Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon. Welcome to the July 21 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Thank you, Madam Clerk. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush 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 Ramaytush Ohlone 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

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Let's go to approval of our meeting minutes.

Could I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? Moved by Chen and seconded by Cheryl. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

Without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented. Madam Clerk, let's go to our consent agenda. Please call Items 1 through 3.

Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed. Madam Clerk, let's go to unfinished business. Please call the budget. Items 4 through 19 together.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, I plan to reserve my comment until next week on our final vote and also the final board meeting before the August recess. I urge you for your yes votes on today's first vote on this budget, which had a unanimous vote to recommend it out of our Budget and Appropriations Committee. I do want to take a quick opportunity here to thank all the members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for their hard work. So with that, I will reserve my comments until next week. Thank you.

And with that, I think we can take these items. Oh, Supervisor Fielder.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, this budget closes a massive deficit without mass layoffs. Certainly not without tradeoffs I'm still wrestling with. Growing police pay by 14% over four years isn't where I would have put our limited dollars. However, in a year with looming federal cuts and no easy options, this board held the line on critical safety net programs that tens of thousands of San Franciscans depend on. And that is a real win. This budget is not everything many of us would have wanted, but it's a fight worth continuing into next year's budget. This win is due in large par

And I think we can take these items, same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading and the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item number 20.

The ordinance is finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call item 21.

And the ordinance is finally passed. Madam Clerk, please call item number 22.

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

I think we can take this. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item number 25.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call items 26 through 28 together.

And we can take these items, same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item number 29.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call Items 30 and 31 together.

Take these. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. And please call item number 32.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item number 33.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Please call Items 35 and 36 together.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Please call item 37.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call item number 38.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call item 39.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call item number 40.

Colleagues, this ordinance comes before the full board with the recommendation of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee, which approved it on July 9th. The term safe and sane can create a dangerously misleading impression. These fireworks may be lower powered and approved by the state fire marshal, but they are not harmless, especially in a dense city like San Francisco. Sparklers, fountains, and other consumer fireworks can cause serious burns, ignite clothing, injure eyes, and start vegetation or structure fires. Fireworks marketed as safe and sane have caused severe injuries

Thank you, President Mandelman. First off, the findings in this ordinance read, quote, the penalty structure established by this ordinance is consistent with the recommendations of the civil grand jury, unquote. That is false. The civil grand jury did not recommend any penalty structure for fireworks that are already prohibited locally. They actually recommended data collection, a task force, and public education. Additionally, California Health and Safety Code already prohibits dangerous fireworks, and SFPD does have the ability to enforce state law. SFPD communications around this past 4th o

And today we will start with District 2 Supervisor Sherrill.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Would Mary Lindy please, well, why don't you remain seated for a moment? And I'm going to talk about you for a second. Colleagues, today I am honored to commend Mary Lindy for her dedicated service to San Francisco's senior community, culminating with her retirement as the CEO of Heritage on the Marina. Heritage has served San Francisco seniors since 1853, standing as one of the city's oldest and most storied nonprofit organizations and a vital home for older adults in our community. Mary grew up in a large family in eastern Pennsylvania and pursued a career in

And Supervisor Sherrill, I would be remiss if I did not also congratulate Mary and thank her for her kindness to Bernie and Eleanor Burke, who were my godparents and who finished their lives at the Heritage and had a wonderful time with her and loved her very much.

Can we have art with elders come up? Good afternoon, President and colleagues. Today we honor a program that enriches the journey of aging and a leader whose work reflects the very best of District 4 in San Francisco. As we celebrate Disability Pride Month, I'm honored to recognize Art with Elders and Executive Director Mark Campbell for their extraordinary work supporting older adults and people living with disabilities. Art with elders embodies the spirit of disability pride by creating spaces where creativity, connection, and a self-expression allow every participant to be seen, heard, and

Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, in recognition of Probation Services Week, it is my privilege to honor the dedicated professionals of San Francisco's probation departments. And I'd first like to welcome Chief Adult Probation Officer Crystal Tulloch to the lectern. Chief Tulloch is here to accept this commendation on behalf of the Adult Probation Department. Probation professionals, Chief Tulloch. Probation professionals play a unique and essential role in our justice system. Every day they work to strengthen public safety, support victims, promote accountability and help justice-in

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, for acknowledging our probation departments this week. You already had a special commendation in the works when you took that on. So let's do your second one.

