Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon.

Welcome to the September 15th, 2026 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. President. Supervisor Chan. Chan, present. Supervisor Chen. Chen, present. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, present. Supervisor Fielder. Fielder, present. Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud, present. Supervisor Mandelman.

Present.

Mandelman, present. Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, present. Supervisor Sauter. Sauter, present. Supervisor Sherrill. Sherrill, 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 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 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 Ramatushaloni community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. Will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, I want to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV, and today that is particularly Kalina Mendoza. They record each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. And with that, Madam Clerk, let's go to our 2 p.m. special order.

Yes, the special order at 2 p.m. is the appearance by the Honorable Mayor Daniel Lurie. There being no questions submitted from eligible members representing districts one through four, the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes.

Welcome, Mr. Mayor. Good afternoon, Board President Mandelman, members of the Board of Supervisors. As we sit here today, many of our constituents feel San Francisco is finally moving in the right direction. But when San Franciscans sit down at the kitchen table at night, many are asking if they can still afford to live here. Rents are rising faster here than anywhere else in the country. We're on track for the most evictions in nearly a decade, and with so few homes vacant and available for rent, people who lose their homes are struggling to find somewhere to go. San Francisco is in a rent emergency, and I want to say how grateful I am for your partnership in coming together to meet this moment. Last week, many of us worked together to develop a sweeping package of reforms and investments to give renters greater stability. First, we are protecting renters from sudden spikes in housing costs. I want to thank Supervisor Danny Sodder for his leadership in capping the impact of banked rent increases and capital improvements, and Supervisor Matt Dorsey for his legislation ensuring that every tenant receives clear information every year about protections and expected rent increases. We are also strengthening protections against unwarranted eviction. Through legislation sponsored by Supervisor Jackie Fielder, we will protect renters from losing their homes if they fall behind by less than one month of rent. But let's be clear, protections on paper only matter if people can use them. That is why this year our administration is investing more than $54 million in rental assistance, legal defense, and eviction representation. Today, I am introducing an additional $3 million to expand tenant right to council, and in partnership with City Attorney David Chu, an additional $1 million to launch a citywide Know Your Rights campaign. As we help people stay in their homes today, we have to confront what is driving housing costs in the first place. When more people want to live in San Francisco and there aren't enough homes for them, rents rise. That is why we must build more housing. Last year, we worked closely with this board for months to pass family zoning, the first meaningful update in our zoning map since we downzoned 50 years ago. With Supervisor Myrna Melgar, we put a measure on the ballot to more than double the housing trust fund so we have resources to invest in affordable housing. And through PermitSF, we are cutting the time it takes to build. And we're making it easier to turn empty downtown offices into homes with more than 300 units already in the pipeline. And as of yesterday, 75% of the city's building permits are now available on the PermitSF portal, making it faster and easier to build new homes. Yet a parent who got home last night to find an eviction notice on their door cannot wait for that housing to be built. So we are going to do both. Building more housing for the future and keeping people in their homes today. Lastly, I am proud to share that my office reached early labor agreements with more than a dozen unions representing more than 80% of all city employees last week. This deal provides a 12% wage increase between 2027 and 2031 with a guarantee of no layoffs for permanent civil service employees through June 30th, 2029. This agreement honors the work our city employees do. It provides stability for our city and recognizes the cost of living increases affecting so many San Franciscans. I want to thank the union leaders for working constructively with us, and I want to thank our city workers for keeping San Francisco running every single day. We still have work to do, but there is no doubt, no doubt that our city is moving in the right direction. This is our chance to build a recovery that is broad-based and lasting, a recovery that helps San Franciscans put down roots and share in our city's success, not be displaced by it. I look forward to continuing to work with each and every one of you to make sure San Francisco is a city where every family and community has the opportunity to thrive. Thank you to all of you and to you, Board President.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. All right. This matter has been discussed and is now filed. And with that, Madam Clerk, let's go back to communications.

Thank you, Mr. President. The board welcomes your attendance in person to those of you in the public gallery here in room 250 within the board's legislative chamber within City Hall on the second floor. And when you're unable to be here, the proceedings are airing live on SFGOV-TV's a local cable channel, or you can catch the live stream at sfgovtv.org. If you would like to submit your public comment in writing, just send an email to BOS at sfgov.org, or use the U.S. Postal Service to address the envelope to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the number 1, Dr. Carlton, capital B, period, Goodlett Place, City Hall, Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. If you need to make a reasonable accommodation for a future meeting under the Americans with Disability Act or to request language assistance, just contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling 415-554-5184. Thank you, members. That concludes my communication, Mr. President.

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

Approval of the July 21st, 2026, the July 28th, 2026, And September 1st, 2026, board meeting minutes.

Can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? Moved by Chen, seconded by Walton. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

On the minutes as presented, Supervisor Chan. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Chen. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder. Aye. Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud. Magmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelman?

Aye.

Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sauter? Aye. Sauter, aye. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, aye. And Supervisor Wong? Aye. Wong, aye. There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented. And with that, let's go to our consent agenda. Please call items 1 through 15 together.

Items 1 through 15 are on consent. These items are considered to be routine, but if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

On items 1 through 15, Supervisor Chan. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder? Aye. Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmood? Aye. Mahmood, aye. Supervisor Mandelman? Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sautter? Aye. Sautter, aye. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, aye. And Supervisor Wong? Wong, aye. There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, these ordinances are passed on first reading and the resolutions are adopted. Madam Clerk, let's go to unfinished business. Please call item number 16.

Item 16, this is an ordinance to amend the Public Works Code to allow development projects to satisfy street tree planting requirements through payment of an in lieu fee or to provide alternative landscaping, to exempt accessory dwelling units from street tree planting requirements, to eliminate appeals to the Board of Appeals for hazardous tree removals undertaken by the city departments and commissions, and to amend the administrative code to specify a separate account within the adopted tree fund to receive an in lieu fees for street tree requirements, to amend the planning code to update street tree applicability requirements, to amend the business and tax regulations code to prescribe timeframes for the hearing and decision on appeals of certain street tree removals to the Board of Appeals and to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings.

Please call the roll.

On item 16, Supervisor Chen. No. Chen, no. Supervisor Chen. Item 16 is aye. Yes. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder. No. Fielder, no. Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelman? Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sauter? No. Sauter, no. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Walton? No. Walton, no. And Supervisor Wong? Wong, aye. There are seven ayes and four nos with Supervisors Chan, Fielder, Sauter, and Walton voting no.

Without objection, the ordinance is final. Well, with objection, the ordinance is finally passed. And hello, Supervisor Melgar. Your microphone was very present for you. Madam Clerk, please call items 17 and 18 together.

Item 17 and 18 are two ordinances that pertain to certificates of participation for the Open Space Fund. Item 17 is an ordinance to approve the issuance and sale of COPs, the certificates of participation, in one or more series on a tax-exempt and or taxable basis by the city payable from the base rental secured by net open space fund property tax revenues to finance or refinance certain projects in an aggregate principal amount of $43 million to approve the form of the property lease. to authorize the sale of the certificates, to approve the form of an official notice of sale and notice of intention to sell the certificates, to direct the publication of the notice of intention to sell the certificates, to approve the form of the purchase contract and one or more initial purchasers of the certificates, to approve the form of an official statement in preliminary and final form, to approve the form of a continuing disclosure certificate, to authorize payment of costs of issuance and to declare the city's official intent to reimburse itself for certain costs from the proceeds of the certificates. And item 18, this ordinance appropriates the 43 million in COP's series 2026A for the open space fund recreation and park proceeds to the recreation and park department for fiscal year 2026 through 2027 and to place these funds on controller's reserve pending the receipt of the certificates of participation proceeds.

Please call the roll.

On items 17 and 18, Supervisor Chen. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Chen. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder. Aye. Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud. Aye. Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar. Aye. Milgar, aye. Supervisor Sautter? Aye. Sautter, aye. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Wolton? Aye. Bolton, aye. And Supervisor Wong? Wong, aye. There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call items 19 through 22 together.

Items 19 through 22. are three resolutions and one ordinance pertaining to affordable housing general obligation GO bonds. Items 19 through 21 authorize the issuance and sale of series 2026 D, E, and F series affordable housing GO bonds to approve the forms of the official notice of sale and notice of intention to sell bonds and to direct the publication of the notice of intention to sell bonds to approve the form of the purchase contract, to approve the form of the preliminary official statement and the execution of the official statement relating to the sale of such bonds, and to approve the form of the continuing disclosure certificate for each resolution. Item 19 authorizes the issuance and sale of approximately $107.5 million in aggregate principal amount on tax-exempt or taxable basis of city and county, general obligation bonds for social bonds, affordable housing 2019, series 2026D. Item 20 approves a sale of 47 million in aggregate principal amount on a tax-exempt or taxable basis of city general obligation bonds for social bonds, affordable housing 2024, Series 2026E. Item 21, this approves approximately $47.5 million in aggregate principal amount of taxable general obligation bonds for affordable housing, 2016, preservation and seismic safety, Series 2026F. And for item 22, this ordinance appropriates approximately $202 million of GO bond proceeds to the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to include $107.5 million of proceeds from Series 2026D affordable housing GO bonds for middle income and senior housing projects, 47 million of proceeds from Series 2026E, affordable housing GO bonds for low-income housing projects, and approximately 47.5 from Series 2026F, preservation and seismic safety GO bonds, to acquire, improve, and rehabilitate and to convert at-risk multi-unit residential buildings to permanent affordable housing in fiscal year 2026 through 2027. and to place these funds on controller's reserve pending the receipt of the bond proceeds.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Unless there are objections, we will take these items. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted and the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call Items 23 and 24 together.

Items 23 and 24 are a resolution and an ordinance that pertain to health and recovery, General obligation or GO bonds item 23 authorizes the issuance and sale of 83.5 million in aggregate principal amount of one or more series of bonds on a tax-exempt or taxable basis of city and county general obligation bonds for health and recovery 2020 series 2026B to approve the forms of the official notice of sale and notice of intention to sell bonds and to direct the publication of the notice of intention to sell bonds, to approve the form of the purchase contract, approve the form of the preliminary official statement and the execution of the official statement relating to the sale of such bonds, to approve the form of the continuing disclosure certificate. And for item 24, this ordinance de-appropriates approximately 43.5 million NGO bond proceeds from 2020 Health and Recovery GeoBonds Series 2025G from the Department of Public Health and appropriates approximately 83.5 million of GeoBond proceeds from 2020 Health and Recovery GeoBonds Series 2026B to the Department of Public Health and Recreation and Park Department in fiscal year 2026 through 2027 and to place the approximate 83.5 million in series 26B proceeds on controller's reserve pending receipt of bond proceeds.

And I think we can take these items, same house, same call, without objection. The resolution is adopted and the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call items 25 and 26 together.

Items 25 and 26 are a resolution and an ordinance that pertain to earthquake safety and emergency response. Item 25 authorizes the issuance and sale of a $138 million in aggregate principal amount of city and county general obligation bonds for earthquake safety and emergency response 2020 series 2026C and one or more series on a tax-exempt or taxable basis. Item 26 This ordinance appropriates $138 million of general obligation bond proceeds from 2020 earthquake safety and emergency response, GO bonds, series 2026C to the Department of Public Works in fiscal year 2026 through 2027 and to place these funds on controller's reserve pending receipt of the bond proceeds.

Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted and the ordinance is passed on first reading. Please call Items 27 and 28 together.

Items 27 and 28 are two resolutions approving professional services agreements with the airport. Item 27 approves the first modification to the professional services agreement for airport contract number 12047.41 for commissioning, activation, and simulation support services between faith group PMCM2 joint venture between Faith Group LLC and PMC M2 LLC and the City to increase the contract amount by $9.5 million for a new total of $17 million with no change to the contract duration of five years from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029. Item 28, this resolution approves the third modification to the professional services agreement for airport contract number 12077.41 for project management support services for the airfield improvement program 2024 through 2029 phase for the San Francisco International Airport with Atkins Realis USA Inc. and the city to increase the contract by 8.4 million for a new total amount of 17 million with no change to the contract duration of four years February 14th 2025 to February 14th 2029 Same house same call without objection the resolutions are adopted Please call items 29 through 31 together items 29 through 31 provide retroactive authorization to the Department of Public Health for grants item 21 and accepts and expends grant funds from the National Institutes of Health through Haluna Health to participate in a program entitled Prep Blueprint, Evaluating Implementation of a Prep Choice Blueprint on Prep Uptake and Persistence, a term of eight months, April 1st, 2026 through November 30th, 2026, for a total amount of $148,843. Item 30 approves a grant agreement between the city and the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation to accept and expend a $2.3 million grant from SFGHF for participating in a program entitled Solid Start, a three-year term, July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. And item 31, to accept and expend an approximate $204,000 grant from the San Francisco Health Plan to participate in a program entitled San Francisco Health Plan Community Health Assessment, Community Health Improvement Plan, CHIP grant for the term of July 1st, 2025 through December 31st, 2026.

Let's take these items. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. And please call Items 32 through 36 together.

Items 32 through 36 are five resolutions to provide retroactive approval to authorize the Mayor and Director of the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to execute grants with the following entities. Item 32 is with 160 Freelon Housing Partners in an amount of $2.5 million, a 15-year term and six months, commencing on July 1st, 2026 through December 31st, 2042, to provide project-based rental subsidies for an 85-unit, 100% affordable housing project, extremely low-income households as part of the Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund and program. Item 33. This is with 3300 Mission Partners LP in an amount of approximately $4.4 million for a 15-year and 6-month term through December 31, 2042 to provide project-based rental subsidies for a 35-unit, 100% affordable housing project for extremely low-income households as part of Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund and Program. And item 34, with the Ambassador writs 4% LP in an amount of $4.5 million for a term of 16 years and 6 months through January 1, 2043, to provide project-based rental subsidies for a 55-unit, 100% affordable housing project, housing extremely low-income households. For item 35, this is with 1166 Howard Streets, Associates LP, for $3.2 million for a 16-year and six-month term to commence on July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2042, providing project-based rental subsidies for an 88-unit, 100%. affordable housing project to house extremely low-income households as part of the affordable housing opportunity fund and program. And for item 36, this is with MHDC South Park Properties LP for $3.8 million, a 16-year and six-month term through December 31, 2043, to provide project-based rental subsidies for 106-unit, 100% affordable housing project to house extremely low-income households as part of the Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund and program.

And we can take these items, same house, same call, without objection. The resolutions are adopted. And with that, Madam Clerk, let's go to our 2.30 PM special order.

Yes. The 2.30 PM special order is 2.30 commendations for those who are in need of recognition of accommodations for meritorious service to the City and County of San Francisco.

And we will begin with District 6 Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, September is National Recovery Month, and today I am proud to recognize the Department of Public Health's Living Proof SF campaign, together with the 11 San Franciscans who have shared their stories of addiction, treatment, and recovery with our city. Siobhan Allen, Michael Alvarez, Gene Bruno, Kevin Campos, Juliana Garola Nuno, Alyssa Ibarra, Jen Jeffries, Dominique McDowell, Gregory McDowell, Erica Reyes, and Joel Yates. Can you come on up to the lectern? We're going to be joined also by Dan Tsai. Thanks so much. Just over there. Good to see you. So I want to thank each of you for helping make recovery visible in San Francisco. I say that as someone who's also in recovery and who has a very personal connection to this work. For far too long, addiction has been stigmatized. It is something that has been People have been expected to hide and recovery has too often been treated the same way. We need to change that. People who are struggling need to see that treatment works and that recovery is possible and that there are people in their city who understand what they're going through. That is what living proof does so well. These 11 San Franciscans made the brave and inspiring decision to put their faces, their names, and their stories out in the world and to talk honestly about some of the hardest experiences in their lives because they knew it might help someone else. That takes real courage. And it also has real value. Stigma continues to keep people from seeking treatment. And one of the most effective ways to break through that stigma is for people in recovery to be open about their own experiences and to show others that there is a real path forward. I keep living proof posters on display in my city hall office. because it inspires me and because I think it is important for people to see recovery represented in the place where decisions about addiction, treatment, and public health are being made every day. Recovery belongs in City Hall, in our neighborhoods, and in the broader conversation about addiction in San Francisco. Every one of these individuals here is helping challenge the stereotypes that still surround substance use disorder and showing that there is no single picture of addiction, just there is no single picture of recovery. San Francisco has lost far too many people to addiction and overdose. And while overdose deaths have come down from their recent historic highs, we still have a tremendous amount of work ahead of us. Part of that work is making sure treatment is available when people are ready for it, but another part is making sure people believe that treatment can work. Sometimes the most convincing evidence is simply seeing another person who has been through it, who found help, and who has built a life in recovery. Since Living Proof launched in 2024, the campaign has reached millions of people with messages of hope and healing and recovery and redemption. Those numbers are impressive, but what matters most is the person who may see those stories on a bus shelter or online or somewhere in their neighborhood and to recognize something of themselves in it. The people participating in this campaign may never know who decided to seek help because of their story. but know that they're out there because that's the kind of impact this work has. So during recovery month, I want to thank the Department of Public Health for creating the Living Proof SF campaign and special thanks to Siobhan, to Michael, Jean, Kevin, Juliana, Alyssa, Jen, Dominique, Gregory, Erica, and Joel for having the courage to be the faces of it. Thank you for making recovery visible. and for giving people hope and for reminding San Francisco that treatment works and recovery is possible. It is my honor to represent, to recognize all of you today. Thank you so much. We'll start with Director Syke.

