Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon. Welcome to the 04/28/2026 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. President. Supervisor Chan. Chan present. Supervisor Chen. Chen present. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey present. Supervisor Fielder Fielder not present. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud present. Supervisor Mandelman?

Present.

Mandelman present. Supervisor Melgar? Present. Melgar present. Supervisor Sauter? Sauter present, Supervisor Cheryl? Cheryl present, Supervisor Walton? Walton present, and Supervisor Wong? Wong present. Mr. President, you have a quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatushaloni have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatush Ohlone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance? On behalf of our board, I'd like to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV, and today that is particularly Colina Mendoza. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

Thank you, Mr. President. The Board of Supervisors welcomes you all, your attendance here in person in the Board's Legislative Chamber, Room 2 52nd Floor Of City Hall. And when you're not able to be here, you can catch the proceeding. It is airing live on SFGOV TV's Channel 26 or the livestream at www.sfgovtv.org.

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President and members.

Thank you madam clerk I noticed that supervisor dorsey is in the queue.

Thank you president mandelman I want to express my gratitude to our clerk for welcoming today's viewers and I wanted to add my own special welcome to the class from CivLab, How San Francisco Government Works and express my gratitude to District 6 resident Michael Adams for leading that effort. So I just want to say thank you to all of you for your civic engagement and welcome to the Board of Supervisors chambers.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, and welcome. All right. So can I have a motion to excuse Supervisor Fielder from today's meeting? A motion made by Supervisor Chen, seconded by Supervisor Melgar. And I think we can take that without objection. Without objection, Supervisor Fielder's excused. And then, Madam Clerk, let's go to approval of meeting minutes.

Yes, approval of the meeting minutes dated 03/24/2026.

Can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? Moved by Walton. Is there a seconded by Chen? Madam clerk can you please call the roll

on the minutes as presented supervisor cheryl cheryl I supervisor walton walton I supervisor wang wang I supervisor chan Chan, I, Supervisor Chen? Chen, I, Supervisor Dorsey? Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud, I, Supervisor Mandelman?

I.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar? Melgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter? Sauter, aye, there are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented. Madam Clerk, let's go to our consent agenda. Please call items one through five together.

Items one through five are on consent. These items are considered routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately.

Please call the roll.

On items one through five, Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton I, Supervisor Wong, Wong I, Supervisor Chan, Chan I, Supervisor Chen, Chan I, Supervisor Dorsey Dorsey, I. Supervisor Mahmoud, Mahmoud, I. Supervisor Mandelman, Supervisor Melgar, Melgar, I. And Supervisor Sauter, I. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection these ordinances are passed on first reading. Madam clerk let's go to unfinished business please call item number six.

Item six this is an ordinance to extend for an additional five years through 07/01/2031 the delegation of board of supervisors authority under charter section 9.118 to the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission previously authorized by ordinance number 20 six-nineteen and extended and modified by ordinance numbers 100 and one-twenty, 150 nine-twenty two, and two zero seven-twenty four to enter into grant agreements under the sfpucs green infrastructure grant program with twenty year terms after the project completion date.

All right let's take this item same house same call without objection the ordinance is finally passed. Madam clerk please call item number seven.

Item seven this is an ordinance to amend the zoning map of the planning code to change the height and bulk districts for the 1 Oak Street project to increase the allowed height for the podium of the building and the current base height limit of 120 feet to 140 feet and to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings.

Again same house same call without objection the ordinance is finally passed. Madam clerk please call items eight and nine together.

Items eight and nine are two ordinances establishing entertainment zones for item eight this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to create the Glenn Park Entertainment Zone on Diamond Street between Monterey Boulevard and Chennery Street Chenerey Street between Brompton Avenue and Carrie Street Monterey Blvd between Diamond Street and Juiced Avenue and Kern Street between Brompton Avenue and Diamond Street. And for item nine this ordinance amends the administrative code to create the Upper Fillmore Entertainment Zone on Fillmore Street from Jackson to Sutter Streets California Street from Fillmore Street to Steiner Street and Pine Street from Fillmore Street to Steiner Street and to Affirm the CEQA determination and to make the and make the appropriate findings for both items.

And, we can take these. Same house, same call, without objection. The ordinances are finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call item number 10.

Item 10, this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the Pacific Islander Cultural District in and around Visitation Valley and Sunny Dale neighborhoods to require the mayor's office of housing and community development to submit written reports and recommendations to the board of supervisors and the mayor to describe the cultural attributes of the district and to propose strategies to acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the district and to affirm the secret determination.

Same house, same call, without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam clerk, please call item number 11.

Item 11, this is an ordinance to retroactively authorize the San Francisco Police department to accept and expend an approximate $6,250,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Justice office of community oriented policing services COPS under the fiscal year 2025 cops hiring program to fund 50 new police officer positions for approximately one year 10/01/2025 through 09/30/2030 and to amend the annual salary ordinance number 100 twenty-twenty five for fiscal years 2025 through '26 and '26 through 2027 to provide for the addition of 50 grant funded positions in class Q002 police officer.

Chair Chan.

Thank you, President Mendelman. I just want to thank my colleagues, including Supervisor Chin, who substituted for me at the committee last week on these items coming out of Budget and Finance Committee. But just before I am and I think that it was indicated in the budget and legislative analyst report, but I just want to be on the record about item 11 as the San Francisco Police Department's accepting this grant from the Department of Justice specifically for our law enforcement for this 50 full time position that it does not. And I want to just, on the record, by the BLA, be on the record verifying this, is that by accepting this grant, it is not in any form commitment committing the city that the city is still committed and be able to be in compliance by accepting this grant for our sanctuary city law. Or maybe the city attorney can verify.

Deputy City Attorney Brad Rossi, Supervisor Chan. This grant is at issue in litigation that our office brought challenging the conditions that the Department of Justice has attempted to place on it. Currently, those conditions prevailed so far in that litigation. And there's a preliminary injunction in place that prevents the city from having to comply with the conditions that we're contesting.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair Chan. Thank you, Brad Russe. And with that, I think we can take this item, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. And, Madam Clerk, please call Items 12 through 14 together.

Items 12 through 14 are three ordinances that adopt and implement memorandum of understanding between the city and county and the following departments. For Item 12, this is with the San Francisco Police Officers Association item 13 is with the San Francisco firefighters union local seven ninety eight unit two IAFF, AFL CIO and item 14 is with the San Francisco firefighters union local seven ninety eight IAFF AFL CIO unit one for these items 12 through 14 to be effective 07/01/2026, through 06/30/2030.

And, we can take these items. Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call item number 15.

Item 15, this is a resolution to approve and authorize the director of property to amend the lease of a portion of real property located at 845 Jackson Street on the 4th Floor with the Chinese Hospital Association serving as the temporary location of Department of Public Health's Chinatown Public Health Center to change the lease expiration date from 10/29/2028, to the third year anniversary of the date of the issuance of a change of use permit by the State of California Department of Health Care Access and Information to increase the construction to leasehold improvements reimbursement allowance by an amount of 500,000 for a new total maximum amount of 800,000.

And, I think we can take this item, same house, same call, without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call items 16 through 19 together.

Items 16 through 19 are four resolutions that approve the mayor's office of housing and community development to apply for except and expend program entitlements from the United States department of housing and urban development. For item 16, this is for the city's fiscal year twenty six through twenty seven cdbg program entitlement for 19,300,000 and to expend estimated program income in the amount of 2,100,000 for a combined total of approximately 21,500,000 beginning 07/01/2026 through the date when all funds are expended. For item 17 this is for the city' fiscal year twenty twenty six-twenty seven home program entitlement in the combined total approximate amount of 6,600,000 for the term 07/01/2026, through 06/30/2031. For item 18 this is for the city' fiscal year twenty six-twenty seven ESG program entitlement of 1,700,000 for an unspecified term starting 07/01/2026. And for item 19 this is for the cities 2627 HOPWA program entitlement in the amount of approximately 7,400,000 and to expand program income and reprogram funds in the amount of 202,000 for a combined total of approximate 7,700,000 for the term 07/01/2025, through 06/30/2029.

And we'll take these same house same call without objection the resolutions are adopted. Madam clerk please call item number 20.

Item 20 this is a resolution to accept the sheriff's office military equipment use policy 2025 annual report and inventory and to approve their request for purchase and use of additional equipment consistent with the criteria set forth in state law.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Mettleman. Is the sheriff here yet or a representative? If not, I would like to ask that we come back to this item because he told me he would be.

He also indicated to me that he would be here for this item, so we will come back to item 20. Thank you. Madam Clerk, please call item number 21.

Item 21 this is a motion to direct the budget and legislative analyst to initiate a performance audit in 2026 for the sheriff's office.

I think we can take that item same house same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. All right. And let's go back to item 20.

Item 20, for those of you who just entered the chamber, it is on the floor. It's a resolution to accept the sheriff's office military equipment use policy 2025.

All right. We'll welcome sheriff miyamoto. Come on up. Supervisor walton has questions, comments. Supervisor walton.

Thank you, President Mentlemen, and thank you, Sheriff Miyamoto. Part of approval of this is allowing for possible additional equipment. Is that additional equipment something that is identified already, or is this just a blank saying, if you want some more equipment, we are possibly approving that without knowing what it is?

Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to answer that question. It is not a blank in any way shape or form. There are two specific items that are being requested right now as new equipment. They're listed on there. One is a dfr drone for first responder.

It' the exact same drone technology that the police department currently uses out of the real time investigation center this item is one in which we' going to partner with the police department have that information as a part of Arctic for us specifically there are two things one in our areas of responsibility here in the city one of them is the department public health general hospital and all of the surrounding areas we have to deal with people who are walkaways against medical advice sometimes people who are for better lack of a better term missing persons the drone will help us to search for those individuals in a more efficient timely manner especially with individuals who have medical conditions who may need immediate help and assistance. In addition though the drone itself will also be a part of our ticks deployment throughout our city. The second item to supervisor Walton is what is called a tearball grenade it's actually a canister which has not tear gas but o c pepper spray in it and this is to address what happened a few years ago when we had dispensers canisters that had c s and c n gas and during a training exercise that gas was dispersed and, unfortunately, went into a public area, into a school, and affected members of the San Bruno community.

The tear ball grenade is actually a device which is intended to deliver OC pepper spray, not CN or CS gas into a specific area. And it's to address our safety concern regarding having an increase in our population right now, incarcerated population, which are housed in dormitory type areas so they' in areas out at San Bruno it was something which one utilizes a chemical agent that we already carry on our tool belt so it' not something new and the delivery system itself is not intended to individualize on any specific person. It's for deployment into an area. So the delivery system itself is something we currently have with our CN and CS gases.