Thank you, colleagues, for indulging me for a little commendatory double dipping. But it is really my honor to recognize District 6 institution, the Abaddon Fight Club, and two of its champion fighters, San Franciscans whose achievements in the ring and in our community are an inestimable credit to the city and county of San Francisco. I want to start with Jason JP Peterson, owner and head coach of Abaddon. JP, would you come on up to the lectern? JP is a former professional boxer and San Francisco native who built Abaddon as an old school strictly boxing gym in the heart of our city right on

Thank you so much, President Mandelman. Colleagues, today I have the privilege of recognizing someone whose story is a powerful testament to transformation, redemption, and service to our community, Damian Posey. Damien's journey is one of resilience and purpose. After returning home from prison, he made a life-changing decision to transform his experiences into a mission of giving back. Rather than allowing his past to define him, Damien chose to dedicate his life to helping others create broader futures. Today, he is a respected community leader and mentor whose work has touched the lives of

Thank you, President Mendelman. Colleagues, it is my honor, you know, our former Carly, Supervisor Dean Preston has done this, but I feel like it is my honor and my privilege to do this, even though with sadness that partly of it was a bittersweet to recognize Paul Osaki on the occasion of his retirement. To thank him for his tireless service and leadership to the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, lovingly known as JCCNC, also for the community to be known the center. While Paul will be recognized at a formal community celebration that will be during our August rec

We have other supervisors who want to say nice things about Paul Osaki. Supervisor Mahmoud.

Thank you, colleagues. I want to add my appreciation for Paul Osaki as well, and thank you, Supervisor Chan, for bringing forward this commendation and the resolution later today. The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California is a bedrock space in the Japantown community and in the region's Japanese diaspora. Under Paul's leadership, the center transformed from an idea to a key part of the unbreakably strong civic and community fabric that makes Japantown so special. The center fosters and helps grow traditions like the ikebana flower arrangement, kendo martial arts, and th

Thank you. I'm not going to belabor some of the points that my colleagues have made, but thank you, Paul, for everything that you have done for our city. But more than anything, thank you for the decades of work upholding Japanese culture and everything that you have given us in terms of your work with young people of paying it forward for the next generation. You have lots of fans here. You will have lots of fans on this side, too. And good luck on your retirement. I know you'll still be doing a lot behind the scenes. But again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Lee Housekeeper, you're back there somewhere. Come on up. You can bring your people if you want to. Colleagues, today it is my honor to present a special commendation to Lee Housekeeper for his 37 years organizing San Francisco's commemoration of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Before dawn every April 18th, San Franciscans gather at Lotta's Fountain at Market Geary and Kearney Streets. And at 5.12 a.m., the exact minute the ground began to shake in 1906, vintage fire engines sound a siren into the dark. City leaders speak, a wreath is laid, and the crowd sings San Francisco, the anthem from the

Thank you. I couldn't pass up the opportunity. I believe this commendation is because of your work on the earthquake commemoration. But I also just wanted to put in that all the other things that you do that people don't see behind the scenes, bringing people together, building community, engaging in gossip, occasionally, especially political gossip, Saturday lunches at St. John's Grill, and all the things that you do behind the scenes to make our city better, a better place, a more vibrant place, a more connected place. So thank you for being such a mensch. Thank you for your support of every

All right, so that would take us to our 3 PM special orders. Our first would be item number 51. But as the agenda indicates, the project sponsor withdrew their project application for 1200 Larkin Street. And the planning department has rescinded their associated approval letter. And that means this matter is now moot and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors. So we will not be holding that hearing, and nor will we be able to take public comment since the matter is no longer before us. The hearing was only agendized because the public hearing notice was sent before the

Colleagues, we are now sitting as a committee of the whole to examine the potential consequences of Kaiser Permanente's proposals and collective bargaining with the National Union of Health Care Workers. We have various individuals from NUHW here to present today. Supervisor Chen, this is your hearing. So I'm handing it over to you.