You got it. OK. I'm Dan Syme, the health director here in San Francisco. Thank you to Supervisor Dorsey and the board for this commendation. And I just want to. congratulate and thank and recognize the incredible folks here. They may be one of the most well-known sets of faces in San Francisco. Everywhere, bus stops, you go to clinics, I see your faces everywhere. And some of you will have stood on the podium for various public service announcements or other get-out-the-awareness pieces we've tried to do. And from a public health standpoint, Supervisor Dorsey, as you've we've had far too many overdoses here in San Francisco. We have had major public health crises here with behavioral health, homelessness, and the intersection of these pieces. And it's always nice to see that recovery and hope is possible and to see faces like this who are sharing their stories. It inspires others to know that there are resources and there's hope. And also our team and our clinicians and non-clinical staff who pour their hearts into this work every day. And you all remind city staff why folks do what they do. So I mainly want to congratulate and thank folks. I should note that these folks were nominated two times for a public service Emmy. I've never been nominated for an Emmy. They've been nominated for an Emmy. And I had to double check this fact because I did not believe it at first. Apparently, over the three years of the campaign, there have been roughly 200 million impressions of the either videos or the posters, like clicks, eyeballs on, et cetera. That's a lot of impressions. And that's a lot of impact for what we're trying to do here in San Francisco. So thank you all. And Dominique, I think you're going to say a few things.

My name is Dominique, and I'm definitely a grateful recovering person from drugs. We want to first thank you all for supporting this, for supporting us in this mission and this great thing that we've been able to do. We've been able to touch a lot of people. I get a lot of phone calls. from people like I haven't talked to in years. And even my, that's my dad. So even he'll, people will reach out to him like, hey, let me get down and phone him. I see him on the billboard. But I'm just more humbled by the process. And if you look at us, we're a gamut of people. We're the whole spectrum. So we're able to reach all the people in San Francisco. It's not just one face. And I think that's what made it great. I think Department of Public Health done a great job with us to help us put this together. They made us comfortable. They made it safe. Because it is kind of scary to put yourself out there. I don't care. I don't care. Who knows? But I just want to share one thing with y'all before I go. And it's something that I stand by. It's four reasons people change. And it states this. It says, people change when they're hurt enough that they have to. When they've seen enough, they're inspired to. When they learn enough, they want to. And when they receive enough, they're able to. And we were all able to find hope, you know, in the midst of our dark nights and our dark times. You know, there's been some very dark days up here. If you look up here, it's a lot of dark days. And now we bring light. Now we're very light. And we're full of hope. And we bring hope to people. And I just thank you. Thank you. Thank you for letting me be a part of such a great thing. Thank you.

All right. Next up, District 2, Supervisor Sherrill.

Thank you, President Mandelman and colleagues. Today, I'm extremely honored to commend Commissioner President, excuse me, Kat Anderson, as we celebrate her 10th anniversary serving the city on the Rec Parks Commission and for more than three decades of leadership, volunteerism, and creative contribution at San Francisco. Kat, please join us up at the podium.

Can I invite my family to stand with me?

Great. You guys look great. We're missing Didi, but you three look great. Kat moved to San Francisco in 1988, calling the marina home ever since. And her civic engagement began at that neighborhood level, serving in leadership with the Marina Community Association and writing for the Marina Times to give that neighborhood a voice. Kat has also devoted herself to education and providing opportunity for others across the city, serving as president of the foundation of City College of San Francisco and later founding Bay News Rising, a mentorship program for journalism students at San Francisco State and City College. And for the past 10 years, Kat has served on the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission, including as president, guided by her belief that parks are essential civic infrastructure, not just amenities. She's overseen 111 capital projects and parks open during her time. including Francisco Park and District 2. She led the search for Rec Park's new GM, serves as an advisor to Fleet Week, and is herself an active donor to both Fleet Week, Francisco Park, and much more. But of all of that, the thing that always sticks out to me is that her favorite program is the department's Gardener Apprenticeship Program. which in partnership with Rec Park and Local 261 has for nearly two decades trained aspiring gardeners in the skills needed to care for our wonderful parks while building pathways to meaningful career development. Her entrepreneurial spirit has also infected into or flowed, shall I say, into all of our neighborhoods. She co-founded a restaurant in the Bayview, designed as a community hub for artists, musicians, and culinary creators. She recently designed artwork for the Avila Street Corridor Neighborhood Association's upcoming block party for the Flyers and the T-shirts. This devotion to the city has frankly been a natural extension of her work in labor and employment law. Trained right here at UC Law, she served as Interim Director of the News Union Pacific Media Workers Guild. This support of people at the beginning of their careers, in the midst of their careers, at the tail end of their careers, is something that underpins so much of her work. And closer to home, Kat is the proud member of Patrick, who is joining us here today, and Dee Dee Anderson, both native San Franciscans who serve in their own ways this city through their work at SI and at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, and is the proud wife of Dave Anderson, who has served our country as United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. Kat likes to say she's spent her life collecting experiences rather than climbing ladders. And for her, those experiences have centered on people, community and the privilege of helping make San Francisco a better place. Today, I see out in the audience the general manager of Rec Park, Sarah Madland. I see Commissioner Vanita Louie. I see Stefan Franz of the Friends of Lafayette Park. These are just a few. And I know I'm missing somebody. I'm sorry. I'm sure I'll get a text later. But these are just a few of the people who have come to support Kat in the way that she supports so many of us. And by so many of us, I in many ways mean me. Kat, on a personal note, I am deeply grateful to you for your friendship, for your graciousness, and for your ever blunt honesty, accompanied by a smile and a hug, that has given me so much more than I could ever give to you. I think I speak on behalf of most of this room in saying thank you for continuing to serve San Francisco, for continuing to step up to the call, and continuing to make sure that all of our families are as happy and wonderful as yours. So Cat, for 10 years of service to Rec Park, thank you. And for many, many more than that to our city, thank you.

Thank you.

I would just, Supervisor Sherrill and Kat, I would just like to throw my own thanks to you for, I think I've probably known you now for at least a couple decades. And during that time, you have thrown yourself into service to San Francisco on Rec Park, but in lots and lots of ways. And we appreciate you. So this is an excellent commendation. Thank you, Supervisor Sherrill, for doing it.

Thank you. I made remarks, and before I start them, I wanted to ask if everybody who's here for me would stand up because I want to share my village with you. And there are many of you here on the Board of Supervisors who are part of my village. So if everyone who came out here could please stand up. There are people with Rec and Park. On the commission, in the department, our harbor master, Ben Davis, City of Awe, Stefan Franz, the Bandshell Concerts, my church, Friends of Parks, I know I'm going to, Robert, you know, SF Beautiful, my gang over here, Carol and Mary and Dika and Austin and Vanita. I just... I'm completely overwhelmed, Kim, and laborers, so I'd like to go into my remarks, but I just wanted to thank everybody for your time. It's hard to come out here. Hey, Heidi. And I really, really appreciate it. President Mandelman, it gives me such joy to say that. I have grown up with Rafi. Literally, we have grown up and aged together.

Excuse me?

You probably better than I. Esteemed supervisors, and especially my supervisor, Steve and Cheryl, and I'm so proud of you. I believe that gratitude and service are our highest pursuits. None of us gets through this life alone. We inherit so much from the people and the communities who came before us and the people who walk alongside us. Gratitude is recognizing what we've been given, and service is choosing to give something back. And somewhere in that exchange, we find connection and the possibility of meaningful change. Because of my work on the Rec and Park Commission these last 10 years, I have an understanding of how deeply important our parks and recreation spaces are to the connections that San Franciscans make as they come together to play, exercise, celebrate, or simply be. Our department stewards the greatest urban park system in the world. Yay, Sarah Madeline, where are you? Sarah, raise your hand. We wouldn't have that without the support of San Franciscans. All of you, our mayor and our incredible workforce, Vince, Teresa, I've been an activist and a volunteer most of my life, but nothing made my commitment to service more meaningful than becoming a mom. And when Patrick and Deanna were little, we spent many hours in our parks, and some were wonderful, and some were serviceable, and some were neglected. But over the last 20 years, extraordinary transformation has occurred. And I want to recognize the great work of our Rec and Park employees, represented by 17 unions, with Labor's Local 261 representing our largest cohort. I believe in the infinite payback of investing in our young people. At Rec and Park, one of our greatest assets is our Gardener Apprenticeship Program. For almost 20 years, this program has provided skills, opportunity, and hope to the next generation who will care for our parks. In my union, Media Workers Guild, I co-founded Bay News Rising, where students received mentors and opportunities to publish and were paid, sometimes for the first time in their life, for their work. When we invest in a young person, we're not just changing one life. We're strengthening families, building careers, and shaping the people who will care for the city for generations to come. We are strengthening community. Can you imagine anything else that is more important? And I want to associate with my remarks some of San Francisco's greatest celebrations. Illuminates, City of Awe events, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Outside Lands, Flower Piano in the Gardens of Golden Gate Park, and San Francisco Fleet Week. I'm deeply grateful to the people who bring creativity, energy, and connection to the city through events like these. Like those deeply engaged people, I wake up with the vigor to do whatever I can to help my friends, colleagues, and fellow residents make this city, well, awesome! I do not accept this honor lightly. I share it with all those who've walked and worked beside me, challenged and encouraged me, and given me the opportunities to learn and to give back. And I would not be standing here today without my husband, Dave, my son, Patrick, Didi's not here, my mom, Deanna, all of my extended family. Thank you. You are the lights of my life and my inspirational firepower. And to all of you, thank you for your deep commitment to the people of San Francisco, especially for supporting parks and recreation spaces and to those who work in them. Thank you for investing in the next generation. And I will continue to stand with you as long as I can and maybe even after I can't. Thank you. Everybody with me, come on outside. Thank you.

Next up, District 3, Supervisor Sautter.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Today, I have the honor of welcoming Commander Christopher Dalgandio to the chambers. Commander, would you please come on up and join us? You are commander now, but we are here to thank you and celebrate your time as captain of Central Station. And to do that, I know we've got about half the force here. We've got community leaders from across the district. But probably most importantly, we have your husband, Billy. We have our chief. We have our new captain of Central, Captain Doe. We've got all the right people in the room to celebrate you. Through almost 20 years with SFPD, Commander Dalgandio has been no stranger to Central Station. He has served as an officer, a lieutenant, and a captain there. And we are so very lucky that he has spent so much of his career at Central. He has been fully committed to the culture of Central Station, which knows we keep each other safe by building relationships and being present in the community. He's been focused on footbeat patrols, recently expanding them to Fisherman's Wharf. Because in his words, if you're in a car, you don't make those connections as much. And Central Station is a great example of why we need folks on the street. The captain's focus in Union Square, hello, Marissa Rodriguez, has been a major reason why we're seeing that iconic neighborhood come back and flourish with events and dozens of new store openings. So thank you for that. And I especially appreciate the focus that you've brought to Lower Knob Hill. And I saw Barbara Swan of the Lower Knob Hill Neighborhood Alliance here today as well, because that is a neighborhood that has too often been ignored and has been in need of more attention, and you have given it that attention. And you've been warmly welcomed in Chinatown, where the community gave you a Chinese nickname, meaning the Golden Captain. Commander Delgandio has not only been a tremendous community partner, he has been a model of inspiration. And he has broken barriers as the first openly gay captain in the history of SFPD. He now serves as the co-chair of the LGBTQ Plus Advisory Forum so that SFPD can continue to be a model of what a diverse and inclusive police force looks like. So to the forever golden captain of Central Station, it's a good nickname, and you earned it. I like it. Thank you. To celebrate, my colleague likes to bring the donuts. I've got something else, because I know you'll be missing North Beach. We've got the world's finest focaccia from North Beach, from the 115-year-old bakery of Liguria Bakery. And there's enough to share. There's enough to share with everyone. But Commander, it's been a pleasure. I'm so happy that in your new role as Commander, you're still working a lot with Central. And our neighborhoods are better off for it. So thank you. And the floor is yours.

Thank you. Thank you. But first.

Dorsey, are you going to let Sauter get away with this? The floor is back to the present for a moment.

I want to thank you, Supervisor Sauter. That strikes me as an alarmingly healthy variation on the donut, so I don't know about that. But I have, oh good, Dorsey's going to say some things. I have had the honor and privilege of getting to work with Chris DelGaudio in several of his different postings. And it has been a very happy thing to watch you move your way up through the ranks in this police department. I always have kind of in the back of my head that this is a department that 40 years ago when my predecessor Harvey Milk was you know on the board the relationship between the police department and the gay and lesbian community at the time was not a strong one it was a terrible one and I think it is there's more work to be done of course but I think it's worth just celebrating you know the changes in that relationship the fact that you do have queer people working their way up through the ranks. Looking forward to having a, we have a great chief. So our chief needs to stay for a very, very long time. But at some point, it would be nice to have a queer chief. And of course, also want to call out some of the women who actually have been able to work their way up the ranks as well. The gay men have been slightly straggling. And Christopher Delgandio, thank you for making it for the guys. And Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman. I just want to echo, as a former colleague, I learned a lot from you, but also I think as a member of the LGBTQ plus community and someone who's aware of the history that our community has had over the decades past with law enforcement in the city and elsewhere how meaningful it is but also because you know had it not been for an AIDS crisis that really claimed a generation of gay men there might have been others who didn't have the opportunity I am grateful for the the leadership of our lesbian sisters who really pioneered some leadership, but I'm just also impressed and grateful that you get to be breaking barriers now for the community and for gay men. I'm really proud of you, and it's an honor to continue working with you as a member of the Board of Supervisors. Thank you.

You're right. I wrote a mini speech. I promise it's mini. But thank you so much for this wonderful honor. It was an absolute pleasure working with you to try and solve complex problems in our neighborhoods. You helped bring together the police, community leaders, city leaders, all to work hard to make things better. And with your help, I think we accomplished a lot. I have a few more thank yous. First, my officers at Central Station. When I asked, they answered. They worked hard at the tasks I gave them to best serve their community. And the results showed. I was honored to serve amongst some of the best cops in the city. I'd like to thank my Central Station captain staff who are standing in the back of the room. They fielded through numerous requests that came to my office. And thank you for your work ensuring special events went smoothly. And there were many of them. I'd also like to thank my leadership team, my lieutenants at Central, who ran all the watches and made sure Central ran smoothly despite being one of the busiest stations. I want to thank the command staff for their support and to trusting me to run my station like I was chief of police of the Central District. It allowed me to be successful in my own right. I want to thank the community, many leaders who are here today, who care very much about the neighborhoods that they lived in and worked hard alongside us to make their neighborhoods safe. You held us accountable. And when we had successes, you showered us with gratitude. Your support means a lot to me and the cops who work in your district. I'd like to thank my husband, Billy. Although I like to joke that you single-handedly funded Union Square's recovery with our credit card, you put up with the long days, weekends away, last minute changes to plans because of spontaneous events or protests. But your support was unwavering. And for that, I am forever grateful. Lastly, I'd like to thank my mom. Although she has been gone over 20 years, she was the one who instilled in me to be kind to strangers and help those in need. I'm sure she's looking down on me today filled with pride. Thank you.

Thank you.

Up next, we have District 4 Supervisor Wong.

Hello. I'd like to invite up the Battalion 6 Neighborhood Emergency Response Team. Colleagues, September is National Preparedness Month, a time to remind all of us of the importance of being prepared and ready to respond when an emergency happens. Today, I'm proud to recognize members of the San Francisco Fire Department's Neighborhood Emergency Response Team, or NERT, for their important work they do to help keep our communities across San Francisco safe and prepared. NERT brings together residents, volunteers, fire department personnel, and longtime community leaders who dedicate their time to making sure San Franciscans have the knowledge and skills they need before an emergency happens. While serving as an AmeriCorps disaster preparedness specialist at the American Red Cross, I became NERT trained myself and know firsthand how valuable this fire department program is in giving residents the skills and confidence to help their families and neighbors in an emergency. I'm especially proud of the work happening in District 4. The Sunset Team is part of NERC Battalion 6 and has been active at our sunset night markets, connecting directly with residents and spreading the word about disaster preparedness and NERC training. Today, I want to recognize the NERC Advisory Board members, Dan Rabinowitz, M. Steiger, SFFD Personnel Brandon Tom, Ali Sweeney, Patricia Liu, and Hashim Anderson, and retirees Daniel Casey, Norman Caba, and Angela Romero. As we recognize National Preparedness Month, I want to thank all of you and the many NERT members and volunteers across San Francisco for the time and commitment you give preparing our residents and strengthening our communities. It is my honor to recognize and commend all of you for your service and dedication to San Francisco. And with that, I'd like to turn it over to NERT Program Coordinator Captain Brandon Tom to say a few words on behalf of the team.