And just last question, is there any way to guarantee that drone technology won't violate someone's civil rights? Like people even unintended being captured on camera or etcetera?

Current policy that we have is consistent with what is being used right now for all of our drone deployments in the city will fall under the same guidelines the same criteria we don't have any facial recognition technology on it we don't have a deliverable system we're not intending this to be anything that we deliver things on it's strictly intended to be an observation platform for us to give you an idea of what its value is to us specifically at the sheriff's office the dfr is going to once we deploy this this is only our first one and we intend to deploy it out at San Bruno, our largest facility. We have an increase excuse me in individuals who are outside in our yards and our outside areas this actually helps us to supplement our staffing so that instead of having a deputy that has to be out there on the outer perimeter we have drones that will be able to monitor behaviors inside of these outside areas so that helps us to reduce the need for staffing.

Thank you sheriff and just to note I don't think there is any way possible for there's any way possible to protect everyone's civil rights with drone technology. I mean, just you can see something that somebody doesn't want you to see that gets captured by that drone. So, my no won't just be applying to you. It also applies to the police department. Thank you, chair. Thank you, president mantleman.

Sure and this is a roll call, yes? Madam clerk, please call the roll.

On item 20, supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton. No. Walton, no. Supervisor Wong? Aye. Wong, aye. Supervisor Chan?

Aye.

Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen? Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelman? Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. And Supervisor Sauter? Aye. Sauter, aye. There are eight ayes and one no with Supervisor Walton. There are nine ayes and one no with Supervisor Walton voting no.

And the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, can you please call item 22.

Item 22 this is an ordinance to temporarily exclude certain sites from the provision of California senate bill number 79 that require local jurisdictions to allow residential uses at various densities, heights, and floor area ratios on sites within one half mile of a transit oriented development stop to permanently exclude from those provisions of SB 79 sites located to industrial employment hubs including certain zone sites and sites with a walking path of more than one mile to the closest transit development stop to amend the planning code to permit additional density and height for residential projects on certain parcels within one half mile of a transit oriented development stop. To adopt an alternative plan to s b 79 to include making findings that the alternative plan provide equivalent development capacity to make findings that these exemptions and the city' residential capacity meet the requirements of s p 79 and to affirm the c c d determination and to make the appropriate findings.

Supervisor dorsey.

Thank you President Mandelman. Colleagues as some of you know, I've had reservations about this legislation in my time on this board. I've been consistent in my stance on housing policy and that I think we need to do everything we can to eliminate barriers to housing production. I also think our housing shortage is too acute for us to be saying no or to allow to be allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good. So, I do have reservations about pursuing an alternative plan to SB 79 at all.

I think we should be using every tool we have to increase our housing capacity and that can be accomplished through a combination of state mandates and local zoning and financial structures. Having said that, there is a plan in front of us. As I stated when I joined the land use committee discussion last week, I have concerns with permanently exempting any areas. I thought the permanent exemption was too determinative. And after a lot of thought, I left that meeting intending to vote no on this item.

However, in the last few days, I have learned that the California Department of Housing and Community Development, HCD, is reviewing our draft plan and that they have questions about whether we can exclude parcels in my district that are currently listed as permanently exempt. So I'm very interested to learn more about their interpretation and I look forward to receiving their guidance. That determination won't change underlying zoning but it will provide us with helpful guidance on how we treat these areas in future policy discussions. This process I think has highlighted gaps in our District 6 zoning policy that I will be exploring separately regardless of HCD's guidance. I know that there are things my colleagues like about this plan and and while I myself have reservations, the planning department has suggested an amendment affecting my district that I am willing to support.

It preserves the plan and provides for flexibility on this HCD determination. HCD's guidance is in is not in our hands but pervert but preserving the plan is very much within our hands and this amendment would help us do that. Planning circulated the amendment earlier but I would like if through the chair, to offer the department an opportunity, if I might, just to explain the details of the amendment.

Good afternoon, supervisors. Thank you, Dorsey. Chair Manilan, President Manilan. I'm Joshua Switzky with planning staff, and I believe you have the amendment as Supervisor Dorsey described. It is an uncodified, permit new section at the end of the ordinance, which basically states that following the adoption of this ordinance by the board and us forwarding it to the state, to HCD, that if they determine that any of the parcels that the board's ordinance has put forward as exempt turn out under their determination not to be eligible for that, then the planning director can update those tables accordingly to reflect the final determination by HCD, and that we can do that administratively without coming back to the Board of Supervisors.

Again, this is this would preserve the alternative plan intact. This is clearly a very nuanced and confusing state law. But because we are putting forward an alternative plan that covers the entire city, it would exempt the entire city, effectively, from the implementation of SB 79 because we meet the requirements. And, even if some parcels in these areas are deemed ineligible for these specific exemptions, that doesn't necessarily jeopardize our entire alternative plan that covers the entire city for the next six years. And so, by approving this amendment, we could administratively keep the Alternative Plan moving forward on its schedule, so that HCD can certify it before SB79 takes effect on July 1.

And the end result would be the same, that no parcel in the city would be subject to having its zoning overridden by SB79 for the next several years. So happy to answer any other questions.

Thank you. I see that there I have some colleagues on the roster but I will add that we are advised by the city attorney that this amendment is non substantive. So I would like to make a motion to adopt the amendment that was described just described by the planning department and I will read that into the record just for transparency. This would be appended to the end of the ordinance creating a section 10, updates to tables of exemptions if any parcel identified in the table of permanent exemptions referenced in section three or the table of temporary exemptions low resource parcels referenced in section four becomes ineligible for the applicable exemption for any reason including administrative interpretation from HCD, the board of supervisors authorizes the director of planning to update these tables to remove the ineligible partner parcels such that only the remaining eligible partner parcels are listed in the table for their relevant exemption. Any changes to add previous unidentified parcels to either table, or that would result in increased density or heights for a parcel listed in either table, shall require approval from the board of supervisors.

And that's the amendment.

There's been a motion from Supervisor Dorsey, and a second from Supervisor Mahmoud. And we will continue with our discussion. Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Madelman. If we could get a representative from planning, and thank you so much for being here. How would this amendment alter HCD's authority over San Francisco? In other words, does this give them more power to make a regular, you know, make a decision over us?

The answer is no. It does not give HCD any more authority than they already have. They make the final determination and on the interpretation of the law. We've put forward what we think complies if they determine that it's ineligible it's not has nothing to do with this amendment or or not this amendment.

And does it change zoning controls that apply to any parcel in San Francisco?

No it wouldn't. And we're confident that the alternative plan will still stand even if some of these parcels are deemed ineligible and as a result of having the alternative plan in place the result would be that no parcels would be affected beyond what we' already provided the board.

And just I guess what is concerning, did we decide to do this in the eleventh hour? Because we've been having these conversations for a while.

It's just as this ordinance has been working its way through, there have been ongoing new issues with HCD, new interpretations that have made it clear that there's continuing some ongoing lack of clarity with HCD on some provisions of SB79. And so the city attorney even recommended that we put this in here to preserve our schedule so that we can keep moving forward the path to getting our alternative plan certified before the deadline.

If I may I just wanted to comment sorry Lisa gluckstein planning department staff as well. Just want to comment htd is still very much in the process of interpreting the statute, is frustrating on our end where while we're trying to develop a plan, but they were receiving live guidance in these ongoing calls that we have with them. And so we want to build into the the purpose of this amendment is to acknowledge that some of their interpretations can change and we want to be prepared to respond quickly so that we can preserve our alternative plan in response to any interpretations that get finalized after we adopt this ordinance.

Thank you you president mantleman.

Chair mulgar.

Thank you president mantleman and thank you supervisor dorsey and staff. The Landis and Transportation Committee heard this item and considered an amendment by Supervisor Dorsey, which would have made the permanent restriction of building housing and industrial parcels in Sally and PDR temporary. Nothing would have changed in them. It would have signaled that we were going to consider them, because that's what's at issue here, looking at whether or not this would make us comply with SB79. At the end, the Land Use Committee did not approve that amendment that was put forward by one of our committee members, Supervisor Mahmoud, because that's not usually the way we do things in San Francisco.

The permanent restrictions in industrial parcels were done over the years in a collaborative effort with community to preserve not just housing, because housing is super important, but also blue collar industrial jobs, which are also very important. It is sort of the backbone of working class communities, people who don't have college degrees that still have access to having well paying jobs in our city. And so I do generally think that having permanent anything is not a good idea in planning, because things change. But you do it thoughtfully. I just want to relay this back to what we just went through with the family zoning plan.

We all got in there, rolled up our sleeves. None of us got everything we wanted. But it took us a long time to get through it because we negotiated with community. We made the information transparent. All of these things happened.

That's the way we, in a city as diverse, sharing these seven by seven square miles, usually make decisions about planning for the land and how we use it. So during those conversations, we at the Land Use Committee said to community who were very worried about SB 79, don't worry. We also are planning to be exempted from SB 79 by doing these things. And that map about the parcels that were affected by SB79 were put out to the community during the process of the family zoning plan. I made Mr.

Zawitsky hurry up and get that done, even though it was a little bit stressful, because we wanted community to understand all of these things. So none of this is new. What is new is this last minute sort of issue with HCD about the industrial areas. I think that the plan that we've come up with to just take them out of the calculation is fine. It doesn't change the zoning, as Supervisor Walton says.

It doesn't do anything. We got a letter from some of the advocates saying this is going to lead to speculative buying up of these parcels. I don't believe that's what's going to happen. I don't think anybody's going to plop down a bunch of millions of dollars for a piece of land not really knowing what it's worth or what can be done on it. So I will support the amendment, but I do so reluctantly because I don't think there's any hurry here. I really don't. I think we could have waited a week or two to get clarity from HCD. There has not been a determination from HCD. That has not yet happened. I wish it had, because, you know, it would just guide us better.

I do understand that all land use issues are contentious in our city. I think that we don't want to risk the entirety of the exemption off of SB79 for the West Side, for the East Side, for all of us, based on a few parcels, when we know that nothing's going to happen to it. So that's why I'm supporting your amendment. But I just want to say to planning, there's no reason to freak out the community and to erode the trust that you've worked so hard to build with folks in the community, there's no reason for it. Because there's no hurry.

I think we could have waited a week or two to get clarity and get this done. I understand that this was on the docket. You know, I'm just saying, next time, you know, perhaps the chair of the Land Use and Transportation Committee will be more judicious in when we schedule things, you know, just to give people time. Because I do think that that's also important to the process. Thank you.