Thank you, Board President. Colleagues, behavioral and mental health care is too important to take for granted. Today, I'm calling a hearing to provide public oversight to the potential consequences of Kaiser's proposals in collective bargaining with the National Union of Health Care Workers. This negotiation will have an undue impact on city residents and employees of the city and county who are Kaiser enrollees. and for behavioral health conditions employed by Kaiser. Today's hearing will also consider standards of behavioral health care professional practice. I want to thank my co-sponsors

Should we have Supervisor Walton, I believe, is in the queue first, though.

Thank you so much, President Matherman. And I just wanted to add emphasis to Supervisor Chen's statement around Kaiser not showing up This afternoon, I think it is extremely disrespectful that Kaiser is not here, not just for the fact that fair bargaining practices should be basic for an employer, but when this Board of Supervisors makes a request for an employer to attend a hearing, they most certainly should make sure that they are in attendance. So I just wanted to emphasize how disrespectful that is, that Kaiser has done that, And they need to take note that we know that is disrespectful.

Colleagues, as a former hospital union organizer, I believe workers deserve a fair voice at the bargaining table. But this issue goes beyond labor relations. It is also about keeping San Francisco safe, stable, and functioning. Families expect that when a loved one needs behavioral health care, a trained professional will be available before a manageable problem becomes an emergency. When treatment is delayed or interrupted, families are left struggling and situations that should be handled in a clinician's office can instead end in an emergency room, a 911 call or a response from police and f

Thank you, all the presenters. Before we go to questions, let's call up all the presentations. Can we have Dr. Jasmine Smith, Associate Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers, California chapters up. And then after Dr. Smith, let's have Dr. Linda Michaels, Chair of the Cell Therapy Action Network. Dr. Smith.

Thank you, Dr. Michaels. And let's have our last presenter, Sidney Simpson, registered nurse, Kaiser San Francisco, member of CNA.

Thank you, Sydney. Now let's go to questions. My first round of questions will go to Mr. Eicher. Would you come back to the podium, please? Mr. Eicher. Kaiser has long been known as a labor-friendly healthcare employer, and towards its history of labor management partnership, when and how did this go wrong in the specific case of behavioral healthcare? Most recently, How can it be that the model of care committees were abandoned and the therapists guaranteed a time for patient care support was also gutted after Kaiser had agreed to them as part of the 2022 strike settlement? Tell us what happe

Thank you. It's really clear to me. In this case, I think Kaiser is really using subcontracting and technology to paper over its care deficiencies, rather than spending times and ample resources to continue to recruit and retain enough therapists to meet patients' needs. Can you also elaborate on the extent to which Kaiser currently relies on staff therapists as opposed to subcontractors who provide behavioral health care, and also how the raw numbers and the ratio between them have shifted recently?

Okay, unfortunately, Kaiser's not here. This would be a question that I also would love to ask Kaiser. So you told me that, you have told us, not just myself, about Kaiser's demand for concessions, but what is NUHW proposing in negotiation, and what has been Kaiser's response to your proposals?

Thank you for your response. Uh, let's, I would like to call up, uh, Titiana Liu, clinician Liu. Ms. Liu, if Kaiser were to work in earnest with you and other staff therapists in establishing and implementing its model of care, what do you think the result would be?

Thank you, and I think what you just shared, that it's really shortcutting clinical standards, and it's very concerning. What have you and your coworkers done to push back against these practices, and what does Kaiser say when you confront management? And what help have you gotten from professional bodies that establish generally accepted standards of care?