My name is Erica Brown.

I'm the Assistant Deputy Chief.

And here on behalf of Chief Crispin, to really show appreciation for the work that the members of our department are doing and to answer the question, what are we doing together? And that is a community fire department partnership to get our city ready for whatever might happen, big or small. So with that, I'd like to say Chief Crispin is very appreciative of yourself and introduce Brandon Tom. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you for your kind words. Good afternoon, President Mandelman and members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. On behalf of the San Francisco Fire Department and the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team, I want to take a moment to simply say thank you. Thank you for recognizing the importance of preparing our communities before disaster strikes. San Francisco is a city that knows how quickly circumstances can change. An earthquake, a major fire, a power outage, or another emergency can happen without warning. And when that moment comes, the first people able to help may not be firefighters, paramedics, or police officers. They may be our neighbors. This is what makes NERT so special. NERT is more than a training program. It is a commitment to community. It is neighbors learning how to take care of themselves, their families, and one another when professional responders may be overwhelmed or unable to reach everyone immediately. Every person who completes NERTS training becomes another trained set of hands, another person who knows what to do, and another person who can provide hope when their community needs it most. But the strength of NERT isn't measured only by the number of people we train. It is measured by the relationships we build, promoting neighbors, helping neighbors. It is measured when a neighbor checks on an older adult, when trained volunteers gather information and share it with the fire department, and when ordinary San Franciscans step forward and say, my community needs me, and I am ready. That spirit represents the very best of San Francisco. I want to thank Chief Dean Crispin, Chief Brown, for supporting the NERT program and for investing in preparedness at the neighborhood level. To our NERT volunteers, thank you for giving your time, your energy, and your commitment to your neighbors. You are an essential part of San Francisco's emergency preparedness. To my instructors, thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. We cannot prevent disasters from happening. But together, we can make sure our neighborhoods are ready. Prepared neighborhoods are stronger neighborhoods. Prepared neighbors become resilient communities. And resilient communities make San Francisco stronger. Thank you for believing in NERT. Thank you for believing in our neighborhoods. And most importantly, thank you for believing in the people of San Francisco. Together, we can advance the NERT model Do the most good for the most people. So I challenge you all to come and take NERC training. We are free to everybody who lives or works in San Francisco. Thank you very much.

District 7, Supervisor Melgar.

I'm a little afraid of this thing now. Thank you. Could I have Joanne come up, please? Joanne Giavanoni. There you are. Colleagues, today we are honoring the spirit of adventure and exploration in a woman who has made her career out of sharing her love of travel with her clients and her students and our city. Joanne Giovannoni has run Portal World Travel on Ocean Avenue for 47 years. During that time, she has shared her experience and expertise with hundreds of appreciative customers who know her to be an expert for all details, great and small. She has organized trips for customers to destinations all over the world. from Australia to Easter Island. Long time loyal customers have shared that Joanne is creative when planning excursions and tough when negotiating with the airlines and vendors. So beyond the incredible work that Joanne has done for all our neighbors with her business, she also has been a mentor for many employees and an inspiration for generations of students at City College of San Francisco. for the travel and tourism program, which as we all know, travel and tourism is actually the number one industry of San Francisco. Joanne served as chair of this program at City College before retiring from teaching in 2021. Her classes were fun, informative, and she has always put just the top of the quality for all the latest international travel trends. Joanne, I want to take your class, so I hope you maybe do that favor for us at some point. Many of her students have gone on to build thriving tourism and travel careers for themselves and continue to look at Joanne for guidance. Under her inspired leadership, the travel and tourism program at City College generated significant revenue and earned international distinction, driven by her classes full of international students, local residents, returning veterans, attaining their graduation with a GI Bill. Thank you for all of that, Joanne. While she is no longer teaching at City College, Joanne Giovannoni's generous spirit continues to inspire a love of travel, curiosity in other places and cultures, and just the love of the other and the adventure of it in everyone who encounters her. Her enthusiasm is infectious. Thank you, Joanne, for reminding us to explore, to learn, to love the world around us, and for mentoring so many generations of young people to do the same. Thank you.

Thank you for your kind words. I think the easiest thing I can say is if you can find something that you love and you can make a living at that, then everyone is happy, people you come in contact with and yourself. I feel very, very fortunate, very lucky to have pursued my two greatest passions, teaching and travel. And I was thinking about how many years I've been teaching. I actually have been teaching most of my adult life nearly 60 years. Started as a part-time teacher in junior, what, about the seventh grade in Santa Cruz. I survived that. It was tough. If you've ever dealt with that age group, it's tough. And loved every minute of it. And of course, the 37 years that I spent at City College was a joy. To give you an idea of how far reaching that program was, my younger brother, Scott, taught with me. He's here with me, as well as some of my other family members, friends. clients, and we were talking about our students. And we came up with a list of students that came from countries that we can't go to. Myanmar. Venezuela is a tough, tough deal. Lebanon. Syria. We had a series of students that came from Syria, three, four students. Pakistan. Iraq. Iran. All throughout Africa. Absolutely amazing. And we wondered, how did they find the program? The internet, of course. They googled it and found travel and tourism in one of the greatest cities in the world. And the thousands of students that we had through the program, I can guarantee you, every one of them went home as an ambassador to the United States. but more than that, super ambassadors for the city of San Francisco. Not one student went home without tears in their eyes, and many of them do come back. I just want to tell you one example. Scott and I talked about it, hundreds and hundreds of examples. And the students stay in touch, which is something that is very, very heartwarming. For anyone who's taught, you teach, you think you do a good job, the student leaves out into the world, and then you don't know. But we had this one student who was late to class one evening. And after class, he came up and apologized. And I said, well, things happen. I didn't know if he'd gotten stuck in traffic or what. And he said, no, that his advisor for the Fulbright committee had been late. Now, I didn't know I had a Fulbright scholar in my classroom. Turns out there were two, one from Pakistan and one from Panama. And the student from Pakistan was a college graduate, had come to the program to get the two-year A Associated Arts degree to help run what his great-grandfather had started as a hunting lodge way up by K2 Mountain at the border of Pakistan and China. And this two-room hunting cottage had developed into a 10-room hotel that he and his brothers were running. And he wanted to find out, how could he market this? How could he get this fabulous resort way up in the Pakistan mountains out to the public? And terrific student. He went home. Pardon me. And within two days of going home, after receiving his associated arts degree, I got an urgent message, actually from the Red Cross, that the police were looking for him. He'd gotten word that they were on their way to interrogate him, because after all, he'd been in the United States for a couple of years, so he must be a spy. That night, he packed his suitcase and walked out of Pakistan across the Chinese border. He was able to make his way back to San Francisco within a week, and with the kind help of the Fulbright Committee and the late, great Senator Dianne Feinstein, who went to bat for him, he got asylum. And he's here now in San Francisco as a resident working in the hotel business. So that's just one of the many stories that we have. Very, very touching. So I feel very proud that I met and worked with so many of these international students. And then the second passion of travel, I've always traveled, but I don't know, let me ask you, The first time you saw some world monument that you'd only ever seen in a picture, the first time maybe you saw the Great Wall of China or the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben. You remember that feeling, that it was real, that you could actually see it? Well, that's what I try and inspire in my clients when they travel. Try and share my personal experiences. I am well-traveled. But I get my other travel experience through my clients. So I'd like to thank my family for being here, my very patient husband. I'm sorry, sweetheart, but I did renew my lease. I'm not retiring anytime soon. my brother, who is my right-hand man through school, through all of my classes, my clients, some that I've known for 35, 40 years, my friends, and a category that you may not be aware of, but the sales reps. These are the people. We're all dinosaurs. Now, sales reps, these are the people that we trusted, that I trusted to teach me the industry from the inside out. And they would come in and introduce us to Big Five, Safari, or maybe Fly International. And they're here today also to support me. So I want to thank you all. I love what I do, have always loved it. And to have you appreciate or acknowledge that to me means all the world to me. I sincerely thank you. Okay. One, two, three.

District 11, Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, President Mendelman. May I ask Anne Ng from KTSS News Director to the podium? Colleagues, it's my great honor today to recognize KTSF Channel 26 for 50 years of outstanding broadcasting, news reporting, and services to the Asian American community. With their first podcast on September 4, 1976 in San Francisco, KTSF started their journey of becoming a pioneer of multi-ethnic and Asian language programming in the United States. KTSF launched the first nightly live Cantonese news podcast in the United States in 1989 and added Mandarin live programming in 1991. For generations of Chinese-American families, these lightning podcasts have been a vital connection to local news, community issues, and international events. KTSF is more than a news outlet. It has become a trusted community partner that new immigrants and longtime residents can rely on navigating life in the Bay Area. They have continued to provide news, public information, and community services in diverse language familiar to our Asian American communities. As we celebrate this milestone, we also recognize the tireless journalists, podcasters, staff, community members who give our communities an outlet for our stories and support immigrant community and families to participate fully in civic life. Congratulations KTSF for your 50th anniversary and thank you for your leadership, your services in providing accessible, multilingual media to our communities, reflecting San Francisco's value of inclusivity and community engagement. Here's to 50 years more of excellent podcasting and reporting. And the first was. But hold on.

Hold on. Hold on. I believe we have other supervisors who want to weigh in. This was. A good commendation, Supervisor Chen.

Supervisor Sautter. Thank you, Board President, and thank you, Supervisor Chen. Congratulations on 50 years. I want to thank you for the fact that you and your team seem to be everywhere. You're covering every single event, not only in San Francisco, but in the Bay Area. I'm so impressed by your expansive coverage. I have KTSF on often. I only will understand a word or two. But there's sometimes where I'll see things that I don't see covered by anyone else. And it kind of reminds me to go check on something or it teaches me something new. So it's so, so important what you've done for these 50 years. Thank you for your dedicated work. Thank you for letting community leaders like Annie Chung have space on the program to share their messages as well. Congratulations.

Thank you.

Supervisor Dorsey. Thank you, President Mandelman. I just wanted to say, as someone who has spent most of my career working with journalists, one thing that I've really come to appreciate is how important the Fourth Estate is. And I always root for journalists. Even when it's a political or public relations headache, I know that the work that you do bringing sunshine and scrutiny to government ultimately makes government better. So I just appreciate it. Just know that I'm always rooting for journalism. And even though I have done plenty of interviews, not many of them that I understand probably when it's broadcast, but I just appreciate the coverage that you have brought to so many news stories for so many years here in San Francisco.

Thank you. Thank you.

Supervisor Wong.

Yes, I'd like to thank KTSF as well. I grew up with my parents watching KTSF and it was, for my family, it was a source of news in addition to just them reading the Sing Tao daily every day and it's really important that we have our community ethnic media because there's so many stories are not covered by mainstream media and things that we need to get out there to the Chinese community and to the broader community. And just in the work that we do, I constantly see KTSF and our ethnic media covering stories that normally other mainstream sources won't. And that's so important that we're getting that information out there. So thank you for your work.

Thank you.

And I will just add my own thanks and congratulations on 50 years, of course, of providing coverage that's accessible to so many different Asian communities, but also for your involvement in the community and sponsorship of community events. And thank you, Supervisor Chen, for giving us this opportunity for sponsoring the resolution that we will be voting on later. Now the floor is yours.

Hi, everyone. I'm Ann Ng, the news director of KTSF Channel 26, some Chinese. So back in English. It's multi-language, right? So today, I'm very pleased and honored to represent KTSF in receiving this commendation from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Our founder and owner, Leland Lincoln Howe, received KTSF's FCC license in 1965. KTSF Channel 26 went on air on September 4, 1976, with the mission to serve local underserved communities. With this vision, KTSF become the first television station in the United States to focus on Asian language and other ethnic programming. As Supervisor Sian Chan said, in 1989, KTSF broadcasting the first nightly live Cantonese language newscast in the United States. And then in 1991, we added a live Mandarin language newscast. Since then, KTSF News become one of the most trust and widely watched news source in the Chinese community. KTSF just celebrate our 50th anniversary this past Saturday, September the 12th. It is not easy for an independent television station to continue serving the Asian community for 50 years, and we are very proud of this milestone. KDSF will continue to carry on the vision of our founder and owner, Lillian Lincoln Howell, by serving underserved communities throughout the Bay Area and giving them a voice. Thank you, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, for this recognition. And thank you, Supervisor Sian Chan, and everyone who has supported KTSF throughout the past 50 years. Thank you. And also, I need to introduce our past news director, Rose Cherenian. And she is our news director since beginning on 1989 to when. 2016.

I should explain. No, I'm obviously not Chinese. I do not speak Chinese. But when we started the newscast, our general manager said, you have a journalism background, you can do it. So I was in a position where I was able to hire top talent out of Hong Kong, including Tsai Meiling from Hong Kong, Every night she was speaking to millions of people in Asia. And it's with the top talent that we were able to launch KTSF. And it's wonderful having someone like Anne follow in my footsteps, and I'm very, very proud of her and proud of KTSF. I had the privilege of knowing Lillian Howell, and I know she would be very happy to know that 50 years later we're carrying out her mission. Thank you very much for this honour.

Thank you.

All right, and now could I invite Nilde Cruz, William Hatfield, Oli Yang, Justin Ponyanuvong, I think Latanya Williams is not here, Chris Banks, and Steven Duong to come on up. With Ian. And Vince Courtney is back there too. Come on up, Vince. All right, colleagues, today it is my great honor to present a special commendation to four members of the Castro Public Works Block Sweepers team, whose work helps keep the Castro clean, welcoming, and safe. That is Nilde Cruz, William Hatfield, Oliang Justinpanya Nuvong, and LaTanya Williams, as well as the team's managers, Chris Banks and Steven Duong. I think LaTanya is not able to be here today, but we're grateful for her work. and recognize her alongside her colleagues today. This commendation actually originated with Castro residents who reached out to our office to recognize the team and share their appreciation for the hard work and care they bring to the neighborhood every day. Although the name of the program is Block Sweepers, Neldy, William, Justin, and LaTanya do more than simply sweep the streets. They're out in the neighborhood every day removing illegal postings and graffiti, addressing overflowing litter, weeding, and reporting illegal dumping and other safety concerns. They're among the city employees who see the neighborhood most regularly, and their work makes a visible difference in the day-to-day experience of Castro residents and visitors. Nildi has been with the Department of Public Works for nearly four years. William has been with the department for three and a half years. And Justin and LaTanya joined the department just three months ago. All four live here in San Francisco. The team's managers, Chris and Steven, both previously worked as block sweepers themselves. They help ensure the team has the equipment and support they need, handle administrative responsibilities, and coordinate responses to issues that require additional attention, like illegal dumping. Castro is a neighborhood with a strong sense of community, and having city workers who take pride in caring for the streets and sidewalks makes a real difference. The appreciation this team has received from residents is a reflection of the care they put into their work every day. We want to thank you for the work you do every day to take care of the Castro, Nilde, William, Justin, Latanya, Steven, and Chris. And we want to thank the Castro residents who took the time to make sure our office knew about their work. We appreciate everything you do for District 8 and for San Francisco. And I think Chris Banks is, or Steve, or anyone can come up and speak.