Thank you, Chair Melgar. Supervisor Mahmoud.

Colleagues, I just wanted to share why I second the motion from Supervisor Dorsey, and also why I originally put forth the amendment proposal by Supervisor Dorsey for a vote in the planning, in the Land Use Committee. In committee, I introduced that amendment to shorten the timeline under which SB79 rules would not apply to certain industrial employment hubs. I did so because I felt that it would encourage more frank conversations about the future of these zones, particularly when they already allow housing. Because we need the optionality, should we need to in 2029, when we maybe don't meet our housing goals under the housing element and maybe trigger a circuit breaker. The optionality to potentially build housing there in potential areas that were already provisioned would have been helpful.

And it would have been a temporary exemption to SB79. We obviously heard from community members at committee on multiple sides, but including those that said that those hubs in SOMA are already mixed use in nature, and there's a desire for more housing to be built in those areas. The amendment did not pass, as was noted. And I don't intend to introduce it again here, as Supervisor Dorsey mentioned. But I hope that the conversation continues about allowing housing in mixed use areas in SOMA.

And I trust Supervisor Dorsey and the Planning Department are going to continue that. I'd also note that we did call into question at that committee hearing whether we were even allowed to permanently exempt zones where housing was allowed under SB79 under this legislation. Affordable housing is conditionally allowed in the Service Arts And Light Industrial Zone in SOMA, which is excluded under this plan. We were told in committee at the time that the city was confident in their interpretation. But we are hearing this amendment now today because it is clear that subsequent conversations with the Housing and Community Development Department made it clear that there is still some work to do in understanding what we can and cannot legally exclude from up zoning and our SB79 alternative plan.

So, I'm thankful for this amendment that will allow the Planning Department to make necessary changes to comply with HCD and ensure that our housing element is in compliance. And that is why I intend to vote for this amendment.

All right. There's no one else on the roster. Supervisor Dorsey has made a motion to amend. It has been seconded by Supervisor Mahmoud. By the tenor of the conversation, it sounds like we can take that motion without objection. Nope, we're going to a roll call. Please call the roll on the motion.

On the motion to item 22, Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton.

Aye.

Walton, aye. Supervisor Wong. Wong, aye. Supervisor Chan. Chan, Supervisor Chen. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey, aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelman? Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar, aye. And Supervisor Sauter?

Aye.

Sauter, aye. There are nine ayes and one no, with Supervisor Chan voting no.

The motion is approved. Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Manoomin. I first want to thank Chair Mulgar for your leadership on clearly on the not only the family zoning plan, but now that tackling the SB79. We have a long discussion about SB 79, frankly. And that we had a or I should say, I have proposed a resolution opposing the SB 79 with the understanding and the concern, frankly, is that while in support of having building housing along the transit oriented corridor, the concern has always been the protection for residents, tenants, and small business. I think I think what has been happening since the passage of family zoning plan to date and and what it's before us today, and then continuing the amendment with Supervisor Dorsey, it seems like I am I am I am still where I was and where I've been, that as it continued to evolve, it becomes a mockery.

It seems like it's becoming a mockery of all of us, of all the time and efforts that we have spent, and to provide further exemption in the area where, in my opinion, should be also inclusive in other areas throughout the city. So I will be in support of this. I I voted against the amendment. It's not because that I think I I just think that by now, the sentiment I I'm I voted not against the language, but the sentiment. The sentiment itself that somehow we, again, you know, that allowing a a state government to have such a micromanagement of our land use planning and decision making process completely take away, even with the threats of builders remedy, but then actually throughout this process have clearly shown us all of us in San Franciscans that the state government has been overreached in the way that dictating our local government having planning and zoning issues, and our zoning policies.

So, it's only the reason why I voted against that. But I will be voted in support of it, because then, again, with the consideration that differential to my colleagues, particularly Supervisor Walton and also Supervisor Fielder, that, again, these are impactful to the prospective districts that I truly believe it needs protection. But I do not think I do not think that it actually solved neither the housing crisis or the protection for tenants and small business issues that San Francisco faced. Thank you.

Madam clerk please call the roll on the amended item.

On item 22 as amended supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl aye. Supervisor Walton. Aye. Walton aye. Supervisor Wong. Wong, aye. Supervisor Chan? Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen? Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud? Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Melgar, aye. And Supervisor Sauter? Aye. Sauter, aye. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the amended ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, let's go to our 02:30PM special order.

Yes, the 02:30PM special order is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

And today, we are starting with District 3, Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, president Mendelman. Today, I have the honor of welcoming Susan Gage to our chambers to recognize her contributions to Russian Hill and all of San Francisco. Susan, please come on up and join us. San Francisco's neighborhoods are special because of the people that care for them and move them forward. Susan embodies this.

And I consider her to be one of the unsung heroes of District 3. It is nearly impossible to walk around Russian Hill and not bump into Susan, usually hard at work in one of her many, many endeavors. On any given Saturday, you're likely to find Susan at the corner of Filbert And Hyde to kick off the Clean Up and Smile event where dozens of volunteers gather to spread out across Russian Hill with trash bags and pickers to make our streets and sidewalk shine. During holidays, you'll find Susan leading celebrations for Russian Hill neighbors, putting to use her background in catering and organizing of large events. If you are ever invited to a Russian Hill neighbors party, be sure to go because you will leave happy and well fed.

And just this past weekend, Susan was coordinating Francisco Park's fourth anniversary alongside her husband, Tom. They organized yoga, kids activities, and a cake picnic with dozens of beautifully decorated cakes. I know I was there, and supervisor Cheryl was there. And amidst hundreds of people in line clamoring for cakes, Susan was calmly keeping everyone in line and keeping things running. She was instrumental in securing the expansion of mechanical street sweeping in Russian Hill, a service that, astonishingly, most of District 3 lacks.

And alongside Barbara Bella, she was my counterpart in hatching up a new annual tradition, the great neighborhood trash off, which pits North Beach and Russian Hill against each other in the pursuit of cleaner neighborhoods. Susan does all of this work in her quiet, steady way. She cares for the community and neighborhood in countless ways unseen and unsaid. We are so blessed and so lucky to have her stewardship for San Francisco. Susan, thank you for all you do, and I would invite you now to say a few words if you'd like. Thank you.

But first, Supervisor Cheryl would like to say some things.

Thank you, President Mandelman. And Supervisor Sauter, I don't know whether to thank you or not because, Susan, you caused a massive fight in my house on Saturday between my children who are arguing over whether the coconut cake or the s'mores cake was better. And of course, they were both wrong because the answer was both. But in all seriousness, Supervisor Sauter, thank you for recognizing someone whose kindness and thoughtfulness is matched only by her bent for action. You don't sit back.

You lean in and always with that omnipresent smile. And I think we'd also be remiss if we didn't acknowledge Tom. Thank you as well for being here and supporting Susan. And I want to thank you both for really being quick on the draw on Saturday in a very scary situation. But, Supervisor Sauter, thank you for recognizing someone who is just a pure joy. Congratulations, Susan.

Thank you.

Now the floor is yours.

So my husband and I have spent the last forty five years living in Washington, D. C. We built careers, raised our two children, and made a wonderful life there. But to be honest, a piece of my heart has always been in San Francisco. We first lived here in the 70s when my husband was doing his medical training at UCSF, and that is when I fell in love with the city.

The lights, the bay, the hills, and the amazing community. I made myself a quiet promise that someday I'm coming back. Well, that someday is now. Retirement gave me the gift of choice, and I chose San Francisco, a city that I have loved for a very long time. And getting to build a community here all over again, That feels like the greatest gift of all. Thank you so much.

District four, supervisor Wong.

Okay. Can the Lowell High School girls soccer team come up? Good afternoon, colleagues. Today, I'm proud to recognize the Lowell High School girls' varsity soccer team for an extraordinary twenty twenty five, twenty twenty six season and their historic CIF state championship victory, the first title in program history. As someone who grew up in San Francisco and understands how much pride our communities take in our public schools, this recognition feels especially meaningful to me.

When our students succeed, our whole city succeeds. Seeing a public school team from San Francisco reach this level of excellence is something we should all be proud of. This achievement means so much not only to the players, but to the entire Lowell community. It reflects the hard work of students, coaches, teachers, families, and everyone who supports these young athletes behind the scenes. This season, the team finished with an outstanding fifteen-two-zero overall record, including an undefeated league season with 12 wins and secured their twenty ninth Academic Athletic Association, or AA, San Francisco Section Championship.

Their remarkable postseason run established Lowell as one of the top high school soccer programs in California, now ranked sixth in this state and thirty sixth nationally. This kind of success does not happen by accident. It comes from discipline, trust, teamwork, and showing up for one another every single day. I want to recognize head coach Cheryl Fong, who's here with us today, and for building a championship caliber program and creating a culture where students can thrive both on and off the field. I would like to especially highlight team captains Clodagh Matinker, McInter, and Kaleela Spurn for their excellence in leadership and sportsmanship.

Along with their teammates, they have represented Lowell with pride, humility, and determination. I know we also have some very proud parents and family members here today, and I want to recognize you as well. Behind every student athlete is a strong support system, early mornings, late nights, rides to practice, and constant encouragement. Your sacrifices often happen quietly, but they matter deeply, and this achievement belongs to you too. Beyond athletics, these student athletes are committed to academic excellence and community engagement.

They serve as role models across campus and throughout San Francisco, and their historic season has brought tremendous pride to our city. With that, I'd like to turn it over to Principal Batista. Joanne Batista is the twenty second principal of Lowell High School and the fourth alumna to lead the institution. A dedicated educator with over a decade of experience in the SFUSD, She previously served as Lowell's assistant principal of curriculum and instruction and is a strong advocate for student success and educational excellence. Jen, thank you for your leadership, your dedication to Lowell students, and your continued commitment to academic excellence and student success. We're grateful for all that you do for the school community and helping shape the next generation of leaders. Principal Batista. But first,

hold on. Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you so much, President. Thank you, Supervisor Wong, for this really wonderful recognition. So I am so proud of these ladies. You are awesome. You rock it. I am also a Lowell High School parent. So as a parent, I'm also really proud of you, in addition to the District seven supervisor. We have a District seven Youth Council. Many of you know. Some of you have youth councils of your own now.

One of the recommendations that they made this year, because they tell me what to do, is that we need to recognize women's sports more. We have had countless in this chamber. We have had countless recognitions of boys teams that have done championships, and we're very proud of them. But it is very seldom that we recognize women's sports, And we need to do more of it. So thank you, Supervisor Wong, for recognizing the victory that these ladies had, the hard work that went into it, the leadership of the school and the parents in being able to support their success.

