchts we have tracy packer to comment on this. >> i am tracy packer, the director of health equity in the health department and we are here to request your approval for this resolution of amending
. >> chair: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please -- i don't know if we have somebody from d3 yet. >> clerk: i'm not seeing them, mr. chair. >> chair: can you please call item 2. >> clerk: that is a resolution approving amendment 3 between the san francisco aids foundation and the department of public health to provide city aids prevention services through city-wide syringe access and disposal services to increase the contract amount by $6,507,312 for a total amount not...
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mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the emergency acquisition of small apartment buildings to prevent displacement of vulnerable tenants and we will be [inaudible] buildings from the executive market and permanently affordable housing and thanks to all of the community housing advocates for coming in to emphasize the extreme urgency of this funding appropriatation and as everyone has so eloquently conveyed, the program is one of the most innovative and important strategies we've created to prevent displacement and create affordable housing and it's that kind of regional level, t
mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the...
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we have three ayes, mr. chair. >> great. and now i want to make a motion to move this item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation. sorry. i want to make a notion move items 4 and 5 to the full board as amended with a positive recommendation. >> thank you, chair haney. on the motion to recommend both items 4 and 5 to the full board as amended. [roll call] >> we have three ayes. >> thank you. thank you again for your work. much appreciated. mr. clerk, can you please call item 7. >> yes. item number 7 is an ordinance, retroactively authorizing the office of the mayor to accept and expend a grant in the amount of approximately $3.4 million from bloomberg philanthrophies, ordinance number 109-21. the annual salary ordinance for fiscal years 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023. to provide for addition of one grant funded class. 0904, mayoral staff. 16 position. at the office of the mayor and two grant-funded class 1043 engineer positions at the office of the city administrator and two grant funded class 253 senior b
we have three ayes, mr. chair. >> great. and now i want to make a motion to move this item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation. sorry. i want to make a notion move items 4 and 5 to the full board as amended with a positive recommendation. >> thank you, chair haney. on the motion to recommend both items 4 and 5 to the full board as amended. [roll call] >> we have three ayes. >> thank you. thank you again for your work. much appreciated. mr. clerk,...
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mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. apologize about that. i only honestly caught half of the presentation because the computer stopped, so i don't have any further questions, but i'm going to have to get further answers and things offline. colleagues, any questions or comments? >> nope. i asked mine all last week. >> chair haney: all right. with that, i make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: mr. chair, i want to double check if the b.l.a. had an updated report on this item? >> nick menard from the budget legislative analyst. we don't have a report for this item. thank you. >> clerk: and mr. chair, further, the b.l.a. did recommend -- i just wanted to confirm if the committee is accepting the b.l.a.'s recommendation that requesting -- or the committee requesting that the department of public health provide a written report to the committee with updated performance data through fiscal years 2020 to 2021. if the committee is making that r
mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. apologize about that. i only honestly caught half of the presentation because the computer stopped, so i don't have any further questions, but i'm going to have to get further answers and things offline. colleagues, any questions or comments? >> nope. i asked mine all last week. >> chair haney: all right. with that, i make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >>...
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mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the emergency acquisition of small apartment buildings to prevent displacement of vulnerable tenants and we will be [inaudible] buildings from the executive market and permanently affordable housing and thanks to all of the community housing advocates for coming in to emphasize the extreme urgency of this funding appropriatation and as everyone has so eloquently conveyed, the program is one of the most innovative and important strategies we've created to prevent displacement and create affordable housing and it's that kind of regional level, t
mr. chair? >> thank you. public comment is now closed. thank you so much to all of the callers for your advocacy and commitment to affordability and anti displacement efforts. i want to welcome back supervisor marr. colleagues? [inaudible]. >> yeah, thank you. i just wanted to make some brief comments. first of all, i really want to thank supervisor peskin and the housing stability fund oversight committee for bringing this $64 million budget proposal forward to support the...