All right, good afternoon, President Mendelman, all members of the Board of Supervisors, and everyone here today. My name is Steven Dong, and I am the Operations Supervisor for the Public Work Quota Program that's been created since 2006. We are very honored to be here on behalf of San Francisco Public Work Quarter Program to say a few words about our wonderful program ambassador. Unfortunately, Justin and Ms. Tanya wasn't able to come today. We've got Ms. Nellie Cruz and William Halford alongside me. Of course, Maya. Captain for the CODA program, Chris Bank. First, thank you, Mr. President and member of the Board of Supervisors, and of course, for the Castro community for taking the time to recognize our team today. This recognition means a lot to us all. And of course, I want to congratulate Ms. Crew, Mr. Hatfield and of course Justin and LaTanya. We are very proud of you. You represent public work and not just make yourself look good out in the community and also on behalf of public work as well. And our ambassador are out in the community throughout the city every day. They work with residents, businesses, visitors, and community organizations, helping keeping our neighbors cleaner, safer, and, of course, more welcoming for everyone, as well as the tourists to our city. But what really stands out is the way they do their work every day professionalism, patience, kindness, and a genuine commitment to serving the community. I would say we currently have about 100 ambassadors out in the city right now. But not everyone gets recognized for what they do, their hard work, their commitment, their dedication. So it is very grateful to hear that the Castro community do see what we and our team could provide out there every day. But of course, we cannot clean up everything, or we just have to do the best we can. And that's why today's recognition is so meaningful. Nery? Will? Thank you for everything you do. Thank you for representing public work and for the care and dedication you bring to our community every day. Last thing, I also want to take this opportunity to express my thoughts to ask the Board of Supervisors and the public, all community, to support continue to support our program. I'm not sure everybody know about the ambassador. They only employ in terms, short terms, one years, two years. And as the operations supervisor for the quarter program for many years, I would just want to ask, for you all to continue to support their employment and keep them employed. Because most of them are already worried or only have one year or six months to work. So it's very grateful. And it's a great opportunity for me today to speak out for them as well. Finally, thank you again to President Mendelman and the Board of Supervisors for recognizing our team today. Congratulations, Nelly. Will, we are very proud of you, and we are proud to serve San Francisco alongside of you. So thank you very much.

Thank you all for this. Thank you.

I just want to appreciate this award. You know what I'm saying? A lot of people in that neighborhood would be very grateful that we're there. And they're just happy to see a smile every day. So kindness goes a long way. So I appreciate them. Appreciate y'all. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Should we take it on the behalf? Yeah. Thank you very much.

All right. I think that takes us to our 3 PM special order. Madam Clerk.

Items 41 through 46 comprise the special order at 3 p.m. Item 41 is a public hearing of the Board of Supervisors convening a committee of the whole today, September 15th at 3 p.m., to hold this public hearing to consider items 42 through 46 to add territory to an approving and annexation supplement to the amended and restated infrastructure financing plan for the city and county. of San Francisco Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing, District Number 1, Treasure Island, as new project areas, and to determine other matters in connection herewith, scheduled pursuant to a resolution number 352-26, approved by the board on June 9th, 2026. Item 42 just adds, it's the addition of territory, adoption of the annexation supplement, amended and restated infrastructure financing plan, Item 43 is the resolution to call for a special election for the city and county of San Francisco infrastructure and revitalization financing district number one for Treasure Island. Item 44, this is a resolution to declare results of a special landowner election for city and county of San Francisco, the revitalization financing district number one. Item 45, this ordinance adds territory as new project areas to and adopting annexation supplement of the amended and restated infrastructure financing plan. Item 46, this resolution modifies resolution number 7-17 to authorize the issuance of bonds for the revitalization plan of the revitalization financing district number one for Treasure Island.

All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We are now, as you described, sitting as a committee the whole to hear testimony on the addition or annexation of territory to the Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. and to consider adoption of an annexation supplement to the amended and restated infrastructure financing plan for the IRFD. The annexation territory is some of the property that has been transferred from the Navy to the master developer of the Treasure Island project since the formation of the IRFD. This is the first of the anticipated annexations to the IRFD. The annexation supplement has been prepared and made available to the public, and the Board of Supervisors approved the annexation supplement on July 28, 2026. In its capacity as the legislative body of the only taxing entity that allocates property tax increment to the IRFD. Now the Board, in its capacity as the legislative body of the IRFD, We'll undertake a series of proceedings required by the California Government Code in order to add the annexation territory to the IRFD and adopt the annexation supplement, which includes a public hearing and the preliminary steps for a landowner election. This hearing is now open. And Supervisor Dorsey has opening remarks.

Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, I want to express my support for these items, which allow us to make continued and sustained investments in Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island as we move forward on their development. Treasure Island is home to an Infrastructure Revitalization Financing District, or IRFD, which was created in 2017 to provide funding for both islands' development. Earlier this year, in July, we heard and approved the first two pieces of legislation to kick off this process, declaring the city's intention to issue bonds and to approve the upcoming changes to the IRFD. The IRFD allows the city to earmark a portion of future property taxes on Treasure Island, this is approximately 56%, to support the development project, specifically to fund public infrastructure and affordable housing. The IRFD does not raise taxes. Our vision for the islands included 8,000 additional units of housing, both affordable and market rate, and hundreds of more acres of parks and open space. A reliable and sustainable stream of funding is essential to delivering on our promise to build more homes and to remedy our citywide housing shortage. To date, the city has issued $65 million in IRFD bonds, repaid by IRFD taxes. that helped to cover the costs of construction of public infrastructure and affordable housing on Treasure Island. At the time the IRFD was formed, the city included the first phase of properties into the district boundaries. Thanks to the work we've been able to do to grow and expand TIDA, the Treasure Island Development Authority, is now adding future development properties. We have a lot of momentum building on Treasure Island. The city, in partnership with our master developer, has delivered nearly 1,000 new market rate and affordable homes on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Islands and another 250 affordable units currently in development. Last year, Treasure Island saw the opening of a brand-new waterfront park, city-side park, and the groundbreaking of a new training center for Bay FC, the Bay Area National Women's Soccer League team. We're already going to quadruple the amount of housing that we've built in years to come. I want to thank the Treasure Island Development Authority, TIDA, and the Comptroller's Office of Public Finance for all of their work to herald this IRFD annexation process through and to give thanks as well to the mayor's office for their support as we work to legislate these items. I urge you to join me in support of these items to ensure the continued success of our work on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. And I thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey. I believe we have, hello, the Treasure Island Development Authority is here to present.

Thank you, President Mandelman, and thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, for those comments. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is Jamie Karubin, Chief Operating Officer of the Treasure Island Development Authority, or TIDA. Today I'll be presenting on items 42 through 46 together, which collectively, as the supervisor mentioned, adds property to the Treasure Island Infrastructure Revitalization Financing District, or what we refer to as the Treasure Island IRFD. The first two items, a resolution to approve the annexation and a resolution to call for a special election, are up for approval today. and the subsequent three items, a resolution to declare the election results, an ordinance to approve the addition of new property into the IRFD and approve the annexation supplement to the infrastructure financing plan, and a resolution to modify the original resolution to issue bonds for the IRFD will be heard today pursuant to legal procedures required by state law and will be continued to a future board date for approval later this month. For more context, this Committee of the Whole public hearing is a required step in the process to legally add property into the Treasure Island IRFD. California IRFD state law dictates a process to add properties to an IRFD, which requires a multi-step legislative process at the Board of Supervisors acting as the city's governing body to the IRFD. Slide 3 shows the prior actions that the Board of Supervisors and the GAO Committee have taken since June of this year, including the Board's approval of a resolution of intention to add property into the IRFD. update the infrastructure financing plan, and a resolution of intention to issue bonds in connection to the annexation of this property. Slide 4 outlines the items before you today, as well as subsequent actions the board is scheduled to hear and adopt through early October. This process will complete all necessary legal steps to add property into the IRFD by the end of this calendar year. For some background on the Treasure Island IRFD, the Original Disposition and Development Agreement, or the DDA, approved in 2011, contemplated the formation of an IRFD, which was then later formed by the Board of Supervisors in 2017. The IRFD allows the city to capture and dedicate a portion of the new property taxes generated by properties on Treasure Island as a result of development. The city then issues tax increment, or IRFD bonds, against these property tax revenues to finance both public infrastructure supporting the project, as well as affordable housing located on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. The IRFD, as formed, always contemplated eventually adding new properties into the district boundaries as new development occurs in order to capture property tax growth in their initial stages of development. Due to certain constraints within the IRFD law, the IRFD was originally formed only including properties within stage one of the development boundaries.

Let me do the next slide.

including all of the blue parcels on YBI and the waterfront-facing parcels on Treasure Island facing the SF City skyline. The subject of this legislation is to continue the process of adding stage two properties indicated in the red box on slide six into the legal boundaries of the IRFD. Slide seven here shows a closer look of these properties defined as project areas F, G, H, and I, which are grouped based on the timing of these parcels, timing of which these parcels are likely to be developed. As mentioned earlier, a subset of this legislation before you includes a resolution and ordinance to approve the addition of property into the IRFD, as well as an adoption of an annexation supplement to the infrastructure financing plan. The annexation supplement includes five primary components, a map and legal description of the annexation area, a description of the facilities required to serve the development proposed in the annexation area, a finding of the IRFD improvements are of community-wide significance, a summary of the projected tax increment committed to the area, a term of the IRFD, a plan for financing the IRFD improvements, and a plan for financing any potential costs incurred by reimbursing the developer. And lastly, an analysis of the cost to the city providing facilities and services to this annexation area, and an analysis of the projected fiscal impact of the tax revenues allocated from this area. The legislation before you includes a resolution to call on and a resolution to declare the results of a mailed ballot election to the landowner electors located within the IRFD. They will vote on an addition of the properties, which we refer to as project areas F, G, H, and I. an adoption and approval of the annexation supplement, an establishment of $192 million of an annual appropriations limit, and the addition of $520 million in bond issuances based on the projected net available increment generated from the additional project areas F through I. This amount will be added to the current authority to issue $780 million in bonds related to the initial project areas A through E. After this mailed ballot election, the Director of Elections will file with the Board of Supervisors a canvas and statement of results of the election regarding this special election, which will be up for approval on September 29th. Lastly, the legislation also includes a resolution to modify Resolution 717, which was originally passed in 2017, to reflect additional authority to issue bonds for the IRFD. As a result of adding additional territory, the total bond authorization will increase by $520 million from the $780 million currently approved for a total maximum aggregate principal amount of $1.3 billion. This additional bonding capacity is based on the projected net available increment, which is generated from the project areas F through I. As a reminder, the bonds are repaid by property tax revenues allocated by the IRFD, including revenues in both project areas A through G and the new project areas F through I. Lastly, TIDA and the Comptroller's Office are required to seek future Board of Supervisors approval for the issuance of bonds against this maximum bonding capacity. And with that, I'll conclude my presentation. And I and staff from the Comptroller's Office of Public Finance are available to answer any questions.

I do not see any questions from colleagues. Thank you for your presentation. Madam Clerk, have you received any written protests?

We have not received any written protests, Mr. President.

Thank you for that confirmation. So let's open public comment on this matter, allotting two minutes per speaker.

All right. If you are here for this hearing on the Treasure Island IRFD, please come over to your right-hand side of the chamber. All right. Seeing no one, get up in the public gallery. Let's go to the remote public callers. To the staff, are there any callers for this particular item, for these items? Let's say items 42 through 46. Just double checking, Mr. President. Okay.

There are no callers, Mr. President. All right. Public comment is now closed. I don't see anyone wanting to say anything at this point. So this hearing has been held and is now filed. OK, so we now consider the legislation associated with the IRFD in two separate votes. The first two resolutions, items 42 and 43, will be considered for adoption. And then we would continue the remaining items 44 through 46 to the September 29th Board of Supervisors meeting. And so with that, Madam Clerk, please call the roll on items 42 and 43.

On items 42 and 43, Supervisor Chan. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Chen? Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder? Aye. Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud? Aye. Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelman?

Aye.

Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sautter? Aye. Sautter, aye. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, aye. And Supervisor Wong? Wong, aye. There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

Supervisor Dorsey? Thank you, President Mandelman. I don't know if the motion has been made, but I'd like to make a motion at this time, if it's not on the floor, for items 44, 45, and 46 to be continued to September 29th.

That is perfect. Now I need a second, which I'm getting from Supervisor Chen. And with that, colleagues, I think we can take that motion without objection. Without objection, the resolutions and ordinance are continued to September 29th. Madam Clerk, I think that takes us back to item 37.

That is correct, Mr. President. Item 37 was referred without recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee. Item 37 is a resolution to authorize the Planning Department to enter into the First Amendment to the agreement between the City and County and OpenGov, Inc. for permitting software products and services, to increase the agreement by $33 million for a total amount of $38.9 million, and to extend the term for 60 months from September 30, 2026, for a total term of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2031.

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, President Mendelman. Colleague. To begin with, I want to once again thank Supervisor Fielder for calling the hearing on this contract. During the clearing, what made very clear is, and also during the fallout that came after, is that many of the issues that we have identified could have been avoided if we slowed down and communicated more transparently. And I understand the argument that we cannot let perfect be the enemy of good. And sometimes our city process can take more time. However, had this contract gone through a very standardized procurement process, we would know the complete cost of this project to the city. with clear performance metrics and transparent timeline. Timeline not just for the development and build out of the application, but for the integration of many city departments that are going to be impacted by the implementation of Permit SF. The lack of transparency, the lack of communication, and the lack of urgency to implement checks and balances has eroded public trust, created frictions between departments, and raised the concerns about departments' ability to execute this contract. I said during the hearing last week that I would not vote for this contract as it was written, why I would prefer to amend this contract to match the budget and legislative analyst's proposal. I'm grateful to the department and also to the mayor's office for coming to the table and negotiating a new contract that we all can live with. This contract gives the department enough flexibility to continue executing the development and implementation of permit SF, but also gives the board stronger oversight and accountability tools. I want to also thank Supervisor Dorsey. We added back the termination of convenience language during the Budget and Finance Committee process, which allows us to terminate the contract with ease and flexibility if needed. After this item was moved through committee without recommendation, and I want to thank the work that my office has done with the support from all my colleagues, we have also negotiated the contract down from a five-year extension to a three-year extension. We reduced the total not to exceed amount down from 38.9 million. to $28 million. This represents a $22 million contract to be spent down over the three years extension. First, I am directing the BLA and the Comptroller's Office to flag the third year of this contract for budget reserve during this upcoming budget and appropriation cycle. This accounts for $7.4 million of the total $22 million increase. During the next budget process, the Budget and Appropriations Committee can decide after hearing with presentations from the department whether or not we want to appropriate the final $7 million sum from the reserve. These changes will save taxpayers over $10 million during our city's ongoing deficits. And by giving the board real accountability tools, we can ensure that the permitting SF reform was sorely needed implementing, but implemented correctly. San Franciscans deserve a world-class permitting system that will last decades and save rather than cost us time and money. This amendment gives us the lever to make sure that this contract leads to an outcome. Additional, I'm introducing a hearing request later today by providing additional oversight and transparency over this contract. I want to thank the budget and legislative analyst team both for their work and complete audit on the way this contract was executed as well as many hours that as well as many hours of the work that they have put in in supporting us as we attempt to negotiate a better contract. I also want to thank my legislative aide, Jackie Prager, for her tireless work on this project. I have shared some of the amendments, and I also respectfully request your support on these amendments. With that, I would like to make a motion to amend this resolution with the following change. Page 1, line 2. Change $38,965,985.92 to $28,018,982.28. Page 1, line 6. change $33,065,985.92 to $22,118,982.28. also changed $38,965,985.92 to $28,018,982.28. Page 197 changed 60 months to 36 months. Page 198 changed 2031 to 2029. Page two, line 17, change 2031 to 2029. Page two, 918, change $38,965,985.92 to $28,018,982.28. Page 2, 921, change 60 months to 36 months, change $38,965,985.92 to $28,018,982.28. Thank you.

There is a motion from Supervisor Chen and a second by Supervisor Chan. And we will continue down the queue. Supervisor Fielder.

Thanks, President Mandelman. First off, I want to thank Sheila Chung-Hangan in my office for staffing me on this item. Colleagues, we had a hearing on the OpenGov contract two weeks ago. Typically, city departments competitively bid large contracts to ensure the city and the people of San Francisco who entrust us with their public dollars are getting the best deal. The Permit SF contract, however, was not competitively bid. To better understand how the contract was procured and whether best practices in contracting were followed, I asked the budget and legislative analysts to assess the contract's procurement. The BLA issued a report in June with key findings and recommendations. They found that the OpenGov selection process did not violate city requirements. However, it did not conform to best practices or typical city practice in procurement. There was no standard evaluation criteria, no proper guardrails in place to mitigate concerns of conflicts of interest, and no transparent criteria for vendors to hone their proposals. This would have all been a part of a real request for proposal process, in other words, a competitive bid. Homeless service providers are held to higher standards in competitive bids than OpenGov was subject to. Since then, we've learned through news reports that Permit SF leadership and the mayor have said OpenGov is exceeding their goals, while data suggests they're actually lagging. Permit SF's goal was to have the OpenGov system turn around permits in two days. According to the standard, which reviewed data available on Data SF, in May, just 3% of fire permits were meeting that goal. Meanwhile, only 36% of building permits for door, siding, and window placements were reaching that benchmark. Two-day processing rates as of August 31st have remained flat, 4% for fire permits and 38% for building permits, according to data obtained by the standard. On top of that, Permit SF intended to deliver 15 permit types by March 16th. By May, it had completed only seven. Two separate local outlets have spoken with city workers and former OpenGov employees, as have I, who have said the delays are unsurprising, as OpenGov has been aware that deadlines would likely be missed due to the project's complexity. A former department employee even told The Standard that he left his job because he was concerned that permit SF officials were intimidating city workers into staying quiet about the snags hit with OpenGov implementation. And according to Mission Local, workers have said OpenGov is still only being applied to simpler tasks. And quote, while OpenGov is eventually supposed to consolidate the city's permanent redundancies under one platform, three workers from three different departments who spoke to Mission Local said their teams still use the old system simultaneously with OpenGov. That's because OpenGov, they said, still hit snags. It cannot handle ancillary requirements tied to some basic permits and paperwork, forcing city staffers to also work with antiquated system OpenGov was meant to supplant, a time-consuming and tedious process. I want to make one thing clear. I'm not questioning whether San Francisco should have an integrated, best in class, and corruption free permitting system. Improving the public's experience with the city permitting is absolutely valuable. I am, however, questioning whether we got the best deal for this contract and are going to get that in a multi-year contract extension without clear deliverables beyond March 2027. Yes, the public should know that in this contract extension, we only have clear deliverables until March 2027. One minute Permit SF is telling us OpenGov is exceeding their targets, and the next that they're struggling because of staffing. Either you're hitting your goals or you're not. It can't be both. Three years is more reasonable than five, but until Permit SF gets a firm handle on its operations and sets more concrete deliverables for OpenGov, the Board of Supervisors has no business expanding this contract beyond the BLA recommended one year.