And we need to be joyful about it, celebrate it more, and to see you. We see you, and we honor you. Thank you so much.

And now, Principal Bautista, the floor is yours.

Thank you, President Mendelman. Good afternoon. Thank you very much, Supervisor Wong, Supervisor Melgar, and the Board of Supervisors for welcoming our girls soccer team here. This is definitely a first for me and for us as a division or as a group. As Supervisor Wong shared, our girls varsity soccer team led the city, both getting their AAA championship in an undefeated league and also with two losses in outside of league games.

And they secured the Division five CIF state championship. They were the first ever women's high school soccer team in the history of California. And this championship could not have been without the support of our coaching staff, coach or co coach, Cheryl Fong, and Tori Palmer, and Eugene Verano. It is a great job that they have done, not just with this team, but over several years of work and dedication to our students. These young women are both athletes, and they are also students.

And if you hear from our students, the hours of homework that they do on top of showing up with full of energy ready to practice and take on the field is something that our Lowell students do day in and day out. I also want to celebrate our families. My mom was a soccer mom, or more like volleyball and basketball mom. And all of the games, the travel that you all did, coming out to Sacramento for the state championship, going to all of the different events that the students had. Thank you very much for your time, dedication, and support for your children.

And also, the Lowell staff and team, our athletic directors, Chrissy Hosoda and Raymond Chan, for providing the environment where this kind of excellence can flourish. Lowell High School has over 31 sports teams. And it takes those two folks and the support of administration and the coaches to keep all of those teams functioning and being able to celebrate the successes that they have. And the players led by Cloda McIntyre and Kalei Lestern, you are the embodiment of the Cardinal spirit. You celebrate the community.

You help each other out, acting with integrity, taking the risks to take the shots, or create space for your teammates to make those shots, and being patient with each other as you all continue to learn and grow. Whether you were named All City Player of the Year or were the teammates cheering the loudest from the sidelines, you proved that when you combine talent and discipline, you become unstoppable. You have brought tremendous pride to Lowell and the entire city of San Francisco. And I hope that you continue to set the new standard for what it means to be a student athlete. Congratulations to an unforgettable record making season. Let's keep that momentum going.

There will be more photographs in the rotunda. Next up district five supervisor Mahmoud.

Colleagues, in honor today of Autism Acceptance Month, I'm proud to recognize Mika Kieh Weisbach. Can you please come up to the podium? Mika is a nonprofit leader who is a dedicated advocate for San Francisco's disability community. This recognition is especially meaningful for me, both personally and in what it represents for our city, because it speaks to the importance of building a San Francisco that centers understanding and lived experience in shaping public policy and community life. Mika serves as co director of the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center, the first publicly funded disability cultural center in the entire country.

In this role, they help lead a space grounded in access and cultural change where disabled people can organize and build community on their own terms. The Disability Cultural Center offers programming designed to reduce isolation and foster connection. One example is Together Time, an open virtual gathering where community members can socialize and build relationships. Mika has helped create such spaces for emotional expression and support, where participants can process their experiences in ways that feel safe and affirming. That care shows up in both the big and small details, creating an environment where people feel genuinely welcomed.

As Eli Gallarden from the San Francisco Office of Disability and Accessibility has shared, Mika's leadership centers on access for all, rooted in care and empowerment. They create spaces where people can show up as their full selves, while also modeling what it means to lead through connection and community. Mika's leadership is informed by deep experience in community organizing and global nonprofit work. In 2011, they founded Welles de Paz, a community cultural center in Managua, Nicaragua, which continues to provide mental health and gender affirming support for LGBTQIA plus communities, along with cultural and educational programming. The impact of that work is lasting, with young people who first connected there now growing into leaders themselves.

Across all of their work, Mika approaches disability justice as cultural work, emphasizing care and the understanding that access is something that benefits all of us. Story is a powerful example of what it means to build community rooted in belonging. Through their leadership, they are not only creating space, but helping redefine how our city understands disability. Mika, thank you for your leadership and your commitment to the disability community in San Francisco. Your work is helping make our city more inclusive and more just for the residents we serve. We are grateful for everything you have done and look forward to the impact you will continue to make in the years ahead. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Mahmoud. We're really lucky to have a leader who's one of us. And I'm humbled to be recognized today. I'm so grateful to get to be part of the Disability Cultural Center here in San Francisco.

And it wouldn't be possible without city leaders who understand the importance of disability spaces and disability culture. And I have seen that need so clearly. One community member put it beautifully when they said, as a low income, queer, trans, disabled person of color, I frequent the DCC because it is a space where I feel safe to unmask and to be my authentic and unapologetic self. It is such a privilege to be part of co creating this space, a space that I didn't fully recognize how much I needed to. And that's exactly why we're here for, because we know all too well that in our current reality, basic rights and acceptance aren't a given.

We heard autism called an epidemic and a preventable disease by The US Secretary of Health and Human Services while denying actual epidemics. It's enough to make me need to add a fourth weighted blanket to my sleeping setup. So let this recognition be reflected back to our beautiful community as we do our best to calm our nervous systems in a world that's far too harsh for them, whether you mask all the time or you don't have it in you to mask it all. To those who were diagnosed at three and also those who are afraid to seek a diagnosis in this political climate, for the black, brown, trans, and afab folks who are overlooked or not believed, and for those with high support needs in a capitalist economy. You deserve not just acceptance.

You deserve respect and human rights and care and belonging and love. A friend told me recently that he's trying to channel our beloved ancestor, Alice Wong, and lead with love. For me, leading with love means uplifting the brilliance in our disability community, and it also means bringing someone a heated blanket or a mask or a pair of earplugs or a piece of vegan chocolate cake while dressed in a cookie monster or raccoon onesie. It means unmasking together. So I just wanna say I love how your brain works.

You are not too much, and you are enough just as you are. You deserve all the love in the world. And I'll end, as Alice often did, with one more expression of love. Thank you all so much, and free Palestine.

District six supervisor dorsey.

Thank you president mandelman colleagues it is my privilege today to honor val canapoli, a man who has been integral to the evolution of the San Francisco Ballet into a world class artistic and cultural treasure. Val, come on up to the lectern. Val Val Cannaparoli was born in Renton Washington and studied music and theater at Washington State University. While studying at WSU, he took a ballet workshop where his talent was noticed immediately. He was offered a Ford Foundation scholarship in 1972 and began his ballet training at the San Francisco Ballet School.

After only a year and a half into his studies, he was offered a contract with the company where he would dance for the next fifty three consecutive seasons. Val rose through the ranks and quickly became a lead dancer under the co directorship of Lou Christensen and Michael Smuen and was eventually named as the company's resident choreographer. Over the years, he has served as a principal character dancer and rehearsal director. I myself have seen you perform many times as uncle Drosselmeyer in the Nutcracker where my goddaughter has performed for many years. Val has worked with artistic directors Helgi Thomason, Tamara Rojo and performed with choreographers including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, William Forsyth, Paul Taylor, Frederick Aston, Kenneth McMillan, Arthur Pita, Yuri Posakov and many others.

As he steps away from the war memorial stage as a performer, Val is nowhere near the end of his artistic his impressive artistic career. And as the San Francisco Chronicle made clear in the first paragraph of its own story on Val's decision to step away from the stage, he isn't retiring. Val has created hundreds of ballets for companies all over the world, 25 pieces for the dancers of the San Francisco Ballet, as well as works performed by the Smooth and Contemporary Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Scottish Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet Theatre, Louisville Ballet, Richmond Ballet, and Ballet West, and more. His ballet Lamborina was even performed by ballerina sisters Lorena and Lorna Fehoe on Sesame Street. When COVID nineteen struck and shuttered theaters around the world, Val created a new full length production of Jekyll and Hyde for the Finnish National Ballet, working with dancers in Finland as he choreographed their steps from San Francisco over Zoom.

His latest project is the new production of Copilia, set to premiere with the National Ballet of Canada in the 2027. Val, on behalf of the grateful board of supervisors, congratulations on a long career as a dancer with the San Francisco Ballet and best of luck from us to you on all of your future creations.

Thank you, supervisor Dorsey, and members of the Board of Supervisors. This is quite an honor. Thank you so much. I don't know if you remember. Most of you are too young, but remember the song, If You're Going to San Francisco, Wear Flowers in Your Hair?

1967, I was obsessed with that as a sophomore in high school, and I knew I was gonna move here. That and I who would've known that in 1972, that dream or obsession would've become true? I'm so grateful for my fifty four years at San Francisco Ballet, and all of the experiences as a dancer, choreographer, rehearsal assistant, and I've built many relationships along the way with, that have gone on the journey with me. Some of them are here with us today, which I totally appreciate. Thank you.

And I've been I would like to thank not only the artistic staff that I've worked with, but which includes mind you, I was here fifty four years. The company's ninety three years. I've been with five artistic directors. I wanna thank them. William Christian, Lou Christensen, Michael Smuen, Helke Thomason, and Tamara Royal.

They've all kept me on, which is I'm so grateful for. But also, really grateful to all the musicians, stage crew, set and costume designers, administrative staff, board members, composers, prop masters, and particularly the dancers who I share the stage with and created on. And, it was, I've been one of the luckiest people in the world. Well, you won't see me on stage anymore. I'm booking as a choreographer more than ever in the Bay Area, as well as worldwide, which I, again, am one of the luckiest people in the world, and I get to live in San Francisco.

Well, won't see me on a stage anymore. I will be choreographing quite often. San Francisco has been my home for more than half a century, and I'm so grateful and feel privileged to be able to live here and be in a city that appreciates the arts, funds the arts, and because arts are so essential for any city, and it's a world class city, some of which is because of the arts and the support of it. The city continues to inspire me, and I look forward to continue to create and choreograph here. Thank you so much. Thank you.

District ten supervisor walton.

Thank you so much president mound of the minute. Colleagues, today I rise to honor Sam Dodge. We want to proudly honor a public servant whose impact on San Francisco can be seen in every neighborhood, every coordinated response, and every life touched through compassion and action. Today, we recognize Sam Dodge for nearly twelve years of extraordinary service to the city and county of San Francisco and for a lifetime dedicated to helping people who are too often overlooked. Sam built a career by taking on the city's hardest challenges and the jobs few others were willing to do.