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mr. chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. if you have not already done so, please dial star three to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. we currently have seven callers and two people in line to speak. >> chairman: first speaker, please. can we have the first caller, please. okay. the caller is silent. we can move on to the next caller. >> caller: can you hear me now? >> clerk: yes, you may proceed. >> caller: good morning. david pilpel. first of all on page 1 line 22, i believe in the middle there that should read in double underline 10a.5 not 10.5. i reviewed the amendments from last week and i'm concerned that the definition of a requester refers individuals and entities, so i'm wondering if that can be reasonably interpreted that i or anyone else can serve as sheriff's deputies as private security. that seems not like the intended concept if it's a business or entity with the intent to deter retail theft, then i think a requester should be lim
mr. chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. if you have not already done so, please dial star three to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. we currently have seven callers and two people in line to speak. >> chairman: first speaker, please. can we have the first caller, please. okay. the caller is silent. we can move on to the next caller. >> caller: can you hear me...
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mr. chair. >> supervisor haney: great. thank you so much to all the speakers and to the plaza 16 coalition. i know this has been a many year struggle around this site. when i was on the school board, i engaged a lot with the coalition and was supportive of their efforts then. i'm grateful and happy to see this come to fruition for the community and we'll be excited once we choose a developer and break ground and see it built for the neighborhood of the whom very much deserves this site for the community. so, with that, did i already ask -- did i ask if there was a b.l.a. report? there was. all right. i want to make a motion to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: chair haney, a little bit of housekeeping. a., if we can close public comment. >> chairman: public comment is closed. >> clerk: thank you, much. i did circulate a set of amendments offered by mocd for some clarifying edits. so if either mr. baca or i believe it was the city attorney's office to speak to those amendments. >> i
mr. chair. >> supervisor haney: great. thank you so much to all the speakers and to the plaza 16 coalition. i know this has been a many year struggle around this site. when i was on the school board, i engaged a lot with the coalition and was supportive of their efforts then. i'm grateful and happy to see this come to fruition for the community and we'll be excited once we choose a developer and break ground and see it built for the neighborhood of the whom very much deserves this site...
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. >> chair: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please -- i don't know if we have somebody from d3 yet. >> clerk: i'm not seeing them, mr. chair. >> chair: can you please call item 2. >> clerk: that is a resolution approving amendment 3 between the san francisco aids foundation and the department of public health to provide city aids prevention services through city-wide syringe access and disposal services to increase the contract amount by $6,507,312 for a total amount not to exceed $42,115,471 with no change to the contract term of july 1, 2016, through june 30, 2026, to commence upon board approval. ( members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001 meeting id 2416 316 6412. please dial star 3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. chnchts we have tracy packer to comment on this. >> i am tracy packer, the director of health equity in the health department and we are here to request your approval for this resolution of amending
. >> chair: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please -- i don't know if we have somebody from d3 yet. >> clerk: i'm not seeing them, mr. chair. >> chair: can you please call item 2. >> clerk: that is a resolution approving amendment 3 between the san francisco aids foundation and the department of public health to provide city aids prevention services through city-wide syringe access and disposal services to increase the contract amount by $6,507,312 for a total amount not...
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mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a majority going to existing projects. and $5 million in bonus funding for new projects, including 2.4 million in resources for programs for survivors of domestic violence. to put together this application, h.s.h. worked with the homeless coordinating board which is the governing body for the continuum of care. we met to put together the list of projects. the grant focuses largely on housing projects, buildings for permanent supportive housing, providing rapid rehousing. the full list of projects proposed in this applica
mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. welcome emily cohen from the department of housing. >> good morning, chair haney. supervisor mar, thank you for having me. i'm emily cohen, the deputy director. i have a very brief presentation for you this morning about continuing our carom indication. before you today is a resolution authorizing h.s.h. to apply for funds in u.s. housing and urban development for the 2021 continuum of care competition. the grant amount is $59.3 million with a...
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mr. chair. >> supervisor haney: great. thank you so much to all the speakers and to the plaza 16 coalition. i know this has been a many year struggle around this site. when i was on the school board, i engaged a lot with the coalition and was supportive of their efforts then. i'm grateful and happy to see this come to fruition for the community and we'll be excited once we choose a developer and break ground and see it built for the neighborhood of the whom very much deserves this site for the community. so, with that, did i already ask -- did i ask if there was a b.l.a. report? there was. all right. i want to make a motion to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: chair haney, a little bit of housekeeping. a., if we can close public comment. >> chairman: public comment is closed. >> clerk: thank you, much. i did circulate a set of amendments offered by mocd for some clarifying edits. so if either mr. baca or i believe it was the city attorney's office to speak to those amendments. >> i
mr. chair. >> supervisor haney: great. thank you so much to all the speakers and to the plaza 16 coalition. i know this has been a many year struggle around this site. when i was on the school board, i engaged a lot with the coalition and was supportive of their efforts then. i'm grateful and happy to see this come to fruition for the community and we'll be excited once we choose a developer and break ground and see it built for the neighborhood of the whom very much deserves this site...