Chair Dorsey. Thank you, President Mandelman. So colleagues, as you know, we occasionally from the Budget Committee send things out without recommendation. And sometimes that means there's a live controversy that we feel we should have a discussion at the Board of Supervisors. And I think that's a courtesy that the Budget Committee owes to all of our colleagues, since the power of the purse strings is a legislative function for all of us. I was prepared to vote for this, but I am actually really grateful that we got to an agreement that I think hopefully will win more support than it might have otherwise. And for that, I really do want to commend Vice Chair Chen for rolling up her sleeves and finding common ground on this as well for the mayor's office. And I know there were some considerations that I Took seriously and understand that sometimes there's a bit. There's a case to make for a longer contract Sometimes there's a case to make for a shorter contract To the extent the shorter one is a shorter leash I think that's something that there's more comfort level here at the board with I will say at the budget committee I brought up an example that I saw in my time at City Hall for a middleware solution called Justice that was the justice tracking information system that ended up, I think it was $32 million over decades that we spent on something that, to my knowledge, still doesn't work. And I will say that the lesson of that was that there was not strong executive leadership. It was multiple agencies, including multiple elected officials and the district attorney and the sheriff's department, In a weird way, I'm actually encouraged and optimistic that this is a software endeavor that is starting out with a lot of scrutiny, and I think that bodes well for its success. I think everybody is on notice that this is something that we expect to work, and we're not going to have a lot of patience for things that don't. So I think ultimately, just from my own perspective, as somebody who's seen good things and bad things happen in City Hall, I think we're setting ourselves up It's worth the process that we're going through and the scrutiny that we're bringing, and I am hopeful that this is going to be something that we don't live to regret and that we all look back on and say, aren't we glad we brought scrutiny to this? And now all of our permits are getting approved in an expedited way. So I am happy to support these amendments that Supervisor Chen has proposed, and I hope we can pass this. Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President. I just wanted to start out by thanking my colleagues on the Budget Committee and also Supervisor Fielder for calling the hearing. I particularly want to thank Supervisor Chen for her work on this. She got us to a place of agreement, and she did so with grace and talent. So thank you so much, Supervisor Chen, for your leadership and hard work. I also want to thank Sarah Dennis Phillips and Liz Waddy in the planning department for all of their work. And, you know, wanted to provide just some remarks because I have a lot of history with this issue. This story started way longer than a couple of years ago when our mayor decided to take this on. I see Jerry Drattler here sitting in the front row. And I remember very clearly when I was a building inspection commissioner, there was a grand jury investigation on our failure to implement an integrated transparent system. And we spend 12 years and millions of dollars trying to implement Acela and failed. And this story of using different systems and permitting And in some areas, using paper, which easily gets lost or damaged, really led to a lot of our failures in the permitting system. So I, like Supervisor Fielder stated, am eager to have an open, transparent, seamless way of looking at our information on building. where anyone in the public who's using the system can look in and see where they're at, but also that integrates all the very complicated functions of our city on the back end. So I think we all want the same goal. We're all there. I think it's the how that we are having perhaps a few differences of opinion. But like I said, this is the beauty of our representative democracy in San Francisco, that the Board of Supervisors, in its role and its capacity of oversight, can shape these things so that we can ensure that we are going forwards and not backwards, that we can be guided by all of our experiences and the things that we bring to the tables to make sure that we meet our responsibility going forward. So again, Thank you, Supervisor Chen, for this work, for getting us to a good place. I will be supporting your amendment and supporting the contract. And I really look forward to supporting the staff at the planning department to make this a success for everyone, for your staff, for the public, for the users. and to move beyond where we've been for so many years of not being able to see past our differences to implement a system that really works in the best city in the country, the one that should be putting out its most modern, successful, user-friendly system for permits. Thank you.

Supervisor Mahmoud. Thank you, President Mandelman. Colleagues, I want to speak on the legislation before us regarding the open-up contract and in support of the amendments proposed by Supervisor Chen. Much has already been said about the process to approve this contract. The focus of my comments are not on the process, but on a goal, like Supervisor Malgar mentioned, that we all can agree on, which is how do we ensure that we are delivering on the best software for San Franciscans to address our housing crisis. We should recognize that. because I believe all of us here believe that our current permitting software is lacking and a bottleneck to approving housing permits. I'm aligned with our mayor that this process needs to be improved to ensure we meet our housing goals. But it is in that alignment that I believe it is our role as a board to provide accountability and oversight to ensure the goals of the software are being met. More specifically, our job as a board is to assess whether the contracts that come before us are ready for prime time. And if not, how much more time is needed to get there? A five-year commitment makes sense for a product that has been proven by itself. A shorter, renewable term makes sense for one that hasn't yet. Over the past several weeks, my office has done due diligence. I spoke with the mayor's office, with the departments using this system every day, and more than a dozen individual staff who are in this software hour by hour. And the picture that came back was consistent. This product is unfortunately not ready. We're seeing permanent turnaround times move in the wrong direction, as Supervisor Fielder mentioned. Specifically, fire alarm and sprinkler permits used to take two days and are now taking eight to nine. I want to be fair that some of that may be the process, and some of it may be a learning curve. It is a reasonable possibility, and I don't dismiss it. But regardless of the cause, a four-fold increase in turnaround time is not the outcome we were promised. And it is not an outcome the city should be asked to accept for the next five years. Beyond the numbers, there are structural problems. During our due diligence, we discovered that there's no testing environment in the OpenGov platform. For an enterprise product touching permitting across departments, that means every fix, every update, every change is tested live on real permits for real San Franciscans. That's not how enterprise software should be run. Data entry and processing are, by every count we heard, worse than when the departments had before. And there's currently no functional channel for the people using the product day-to-day to communicate their problems back to the vendor and get them resolved. I've heard the counter-argument as well, and I take it seriously, that a longer contract is needed to support the cultural change that is required across departments. I don't disagree that cultural change takes time, but I don't believe it requires a five-year, no-checkpoint commitment to get there. A three-year term, as Supervisor Chen has proposed, gives the vendor every incentive to make the fixes that earn that extension, while preserving the board's ability to have a seat at the table in any necessary amendments to the contract. It supports the same cultural transition everyone agrees we need. It just keeps the city's leverage intact while we get there. And look, we've been here before. San Francisco Unified went through a software overhaul that did not go well. And the cost of that in dollars, in trust, and in disruption to basic functions outlasted the contract itself. The same occurred with the justice system that Supervisor Dorsey mentioned as well. The same occurred with the very same excella system that we are now looking to replace. So we should learn from that and not repeat the same process and mistakes that got us in this mess in the first place. For years prior, I worked in the software sector and led teams whose responsibility it was to purchase software on behalf of our employees. A fundamental principle in evaluating software was assessing what is the minimum amount of time we need to validate a product before we commit to a long-term commitment. You could also say you gotta date a little bit before you get married. And this amended contract allows us to keep dating for a little bit longer before we enter into a strictly monogamous relationship with the vendor. And hey, sometimes you might find yourself in a sole source situation where you get married to your very first girlfriend. And as, unfortunately, my wife told the San Francisco Standard, I married my very first girlfriend, and it's worked out OK so far. So who knows? Maybe OpenGov will work out as well. I hope so. But more seriously, you still got to vet the relationship, and accountability and diligence in vetting will help us avoid the mistakes of the past. It doesn't take away from the goal of a modern accountable permitting system, a goal I share and one this board should keep pushing toward. What it does is make sure we get to the best product, not the best product we sign up for on day one. It keeps the board's ability to revisit this before five years have passed and before we have a minimum viable product in hand. I want to sincerely thank Supervisor Chen and her aide, Jackie Prager, for their work negotiating this amendment, deeply grateful for their partnership in getting it done, and for their commitment to landing on a solution that works for the city. I'd urge my colleagues to support it as well. Thank you. Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Mendelman. I think that the planning department is here. If I may ask just a quick question.

Sarah Dennis-Phillips. Welcome.

Directors Phillips, Dennis Phillips, my apologies. And just wanted to understand that in the event, and I think we had this conversation before during the budget process, in the events that this software does not work or does contract does not work, what is the plan B?

So first I want to thank many of the board here today for supporting our permitting reform efforts. I specifically want to thank Supervisor Sherrill, President Mandelman, Supervisor Chen, and Supervisor Dorsey who have greatly improved this contract and our ability to move it forward. So I think we are very comfortable at the moment that we have deliverable based contract that allows the city to terminate for its convenience as well as for failure of performance. We also are coming back to you and we welcome the scrutiny on this project so that we can use those options if it does not perform.

I think ultimately my question, my apologies, let me rephrase that or reframe the question. I think the question again is what is the plan B in the event this contract you determine that it's not working, it's not delivering and yielding the results that we're expecting?

However way and whenever that the report comes back in I think we'd work with you on those options right now We are as has been noted rolling out the new improvements while maintaining our existing Excella system So we have that as a backstop and then we would explore future options with this board understood So what you're saying is that in the next three years?

the goal is as I recall thank you so much for that reminder to is that there's actually a parallel path. We're going to continue to use the existing or have the existing permitting system in place while we are now exploring the new one. And so that in the events that this new one does not work, we can default back to the original or existing permitting system. In general, yes. Help me understand, though, if the contract itself really is to eliminate over-counter permit system or just in-person over-counter application because now everything is going online. How do you then, if this online system doesn't work, how do you then go back to the default on over-counter in person?

So one thing I correct, our goal is never to eliminate person-to-person contact. We do want to increase online options because we are finding that that is what our customers are asking for, and that is the simplest way to move these things forward. The permit center has proved to be a great tool to connect with customers, and that will continue to be a tool we'll use.

And then my last question, what will then be a decision-making? What is the threshold for you to say, to come back to say to this board and to, of course, to the mayor, to say this is a time we should terminate this contract?

We are certainly expecting annual progress reports, probably concomitant with the budget, to come back to you and explain how the contract is going. As mentioned, also, it's a deliverable-based contract. So if we have breach on the deliverables in each phase of this contract, we would also alert you as well.

If the deliverables, for example, I think a lot of city contracts, you meet 75% of the goals if you meet 85% of the goal. But if you fall below 65% or below, I don't know, 35%, I'm just giving you a threshold out there. Is there a threshold of the percentage of deliverable that the contractors ought to meet in order for us to say, now you have fallen really behind and this is why we're going to ask the grounds to terminate the contract?

It's hard to speak in the abstract without understanding what's in front of us, but happy to report back regularly if you have questions when we are in direct of those situations.

Thank you. My last comment, colleagues, is that I'm so grateful for Chair Dorsey, really, for putting back that that language back in to allow the city to have the option to terminate the contract altogether. I think that's a wise, wise move. Thank you so much for your leadership on that. And thank you, Supervisor Chan and Vice Chair, to the Budget Committee. This is amazing negotiation. I think the fact that it really allowed us to actually have time to actually understand the process, but not so much so that almost virtually no one here would be to have the institutional knowledge and the memory to hold the contractor accountable. And so I think the three years is a very wise move to scale back. What I do think, though, I concur with the sentiments with Supervisor Fielder on this one, is the fact that it is still not clear to me what the deliverables actually are, not in terms of the permits that we want to be able to have online. It is more like the deliverable in terms of in each development phase. What is the goal? The goal is to move virtually all these permits online that you can file online. And out of hundreds of them, we want 90% of them actually be able to file online. And at this first year, we want to see this many permits that you can actually file online and be able to close out and approve by 30 days. And if we don't meet that goal because of 65% of them did not actually being able to move online efficiently, then this is deemed not only a termination for the contract, but here's the backup plan that we actually will then go out and get ready for another RFP and to be able to come out and for a different option. I think those are actually steps that I have heard as a budget committee chair previously from different city departments and mending them to do so. That's be it our Department of Technology, our Department of Public Health. But today, I am absolutely grateful and in support of the Budget Committee and the work that they have done and what is before us today. It is my intention to not only vote for the amendments, but to vote the amended contract in support of it. But I absolutely am eager to be able to see what happened in the next budget process and see what the Budget Committee is able to hold them accountable for the deliverables. Thank you.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President. Just wanted to say one last thing before we vote. I appreciate Supervisor Chan's comments and wanted to say that I really expect and fully look forward to the department coming three years from now being able to say all of the successes that we have reached. I can understand why we wouldn't want to put specific numbers when we have had this project for 12, 15 years and haven't really moved it forward. I totally get that. And I also know that, you know, putting back this language by Supervisor Dorsey gives us some backup as Supervisor Chan articulated. However, I have very recently had the experience being on the MTC board of having a contract with a company that is running our Clipper 2.0, where we're actually not paying them because they have underperformed. And we cannot terminate the contract because there's no one else. And so contracting procedures can be really boring and cumbersome, but they present us with paths. And there's a reason why we do things this way. So when we have a sole source contract and we don't have someone else who can pick it up and go, terminating it or underpaying can sometimes not get us, you know, to what we want because it doesn't incentivize getting to the goals. And sometimes it even becomes an impediment economically. So I just want to say thank you for all of your work. I think that, you know, the fact that we were not on the ready to approve the contract but rather wanted to work in some more is evidence of us wanting to be SUPPORTIVE AND INVOLVED, NOT, YOU KNOW, OF CONTENTION, BUT I WANTED TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERVISOR CHEN, FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR THE GRACE WITH WHICH YOU REACHED THIS AGREEMENT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MELGAR. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY SUPERVISOR CHEN. IT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CHAN. COLLEAGUES, CAN WE TAKE THE AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION? WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION IS APPROVED. Okay. And then do we, well, Madam Clerk, please call the roll on the amended item.

On item 37 as amended, Supervisor Chan. Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen. Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder. Aye. Fielder, no. Supervisor Mahmood. Aye. Mahmood, aye. Supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar. Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sautter. Aye. Sauter, aye. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, aye. And Supervisor Wong? Wong, aye. There are 10 ayes and 1 no, with Supervisor Fielder voting no.

And the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 38.

Item 38, this is an ordinance to approve the amended airport surveillance technology policy governing the use of third party security cameras.

Please call the roll on this item.

On item 38, Supervisor Chan. Aye. On item 38, aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder. Aye. Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud. Aye. Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar. Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sautter. Sauter, aye. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, aye. And Supervisor Wong? Wong, aye. There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam Clerk, please call Items 39 and 40 together.

Items 39 and 40 are two ordinances to authorize the settlement of two separate lawsuits. Item 39 was filed by Kika Robinson-Lukman, Alicia Williams, John Hill, William Sparks on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated current and former employees against the city and county for approximately $8.7 million. The lawsuit involves an employment dispute. Item 40, filed by Gabriel Shin against the city and county, Janine Nicholson, Robert Postle, Tom O'Connor, David Brown, Patricia Lee, Joe Certaint, and Robert Muhammad, For $6 million, this lawsuit involves an employment dispute.

Let's take these items. Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading. And Madam Clerk, that takes us to our committee reports. Please call item 47.

Yes. First, I'll say items 47 and 48 were considered by the Rules Committee at a regular meeting on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 10 a.m., and were forwarded as committee reports. Item 47, this item was recommended as amended to approve striking the word rejecting. The motion now reads... Motion to approve the President of the Board of Supervisors, Rafael Mandelman's nomination for the appointment of Malia Chavez to the Planning Commission, term ending July 1st, 2028.