He did not seek easy assignments or public praise, instead he stepped into crisis, complexity and controversy with determination, vision, and heart. Throughout his service to San Francisco, Sam became one of the city's leading architects of innovative homelessness response systems. As a key leader in the mayor's office of hope, the department of homelessness and supportive housing, public works, and the department of emergency management, Sam helped shape how this city responds to unhoused residents with dignity and urgency. He was instrumental in creating San Francisco's first navigation center, transforming the shelter model and offering a path to stability for thousands. He designed and launched the Pit Stop Public Toilet Program, now a nationally recognized model, that has served hundreds of thousands of people while improving public health citywide.

He founded and led the Healthy Streets Operations Center, bringing together multiple departments to coordinate humane and effective responses to encampments and street crises. Most recently, as director of street response coordination, Sam built an entirely new division at the Department of Emergency Management, overseeing interagency operations that significantly reduced encampment activity, improved emergency response times, and created stronger systems of care. He helped launch the heart response team, freeing police and fire resources while connecting vulnerable residents to services. He also served as a founding leader of the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, confronting one of the city's most urgent public safety crisis. But beyond the titles and programs, Sam's greatest legacy is his willingness to do the hard work of government with empathy.

He understood that behind every policy debate was a human being in need. Behind every statistic was a person deserving dignity. District ten will especially miss Sam's steadfast commitment because no matter the hour or the challenge, he was always available, responsive, and ready to help our team solve problems for community. His care career reflects a simple but powerful truth, progress happens when courageous people are willing to serve. So today, we extend our deepest gratitude to Sam Dodge for his leadership, innovation, toughness, compassion, and unwavering commitment to making this city better for all.

Thank you Sam for your years of service and for leaving San Francisco stronger than you found it.

Thank you.

But wait, because Sam Dodge, you have fans. Supervisor Sherrill.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Supervisor Walton, thank you so much for honoring an incredible public servant. Sam, Supervisor Walton spoke about you perfectly. And so I won't repeat that. But on a personal note, I just want to thank you for your patience and your graciousness and your kindness to me.

When we met almost four years ago, I probably knew less than nothing. And you taught me what it means to be a public servant here in San Francisco, what it means to be aggressively compassionate in serving people who want a better life, and how we here in city government are here to solve problems. And I can see out in the audience so many of your colleagues who I've also been lucky to work alongside. And I think their presence here speaks to it just as well. You are a kind, thoughtful, and smart person.

We are so lucky for you. I am so lucky for you on a personal level. And I just want to just thank you from me, Steve, not as a supervisor, but just from me. Thank you.

Thanks. Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President. Thank you, Supervisor Walton, for honoring Sam. Sam, I've been missing you. You know, as Supervisor Walton has stated, public servants do a lot. They do a lot that is not seen.

And you did much more than most. You responded immediately with thoughtfulness, with empathy, and with smarts. You were strategic and logical. And you always sought to understand people's situations and meet them where they were at to get to our public policy goals. And I have so appreciated the partnership, your responsiveness to the District seven office, to me personally, for everything you've done.

Thank you for what you've done for people and for the city and county of San Francisco. We really appreciate you.

Thank

Thanks, Supervisor Melgar. Thanks, Supervisor Walden. I'm very glad that you did this. I think any of us who had the opportunity to work with Sam are grateful in each of our own ways, each of our own districts had different challenges. And Sam, you had a wild, wild ride in San Francisco from the navigation center days to the pandemic to the DMAC.

Lots and lots of different strategies, lots and lots of different demands coming at you from lots and lots of different people, sometimes pushing you in all sorts of different directions. I always found you to be a great partner. And you did some great things in the Castro. I was glad to be able to work with you on of that. And you were always the other thing that just you were always attuned to the needs of the community and responsive to that.

You also were worried about the actual human beings on the street. And that was it came through, and I really appreciated it. So thank you for your work.

Thank you, Supervisor. Supervisor Walden, President Menloyn, the full board, thank you. This is one of the most meaningful recognitions of my career, and I'm genuinely moved to receive it from you and from this body as a whole. I want to start by introducing two people who are here with me today. My wife, Heather Dodge, who has lived alongside this work for all of it through every late night and hard week and moment of doubt, and who never once asked me to do anything other than to keep going.

Heather, I love you and thank you. I'm also lucky to be joined here today among other people by Del Seymour, founder of Code Tenderloin and longtime chair of the local Homeless Courtroom and Glory. Dell and I are friends, but we go back a long way. There was a time when Dell was a client of mine, a man navigating homelessness in one of the hardest neighborhoods in one of the most expensive cities in the world. I got to play a small part in that chapter of his story, and then I got to watch him write the rest of it himself, founding an organization that has trained thousands of people, restoring dignity one person at a time in a neighborhood that he loves and becoming one of the most respected advocates in the city.

Del, the honor of knowing you is entirely mine. You're the reason I keep doing this work you and people like you. I moved to San Francisco twenty eight years ago this July. I came not knowing exactly what I was looking for and soon after a couple of years, I found it in an unlikely place, in the Tenderloin, at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, organizing tenants, preventing evictions, and trying to keep people in their homes. That work taught me the most important thing I know.

The people we serve are not problems to be managed. They are neighbors who know the solutions. They are people in the middle of the story, and we get the privilege of being part of how that turns out. From the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, I went to New York City to the city's Department of Homeless Services, and then I came back home to San Francisco, to city government, where I now have the honor of serving for twelve years twelve years working on projects with nearly every department and agency the city has I want to say something clearly because it doesn't get said nearly enough. Every corner of this city government, I found talented, dedicated, and deeply committed people, people who showed up every day in conditions that were often difficult, sometimes dangerous or even deadly, and almost always thankless.

The people at Public Works, at the Department of Public Health, at HSH, at HSA, the Department of Emergency Management, MTA, three eleven, SFPD, and the Fire Department, they are what makes this city function. This commendation belongs to them as much as it belongs to me. In twelve years, I've had the chance to help build some things I'm proud of. Supervisor Walden named a lot of them, and there's more. But the navigation center model, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, the Pit Stop Program, the Healthy Streets Operations Center, DMACC, the Heart Team, a record increase in federal housing funds, thousands of new supportive housing units, the first adult LGBTQ center shelter, and our safety ambassador program.

Dedicated people at the ground and neighborhoods across the city, building relationships, de escalating, connecting with people to services. Ambassadors are not a footnote to this work. They're in the front lines of it every single day, doing exactly what this city asks its most committed people to do, show up, be present, and treat every person they meet with dignity. I want to be honest with you. None of these programs are what I think about when I think about this work.

What I think about is the individual people, both working and changing their lives. A man who has been sleeping outside for a decade and then wasn't. A woman who finally felt safe enough to sleep indoors. The moment almost the moment invisible to most when someone's life shifts direction. Those moments are underappreciated.

The workers who create them, the outreach workers, case managers, shelter staffs, ambassadors walking the same block day after day, the people who sit with someone in crisis and say, I see you, and we can work this out together. They are the whole point. They often don't end up on this podium, but we're here together today. I also want to say this. We have a duty to care for one another, not as a slogan, as a daily practice.

The measure of a city is not its skyline or its wealth. It's how it treats a person sleeping in a doorway. San Francisco, imperfectly, yet persistently, has chosen to turn towards that person rather than away from them. I have been honored to be part of that choice all these years. I'm grateful to Supervisor Walden in the District 10 office and all your offices for seeing this work and honoring it.

I'm grateful to the city for letting me serve it, for teaching me, and for never letting me look away. And I'm not finished yet this work will continue. Thank you so much.

And if you want to come on into the well.

Alright.

Madam clerk I think we go back to item 23 now.

Item 23 this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to authorize the san francisco municipal transportation agency to establish a curbside electric vehicle charging station permit program for the installation and operation of curbside electric vehicle charging on city sidewalks and to provide that permit is are not required to obtain a sidewalk encroachment permit from the department of public works to further amend the public works code to reflect the authority of the sfmta to issue permits for the curbside electric vehicle charging station program and to amend the transportation code to authorize the sfmta to impose administrative penalties for violations of electric vehicle charging station permits.

Please call the roll.

On item 23, supervisor cheryl. Cheryl aye supervisor walton walton absent supervisor wang aye wang aye supervisor chan supervisor chen supervisor dorsey Dorsey, I. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud, I. Supervisor Mandelman?

I.

Supervisor Mandelman, I. Supervisor Melgar? I. Melgar, I. And Supervisor Sauter? Aye. Sauter, aye. There are nine ayes and one absence.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call item 24.

Item 24, this is a resolution to support California State Assembly Bill number 2,276 introduced by Assembly Member Esmeralda Sorilla which will establish a pilot program requiring the installation of active intelligence speed assistance drive a device for drivers convicted of severe speeding related to offenses in select California counties.

Please call the roll.

On item 24 supervisor cheryl. Aye. Cheryl aye. Supervisor walton aye. Walton aye. Supervisor wong Wong, aye. Supervisor Chan. Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud? Aye. Aye. Supervisor Mandelman?

Aye.

Mandelman, I. Supervisor Melgar, Melgar, I. And Supervisor Sauter? I. Sauter, I. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call items 25 through 37 together.

Yes items 25 through 37 are 13 resolutions that initiate landmark designation for item 25 this is for the california masonic memorial temple located at 1111 Through 1171 California St item 26 is for finocchio is located at 500 Through 508 Bw. Item 27 is for Fugazi Building located at 678 Green St item 28 is for the george perrin house located at 535 Powell Street item 29 is for the great china theater located at 626 Through 638 Jackson Street Item 30 is for the italian american club located at 1630 Stockton St. Item 31 is for the Maybeck Building located at 1736 Stockton St. Item 32 is for mona' candle light located at 463 Through 473 Brad Way item 33 is for the nong ku school located at 755 Sacramento St item 34 is for the old first presbyterian church item 35 is for the Transamerica Pyramid located at 600 Montgomery St. Item 36 is for the university club located at 800 Pal Street Item 37 is for the Vesuvio Cafe building located at 253 Columbus Avenue.

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, President. I hope we'll have your support for '25 through '37, although on '20 '9 we need a little bit more time to work on that particular item. So I would ask and make a motion that we send 29, re refer that back to land use.

Okay. Supervisor Sauter has made a motion to re refer item 29 to Land Use Committee. Is there a second? Seconded by Cheryl. Colleagues, can we take that without objection? Without objection, the motion is approved. And then, Madam Clerk, could you call the roll on or actually, we don't need to call the roll. I think we can take the remaining items. That is everything from 25 to 37, excluding 29. Same house, same call, without objection. The resolutions are adopted. Madam clerk please call item 38.

Item 38 this is a motion to appoint john ma to the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee term ending 12/31/2026.