And had you actually did that practice of pushing, like, because we have to follow the legality of, like, the months, and then you actually push a patient and say that, you know, it's okay to see the revisit again in a couple months later? But it's very concerning to me.

Thank you for your courage. Thank you. Thank you. My next set of questions is for Dr. Michaels. Dr. Michaels, based on the testimony we have heard from NUHW members, it seems like Kaiser is increasingly outsourcing clinical work to practice management companies, which most people call internet therapy platforms. What concerns should we have about how these companies are structured and how they manage the clinicians whom they use as independent contractors?

Thank you, Dr. Michael. And also my next question is, what elements of what Kaiser is proposing are different from what you have seen from other insurers? And what impact do you think they would have on industry-wide practices affecting patients' access to affordable quality care and the ability of clinicians to provide its care ethically and sustainably?

Thank you, Dr. Michaels. Board President, I don't have more questions if any of my colleagues would like to ask any.

Thank you, President. Thank you, Supervisor Chen, for calling these hearings and for your really good questions. I have been a Kaiser member since I was 18. All three of my daughters were born at Kaiser. I have gotten excellent care at Kaiser, not just through pregnancies and childbirth, but also my husband a while ago had a very serious issue Health issue that got him to spend about a month at Kaiser and got nothing but excellent care from the very dedicated and professional staff there. For all of these years, the one exception to that excellent care for my family was mental health related w

So Ilana, what happens to the patient? So if they are triaged by someone who's not licensed or someone who's not even a person, what happens if then they're assigned to something that's not appropriate or that they feel is not helping them or that doesn't meet their needs? Then what is their recourse?

Thank you, President Middleman. Thank you, Supervisor Chen, for calling for this hearing. Thank you to everyone who's shown up today. I have a question for Dr. Michaels. Dr. Michaels, at the end of your testimony, you predicted a set of negative results for clinicians, patients, and Kaiser itself if Kaiser management were to succeed in forcing its terrible three contract demands on NUHW members. Could you expand on how you inferred those specific results from the specific content of what Kaiser management is asking NUHW members to accept?

Thank you, Supervisor Fielder. Supervisor Walton was observing to me earlier that this hearing really would have been a more useful exercise for the members of the Board of Supervisors if Kaiser had deigned to send representation. And I can certainly understand them not wanting to be here to hear this story and respond to our questions. On the other hand, their non-presence suggests to me that the story is basically right and that the picture that's being painted by the workers is pretty accurate of a large business that is interested in squeezing efficiencies out of an under-resourced part of

I mean, thank you for that. If our Kaiser representatives were here, I would ask them why this language that seems pretty reasonable and has worked its way into another contract would not work in Northern California. But of course, we cannot ask that question, or at least we can ask it, but it's going into the void. All right, thank you.

And then I do have a couple of questions for Ms. Parsons. Welcome back. Hello, thank you. Hello. So you're in an interesting spot in that you're both inside and outside. You are both a Kaiser therapist and you've worked or currently work as an independent provider?

So I'm wondering, given that, if you could talk a little bit more about the differences and the problems that you face working as a Kaiser staff therapist and the problems that you face when working as an independent contract, not contractor, independent provider, and tell us what you think are the best and worst parts of the work on both sides of that divide.

So notwithstanding those challenges, it seems like it would be good to bring more care back in-house. And I'm wondering if you have thoughts on things that Kaiser could do to do that and what benefits that would have for the current workforce and for Kaiser enrollees.

If other colleagues have questions or, oh, there we go. Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Thank you, Supervisor Chan, for today's hearing. I do not have additional questions. I think what I would like to see is if we're towards the end of this hearing is that since we're holding this hearing as a committee of the whole, is that perhaps we could discuss either subpoena Kaiser or that we issue a letter on behalf of the board supervisor to Kaiser Indicating all the questions that we had today Collectively as a committee of the whole and be able to subpoena Kaiser for the answer to our questions.

Thank you Hey, thank you. Supervisor Chan supervisor Chen. Do you have any comments before we go to public comment?