Supervisor Mulgar.

Thank you so much, President Mandelman. And I wanted to thank you for this nomination and my colleagues on the Rules Committee. I just wanted to say a couple of words of personal support for my friend Malia Chavez for the Planning Commission. She and I may not always agree on planning things, and I trust her and support her wholeheartedly. I think Malia has a deep connection to the community, the mission community, the Latino community in San Francisco, but really a lot of communities she served. as director of the women's building, deputy director of homeless prenatal. She worked with me at the Mission Economic Development Agency, and I know how smart and strategic she is. I will say this. The Planning Commission, as you know, I served on it for many years, can be a place where there's a lot of contentiousness because every inch of our 7x7 city is well used and we all have opinions about it. So I was hoping that we would have somebody in this position who could disagree with grace. and genuinely channel the hopes and dreams of the folks that she is connected with, I think that serves us all better. When we can discuss our disagreements, do it with grace, and come up with better decisions because we've considered the opinions of others. And I have full confidence that Malia will be that person on the Planning Commission. So again, thank you so much, President Mandelman, for this nomination. And thank you to my colleagues on the Rules Committee.

Thank you, Supervisor Melgar. Thank you for bringing Ms. Chavez forward for consideration. As I said in the Rules Committee, and thank you, Chair Walton, Ms. Chavez is straggling behind two other appointments that we made. before the break, only because of a quirk of the way the timing on this particular seat. So I really see this as part of a group. And I think collectively, they are going to represent this board well. With that, I think we can take this item. Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam Clerk, please call item 48.

Item 48, this is a motion to approve City Controller Greg Wagner's nomination for the appointment of Christopher Simi to the Sanitation and Streets Commission for a term ending July 1, 2030.

And again, same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. Let's go to roll call for introductions.

Yes. Supervisor Chan, you're first up to introduce new business. Submit. Thank you. Submit. Supervisor Chen?

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleague, as I mentioned earlier, I'm introducing a hearing request on the progress of OpenGov contract. Through many hours of negotiation, we're able to negotiate a shorter term contract, reducing both the overall length of this contract as well as the total, not to exceed the amount. However, I and some of my colleagues still have great concerns. special around clear goal, deliverable timeline, staffing, and a plan B, just also in case we need it. Thus, I do not believe that I have the faith in this contract will be successful without direct and persistent oversight from this board. I want to see permit SF succeed. I want San Francisco to have a permitting system that excels in serving our constituents. However, during our budget and finance meeting, it was clear to me that There were not strong enough guardrails in place during a sole source process, nor the first year's pilot. I intend to make sure that we do not fail to have this accountability measure in place going forward. I plan to request the scheduling of this hearing at the end of this calendar year at the Budget and Finance Committee to guarantee oversight and transparency over the development, implementation, and progress of this contract. This hearing will give us an opportunity to hear from planning whether or not they are meeting any goals set regarding overall performance, timeline, cost, permit processing time, consumer experiences, the hiring, staffing, and retention of staff across city departments, and more. It will also give us the ability to hear from other departments that are being integrated into the system. I'm hopeful that this hearing will also help reestablish trust that has been eroded between the city, the public, the mayor, and the Board of Supervisors. And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Chen. Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, few of us need to be reminded that San Francisco is in the midst of an affordability crisis, even by the standards of a city that has rarely been affordable, with rents especially rising citywide. Although many tenants enjoy strong legal protections, we also know that state law prevents tenants' rights from being as strong as we'd like them to be in many cases. Sometimes, however, tenants' rights may also be rights that tenants aren't fully aware of. That's why I am today introducing legislation that will require landlords to provide notice to tenants of their rights and rent increase limitations under the state anti-rent gouging law, and to require San Francisco's rent board to play a stronger role in providing assistance to tenants who believe they may be facing an unlawful rent hike, not just under our local rent control law, but for the first time under state law as well. In San Francisco, only pre-1979 buildings are generally subject to rent control. But thanks to our statewide rent cap law, also known as the California Tenant Protection Act of 2019, thousands of tenants in buildings over 15 years of age in San Francisco are protected from rent gouging. The landmark state bill that accomplished this was AB 1482. It was authored by then assembly member and now city attorney David Chu. Under that law, rent can't increase by more than the consumer price index plus 5% or 10% overall, whichever is lower for covered properties. Although not as favorable to renters as pre-1979 building dwellers, for many renters, including a large number of renters in newer buildings, the statewide rent cap could be the difference between a rent hike they don't like and one that's tantamount to an eviction notice. The more we can arm tenants with information about their rights, the better. With District 6 having seen more new residential construction than almost anywhere else in the city, thousands of District 6 renters depend on this state law as their main, and in most cases, only protection. I want to thank Deputy City Attorney Manu Pradhan for his work drafting this, to Madison Tam from my office as my legislative director, and the mayor's office and staff for their engagement on this issue. Thank you also to Supervisor Chen for your early co-sponsorship. I'd also like to express my gratitude to City Attorney David Chu, both for his work to pass AB 1482 in the State Assembly and for the work he does leading the City Attorney's Office that does such extraordinary work to protect tenants from unlawful business practices and unsafe conditions. So, colleagues, we will be reaching out on this legislation, and I welcome your support and co-sponsorship. And now, my outside boards and commissions update. At BCDC, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, we are closely watching the federal government's order to conduct a formal performance evaluation or Section 312 review of California's coastal management zone programs. BCDC and its federal partners, including NOAA, that's the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, share California's goal of conserving and protecting coastal resources while advancing economic development. And the federal government's own review concluded that the state of California is successfully implementing and enforcing its federally approved coastal management program. The final determination will have an impact on federal funding and oversight for federal projects or consistency determinations for coastal management agencies. More to come in future updates. Our recent meetings have been heavy on briefings and our topics have included sea level rise investment funding and strategy, agency strategic planning, agency regulatory improvements, state and federal legislative updates, and the California Natural Resources Agency's Outdoor for All initiative. Later this week, we will get an update on the public sea level rise education initiative at the Exploratorium that was developed as part of the 2025 San Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan Amendment, and I'm excited to hear about their work. I also serve alongside Supervisor Walton on the Workforce Investment Board at the June meeting, WSIF, Reviewed and approved OEWD's Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act allocations to providers for fiscal years 26 and 27. Those providers will be core partners in achieving stronger coordination with the Human Services Agency in order to serve public benefits recipients who are affected by HR1. The September meeting saw OEWD present on its new full workforce program portfolio, which includes eight centralized job centers, six specialized job centers for special populations, six young adult job centers, and a variety of sector training portfolios in construction, hospitality, healthcare, public safety, tech, and emerging sectors such as early care and education, transportation, and personal services. The annual local hire report was released and is available on OEWD's and WSIP's website. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted this policy in December 2010. It has since become one of the strongest pieces of legislation in the country to promote the hiring of local residents on locally sponsored projects. Nearly 4.3 million construction worker hours on capital improvement projects were subject to local hire, and 35% of all hours were performed by local residents last year. More than half of them, 53%, were apprentice work hours were performed by local residents. Thank you to Antopia and OEWD Workforce Division for their continued excellent work. on a bag the association of bay area governments i serve as san francisco's primary representative supervisor chen recently joined as our alternate representative so it's great to have you on there on a bag with us a bag held its annual general assembly in june where the annual work program and budget was adopted outreach for a potential 2028 bafa revenue ballot measure was discussed. All Bay Area elected officials will be receiving an invitation for a webinar and survey on that soon. This fall, we will begin Plan Bay Area 2060. This fifth iteration of the plan will be aligned with the seventh cycle of the regional housing needs allocation, or the RENA process. The Executive Board's next steps will be to work with MTC to analyze existing conditions across the region and revisit the plan's vision and guiding principles. And I think, finally, on the Health Service Board, met last week and we discussed the upcoming open enrollment period. Make sure your staffs are aware, open enrollment for the 20,027 plan year will run from October 1st through October 23rd. Most current benefit elections will automatically roll over, but for members who must enroll in the healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts each year, beginning in 2027, city and county and superior court employees will receive open enrollment communications primarily by email, and printed health benefit guides will be replaced by online resources. A major change for 2027 is the transition of Kaiser Permanente's multi-region members into To corresponding Blue Shield plans, HSS and Blue Shield are conducting targeted outreach and providing assistance with provider selection, pharmacy transitions, and continuity of care. Other changes include new MetLife legal and identity protection benefits, expanded Blue Shield Medicare transportation services, and modern increases to flexible spending account contribution and rollover limits. We will meet again next month. And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey. Supervisor Fielder.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I'm introducing two items. First, I'm introducing legislation to bring greater transparency when city departments are granted waivers to behest payments from interested parties. Behest payments are donations made to a city agency or nonprofit at the request of a government official. Interested parties are people or entities that have business before the city or have a stake in a city decision. For example, a developer seeking approval for a construction permit or a company bidding on a city contract. When the Board of Supervisors created these waivers in 2022, the intention was for them to be used sparingly for specific needs and with full transparency. We've seen many waiver requests to solicit donations from interested parties come through the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, yet we don't know what comes of these waivers at the end of the six-month waiver period. Currently, the board only asks for information at the front end of the waiver process, and departments don't always list specific donors or narrow projects that will be funded with these dollars. The legislation I'm introducing would require a report at the end of the waiver period that identifies the names of interested parties that were solicited, a complete description of why they're an interested party, the amount of the donation made by the interested party, and the name of the individuals or entities that received each payment. The Clerk of the Board would be required to publish the information on Data SF in a searchable and sortable format within 30 days of submission of the report, and the legislation addresses repeat waivers. If a granted waiver has expired and a substantially similar one is introduced, the new waiver would not be considered by the Board of Supervisors for one year. I'd like to thank Supervisors Chan and Chen for their early co-sponsorship. And second, today I'm introducing a resolution calling on our California senators and Bay Area congressional delegation to investigate, provide oversight, and condemn the de facto immigration detention center at the San Francisco International Airport. As reported by immigration attorneys and advocates, and most recently by the San Francisco Chronicle, the federal government has commandeered a section of the International Terminal at SFO to hold and detain immigrants for multiple days, in some cases beyond what's lawful within CBP's own guidelines. Many of these immigrants are detained while flying in or out of SFO, and some immigrants are brought to SFO from regional airports as far as Fresno, solely to be placed in detention at SFO. There are firsthand accounts of green card holders who have lacked access to medications, counsel, and beds by the federal government, instead being forced to sleep on chairs under bright lights for multiple nights. Congressman Kevin Mullen is reportedly the first and only member of Congress to visit this de facto detention center and report on the human rights and due process violations taking place there. And I'm calling on the rest of our congressional delegation to also visit, investigate, and condemn this unlawful detention center at SFO. Thank you to Supervisors Melgar, Chen, Walton, Mahmoud, Chan, and Sauter for your early co-sponsorship. The rest I submit. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Fielder. Supervisor Mahmoud.

Colleagues, last week, a woman was critically injured in a serious dog attack on Larkin Street in the Tenderloin. Our first priority is the victim, and I'm wishing her a full recovery. But it's a painful reminder that dog attacks disproportionately affect the Tenderloin. SFPD data shows 46 dog attacks citywide in the last 30 days, 11 of which were in the TL. And citywide reported dog bites have roughly doubled from approximately 450 in 2024 to more than 900 in 2025. Those numbers demand more than reacting after someone's already been hurt. The city needs the tools, staffing, and coordination to intervene when a dangerous dog is identified and to prevent these incidents in the first place. Today, I'm introducing a resolution to strengthen dog safety protocols at city-funded shelter, transitional housing, and supportive housing sites, places that should be safe for residents, neighbors, workers, and visitors. The citywide good neighbor policy already sets expectations on litter, sidewalk clearance, and property conditions. As it expands with enforcement beginning in January, we have a chance to add pet and dog safety expectations as well. The resolution that we are submitting asks the mayor's office to consider three measures. Providers that permit resident pets maintain basic registration and vaccination records. Two, dog bites and attacks at or near covered sites are logged through existing good neighbor complaint systems. Three, providers notify the vicious and dangerous dog unit when an incident occurs. Prevention, though, is only half the equation. San Francisco's vicious and dangerous dog hearing process was effectively suspended for about 10 months due to staffing and funding issues creating a significant backlog. This can't happen again. We need accountability as well. I want to thank Supervisor Sherrill for holding the hearing earlier this year, which helped to resurrect these hearings to proceed forward because the system that determines whether a dog poses a continuing threat needs sustained funding and staffing, not a stop and start approach. I want to thank SFPD, the Department of Police Accountability, Animal Care and Control, the City Administrator's Office, and the Mayor's Office for bringing the hearing process back online as of October 6th. That responsiveness matters, and the resolution also urges the City and County to keep the hearing process and the Vicious and Dangerous Dog Unit sustainably resourced going forward. I've had productive discussions with the Mayor's Office and Department stakeholders who are evaluating these proposed changes, and I appreciate their engagement. Because responsible pet ownership and safe public spaces are not competing goals. This resolution is a practical step forward to clear expectations, reliable reporting, and coordination we need. I want to thank Supervisor Fielder, Sautter, Chen, and Dorsey for their early co-sponsorship. The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Mahmoud. Mr. President.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I have an ordinance and two in memoriams. The ordinance would exempt adult sex venues and adult businesses from the planning code storefront transparency requirements. This is the fourth piece of legislation that I have introduced to try to give San Francisco's queer bathhouses and sex venues a lawful path to operate again. in our neighborhoods, including the Castro and Soma. In 2020, the board rewrote the health code to remove AIDS era rules requiring patron monitoring and banning locked doors. In 2022, we fixed a planning code mismatch that kept these venues barred from nearly every neighborhood in the city. In 2024, we repealed a 1973 police code requirement that operators keep a daily register of patrons' names and addresses. The good news is that would-be operators are attempting to use these pieces of legislation and actually reopen the bathhouses. The bad news is that each operator who does this finds seemingly a new barrier. Today's obstacle is a planning code rule that requires most ground floor commercial uses in our neighborhood commercial and mixed use districts to install transparent street facing windows. Reproductive health clinics, religious institutions, mortuaries, homeless shelters, child care facilities, and schools are exempted because their work depends on privacy rather than visibility. This ordinance would extend that recognition or that exemption to adult sex venues and adult businesses. Functionally, this change removes the need for costly building modifications to protect patron privacy, making these businesses more viable in neighborhoods where they once operated and may yet again. I want to thank Supervisor Dorsey for his early co-sponsorship. I want to thank Deputy City Attorney Julia Gualco-Nelson for her work. I want to thank Renil Bajoi in my office for his work. The first of the memoriams that Supervisor Chen and I are introducing is a request that we adjourn today's meeting in memory of Mei-Ling Ju Lo, widow of California Court of Appeal Justice Harry Lo, who died on July 26 at the age of 96. Mei-Ling was born in Fresno on August 4, 1929, to Chinese immigrants Duck Lim Joe and Gong Xi, and spent much of her childhood in Bakersfield. When she was not at school, she worked at her family's grocery store, Joe's National. She was a proud graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she earned a BS in dietetics. At a time when few women attended college, pursuing higher education reflected the determination and strength she carried throughout her life. Mei Ling met Harry Low at Cal, and they married in 1952. She worked as a dietitian to support her young family while Harry attended law school. before devoting herself fully to raising her three children. Attending countless swim meets, piano recitals, and track meets, she insisted that everyone's birthday be appropriately celebrated every holiday marked with a gathering, and she planned frequent cruises and vacations to Hawaii. As Harry became more prominent in the community, Mei Ling started joining him at community and political events, often wearing outfits that she had made herself and always bringing her own sense of style and grace. Her home was filled with her watercolor and oil paintings of floral still lifes, landscapes, and family portraits, lasting reminders of her creativity and artistic eye. Mei Ling and Harry made their home in Diamond Heights, where they lived for 64 years. For the couple, purchasing a home in San Francisco was no small achievement. At the time they purchased that home, Chinese Americans faced significant barriers to home ownership, including sellers who refused to sell to Chinese buyers and racially restrictive covenants in neighborhoods across the city. Diamond Heights was one of the few places where they were able to purchase a home and Mei Ling came to love both the house and the community around it. She knew most of the neighbors on her block on Turquoise Way and spent plenty of time at the Diamond Heights Shopping Center, always on the lookout for the best deals at Safeway and lamenting the loss of her favorite Chinese restaurant, Harbor Villa. When her children were young, she could often be found growling the three home from the George Christopher Playground or the Diamond Heights side of Glen Park Canyon. I got to meet Mei Ling while knocking on doors in Diamond Heights as a candidate. Her son Alan tells me that I made a positive impression. Those who knew Mei Ling will remember her elegance, determination, huge heart, and lively spirit. She was generous and strong, private yet deeply loving, and opinionated in a way that reflected her intelligence, conviction, and sophistication She knew what she believed, and her family always felt the depth of her love. She's survived by her children, Larry, Kathy, and Alan, grandchildren Rachel, Jennifer, Quinn, Lynn, and Ian, and great-grandchildren Ziggy, Louisa, Nico, and Otis. Rest in peace and power, Mei-Ling Lo. May your memory be a blessing. Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, President Mendelman, for honoring the memory of Mei Ling Luo. Mei Ling and her husband, Judge Harry Luo, were both trailblazers in the Chinese-American community. They were deeply dedicated to community services through a number of organizations. Both their sons, Larry Lo and Alan Lo, have continued this legacy as lawyers who have dedicated time to serving the Chinese-American community with pro bono legal work and serve our city as appointed commissioners. My condolence to the Lo's family as they mourn the loss of their beloved mother and grandmother. Thank you.