Same house, same call, without objection. The motion is oops. Did someone just go on the roll? Okay. Supervisor Dorsey. I just don't want to

let the moment pass of saying what a big fan I am of John Maas just because I have worked with him going back on tobacco free kids and some of the things that we have done. And I'm just a fan, and this is a particularly enthusiastic vote today. Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam Clerk, please call items thirty nine and forty together.

Items thirty nine and forty are two motions to approve two mayoral nominations to reappoint members to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors. Item 39 reappoints timothy reu for a term ending twotwenty sixtwenty thirty my apologies if I mispronounced that item 40 reappoints linda fadiki richard for a term ending 04/28/2030.

And again, same house, same call, without objection.

Motions

are Mr. President, before you gavel down.

Good Lord, Dorsey. So I can't let them all.

I am a fan of both of these two. And I realize I should never do this. But Linda has been terrific at the Treasure Island. And I'm a fan of Tim's as well. So I feel now now I feel guilty for leaving people out. So I'm happy to support them both.

All right. Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey. Same house, same call, without objection. The motions are approved. Madam Clerk, let's go to roll call.

Supervisor Sherrill, you're first up to introduce new business. Submit. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, madam thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today I have an in memoriam as we come together to honor the life and legacy of Dwayne Gaines, senior, a beloved community leader, servant, and advocate whose impact will be felt in the community for generations to come. Dwayne Gaines embodied the principle, love thy neighbor as thyself. He did not simply speak those words, he lived them each and every day. Through his unwavering commitment to service, he poured his time, energy, and heart into uplifting others, especially those too often overlooked or left behind.

He was known throughout our communities as someone who showed up, whether feeding families in need, supporting residents through hardship, or standing in the gap during times of crisis, Duane led with compassion and action. His leadership was never performative. It was personal, visible, and transformative. He also dedicated himself to interrupting cycles of violence, protecting the lives of young people, and helping neighborhoods heal from generations of pain and trauma. He believed every life had value, every person deserved dignity, and every community deserved hope.

Dwayne Gaines senior leaves behind more than memories. He leaves behind a blueprint for what true community leadership looks like. A legacy rooted in love, accountability, service, and faith in people. Today, we honor not only the man he was, but the countless lives he touched and the stronger city he helped build. May we continue his work, carry forward his spirit, and never forget the example he set for all of us. May Dwayne Gaines senior rest in power and everlasting peace. And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton. Supervisor Wong. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Chan. Submit. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Chan. All right. Well, Supervisor Chan. Roll call.

Thank you, Madam Kerr. Hello, colleagues. I am introducing a resolution today to celebrate May 2026 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in San Francisco, a time to honor the rich histories, cultures, and enduring contribution of our AAPI communities. The month of May holds deep historical significance. It marks both the arrival of the first recorded Japanese immigrants in 1843 and the completions of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, an achievement made possible largely through the labor of Chinese workers who preserved it under harsh and unjust conditions.

What began decades ago as a call for visibility has grown into a nationwide observance. Now, in its twenty second year, the APA Heritage Foundation's theme is to elevating cultures, highlighting the beauty and diversity of AAPI traditions, from art and literature to food, performances, and community store storytelling. There are over a 100 events taking place across the city this in May. We are excited to kick off the month on May 6 with the APA Heritage Awards and Community Gala. This special evening will honor outstanding organizations and youth leaders and showcase cultural performances that reflect the vibrancy of our community of our communities.

Thank you to Claudine Chang and her hard working team. Thank you, colleagues, for your support in fostering cross cultural understanding in our city. And the rest, submit. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Chen. Supervisor Dorsey. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Mahmoud.

Colleagues, in the 1966, The Tenderloin, much like today, was a center of queer culture and a haven for people marginalized by society. The location of Jean Compton's cafeteria at the corner of Turk And Taylor was a particularly important third space for the transgender community at the time. In the nineteen sixty's in San Francisco, cross dressing was illegal. And, trans women in particular were targeted by staff at the cafeteria and the police department at the time. These tensions came to a head one night in August 1966, when after a trans woman was almost arrested, she fought back, galvanized the trans community and their allies.

The violent clash is recognized as the beginning of the transgender activism movement in San Francisco, and a precedent to Stonewall riot three years later in New York City. While the site is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, the first such place in the nation associated with the transgender rights movement, the local landmarking has been limited to the facade of the 1st Floor and the street in front. Trans activists and community leaders have been clear that the limited scope of the local landmarking is unacceptable. The building at 101 To 121 Taylor, as a whole, represents the power of the trans movement and the history of resistance in San Francisco. The building's current use has been a point of difficulty for the Tenderloin community.

It operates as a transitional facility under federal contracts owned by GEO Group, a private prison company that contracts with ICE and is an important element of the nation's prison industrial complex. Last year, I held a hearing on the facility at Turk And Taylor after the passing of Melvin Bolawan, who was in a GEO Group custody at the time of his death. We heard from community members that were formerly residents at the site about the deplorable conditions, an awful mistreatment that they received within those walls. It's clear that GEO Group is operating this building in a way that is at odds with spirit of freedom of civil rights that embodies the events that took place there sixty years ago, and Prose is a threat to that legacy. That's why today, I'm introducing legislation to landmark the entire building that contains Compton Cafeteria as a San Francisco Article 10 landmark.

This effort was shaped in close partnership with the Turk and Taylor Initiative, Compton Coalition, and the Transgender District, who have been leading documentation, advocacy, and preservation work for years. Community leadership from the Transgender District, including Brianna McCree, has helped center the importance of protecting the full building as a continuous space of transgender life, survival, resistance, and organizing. We're also grateful to Compton's coalition, especially Chandra Laborde, and the working group for their leadership and detailed policy input. We also thank Doctor. Susan Stryker for her foundational documentation and storytelling work on the Compton's Cafeteria uprising, and Andrea Horn for her continued advocacy and preserving trans history.

Special thank you to Honey Mahogany for her early work on this project and ongoing leadership to advancing trans equity here in San Francisco, as well as Jupiter Paraza for laying much of the groundwork on this project. I wanna thank Supervisor Chen for your cosponsorship. And thanks to Pilar LaValle and Rich Sucre at the planning department, and Raynel Cooper and Will McPhee on my team for their work on this item. Next, colleagues. For a very different kind of history, I want to take us back to a long time ago, and a galaxy far, far away.

I'm pleased to introduce a resolution declaring 05/04/2026 as Star Wars Day for the first time in San Francisco. Created by George Lucas, Star Wars is one of the most influential film and television franchises in history, and San Francisco is deeply connected to that legacy. Lucasfilm is headquartered in the Presidio, where Industrial Light and Magic continues to lead innovation in filmmaking. Our city has also hosted the first public screening of the original film in 1977, and today remains a destination for fans from the iconic Yoda fountain to new attractions in the Presidio. Ahmed Best, the actor who portrayed Jar Jar Brinks in The Phantom Menace, was discovered at a dance performance in San Francisco.

At its core, Star Wars is about hope, resilience, the pursuit of justice, values that resonate strongly with the people of San Francisco. As Charis Nemec says on Andor, the pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. The saga is fundamentally about the need for persistence, ingenuity, and coming together as a community to push back against forces that threaten our way of life, something I know that as a board and as a city government, we have to reckon with every day. May 4 be with you, has grown from a fan driven play on Jedi Well Wishes into a global celebration. It's a testament to the enduring power of this story and the community that surrounds it.

This resolution recognizes that legacy and invites all San Franciscans, including Supervisor Melgar and myself, I think are the main Star Wars nerds on the board, to celebrate the impact that this franchise has had on our culture and our city. And, in the wise words of a sage Jedi Master, my colleagues, vote or vote not. There is no try. I respectfully ask for your support. The rest I submit.

I've got a funny feeling about this one. Thank you, Supervisor Mahmoud. Supervisor Mandelman.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Please add me to Supervisor Mahmoud's legislation regarding Compton's Cafeteria. The Compton's Cafeteria landmarking. I am submitting a resolution recognizing May 26 as Jewish American Heritage Month, and May as San Francisco Jewish Week in the City And County Of San Francisco. I want to thank Supervisor Melgar for your co sponsorship.

I also want to thank Supervisor Dorsey, who has added himself as well, and look forward to discussing that more next week. Today, though, I am asking that we adjourn our meeting in memory of Michael Tilson Thomas, one of the preeminent figures in twentieth and twenty first century classical music and the longtime music director for the San Francisco Symphony who died at his home surrounded by friends and family on April 22 at the age of 81. I am going to ask that unless there are objections, we do this in memory on behalf of the entire board. Michael was born on 12/21/1944 in Los Angeles and grew up in a household immersed in musical performance and theater. He began playing piano and conducting as a teenager, and quickly rose to prom, prominence in Los Angeles, helping premier world, premier works by world famous composers, including Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copeland, and accompanying world class musician, musicians, including violinist, Jascha Heifetz.

Michael continued studying music at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. After graduating in 1967, he earned a conducting fellowship at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony. There, he received the prestigious Kuzefsky Prize, a recognition that led to him meeting Leonard Bernstein, who would become a lifelong friend and mentor. In 1969, at the age of 24, he was appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, where he worked until 1970. He then went on to serve as music director for the Buffalo Philharmonic for eight years, and principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for seven years, before becoming the music director of the San Francisco Symphony in 1995.

Michael guided the orchestra in new directions, pairing standard repertoire with lesser known works and experimental contemporary music. He became especially renowned for his interpretations of Gustav Mahler, which culminated in seven Grammy Awards and inspired a new generation of Bay Area listeners to fall in love with a composer. Michael made major history as one of the first openly gay musical conductors of a major orchestra. He met Joshua Robison in their junior high school band, and Joshua would recount in later years how he heard Michael dazzle fellow classmates on the piano. The two reunited and fell in love in 1976.

They would be personal and professional partners for the next half century, marrying in 2014. Joshua predeceased Michael in February, at the age of 79. When Michael was under consideration to become the music director of the San Francisco Symphony, his relationship with Joshua was widely known, and his identity as a queer man in a committed relationship did stir controversy. To this day, many queer musicians credit Michael's leadership within the symphony and his commitment to living openly and authentically for making it easier for them to come out and paving the way for greater inclusion of openly queer artists in classical music. Michael stepped down as musical director in 2020.

And despite the COVID-nineteen pandemic, and later being diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, Michael continued to conduct, record, and teach all around the world. His final public appearance was on April 26, when he conducted the San Francisco Symphony in a belated eightieth birthday celebration concert. He died in a San Francisco home surrounded by family and friends. San Francisco already misses his boundless creativity, talent, energy, and his loss has been felt around the world. Rest in peace and power, Michael Tilson Thomas. May your memory be a blessing. And the rest, I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Mandelman. Supervisor Malgar. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Sodder.