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mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. apologize about that. i only honestly caught half of the presentation because the computer stopped, so i don't have any further questions, but i'm going to have to get further answers and things offline. colleagues, any questions or comments? >> nope. i asked mine all last week. >> chair haney: all right. with that, i make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: mr. chair, i want to double check if the b.l.a. had an updated report on this item? >> nick menard from the budget legislative analyst. we don't have a report for this item. thank you. >> clerk: and mr. chair, further, the b.l.a. did recommend -- i just wanted to confirm if the committee is accepting the b.l.a.'s recommendation that requesting -- or the committee requesting that the department of public health provide a written report to the committee with updated performance data through fiscal years 2020 to 2021. if the committee is making that r
mr. chair? >> chair haney: thank you. apologize about that. i only honestly caught half of the presentation because the computer stopped, so i don't have any further questions, but i'm going to have to get further answers and things offline. colleagues, any questions or comments? >> nope. i asked mine all last week. >> chair haney: all right. with that, i make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >>...
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>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the record will reflect that members participating in this video conference to the extent as if they were physically present. the board has determined that public participation is vital to the meeting and public access will be available in the following manners: either sfgovtv cable channels 26, 78, and 99 or by streaming at sfgov.org. public comment will be available by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. did 2485-242-3908 and then pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but will be in listening mode only. when you hear your item of interest, press star, three and begin speaking when prompted to do so. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down the volume on your television or speakers. you may also send your written comments via u.s. postal service to our office at city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california, 94102. finally, items acted upon today are expected to be on the
>> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the record will reflect that members participating in this video conference to the extent as if they were physically present. the board has determined that public participation is vital to the meeting and public access will be available in the following manners: either sfgovtv cable channels 26, 78, and 99 or by streaming at sfgov.org. public comment will be available by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. did 2485-242-3908 and then pound and pound again. when...
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chair, your vote. >> aye. >> mr. chair there are three ayes. >> thank you, mr. clerk. obviously we only got through two items. we have a busy agenda we're going to go ahead and recess for 15 minutes to give everyone a break and then we will reconvene in 15. >> clerk: 15 minutes from now will be 1:50. we can trying to understand whas the consequence for this type of behavior or this type of situation. what is the recourse that the board can pursue. perhaps this is a question for deputy city attorney pearson. i don't know. >> how can i guide you on this. i'm not sure what the question is exactly? >> what kind of action can this body take as we now have identified there's a problematic mou, it expires -- it was established in 2003 but expires in 2012. there seems to be lack of oversight from the city department itself and the controller or perhaps the city attorney. i think if i would assume there is some -- there has to be oversight to say you have an expired mou, not only that, this is a subpar mou, not in the best interest of our city, it's a bad deal. no one seems to
chair, your vote. >> aye. >> mr. chair there are three ayes. >> thank you, mr. clerk. obviously we only got through two items. we have a busy agenda we're going to go ahead and recess for 15 minutes to give everyone a break and then we will reconvene in 15. >> clerk: 15 minutes from now will be 1:50. we can trying to understand whas the consequence for this type of behavior or this type of situation. what is the recourse that the board can pursue. perhaps this is a...
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mr. chair. this board recognizes that public access to city service is essential and invites public participation in the following ways. public comment will be available on each item of this agenda. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone by calling (415) 655-0001. the meeting id is 24933411331 and press pound twice. when your item of interest comes up, dial star three to be added to the speaker line. the best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio, or streaming device. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. e-mail myself at brent.jalipa@sfgov.org. if you submit public comment it will be forwarded to the supervisors and it will be included as part of the official file. send correspondence to 1 dr. carlton b. goodlet place. and for item number seven, the hearing on the city's shelter in place hotel rehousing
mr. chair. this board recognizes that public access to city service is essential and invites public participation in the following ways. public comment will be available on each item of this agenda. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone by calling (415) 655-0001. the meeting id is 24933411331 and press pound twice. when your item of interest comes up, dial star three to be added to the speaker line. the best...