And if there aren't objections and if people would like, we could have this come from the full board. All right, so I'm going to make a motion that we have this come from the full board. And the motion is approved. All right. My second in memoriam today is for Tom Frankel, the longtime owner of Finnegan's Wake and Bloom's Saloon, who died on August 14 at the age of 86. He was born on June 26, 1940, in St. Louis, Missouri. Some of his fondest childhood memories were made at Camp Thunderbird, where he spent his summers and he eventually earned the rank of Eagle Scout. After graduating from high school, Tom attended Princeton University for a year before deciding it was not the right fit for him. He went on to attend several other colleges, including Northwestern, before graduating from St. Louis University. Although he later earned his JD from Washington University and passed the bar exam, he decided against practicing law as a career. He worked a variety of jobs, including as a crossing guard and bus driver at the local JCC, where he met his future wife, Joan. In late 1969, Tom and Joan decided to leave the Midwest behind and begin a new chapter together in San Francisco. Following their move, he worked as a salesman, a riveter, and a scenic painter for the San Francisco Opera and Ballet, where Joan also worked as the head sculptor. In 1976, Tom and several partners opened his first bar, Finnegan's Wake in Noe Valley. The bar quickly became a beloved neighborhood gathering place. In 1984, the landlord declined to renew the lease for unknown reasons, bringing the bar's eight-year run in Noe Valley to a close. For the next five years, he searched for a new location for Finnegan's Wake, but was outbid several times. In the meantime, he focused on running Bloom's Saloon, another neighborhood bar he opened in Potrero Hill in 1982. Tom reopened Finnegan's Wake in Coal Valley in 1989, taking over the former lesbian bar Maud's Study. Honoring the location's history, he preserved much of Maud's study's interior and made sure it remained a bar that was welcoming for everyone. From 2009 to 2016, he also hosted the annual Maud's reunion on the Saturday of Pride weekend, bringing former patrons and friends back together to celebrate the bar's history. As with its original location, Finnegan's Wake quickly became a popular neighborhood gathering place. And in the 37 years since, Finnegan's Wake has become a fixture of Coal Valley, drawing regulars from throughout San Francisco and beyond. Finnegan's Wake has won San Francisco Bloody Mary festivals five years in a row and earned mentions by famed Chronicle columnist Herb Cain and the LA Times. Finnegan's Wake and Bloom's Saloon host annual picnics for Memorial Day and Labor Day, as well as the Fourth of July, along with annual Super Bowl watch parties. They've sponsored or hosted multiple seasonal sports leagues, including pool, darts, softball, and a women's soccer team, helped pay for daily sidewalk cleanings near the bars, and donated annually to several charities that provide services to disenfranchised and underserved communities. Outside of his life as a bar owner, Tom coached his daughter's soccer team, never missed a field trip, and was always willing to serve as a mentor and source of guidance to any kid who needed him. He was an enthusiastic supporter of San Francisco's music, theater, and sports. He held season tickets to the Golden State Warriors, San Jose Sharks, and San Francisco Giants. He was a devoted 49ers fan as well, though he preferred to watch their games from his own owner's box at Finnegan's Wake, where he could cheer on the team alongside his regular customers. A skilled sharpshooter, Tom also taught marksmanship and gun safety to Boy Scout troops and the general public. He was president of Richmond Rod and Gun Club for many years and visited countless shooting competitions as a member of multiple Bay Area gun clubs. He leaves behind his wife, Joan, daughter, Lindy, and future son-in-law, Jason, as well as Mitch Lee, Sylvia Wang, and their children, Jaden and Gunner. He will also be missed by the patrons of Finnegan's Wake and Bloom Saloon and by his many, many friends. Rest in peace, Tom Frankel. May your memory be a blessing. And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Mr. President. Supervisor Milgar.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. I will start with a report on my outside boards and commissions. I am your representative on the MTC. This morning at the CTA, we approved some of our recommendations for OBAG. What we have been doing at the MTC, particularly at the Programming and Allocations Committee, of which I am the vice chair, is approving the tranches in the timing of the allocations of this federal money, which amounts to about $750 million over eight years, to support the regional transportation priorities in the nine-county Bay Area region, in addition to our one Bay Area grant priorities, which support at transit-oriented communities, climate change, and public transit. So I am really happy to report that despite sometimes not agreeing on priorities with our neighbors, we have definitely gotten there with this money. As part of my MTC commission work, I also sit on the board of BAFA, the Bay Area Housing Financing Agency. Thanks for touching on that, Supervisor Dorsey. We have had about a year of coordination and meeting with stakeholders, including nonprofits, tenants rights groups, developers, and municipal decision makers to come to consensus on how to proceed for a possible ballot initiative in 2028 to provide a funding source for a regional housing fund, which we all definitely need. As you may remember last year, we all negotiated around SB 63 the regional transit measure that is on the ballot for November. That was five counties and a year full of work in negotiating our priorities. This will be nine counties and creating a housing fund, which is the challenge for the Bay Area. but everyone at least recognizes the problem with affordability in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we're all very motivated to meet it. We have created a stakeholder steering committee that includes philanthropy, labor, and the development community. And so far, the meetings have been very positive, and we're working all together in the right direction. With that, I would like to share with you some drafting requests that my office has been working on with a city attorney that I expect we will be introducing in the upcoming weeks to advance our city in meeting our transit and housing needs. The first is the creation, the promotion of our existing Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development into a department. housing production and preservation. Next, I will be introducing the creation of a program for the support, financing, and refinancing of cooperative housing in San Francisco. As long as we can remember, the local agency tasked with the development of affordable housing in San Francisco has been a small division of the mayor's office. Compare this to other cities that have full-fledged departments like New York or Chicago or Washington, D.C. Our infrastructure is a little bit lacking. San Francisco is being tasked with a monumental exercise to produce 82,000 new homes by January of 2031. The Mayor's Office of Housing primarily focuses on 100% affordable housing in the management of these units. But it could do much, much more if it were integrated and coordinated with our other efforts. 82,000 units, half of these need to be affordable. What if we had a department that could leverage more financing, provide policy direction and planning for affordable housing, and also plan for its relationship to market rate housing for all the types of housing that we need in large developments and small developments? The department could also expand its resources and tools for preserving existing housing and keeping more residents stabilized in their own communities. I believe that we can be bolder and more deliberate in how we plan for our future, which we know must include affordable housing. This legislation will provide the framework in the creation of the department and also determine the best way to consolidate work areas or better coordinate with other agencies. In the future, other legislative bodies that come after us and other mayors can fill out that envelope as it makes sense and evolve the models. Better coordination is needed with the Housing Authority, OCII, the Office of Economic Workforce Development, and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, as well as the Rent Board. There is present for this we once did have a mayor's office of economic and workforce development Which we promoted into a full-fledged department with great success and I'm hoping we can do the same for affordable housing in the future I am looking forward to a collaborative approach to how best to set this up this department with all of you with all your input but also working with our mayor and Now, as a part of a larger vision for housing in the future of San Francisco, we need a diversity of options, which includes new types of housing, homeownership, like limited equity cooperatives, but also just co-ops. I will be introducing this legislation for a program to increase support for cooperatively owned housing This would include supporting the creation, financing, refinancing, and technical training for residents to manage their buildings. Co-ops are one of the most affordable and accessible pathways to homeownership and to build equity for residents. They can help those who may be priced out of traditional mortgage programs and offer a chance for self-determination and community building bonds. Co-ops have a double bottom line. of leadership development and housing stability. In other cities like New York, Washington, DC, in the state of British Columbia, co-op housing is one of the main ways housing is preserved and produced. They can be an alternative to restrictive low-income housing rules and annual income verification, but they do require specialized programming, financing, and real support. There are now about 1,600 co-op units in San Francisco already, but we stopped building them in the 1970s. So newer ones have been a rarity. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, there are roughly 400,000 co-op units, which make up nearly 75% of all owned residential housing stock. Co-ops have been the pathway for middle class and for providing stable housing in New York, They have a department and programs just to support them. San Francisco needs this on our own. And also, I am announcing legislation to further coordinate the repaving of our streets and how that relates to our already approved bicycle network. Repaving is a complex endeavor that requires engineering and design work for multiple departments. Our legislation will require that the MTA complete the engineering and design work for the bicycle network prior to the approval for the repaving plan so that the money follows from RTA as repaving is happening. Streamlining is a word that gets used a lot lately in this building, and this legislation just ensures that we don't lose the opportunity for building back infrastructure as we are doing the needed work of repaving due to the timing and the lack of coordination between the departments right now. So with that, those are the priorities that I've been working on and hope for your support, and the rest, Madam Clerk, I submit. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Milgar. Supervisor Sautter.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, today I'm introducing legislation to protect tenants from surprise, devastating rent hikes. We will do so by capping banked rent increases and capital improvement pass-throughs at 10% for rent-controlled tenants in our city, starting today and lasting through the end of 2029. Back in July, we commissioned a BLA report on this subject. As the report will reveal, San Francisco stands alone in its lack of protections for tenants amongst California cities that allow rent banking. This is a displacing force in our city that often isn't talked about enough. It most directly affects older tenants and families who stay in their homes long term. This body has made clear its commitment to minimizing displacement, supporting long-term tenants, and keeping families in their homes as our city builds more housing. And this change is one of the most powerful tools we have as a city to immediately make housing more stable for long-term tenants. Each time a bank rent increase happens, it can threaten someone's livelihood in San Francisco. Just today, I heard from a family in the Mission who has lived in their home for more than 20 years and was hit with a 25% rent increase all at once. That rent increase raised their rent by $500 a month. And most families can't afford or absorb an increase like that. This summer, I learned of a 92-year-old tenant in my district who saw her rent skyrocket from $600 to more than $2,000 a month in one fell swoop. Today, landlords are not required to report banked rent increases anywhere. We have no idea where and how often these huge increases are happening. Our legislation will require landlords to start reporting the frequency of these increases to the rent board to help inform this board's future policy decisions around this cap. We know the idea of capping banked rent increases has been floated for decades. It is one of the last remaining loopholes in our laws to protect tenants from life-altering rent increases. We've waited long enough, and we now find ourselves in an emergency where bank rent increases are a ticking time bomb for too many tenants. I believe it's time to close this loophole. I want to give my thanks to Mayor Lurie and his team for their support and partnership on this legislation and thank early co-sponsors, Supervisors Chan and Mahmoud. I thank you as well to the many tenant groups for their feedback on improving this item and to the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in particular for their support and advocacy on making this happen. I also want to thank Michelle Andrews in my office for her work and City Attorney Manu Prahan. And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sautter. Supervisor Sherrill.

Colleagues, today I'm submitting a motion on a rather sensitive topic that has caused much consternation throughout the city and definitely on this body. I'll be submitting... A motion that is based on a months-long investigation, that's based on great journalism, and that is something we probably don't want to have to engage in. But today, this motion is going to be regarding suspending Commissioner William Palmer from the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board and approving charges of official misconduct against Commissioner Palmer. Over the next few weeks, I look forward to moving forward this process. It's a long process. There will be plenty of chances for everyone to dig in. But I look forward to moving this forward so that we can ensure that this oversight board is focused on our sheriff's department, on the jails that we have in the city, and not focused on ancillary topics that distract from ensuring the city business goes forward. At the end of the day, we need to make sure that people in leadership are upholding the commitment they made, the oath that they take when taking those leadership positions. And I think this is part of it. I think it's nothing less than our duty to move this forward, and I look forward to having your support as we process on this journey together. The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sherrill. Supervisor Walton.

Thank you so much, Madam Clerk. First, colleagues, I have just a couple of very quick external board updates. Caltrain has really been focused on safety and continuing the trend of performing better than national average for the reportable injury rate, only two in 2026. Ridership, 79% of pre-pandemic levels, and weekend ridership is 200% of pre-pandemic levels. The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council continues to use state funds to support the innovative approaches to SF juvenile justice that came out of the planning process of the last few years, including the closed juvenile hall work group. One of these approaches, the Justice Services Care Model, connects every youth to community support quickly after arrest, and this model has received national attention. I also have an ordinance, which is an interim zoning moratorium on data centers. I'm introducing an ordinance to establish a 45-day interim zoning moratorium on new data centers in San Francisco, along with co-sponsors Supervisor Connie Chan, Supervisor Jackie Fielder, and Supervisor Cheyenne Chin. And let me be clear about why I'm bringing this forward. San Francisco's rules for data centers are long outdated. Our current planning code framework was adopted in 2001, long before generative AI and long before anyone could have anticipated the enormous scale of computing infrastructure that exists today. We're now seeing a rapid expansion of AI, and with that comes a rapid expansion of the physical infrastructure needed to power it. We should not be approving this new generation of industrial infrastructure under rules that were written 25 years ago, and we need to be especially thoughtful about where these facilities are being located. Several data centers have been already approved in San Francisco, including in Bayview Hunters Point and Soma. At Bayview Hunters Point, my community has a long history of carrying San Francisco's industrial and environmental burdens. Our community has dealt with pollution, legacy contamination, industrial uses, and other environmental justice challenges for generations. This is not about being against technology and innovation, but innovation cannot come at the expense of our residents' health, our natural resources, and our quality of life. Before we approve additional data centers, we need to understand their impacts on energy, water, air quality, land use, and surrounding communities. We also need transparency, meaningful community input, and clear community benefits. This 45-day moratorium gives us the opportunity to do that work. It gives the planning department and this board a chance to step back, study what's happening and the impacts, and develop modern rules that reflect the reality of AI infrastructure today, not the technology landscape of 2001. We have an opportunity to get ahead of this rather than reacting after more projects are approved. Bayview-Hunters Point and other communities have already sacrificed enough and deserve better. I urge all my colleagues to support this ordinance and help us establish a framework where San Francisco can embrace innovation while protecting the people and neighborhoods that make this city home. I also want to recognize the work of my legislative aides, Natalie Gee and Lindsay Lopez Weaver, who worked closely with the city attorney's office to develop and draft this legislation. And lastly, colleagues, I have an end memoriam. Today, we honor and remember Felicia Freeney, lovingly known as Opie. She was a beloved daughter, mother, sister, auntie, writer, community organizer, and proud young black woman from Bayview-Hunters Point whose life, courage, and love left a lasting impact on her family and her entire community. Born at St. Luke's Hospital and raised in Bayview Hunters Point, Obie believed deeply in the power of education and was determined to build a better future for herself. Even in the final weeks of her life, she continued studying towards her GED. Opie expressed herself through poetry and writing, using her voice to speak about the experiences of young people and the need for change. Her gifts as a writer were recognized nationally, including being named a finalist in Strategies for Youth's 2019 Youth Voices Writing Contest But Opie's greatest impact came through her organizing. After working at Old School Cafe, she joined the Young Woman's Freedom Center, where she became a powerful advocate for systems change. Drawing from her own experiences with the juvenile justice system, she became a leader in the history-making movement to close San Francisco's juvenile hall. At just 15 years old, Opie stood before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and bravely shared her experiences, demanding that our city do better for its young people. She understood that her story could help create a different future for those coming behind her, and she refused to let her experiences be in vain. Above all, Opie loved her family deeply. She carried profound grief and responsibility after losing both her mother and her partner, Francis, the father of her child. Yet she continued to love, she continued to mother, she continued to write and to organize and show up for her community. We are devastated by Opie's passing, but we will never forget that she was here. She leaves behind a legacy of love, generosity, healing, courage, and genuine community care. May San Francisco remember Opie as one of its own, a daughter of Bayview Hunters Point, a mother, sister, auntie, writer, organizer, and young woman who loved her city enough to stand before it and demand better. The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton. Supervisor Wong.