No, I do Let's go to public comment first and I'm gonna offer a closing remarks. I

That message was brought to you by your California state legislature, which is not subject to the requirements of remote public comment. Public comment is now closed. Supervisor Chen, this is your hearing.

Thank you, Board President Mendelman. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who attended today's hearing. I especially want to appreciate the workers. Thank you. Thank you for taking time off to educate us on everything that you are going on at your workplace. Your commitment to patient care quality patient safety is loud and very clear. The things that we discussed today are infuriating, concerning, and unacceptable. It is a shame that Kaiser didn't send a representative to answer our questions, or at least to listen to testimony provided today. Next Tuesday, I will be introducing a

All right. I think I just gaveled that, right? OK. This matter has been heard and is now filed. All right. Madam Clerk, let's go to our next special order. Please call items 53 and 54 together.

that district for 10 years commencing with fiscal year 2026 2027 subject to conditions as specified and making environmental findings the purpose of this committee of the whole is to hear testimony on the proposed levy of assessments of the property and business improvement district named the downtown community benefit district pursuant to the board's resolution of intent intention adopted May 19th 2026 which set today's hearing date and also approved the management district plan and the engineer's report, and the form of ballots for property owners. Details on the covered area can be found in

thank you president Mandelman and I want to say a few remarks before we continue on with the proceedings you know I think I have the pleasure of having the most community benefit districts of any district in the city and it is a real honor to work with downtown partnership this is a really special group of people and the work that they do is really phenomenal There's a few things I want to highlight and a few things that I think really deserve to be recognized about how we're doing this. And the first is that this is a partnership model. This is in fact the first time that the port of San Fran

Thank you, Supervisor Sautter. I believe that we have the mayor's office of economic and workforce development Jackie Hazelwood and then downtown CBD Robbie silver Thank You president Mandelman and good good evening supervisors My name is Jackie Hazelwood.

Thank you, President Mendelman. And please help me understand that it looks like the district covered the port side and that the rate collected from the port side is up to a little bit over $800,000 a year. And so it means that the San Francisco port is paying into that, correct?

But the district that you currently propose, does not include Sioux-Bearman Park or Embarcadero Plaza.

And it also does not include the Embarcadero buildings, which is owned by Boston Property.

But it looks like according to your proposal, the benefits inclusive of the park overlay, meaning that you are dedicated roughly about $1.8 million to the park maintenance.

And the $1.8 million, roughly, is not going to happen until the renovation is completed.

And then with that agreement, we'll have to come to the Board of Supervisors for final approval?

But help me understand though, because the $1.8 million is actually coming from the community benefit district. And so then wouldn't it be an accept to expand grant to the rec and park and which is then, or are you saying that the CBD is actually going to be doing the programming worth $1.8 million worth and at park property?

I'm just a little bit confused, because at the end of the day, the benefit district is not inclusive of Sue Bearman and Embarcadero Plaza, which is totally fine, because I would assume Reckon Park would not want to pay the tax like Port does. Especially, it does not generate any revenue like the Port would be with Ferry Building. But then the benefit district can decide what kind of activities and programming go on the public land that is worth $1.8 million? I'm just a little bit confused. I'm just trying to understand, how do we then determine what kind of programming, what kind of activities

My sense is you will have to come back to the Board of Supervisors for final approval for that agreement, similar to what we have done at Cranco Park, which is with the YMCA. But I look forward to it. I think it's a worthwhile investment, and I appreciate the fact that you're making port pay into the CBD but not Rec and Park, and then you're spending programming and support into the park to the public space, which I appreciate. Thank you.

All right, I don't see anyone else in the queue. So at this time, a property owner who wishes to change their vote or who has not yet voted may speak with the Department of Election staff at a table just outside the legislative chambers. They can provide you with the affidavit and ballot. And after public comment closes, the ballots will be counted. Madam Clerk, we will now open public comment for this matter. And we're going to give every speaker two minutes.