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mr. chair. chair manchin: thank you, senator. senator marshall. senator marshall: thank you, mr. chairman. it's always great when we have these hearings and people on both sides of this dais agree on something. and i think that everybody in this room agrees that lowering the supply of energy increases the price. lowering the supply of energy increases the price. so the question is, then why is the supply of energy decreasing, right? that should be the question we're talking about. why is the supply of energy decreasing across this nation? so as i talk to people back home, i grew up in one of the richest oil counties in the world. supplying the largest amount of oil from butler county, kansas. where i grow up now is agriculture and oil, oil and agriculture. this is an industry i follow every day. i'm inundated with people that have been in this business for 30, 40, 60 years and can't get financing now. good stable businesses. why? it's e.s.g. rules, right? mr. nalley, would you agree with me that if people are struggling to get financing to drill new wells that it's going to decre
mr. chair. chair manchin: thank you, senator. senator marshall. senator marshall: thank you, mr. chairman. it's always great when we have these hearings and people on both sides of this dais agree on something. and i think that everybody in this room agrees that lowering the supply of energy increases the price. lowering the supply of energy increases the price. so the question is, then why is the supply of energy decreasing, right? that should be the question we're talking about. why is the...
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mr. chair. >> supervisor haney: great. thank you so much to all the speakers and to the plaza 16 coalition. i know this has been a many year struggle around this site. when i was on the school board, i engaged a lot with the coalition and was supportive of their efforts then. i'm grateful and happy to see this come to fruition for the community and we'll be excited once we choose a developer and break ground and see it built for the neighborhood of the whom very much deserves this site for the community. so, with that, did i already ask -- did i ask if there was a b.l.a. report? there was. all right. i want to make a motion to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: chair haney, a little bit of housekeeping. a., if we can close public comment. >> chairman: public comment is closed. >> clerk: thank you, much. i did circulate a set of amendments offered by mocd for some clarifying edits. so if either mr. baca or i believe it was the city attorney's office to speak to those amendments. >> i
mr. chair. >> supervisor haney: great. thank you so much to all the speakers and to the plaza 16 coalition. i know this has been a many year struggle around this site. when i was on the school board, i engaged a lot with the coalition and was supportive of their efforts then. i'm grateful and happy to see this come to fruition for the community and we'll be excited once we choose a developer and break ground and see it built for the neighborhood of the whom very much deserves this site...
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thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. torres. before i begin my questioning, i want to place into the record a letter from the multinational housing council without objection, and this letter dated october 15, 2021. i'd like to have a quick conversation, if i might, with our two witnesses, ms. gallo and mr. --. can you please speak to me a little about gentrification? either one or both of you. >> this is what we've been talking about in terms of the consequences of zoning practices throughout this country when you are deliberately excluding situations where people, specifically people of color and lower-income people, cannot live in certain areas and gentrification to allow that to happen essentially with policies and programs. zoning is one practice where you have certain people not able to live because of, for instance, the single-family zoning conversation. gentrification happens when we attempt to -- when we have people displaced from communities that have lived there for a long time, and it happens from upzoning practices t
thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. torres. before i begin my questioning, i want to place into the record a letter from the multinational housing council without objection, and this letter dated october 15, 2021. i'd like to have a quick conversation, if i might, with our two witnesses, ms. gallo and mr. --. can you please speak to me a little about gentrification? either one or both of you. >> this is what we've been talking about in terms of the consequences of zoning...
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thank you, mr. chair. >> senator heinrich. >> mr. bryce can censure from texas i want to ask you a little bit about texas, and specifically the current interconnection applications for the earth caught grid. i was looking at those and i noticed that right now seems there's about 100 gigawatts of the solar projects seeking interconnection, about 42 gigawatts of battery storage come over 22 gw of wind or if you look at the entirety of the queue in texas, about 93% of it is the solar wind and battery storage. you mentioned sort of an outflowing of, i don't know, uprising against wind and solar. so what is texas hell-bent on becoming the biggest solar and renewable smart grid in the u.s.? >> the answers very clear. excessive subsidies for solar and wind. i reported in for a few months ago the subsidy via investment tax credit for solar is 250 times what is given to nuclear and its 160 times greater for wind as it is for nuclear. texas market and investment in the the texas market is being driven by subsidies, full stop. >> i think we can
thank you, mr. chair. >> senator heinrich. >> mr. bryce can censure from texas i want to ask you a little bit about texas, and specifically the current interconnection applications for the earth caught grid. i was looking at those and i noticed that right now seems there's about 100 gigawatts of the solar projects seeking interconnection, about 42 gigawatts of battery storage come over 22 gw of wind or if you look at the entirety of the queue in texas, about 93% of it is the solar...