Thank you. Colleagues, I have two items to introduce today. First, I'm introducing legislation to allow for the renewal and expansion of the Downtown Community Benefit District, also known as Downtown SF Partnership. This comes only after significant groundwork laid by the district over the past year, including hours of conversation with property owners and downtown stakeholders to reach this point. An early renewal is not easy nor is it common.

We should take this as a real sign of the trust that the downtown partnership has built up and an indication of its ambition to be an ever greater steward of our downtown spaces. The partnership was formed in 2020 and of course starting up in the midst of the pandemic in which downtown was impacted most was not for the faint of heart. And yet, the CBD has shown its resilience through both essential daily services around safety and cleanliness and creative new programs, including Let's Glow SF, Market Street Ambassadors, the Front Street Entertainment Zone, and Placemaking at the Downtown Gateway Mechanics Monument and The Landing At Leitersdorf. With this renewal, the district will expand from roughly 43 to 70 blocks, adding port side frontage along the Embarcadero. And the renewed term is ten years from January 2027 through December 2036.

Most importantly, we'll see the impact of the renewal with an expansion of services, more cleaning, new overnight safety patrols, and a strengthening of small business support and public space programming. The downtown partnership will also be vital in supporting the newly renovated Embarcadero Plaza, which we are excited to break ground on in the next year. I want to express my thanks and appreciation first to Robbie Silver, the executive director of the Downtown SF partnership. Robbie is a steady hand who always balances the task at hand with the pursuit of a bigger vision. Thanks as well to all of the leadership, the Downtown SF partnership, its board and stakeholders, well as city departments, particularly the port and recon part who collaborated to reach this point.

Finally, big thank you to Jackie Hazelwood from OEWD for the invaluable role she has played in this early renewal and all of the important relationships with CBDs across the city. Next, today I am introducing legislation to expand San Francisco's paid family leave. This legislation would result in a targeted and meaningful expansion by allowing more expecting parents to be eligible for benefits after ninety days of employment rather than one hundred and eighty days as currently written. We shouldn't force new parents to choose between families in their careers. This expansion will result in more new parents covered, stronger families, all while contributing towards a more competitive workforce.

The numbers are clear on the impact of paid family leave. Parents who have access to it experience 30% lower levels of depression and see a 10% decrease in risk of poverty and a 4% boost in household income. Paid family leave also contributes to a strong economy, resulting in a 6% increased rate of return to the workforce and a long term improvement in the rate of labor force detachment. A decade ago, San Francisco became the first major city to provide fully paid parental leave for new parents, and that was groundbreaking at the time. Today's expansion ensures we do more to support young families.

I wanna share my gratitude to my initial co sponsors of this legislation, supervisors Melgar, Walton, Cheryl, Chen, and Mahmoud. A year ago, I became a new dad. And yesterday, my daughter took her first steps. This journey is rewarding and joyful, but raising a young child in San Francisco isn't easy and I say that as someone with means and privilege. There are targeted specific ways in which our government can do more to support young families.

So that's why today's paid family leave expansion is only the beginning of my focus to make it easier to raise a young family in San Francisco. This effort, supporting tomorrow's residents with opportunity, livability, learning, education, and resources, which thankfully shortens conveniently to the Stroller Act, will include multiple initiatives to shape San Francisco to become more friendly, accessible, and affordable to those raising young families. Through the STROLER Act, we will seek to expand access to diaper changing tables and buildings, strengthen strengthen legislation to support nursing mothers nursing mothers in the workplace, make public transit more accessible to families, speed up new curb ramps and sidewalk repairs, and ensure pathways to learning are available for all San Francisco residents. Thank you to my chief of staff, Tita Bell, for all of her partnership to bring this forward. Thank you, as well, to Maureen Slack in the city attorney's office.

And thank you to the mayor and department on the status of women for their support of this legislation. And the rest, I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sauter. Mr. President, there are no names on the roster. That concludes the introduction of new business.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Do need me to gavel down on my request to do the MTT on behalf of full board?

That would be in order.

All right. Let's do that without objection. All right. Let's go to roll call. Not roll call, to public comment.

Yes. At this time, the board welcomes your public comment. If you wouldn't mind lining up on your right hand side of the chamber, you'll be able to speak to the minutes as presented. Whether or not the board should go into closed session, that's item 43, to discuss the various items with the city attorney's office. Items 44 through 47 the items up for adoption without committee reference and other general matters not on the published agenda but must be within the board subject matter jurisdiction.

I will just state for the record that there are there are no public comments associated with any electioneering. So we're nearing an election. And we'll take the first call, I'm sorry, we'll take the first speaker. We're setting the timer for two minutes. Welcome.

Let's hear from our next speaker. Welcome.

Afternoon. Denise Louis speaking. As you may know from previous communications, I'm a longtime advocate for fire prevention and preparedness, and for native biodiversity. In my April 2 email to you, I asked for discussion or board resolution, an ordinance, or charter reform regarding seven issues. The top three include providing prioritizing public safety, especially with respect to fire prevention and preparedness, and thus prioritizing our budgets.

Secondly, we need a vegetation management plan that addresses vegetative fuel reduction to mitigate wildfire risk and to focus on planting indigenous plants. Thirdly, to hold the PUC accountable for expanding the emergency firefighting water system to all unprotected neighborhoods by 2034. These issues are aligned with your prior wildfire hearings in 2015, 2019, and 2021, with your 2018 biodiversity resolution, and with your 2019 declaration of a state of urgency for full build out of the emergency firefighting water system. I urge you to take my seven suggestions seriously. And since the Land Use Committee did not or does not allow public comment at their meetings, I now request that those of you who are members hold another wildfire prevention and preparedness hearing or workshop, of course, with public participation.

I'd even like to make a presentation. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Welcome to the next speaker.

Hi, my name is Richard Johnson and I'm speaking on behalf of HV SAFE. I have over three decades of community service experience in San Francisco, and by far the dismissal and unwillingness to hear from all constituents that I have witnessed over the last year has never been so damning. After trying for an entire quarter at the start of his tenure last year, Supervisor Montmud has demonstrated exclusionary engagement which we outlined in formal notices to City Hall, notices he has been a recipient of. A few days leading up to the recent SFMTA iScot hearing, Supervisor Montboux's office actively coordinated with the HVNH a letter of support for the farmers market proposal. One that he did not engage the broader neighborhood or stakeholders on.

And which will layer another yearlong closure on top of a permit already under formal administrative complaint with SFMTA. It's awful that a farmer's market that could garner consensus at the right location is being fast tracked to entrench a contested closure. In the final hour document dump from the recent court action by the permit holder, we learned that supervisor Mahmoud had already informed an h v and a board member that he was outright declining to meet with us. A supervisor who feels comfortable ignoring legitimate constituent concerns from a six year old neighborhood advocacy group is sending a dangerous signal. When a supervisor ignores a constituent, it sets a tone for every department under him to do the same.

Leadership requires setting the standard on this issue. Supervisor Mottmuth has failed at that level. Supervisor Sherrill, I thank you for acknowledgment

Sir, can you keep your comments to the board as a whole?

It is as a whole.

Well, you spoke to Supervisor Sherrill directly. Tell the whole board what your thoughts are on Supervisor Sherrill.

Okay. My whole thoughts on this situation was in a recent activity with two supervisors that were in presence, I want to acknowledge Supervisor Sherrill in greeting me and being civil to me.

Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Welcome to the next speaker.

Danielle Spielman was a trans elder who was murdered by a man in a machine who claims he feared for his and his family's life, despite being in this machine with the proven ability to kill this 74 year old woman. By all accounts, Danielle was gentle and kind, compassionate and giving. She deserved to pass peacefully, naturally, someday far off into the future, and this man stole that for her from her. For Danielle, gentle, kind, abused, targeted, displaced, talented trans. There are no promises for trans people, so we can't say any promises were broken.

There was never a promise of love and safety, no promise of a dignified life and death. So none were broken when she was run down by a hateful man in a large machine, mowed her like a fragile daisy reaching for the sun on an urban meadow of concrete and pavement, torn asunder not by broken promises, torn asunder being torn from love filled friendships and gentle creatures, torn by a kept promise to eradicate us. Also, as a transgender Mexican American, I left my job at the San Francisco Giants because Trump's in law, Joshua Kushner, bought a stake, in the team. The line is too direct between my low wage labor to the Trump family fortune, to the regime murdering humans globally, to the masked men kidnapping us, disappearing us, torturing us, and little children, tearing humans apart psychologically, emotionally, physically across borders, in torture rooms, sometimes until death, increasingly towards death. To the billionaires like Joshua Kushner who target and scapegoat the most marginalized, the least protected, the line is too direct to those same billionaires executing a transgender genocide in this country.

To the dustless destruction of our institutions of education, science, health care, and all efforts towards social justice, all history, all honest history, reburying our past in unmarked graves. I left my job at the San San Francisco Giants because they asked me to shovel your grave too. In my personal opinion, GOP, Democrat, no labels, all billionaires are incomprehensibly extreme hoarders hiding and and controlling an extremely disproportionate amount of all our resources, and the vast entirety of the human species is suffering for it.

Thank you for your comments. Welcome to the next speaker.

Alright. Hi everyone. My name is Catalin. I'm just gonna say that I think two minutes. This should be longer for the public.

I feel like it's very little time but I also think that, just to introduce myself a bit, I don't think this country has been built with me in mind nor this building in here has this so called country or this building has been built with me in mind and then I just wanted to say that I am person living in the city, rent unpaid for more than five years, no bills and the GA is weirdly structured in the sense that while it's coming after me to ask me if I have any sort of a change in my financial situation so they can cut me off even from that even though I have no income. They also require me to report if I make any income so there's no trust because they it works well either you wait for me to bring you when I have income and you trust me or you continuously come after me to ask me. So, that needs restructuring in my view. And then, two, I am saddened that you guys seem to support competitive sports which really I think are very detrimental. I I love sports.

I love sports, not competitive sports. Not competitive sports. So I love exercising, but I'm not for competition. So that's I hope you guys have heard me and, you know, I got five seconds. I'm just gonna leave it there for now. Thank you very much for listening to me.

Thank you for your comments. Welcome to our next speaker.