Thank you, guys. Public comment is now closed. All right, so this hearing has been held and is now filed. The ballots are going to be tabulated. We will return to item 54 after the Department of Elections reports the results. And that, I think, Madam Clerk, takes us back to item 41.

Supervisor Wong. We're not timing Supervisor Wong, I don't think.

Colleagues, this ordinance also comes before the full board of the recommendation public safety and neighborhood services committee. This measure is part of my office's broader effort to clean up outdated provisions in San Francisco's codes, including through our dumb laws contest. The law concerns circulating libraries, private businesses that rented books and other printed materials. This industry disappeared long ago before Blockbuster came along, and now Blockbuster itself has been gone long enough to inspire nostalgia, yet San Francisco is still regulating it. Under the current police cod

Madam Clerk, please call the roll on this item.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call item 42.

Supervisor Wong. Colleagues, this ordinance also comes before the full board of the recommendation of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. Like in the previous item, it grew out of our dumb laws contest and is part of my office's broad effort to clean up outdated provisions in San Francisco's codes. This ordinance repeals two sets of old health codes. The first prohibits transporting bread, cake, or pastries through city streets in open baskets, exposed containers, or exposed vehicles. This provision appears to come from an era when San Francisco was confronting very real con

I think we can take this item. Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call items 43 to 45 together.

And we can take those items. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 46.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam Clerk, please call item 47.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam Clerk, please call item number 48.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Please call 49.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Please call item 50.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. And... Let's go to our committee reports. Please call item number 57.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call Items 58 through 62 together.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading. Please call item 63.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call item 64.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call item 65.

Supervisor Wong. I just wanted to say I'm pleased to support Lydia So's reappointment to the Planning Commission. Many of us have had the opportunity to work with Lydia over the years and know firsthand the professionalism, integrity, and steady leadership she brings to public service. She has earned the trust of colleagues across City Hall through her thoughtful judgment, collaborative approach, and unwavering commitment to serving the people of San Francisco. I want to thank Lydia for her years of dedicated service to her city and congratulate her on her well-deserved reappointment. Thanks.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam Clerk, let's go to roll call for introductions.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Today I'm introducing legislation that affects the way that we purchase firearms and ammunition under Chapter 21H of the city's administrative code. And this is an update to legislation passed by my predecessor, Assemblymember Stephanie, that has similarly been enacted in other jurisdictions. The point of Introducing this update was really to build on that work and to make sure that our city upholds the stringent standards to work with only The most reputable and ethical dealers in the country, but also to make sure that our city departments our city purchaser C

Sure. Could I have a motion to excuse Supervisor Chan from the remainder of the meeting? Moved by Chen, seconded by Fielder. We can take that without objection. Without objection, the supervisor is excused. You may continue.

Supervisor Chen. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I am introducing legislation that advances our housing element policy goals for the priority equity geographies. Neighborhoods from the Mission, Chinatown, Bayview, Fillmore, Excelsior, and Ocean Mills are home to communities particularly vulnerable to displacement. These are areas which the planning department, the Department of Public Health, and our housing element have defined as having residents experiencing health and housing risks, economic disadvantage, and other demographic and social indicators. why state and local policy con

Thank you, Madam Clerk. I would ask to be re-referred after the board president.

All right. Then we'll Supervisor Fielder. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, synthetic text, image, audio, and visual extruders, also known as generative artificial intelligence, have changed the media landscape and therefore the landscape of what is real and what is fake in the realm of information. Now our everyday feeds are full of synthetic media created by large language models that, as they become more and more sophisticated, are making it harder for the average reasonable person to decipher between content that is unaltered and content that is altered. As well, in the months leading up

Colleagues, today I'm submitting a drafting request for revised legislative proposals to continue the vision of the Affordable Groceries Act. focused on the most time-efficient components that we can move forward on in the coming weeks and months. While San Franciscans will not get a chance to have their voices heard at the ballot box on the original version of this proposal, we as a board still have a responsibility to continue to address the problem of food security directly, as we have been for years. Our residents deserve action on food access, affordability, and the activation of zombie s