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would you like me to call that, mr. chair? >> chairman: yes, i would love for you to call it. >> member pierce did bring up a conflict. i thank her for thinking about me. to explain my vote. i will sort it out on my end with the conflict i do have, it does exist, but i will make these meetings because i as chair townsend has reminded us, we have an obligation to do the people's work and i will perform the work that i have promised to do but i thank member pierce for looking out for me and i hope that her no-vote is taken in that spirit. >> chairman: thank you. >> absolutely. thank you very much. thank you, member lee. that's what i want to hear. >> chairman: hold on. wait. order. please. member pierce, did you want to make comment? >> i was thanking and appreciating member chasel lee because that was thanking. >> chairman: i appreciate that. let me just say i have a board meeting every third wednesday of an organization that i chair and for the same -- the reasons that mr. chasel lee just stateded, i would ask him that we will
would you like me to call that, mr. chair? >> chairman: yes, i would love for you to call it. >> member pierce did bring up a conflict. i thank her for thinking about me. to explain my vote. i will sort it out on my end with the conflict i do have, it does exist, but i will make these meetings because i as chair townsend has reminded us, we have an obligation to do the people's work and i will perform the work that i have promised to do but i thank member pierce for looking out for...
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clerk. >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. we'll working with the department of technology who is checking to see if we have any callers in the queue. for those watching on the cable or through sfgov-tv.org or elsewhere, if you wish to speak on this item call in now. dial 1-(415)-655-0001. and today's meeting 2492118986. following that you should press the pound symbol twice and then press star, followed by 3 if you want to be entered into the queue to speak. for those already on hold in the queue wait until you're prompted to begin and you will hear that you are unmuted and that begins your time to -- to give your comments to the committee. excuse me. could you please connect us to our one caller in the queue. >> clerk: hello, caller, if you are there, you want to mute your television or radio. i'm hearing myself. >> caller: hello. >> clerk: yes, please begin. >> caller: say again? >> clerk: please begin your comments. >> caller: oh, good afternoon. my name is david williams and i'd like to request an extra minute if possible
clerk. >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. we'll working with the department of technology who is checking to see if we have any callers in the queue. for those watching on the cable or through sfgov-tv.org or elsewhere, if you wish to speak on this item call in now. dial 1-(415)-655-0001. and today's meeting 2492118986. following that you should press the pound symbol twice and then press star, followed by 3 if you want to be entered into the queue to speak. for those already on hold in the...
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. >> thank you, mr. chair. we are working with the department of technology checking for callers in the queue to comment on this agenda item 1. for those watch on sfgovtv or he wills where. if you -- elsewhere. call in by following instructions on the your screen. dial 415-655-0001. id24922118986. pound twice and star 3 to speak. do we have callers in the queue? >> we have no callers in the queue right now. >> thank you. with no callers in the queue public comment on this item is now closed. colleagues can we have a motion to send this item with recommendation to the full board? >> supervisor mandelman. >> on the motion offered by member mandelman this resolution be recommended to the board of supervisors. vice chair chan. >> aye. >> member mandelman. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you, mr. clerk. the motion passes. thank you, director, and mr. clerk next item. >> item 2. resolution receiving and approving an annual report for the japan town community district for
. >> thank you, mr. chair. we are working with the department of technology checking for callers in the queue to comment on this agenda item 1. for those watch on sfgovtv or he wills where. if you -- elsewhere. call in by following instructions on the your screen. dial 415-655-0001. id24922118986. pound twice and star 3 to speak. do we have callers in the queue? >> we have no callers in the queue right now. >> thank you. with no callers in the queue public comment on this item...