Afternoon, supervisors. My name is Jesse Rollins, and I'm here representing the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation as a member of the Supportive Housing Providers Network. TNDC is the largest affordable housing developer, and our agency owns the most supportive housing units in San Francisco. Today, I'm here to support Recovery Housing and request your support for two amendments to file number 251,003, the drug free housing legislation. First, we would support changes that would prevent evictions based solely on substance use or relapse, recognizing that a certain behaviors that can co occur with drug use that are the problem, and allow tenants who need to move out of recovery housing to remain housed while an alternative housing placement is identified, or allow a person to return to their unit if seeking outside medical care.

Secondly, we urged removing the ban on new supportive housing funding and to instead do a prioritization of local funding for recovery housing. To do recovery housing, we don't need to eliminate all other housing models. Quite simply, we can do both. Lastly, supportive housing is not drug tolerant. PSH under First Housing already operates with leases that prohibit on-site illicit drug use and allow evictions based on illicit drug use when accompanied by lease violations.

Accomplishing recovery housing is possible. Let's do it without banning all other housing and ensure our housing doesn't reinforce a punitive paradigm that would de facto increase homelessness and public drug consumption. Thank you all.

Thank you for your comments. Welcome to our next speaker.

Good afternoon. I am here to expose a systemic process of engineered exclusion targeting minority professionals within the HSA HR department. I am not an observer I am the evidence my entry into the system required passing multiple exams despite possessing advanced credentials the initial barrier once inside I discovered the system's true design for exclusion nurtured by the director of HSA at the time Louena Kim and the operational manager David Too. I personally witnessed a two tier training system that funnels qualified minority professionals into grotesque subpar unstructured holding cells while a preferred group is given structure pathways that guarantees their career success. This professional divide is enforced by managerial overrides that oftentimes bypass merit entirely.

When excellence is rejected for a preferred candidate, the resulting demographics are not accidental. They are engineered through discretionary exclusion. The most profound trail portrayal was the strategic co option of my intellectual labor. My debates with the director of HSA HR Louina Kim for racial equity were used as a disposition to extract extract my expert blueprints. My specific stratagems were harvested, rebranded as a new internal initiative called DEIB and handed to Asa King to manage.

I was then denied the access, training, and the right to manage the very department who ideas I authored. In this system, betrayals rewarded with promotions. I was met with a multi year communication blackout and ultimately forced into a separation, a medical separation, without even a performance review. I have tried

Thank you for your comments ma'am. Thank you kindly. We are setting the timer for two minutes for everyone. I'll make an announcement. We have two more speakers in line. If you would like to address the board today please line up on your right hand side. Welcome, sir.

I don't know if you all can hear me. My name is Doctor. Miller. I'm here once again before the board. I've been here numerous times.

I've had the pleasure of meeting with numerous of you individuals, and I appreciate your help. However, I'm here again to ask for some assistance. I think the city, although we have complex issues in regards to the homeless and the drug addiction issues, we need there's an urgency that I'm not seen by the city to take care of these issues in certain neighborhoods. One neighborhood where I have lived and worked for many years is the Lower Polk Street area near the hospital, which I'm sure you're all aware of. Lower Polk Street and Larkin, that area has been a drug containment zone now for way too long.

The impetus to come here today was I went out today, and just on my way here I counted over 50 individuals openly taking drugs. This is just not acceptable at this point in this city. And I'm not here to shame any person, but I've met Sam Dodge. These people are working diligently hard. These people need help and assistance. It's a very complex issue. But in this day and age, after starting my advocacy for these people, not only by taking care of them for thirty years, but also by meeting with Mr. Lee when he was the mayor here and started this, who was so kind to meet with me. This is going on. This this problem has been going on for way too long.

Billions of dollars have been spent by nonprofits, by different people. We need much more oversight. And I'm really requesting that all of you from the board of board of supervisors get together, not just by your district, but start looking at other districts and not push it to each other district. In particular, this is District 5 and District 3, which are really being hit hard. And I think we all need to join as a community. And the segregation, not in my district, that's their district. We all are responsible, and we all have a responsibility to take care of each other.

Thank you for your comments. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to our next speaker.

My name is Richard S. D. Peterson, and to Board President Mandelman and the rest of the Board, I understand you're going to have a closed session soon, where you're going to be talking with the attorneys. And I hope during this meeting, certain issues will be brought up, such as the continued absence of District 9 supervisor. San Francisco politics was once described by, I believe, Chu, as a knife fight in a phone booth.

Well, you know, sometimes it is, and sometimes it's not. Sometimes, the supervisors are very aggressive in perhaps making a legislation a legislature that is not entirely understandable regarding a former supervisor simply to keep him from running again. That's kind of petty. But currently, the more important thing is investigation and censure of the supervisor from District 9, which should be discussed, because the word of today is complicity. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Welcome to our next speaker.

You all. Alicia Rochelle, Bayview Hunters Point Coordinating Counsel. Wonderful to be in the chamber again. I do not know how all of this works sometimes. And, I'm here to speak on the fact that I'm in the spirit of Sharon Hewitt, oh, one of my mentors, praise her name for being such a great woman of strength and courage and looked out for the community.

So, I am a Bayview resident, native San Franciscan, and I'm not sure if I can trust my air quality. I go to the CAC meetings and there is some conversation going on between the shipyard, the Navy, and the residents, and the board that's there, the overseers there of it. I cannot trust the process. That's all I'm saying. I would love to, but it's hard to believe the Navy.

They did say that they have a third party or what have you monitoring, and then they talked about monitoring last night about just how the samples can be, you know, not tampered, but elevated levels red because the machinery may not be clean or whatever, whatever. The bottom line is it's toxic. All of this mishandling of that is some scary for some, life threatening for all, and we all need to be tested, honestly, especially in Bayview. We all need to be tested. So, how can that happen?

What is this voice of mine doing on this mic right now to the ears of those who are listening? Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Welcome to our next speaker.

All praise and glory be to the almighty creator of heavens and earth. My name is Justice, and I am a descendant of the indigenous tribe of the Ramaytush that you talk about. As you know, the elders and chiefs speak and say our descendants are black. I wanna speak about many of the events that's talked about. I came and had the opportunity to be present at an event here at the Mayor's Office, and there's a lot of talk about Jewish events.

And I want the audacity to be pure and say we recognize our Hebrew. The Mexican president said we're gonna acknowledge indigenous people and the Afro indigenous people. So I want San Francisco which have always been a pillar in doing things first to acknowledge the black Hebrew people. With that being said, there's much has been said here with many of the supervisors, good and not so good. I I will make an effort to contact each and every one of you all to hope in hopes that you guys make contact and and keep communication open.

There's a program that I have written and policy that I have prepared. I have sent emails out and I hope that you guys get them. I hold no quarrel or no position not to work with anyone unless they do not acknowledge truth. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. If there are any other speakers please line up on your right hand side otherwise this may be our last speaker. Welcome. And I'll just remind the speaker there is no campaigning this afternoon. Thank you.

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Ma'am, can you speak directly into that microphone Oh, so we can I'm hear you sorry. Thank you.

Yes. Am I able to put a clip on?

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A video?

Yes, you can play a video if you are prepared to play it in your two minutes. Okay. I'm going to set the timer now. And it should be an appropriate video.

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First what I wanted to say originally last time.

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isn't their exact copy. Let me show you the one in my email. But

Ma'am, please use the microphone so the public can hear you.

Yes. I am sorry about that. I'm trying my best. I am trying to do six things at one time. And he is right or somebody was right.

There is not enough time for two minutes for public comments. If there's an easier way for us to do public comments beforehand. Also, if I understand there's an argument against streamlining the charter, but we do have to consolidate some meetings. At times, when I'm going to meetings, yesterday, for example, I went to three meetings at one time. And, that's a lot of conflicting meetings.

It was the housing stability fund, at the same time as the youth commission fund, at the same time as the sorry, there was another meeting at the same time. It was the small businesses commission. And then prior to that was the one for the film. And that one, it was hard to even get access to what the agenda items were, same as the funding for the housing, I believe. I had to double check that.

I started writing the public comment, but I just didn't know if it was easily accessible.

Thank you for your comments. Are there any other speakers to address the board during general public comment? All right, Mr. President.

All right. Public comment is now closed. And we're going to skip over our closed session for now, which we will take up at the end of our agenda. So, Madam Clerk, could you please call our, for adoption without committee reference, agenda items 44 through 47.

Items 44 through 47 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first reading. Any member may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee.

I don' see anybody on the roster Madam clerk could you please call the roll on the for assignment without committee reference agenda.

On items 44 through 47 supervisor cheryl Cheryl I supervisor walton walton I supervisor wang I supervisor chan chan I supervisor chen chen I supervisor dorsey dorsey I supervisor mahmood Mahmoud, I. Supervisor Mandelman?

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Mandelman, I. Supervisor Melgar? I. Melgar, I. And Supervisor Sauter? I. Sauter, I. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, let's go to our closed session item. Please call item number 43.

Item 43 is the closed session with the city attorney in conference with the city attorney on existing litigation. This closed session was scheduled pursuant to a motion number m26-forty contained in file number 260410 approved on 04/21/2026. This closed session is for the purpose of conferring with or receiving advice from the city attorney regarding various existing litigation matters in which the city is a party.

All right. To the members of the public, are going to ask that you exit the chamber while we go into closed session. We'll resume the meeting in open session after we conclude. Madam Clerk, could you please let us know when the chamber is ready?

Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. We will prepare the chamber.

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All right, do we need

two gavels or one gavel? We're back. We're All right. Colleagues, we are back in open session. No action was taken in closed session. Can I have a motion that the Board finds that it's in the best interest of the public that the Board elect not to disclose its closed session deliberations? Moved by Chan, seconded by Sauter. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll.

On the motion not to disclose, Supervisor Cheryl? Cheryl, I. Supervisor Walton? Walton, I. Supervisor Wong? Wong, I. Supervisor Chan? Chan, I. Supervisor Chen Chen, I. Supervisor Dorsey? I. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud, I. Supervisor Mandelman?

I.

Mandelman, I. Supervisor Melgar? I. Melgar, I. And Supervisor Sauter? Sauter, aye. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, we will not disclose our closed session deliberations. And, seeing no other names on the roster, this closed session has been held and is now filed. Madam Clerk, do you have any imperative agenda items?

There are none to report, Mr. President.

Could you please read the in memoriams?

Today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of Supervisor Walton for the late Mr. Duane Gaines, Sr. And a motion made by president mandelman to be on behalf of the entire board on behalf for michael tilson thomas thank

you madam clerk I think that brings us to the end of our agenda do we have any further business before us today

that concludes our business for today

thank you madam clerk we are adjourned