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I have an in memoriam, two resolutions, and an ordinance. I will do the in memoriam first, and I know there are others who want to speak after that, so we'll do that. That in memoriam is for Clint Riley, who died this past weekend age 79, born in Oakland on January 13th, 1947. Clint was the oldest of 10 children, the son of a milkman and a concession stand operator. He grew up in San Leandro and attended St. Patrick seminary in Menlo park for college, intending to become a Catholic priest. As part of his studies, Clint engaged in social justice researc

Thank you, President Mandelman, for that excellent in memoriam for Clint Riley. I appreciate the opportunity to add my own words to yours and to express my condolences to Janet and Jill and Ava, as well as to the many friends, colleagues, and employees whose lives were touched by Clint's generosity, conviction, and love for our city. I first met Clint Riley in 1990 when I was a young political operative brand new to San Francisco from Boston. He was a legendary political consultant who had famously just fired Dianne Feinstein as a gubernatorial client. It really wasn't until years later that I

He loved he will be missed and may his memory be a blessing Supervisor Cheryl Thank You board president Mandelman for sponsoring this this in memoriam You know, what has always stood out about Clint's story is in how many different ways he found to invest in this city. Politics, real estate, journalism, philanthropy, building a family here. In each chapter, he was building something that made San Francisco stronger. Today, local journalism is under enormous pressure, but his decision to purchase the Examiner and commit to its future, invest in its future, was a meaningful act of civic faith th

Thank you, colleagues. I'll move on to my resolutions. The first is a resolution celebrating the 155th anniversary of the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living and commending its long record of compassionate care for older adults in our city. Founded in 1871 to care for the aged and infirm members of San Francisco's Jewish community and formerly known as the Jewish Home, today the campus on Silver Avenue is anchored by the Jewish Home and Rehabilitation Center and the Frank residences, and provide skilled nursing, rehabilitation, assisted living, memory care, and one of Northern California's

Thank you, President. I'd like to be added to the memoriam for Clint Riley. I also, like you, Supervisor Dorsey, worked for Clint in 1994 while Clint was running Kathleen Brown's campaign for governor, which she was ultimately defeated by Pete Wilson, unfortunately. But we'll always remember his mentorship. Many, many very strategic and interesting conversations, even ones when we disagreed. And send all the love to Janet and his family. And the rest I submit. Thank you.

And actually, maybe we can have that come from the full board as well. So let's have that be from the full board.

I remain unpersuaded that this was a good idea. With that, public comment is now closed. All right, Madam Clerk, please call for adoption with that committee reference agenda items 69 through 75 together.

Looks like that's it. Madam Clerk, can you call the roll on the remaining balance of the items?

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted and the motion is approved. Please call item 70.

Thank you, President Mandelman. First and foremost, I want to thank Supervisor Fielder for bringing this up. I think the point of AB2564 to make sure that companies are not jacking up prices on consumers based on any number of things is fantastic. I have some questions specifically regarding some amendments that are going around in Sacramento to address concerns about kind of Let's call it inadvertently prohibiting companies from issuing discounts based on recent purchases. So just to get some time to address those concerns and make sure of that, I'd like to just send this item to committee.

Do I gavel on that? Okay. And I think the last time I did this, I got in trouble because I allowed for dialogue at this moment, which I don't think we get to do. So I think it's gone to committee. All right. Do we have, how long do we think it's going to take us to get the results?

Are you done? You're ready, okay. Then we will go back to... 54, thank you. PSNS. Okay, we're now going back to item 54. Madam Clerk, can you please read the results of the election?

So there is no majority protests. And therefore, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll on item 54?

Without objection, the resolution is adopted. And that takes us, I believe, to our imperative agenda. Do we have any imperative agenda items, Madam Clerk?

Then could you please read the in memoriams?

I think that brings us to the end of our agenda. Madam Clerk, do we have any further business before us today?