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operator: mr. clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you very much. mr. chair? >> public comment is closed. colleagues, any questions or comments? i'm sure there is nothing but support for this. [laughter] with that, i want to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> on the motion to forward this item to the full board with a positive recommendation, vice chair safai? >> [roll call] >> please add me as a co-sponsor as well. thank you. >> noted. >> we have three ayes. >> great. thank you so much. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. thank you, ms. lee. >> thank you. mr. clerk, are there any other items in front of us today? >> mr. chair, that concludes your business. >> great. thank you, closing arguments. see you soon. meeting is adjourned. >> testing, testing. there we go. good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the newly renovated maxine hall. [cheers and applause]. i'm san francisco mayor london breed, and i am so glad to be here. and it has been a long time coming. and it has been a trusted lo
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would you like me to call that, mr. chair? >> chairman: yes, i would love for you to call it. >> member pierce did bring up a conflict. i thank her for thinking about me. to explain my vote. i will sort it out on my end with the conflict i do have, it does exist, but i will make these meetings because i as chair townsend has reminded us, we have an obligation to do the people's work and i will perform the work that i have promised to do but i thank member pierce for looking out for me and i hope that her no-vote is taken in that spirit. >> chairman: thank you. >> absolutely. thank you very much. thank you, member lee. that's what i want to hear. >> chairman: hold on. wait. order. please. member pierce, did you want to make comment? >> i was thanking and appreciating member chasel lee because that was thanking. >> chairman: i appreciate that. let me just say i have a board meeting every third wednesday of an organization that i chair and for the same -- the reasons that mr. chasel lee just stateded, i would ask him that we will
would you like me to call that, mr. chair? >> chairman: yes, i would love for you to call it. >> member pierce did bring up a conflict. i thank her for thinking about me. to explain my vote. i will sort it out on my end with the conflict i do have, it does exist, but i will make these meetings because i as chair townsend has reminded us, we have an obligation to do the people's work and i will perform the work that i have promised to do but i thank member pierce for looking out for...
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mr. chair, the vote is 3 ayes and two absent. >> chair bustos: motion carries. please call the next item. >> clerk: next is the consent agenda. approval of minutes regular meeting of october 5, 2021. 5d is authorizing first amendment personal services contract with hollins inc. to extend from december 31, 2021 to earlier december 31, 2024. or extend contract amount for the provision of infrastructure coordination services in connection with implementation of the disposition and development agreement hunters point shipyard phase one. action resolution number 37-2021. >> chair bustos: do we have anyone from the public who wishes to provide comment on this item? >> clerk: at this time, if there are any members of the public who wishes to provide public comment on the consent agenda item, please call (415)655-0001. enter the access code, 2484 068 2515 press pound and pound sign again. then press star 3 to submit your request to speak. any memberships -- any members like to provide comment, please press star 3. it does not appear there are any members of the public w
mr. chair, the vote is 3 ayes and two absent. >> chair bustos: motion carries. please call the next item. >> clerk: next is the consent agenda. approval of minutes regular meeting of october 5, 2021. 5d is authorizing first amendment personal services contract with hollins inc. to extend from december 31, 2021 to earlier december 31, 2024. or extend contract amount for the provision of infrastructure coordination services in connection with implementation of the disposition and...
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mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. clerk. welcome again to mr. corbin from oewd. he will present on this item along with the executive director for the japan town community benefit district. 10 minutes. >> if you are speaking we do not hear you. >> we are here today to hear the fiscal year 2019-20 report for japan town community benefit districts. governed by article 15 of the tax regulations and the 1994 act. covers the annual report for fiscal year 19-20. we ensure they are meeting the management plan of the annual report and we provide the board of supervisors with a summary memo. the japan town is property based. formed in 2014. expires -- there are typos here. i apologize. i will update these slides. i will send the updated slide to the clerk. the staff of the executive director is our service areas are environmental enhancements focused on cleaning services as discuss understand the previous presentation. economic marketing and engagement and advocacy and reserve. benchmarks are 1. whether the variance between the fiscal year budget within 10% of the managem
mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. clerk. welcome again to mr. corbin from oewd. he will present on this item along with the executive director for the japan town community benefit district. 10 minutes. >> if you are speaking we do not hear you. >> we are here today to hear the fiscal year 2019-20 report for japan town community benefit districts. governed by article 15 of the tax regulations and the 1994 act. covers the annual report for fiscal year 19-20. we ensure they are...
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the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. rose, for five minutes. mr. rose: thank you, mr. chair. 10 months into the biden administration and crisis defines this presidency. since president biden took office, we faced crisis after crisis. not the least of which is at our southern border. right now the united states is experiencing the highest number of attempted illegal border crossings in 21 years. some 1.7 million people were apprehended attempting to enter the u.s. illegally fiscal year ending september 30, which is a new record. 364,300 attempted to just cross in october. this is 128% increase from last october. since march 20, 95,000 illegal immigrants were released with notices to report on their honor. president biden recently announced a hotly debated approach to limiting the spread of covid-19, mandating vaccinations for federal workers, federal contract workers, health care workers, and anyone who works for a private business with over 100 employees. but take a guess as to who is not included in this widespread vaccine mandate. illegal immigra
the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. rose, for five minutes. mr. rose: thank you, mr. chair. 10 months into the biden administration and crisis defines this presidency. since president biden took office, we faced crisis after crisis. not the least of which is at our southern border. right now the united states is experiencing the highest number of attempted illegal border crossings in 21 years. some 1.7 million people were apprehended attempting to enter the u.s. illegally...
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. >> thank you, mr. chair. we are working with the department of technology checking for callers in the queue to comment on this agenda item 1. for those watch on sfgovtv or he wills where. if you -- elsewhere. call in by following instructions on the your screen. dial 415-655-0001. id24922118986. pound twice and star 3 to speak. do we have callers in the queue? >> we have no callers in the queue right now. >> thank you. with no callers in the queue public comment on this item is now closed. colleagues can we have a motion to send this item with recommendation to the full board? >> supervisor mandelman. >> on the motion offered by member mandelman this resolution be recommended to the board of supervisors. vice chair chan. >> aye. >> member mandelman. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you, mr. clerk. the motion passes. thank you, director, and mr. clerk next item. >> item 2. resolution receiving and approving an annual report for the japan town community district for
. >> thank you, mr. chair. we are working with the department of technology checking for callers in the queue to comment on this agenda item 1. for those watch on sfgovtv or he wills where. if you -- elsewhere. call in by following instructions on the your screen. dial 415-655-0001. id24922118986. pound twice and star 3 to speak. do we have callers in the queue? >> we have no callers in the queue right now. >> thank you. with no callers in the queue public comment on this item...
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vice chair chan. >> aye. >> mandelman. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> mr. chair, three ayes. >> thank you. motion passes. thank you all again. please call the next item. 4. hearing to receive progress updates on the seismic retrofit options for 301 mission. based on public documents in our file that being 160975. members of the public to comment on this call in the call-in number 415-655-0001. today's id24922118986. after you entered the id press pound twice and then star followed by number three if you wish to enter the queue to speak. >> thank you, mr. clerk. i am going to in a minute here hand it off to the sponsor of this item. before i do let me thank mr. peskin and the callers for their patience. it is a long hearing already. let me assure you that these items are not agendized in importance of order or order of importance. we are looking forward to this hearing on this extremely important matter. thank you for your patience. i will turn the floor over to supervisor peskin. >> thank you, chair preston and supervisor chan and mandelman for the opportun
vice chair chan. >> aye. >> mandelman. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> mr. chair, three ayes. >> thank you. motion passes. thank you all again. please call the next item. 4. hearing to receive progress updates on the seismic retrofit options for 301 mission. based on public documents in our file that being 160975. members of the public to comment on this call in the call-in number 415-655-0001. today's id24922118986. after you entered the id press...
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i see i'm over time, mr. chair. thank you very much. >> with that, we're going to move to a second round of questioning. anybody who wants to participate in another round, i ask you to join me. with that, i'll start with myself for five minutes. mr. loe, i remember years ago using the step program for our business to help with trade shows and market our brands overseas. we would talk about how we need to be a country that fills more of these empty containers and sends them overseas and i really want to salute you and your enterprise for being amongst that 1% that ship their products internationally. i would love you to share with the committee how the steps program has helped you and the programs we should continue to invest in and support and your overview of how we can be more effective. >> thank you, mr. phillips, for the question. really appreciate that. yeah, the step program has just been enormous for us, in being able to use the services. we use the services in our marketing strategy to access new customers.
i see i'm over time, mr. chair. thank you very much. >> with that, we're going to move to a second round of questioning. anybody who wants to participate in another round, i ask you to join me. with that, i'll start with myself for five minutes. mr. loe, i remember years ago using the step program for our business to help with trade shows and market our brands overseas. we would talk about how we need to be a country that fills more of these empty containers and sends them overseas and i...