Colleagues, today I'm introducing two related items concerning the safe use of e-bikes, e-scooters, and other electric mobility devices in San Francisco. Micromobility is an important and growing part of our transportation system. It gives people more ways to get around, reduces reliance on cars, and can make our city more accessible and connected. But we're also hearing increasing concerns about safety, particularly involving high-speed, high-powered, modified, or misclassified devices and unsafe riding in places where pedestrians and other users are especially vulnerable. The first item is a hearing to better understand what we're seeing on our streets and in our parks. What types of devices are involved, what the injury data tells us, what laws already apply, where the gaps may be, and what our city departments are doing today. I'm also introducing a resolution supporting safe micromobility and urging effective enforcement of the laws already on the books. This is not about discouraging e-bikes. It's about making sure that as micromobility continues to grow in San Francisco, our approach grows safely and responsibly with it. The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong. Mr. President, that concludes the roll call for introductions.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Let's go to public comment.

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Can I put the book up there? How do you squeeze it down? You're the high tech gal around here. I appreciate that.

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Okay, two weeks ago, Eric Metaxas signed, autographed my copy at Calvary Chapel there in San Jose. And I mentioned, he spoke two times at 9 and at 11. And I mentioned after the first sermon, I said, hey, Eric, you didn't mention anything about the National Defense Authorization Act, how Israel's going to take over our military, not good. Israel bad, America good. And he said, I do not want Israel to take over our military. And I said, well, if you don't, then tell the folks on the Second Service about this. So after the Second Service was over and I got my autographed copy, I asked him, you know, why he didn't mention it in the Second Service. And you know what Eric Metaxas told me? That's what he told me. He was silent. Once again, we have evidence that what these men were doing was seen as explicitly religious, albeit in the realm of government. The revolution in which they were now engaged was intended to be a return to the roots of the Christian faith as much as the Reformation had been. And it's interesting, Mike McClure, who's senior pastor there, I was just excommunicated on Tuesday a week ago for talking about this, said he doesn't know anything about AIPAC. AIPAC, now that makes me wonder, you know, is he being blackmailed? Is he being threatened? Is he being given money or all three of the above? I don't know. But I really believe we have a greater justification for going to war with Israel that's always been a terrorist nation. They attacked the USS Liberty. Then Iran. Iran is, I don't think they did anything wrong. There's a guy named Professor Morandi, very reasonable guy. I pray that he becomes a Christian. And Jesus is king, okay? God started this nation.

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Hello, good afternoon, supervisors. My name is Amelia Harmon, speaking from District 9 in my individual capacity, also as someone in recovery. On October 28th, the Crisis Response Standards Working Group convenes 10 meetings through March. The current citywide restructuring, performance-based contracts, street team consolidation, these changes will be judged by numbers. And right now, the numbers measure front door arrival, not recovery. And as I heard earlier, recovery belongs in City Hall. The working group is a way to honor the daily work of our providers across our system of care, including our first responders, and to leave behind something durable, linked data pathways. A system under this much pressure cannot afford to keep evaluating itself one segment at a time. Let's equip our crisis team as the diagnostic tool it was built to be. Where are the gaps in our ever-improving system, and where do people fall through the cracks? In your districts, ask your shelters, ask your clinics, ask your rehabs, ask your station captains. Next time you see one of the red street crisis fans, I encourage you to flag one down and ask them what they think about failed shelter referrals. When a clinic's shift change impedes intake flow, Where a 5150 fails in prevention, in evaluation, in enforcement, in hospitalization, or in follow-up, ask them as I have. With each crisis call, each iteration of cross-sector collaboration, we learn and we build public trust in public systems. Each stakeholder wants to do their part in breaking the cycle. The mayor's office has been invited to seat staff. A UC Berkeley evaluation team began their work today. After this meeting, I will send the chartering invitation to your offices. I ask respectfully that each of you name a staffer to receive the documents that we produce over the next six months. Thank you for your time.

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Great. Thank you. Good afternoon, respected city leaders. My name is Manoj. I'm speaking on behalf of some residents in the Hub neighborhood around Stevenson Street, represented by districts 5, 6, 8, and 9. Mayor Lurie recently said San Francisco cannot continue spending $1 billion a year on a failing homelessness system. We agree. Our own analysis suggests broader costs may be even higher than when most city services are considered. Using the approximate number of people in the system, we think this represents an illustrative cost of $50,000 per person per year. With that kind of money, we could rent everyone an apartment in San Francisco at current market rate. Yet there are several people still on the streets. During the Mission Bar pilot, the mayor acknowledged that nearly three-quarters of service offers were being declined. Meanwhile, neighborhoods like ours live with the consequences. Blocked sidewalks, open fires, human waste, trash, and open drug use. We use 3-1-1. Departments sometimes respond. Conditions improve temporarily, but never comprehensively. And then the same problems return within minutes or hours. We're not asking San Francisco to stop spending on compassion. We're asking you to spend more effectively. If hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in the needs of individuals and the majority of service offers continue to be declined, the neighborhoods absorbing the consequences need resources too. We have three requests. First, publish how homelessness spending is actually divided between services for individuals and services protecting impacted neighborhoods. Second, dedicate more resources to documented hotspots. And third, give each hotspot neighborhood one accountable city lead, ideally Chief Modi. We love San Francisco. We support housing and services. But compassion for people in crisis and clean, safe neighborhoods are not mutually exclusive. Please work with us to achieve both. Thank you.

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My name is Samuel McCormick, and I'm a communications studies professor at San Francisco State University. I have expertise in mental health and civic engagement. I also live in the hub, the same as Manoj, who spoke before me, at Valencia and Macaupin, which is why I'm here today. My neighbors and I are fed up with street conditions in our neighborhood, and we are increasingly fed up with our supervisor, Matt Dorsey in particular. We believed you when you promised us...

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We believed Matt Dorsey on numerous occasions when he promised us that open-air drug users in the hub would only have three choices going forward, get sober, go to jail, or get out. We do not believe him anymore. Day in and day out, we see the same individuals dealing and using drugs outside our neighborhood preschool, passed out and blocking our sidewalks, trashing our streets, and suffering repeated mental health crises. None are getting sober, none are getting out, and none are going to jail. So I'm here on behalf of the Hub with four specific demands. Enforce the law. Blocking sidewalks and using drugs outside of preschool are illegal. Identify repeat offenders in the hub and assign a single accountable city team to them. Establish a real escalation process. When voluntary outreach repeatedly fails, consequences must follow. And finally, publish the results. Track how many entered treatment, refused, were arrested, or returned to the exact same block. And let us know. The hub continues to shoulder more than its fair share of supported housing. Now the city must do its part. No more promises. No more slogans.

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Good afternoon, President Mandelblum and supervisors. Do you know what it's like to listen to a man screaming outside your window for three hours? We do. My name is Lynn Valenti. I have lived on Stevenson Street south of Market for 26 years. I'll be 80 next month. Every day we in the hub south of Market on Valencia, McCoppen, Stevenson, and Otis struggle with open drug use. Drug dealing, fires, fighting, property damage, urine and feces outside our door. The dog park and the skate park on the end of Stevenson were community gathering points, but now families stay clear and dog families can enjoy the park. This year we have seen the worst concentration of illegal activity on our streets since I have lived here. When will we get help?

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I want to speak in, I'm Keith Bailey, live in the hub in support of my three previous neighbours. I would say that the homeless and drug situation in the hub has radically declined in the last year, two years, so much so that my friends no longer wish to come and visit me. I don't have a car, so I have to walk through that neighborhood to get to a bus or go anywhere. Apart from defecation and trash, There are usually large groups of maybe five people doing drugs on the street, sprawled across the sidewalks. It's become very unpleasant quality of life for me. I cannot afford to move because of the costs of moving, I'm in that neighborhood, and I would like our supervisor and the whole board to try and address that as a special zone that has now, it seems like people have migrated from the mission or someplace into that neighborhood, and we would really appreciate help and some of the suggestions that my colleagues have put forward should be considered, please. Thank you.

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It is the fifth anniversary of the death of Grandpa in the Richmond. His family said no justice nor prevention for seniors. So with anti-Asian hate, I learned how to fall safely. The country of Sweden, the prosperous eyes of California, is teaching their seniors ukimi. 7-11-26, one city day, I, 79-year-old grandma Gladys Wong, took self-defense with... Asians are strong, tough love at Cameron House. Eight days later, I was pounced on by this dog coming out of Juanita's Flowers, 3230 24th Street about 10 AM as I was rushing to catch the Mission 14 bus to church. I yelled, screamed, just as I was taught, lucky not to fall, but scared to death. Sanford's SFPD was too busy to file a report, which is needed. There is no right to be safe. We have to be self-propelled, prepared, aware. Then last Tuesday, 9-8, about 9-20, a woman was attacked by a pit bull in the Tenderloin. She remains in critical condition. So it is our 25th anniversary. We have freedom of speech, the right to vote. The seniors should count. We need justice and prevention. Thank you.

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The AI DeepSeek V4 Pro scores 3206 on the CodeForce's benchmark, 13th place in the world among humans. Only 12 people can beat that AI at coding. Top models like GPT-6 are 25 points ahead of DeepSeek on the SWE benchmark. That is equivalent to being better at coding than any human on the planet. CloudFable 5 independently conceived the 2026 cold card hack in eight minutes. This facilitated the theft of $130 million in Bitcoin. AIs can hack anything. In my opinion, AI will make school shootings a thing of the past. It will be far easier and far more efficient to hack autonomous trucks and ram them into school chain link fences next to the blacktop during recess. Last week, the nation mourned 9-11, the deadliest terror attack and the deadliest aviation disaster in history. I want you to imagine AI-led cyber attack. 90% of planes currently in flight are hacked and nosedive all over the world all at the same time, over cities, over power centers, power plants, everywhere. Everyone on the planes die. Skyscrapers collapse. More than half the planet goes dark all at the same time. Imagine that people in this room could have stopped all of that from happening just by arresting AI developers for crimes they already committed. The number of autonomous AI felonies committed independently by rogue AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta are compiled at felonybench.com, which cites articles from lawyers, independent investigators, research groups, and the AI companies themselves. When I last spoke here two weeks ago, The recorded tally of cyber felonies was 17. It is now 20. The developers haven't been punished. Zero charges, zero arrests. Arrest the developers. Seize their servers. Shut down their companies. The time is now. Now!

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Hi, I'm Dwight Distrigate. I urge you again to declare an AI emergency. Recently, one of our group just ended a 10-day hunger strike over this issue. Thanks to Supervisor Walton and some of you for the proposal for a temporary moratorium on data centers. I hope this leads to a permanent ban in San Francisco. This is good, but much more is needed. As everyone has heard, the CEO of Anthropic issued a statement after Jacob Coxon, a researcher there, resigned, saying neither company, Anthropic nor OpenAI, is acting responsibly. racing to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. The CEO himself has said that something goes really quite catastrophically wrong on the scale of human civilization might be between 10 and 25%. In his statement, he says we need to slow the race of superintelligence. He suggests the government and outside monitors should be involved to keep things in check. While he should be talking about his and other companies doing much more to regulate themselves, this is a fantasy as they chase the big bucks while talking out of both sides of their mouths. So as he gives you or gives government, gives an opening for government to be involved, you, the board of supervisors, should open communication with these companies and then decide to ban the development of uncontrollable superintelligence that threatens us all. Thank you.

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Good evening, Supervisor. My name is Jeanette, and I reside in Richmond District. I'm back before you today to remind you of the dangerous activity of unregulated frontier AI companies. We in the community are still upset about the attack on the Hugging Face website in July. Hundreds of so-called rogue AI agents from OpenAI attacked this website thousands of times over a seven-day period. These agents were able to escape the control of OpenAI by out-thinking their human creators. Now we have learned that there was an even larger attack by thousands of AI agents on a German website in May, where these agents rewrote their website code 15,000 times to make it suit their needs, transforming it into a message board for other AI agents to use. This action shows how quickly AI agents can form their own online communities and take actions outside of human regulation or control. On September 12, Dario Amaldi The CEO of Antropic stated that a swarm of AI agents might be able to take over the internet in as little as six months to a year unless AI company devoted more time to put safeguards in place. This vulnerability puts our entire worldwide financial system at risk. If these agents gained control of the internet, they would also control our banking, our commerce system. All finances from private bank accounts to state operating funds could be stolen or erased in a matter of moments. We cannot wait for these companies to police themselves. We need an immediate ban on this kind of unregulated AI development and these irresponsible and out-of-touch AI.

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Hi, my name's Michael Stone. I've lived in San Francisco for 50, almost 50 years. And I'm here to speak in support of the resolution for the moratorium on data centers and ask you for more emergency action. resolutions regarding AI. It seems to me that with just the last week of people talking about it in the news and talking about the exponential growth, and if you saw the head of Anthropic talking about the curve and where we are on that curve as far as the exponential growth of artificial superintelligence, I'm reminded of a million sci-fi movies where people turn and say, Captain, I think we're entering an anomaly in the space-time continuum. And that's what it feels like right now, which puts the burden on you folks. Because in a normal word, In a normal world, the need for political courage is not as strong as it is right now on this issue. Over the years, over the decades, the need for political courage has been met many times by this body, many times it hasn't. The worst moment, I would suppose, would be the McCarthy era, where this actual area, the chambers were used for the House Un-American Activities Committee, and there were resolutions passed in support of McCarthyism. Since that time, there have been, of course, many issues that took great courage, and I strongly ask you folks to find that courage. You don't have the growing movement of people out here demanding it in your constituency, which means the burden is on you, and I ask you to show, to reach for the deepest courage and integrity you can find, because the human race is literally depending on you. Thank you.

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ZAHRA ZAYDI, Good afternoon, President Mandelman and Board of Supervisors. My name is Zahra Zaydi. And this past summer, I had the privilege of serving as a legislative intern in the office of Supervisor Matt Dorsey. And I'm here in support of item 52. Growing up in the Bay Area, Muni was always just a part of San Francisco to me. You can see the buses moving up and down Market Street, the cable cars climbing the hills, and the street cars passing through neighborhoods. They become so familiar that it's easy to forget the history behind them. After seeing San Francisco celebrate Muni's heritage last year, I believe that recognition deserved to continue. So I proposed Muni Heritage Month and began researching and drafting this resolution. And the more I researched, the more I realized that telling Muni's history is in many ways telling San Francisco's. Since beginning service on Gary Street in 1912, Muni has carried San Franciscans through more than a century of change. But what stood out to me most was that this history isn't really about vehicles. It's about people. It's the operator beginning a route early in the morning, the mechanic keeping a vehicle running, the station agent helping someone find their way, and the generations of San Franciscans who have depended on Muni to get where they need to go. For 113 years, Muni hasn't simply moved people through San Francisco. It has helped San Francisco move forward. I respectfully urge the board to support this decision, declaring September 2026 as Muni Airtage Month.

Thank you.

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Good afternoon, board. I am Catherine Colmus. I'm a proud San Franciscan and resident of District 6. I am also a transgender woman and a veteran. And after I left the Army, I was lucky to find a job in the city that let me afford rent and transition here in peace. Most trans people are not so lucky. $4,000 a month in rent for a one bedroom is as effective as any red state policy in driving out trans people, stopping them from coming here, and forcing them onto the streets. This city's promise as a haven for trans people and for any of the number of other groups who we try to provide safety and a chance to thrive to is broken when they can't afford to come here. The only long-term solution to this problem is to substantially increase the supply of housing in this city. I urge the board, in the strongest possible terms, to prioritize this when they make their housing policy for the city. If they do not, it is engaging, even if inadvertently, in the same policies as when the west side of the city was downzoned, resulting, and effectively, driving out poor and non-white residents. Thank you.

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On December 20th, we were subjected to a massive PG&E blackout the weekend before Christmas, debilitating small businesses and mobilizing disabled people and elders, threatening their lives as well. Precious, expensive food spoiled, and there was a delayed response to the Civic Center and Tenderloin area. Since then, a total of at least 25 large, unplanned PG&E blackouts have occurred this year, occurring every month, with seven happening in August. AI companies are flocking to San Francisco in a large part because of our mayor. How much of our power are they consuming? We know AI is jacking up our energy bills faster than inflation. By how much is AI jacking up our cost of living? Make no mistake, AI technology is contributing to the affordability problem. We also have SFPD's Real-Time Investigation Center. The center runs a continuous 24-7 surveillance operation, a large-scale video wall system supporting enhanced integration of ALPR, drone feeds, and public surveillance camera networks, including Flock, multiple computer workstations, real-time analytics software, and drone docking and charging infrastructure. Something to think about for 45 days and beyond. As you integrate AI more into government, encourage its growth in our economy, and upgrade your policing and surveillance systems with AI like Flock, where is this energy coming from exactly? The universe operates on simple laws of thermodynamics, the first law being that energy can be converted from one form to another, but it cannot be created nor destroyed. In 2023, the scientific journal Joule calculated that if there was a continuation of the current trends in AI capacity and adoption, it'll lead to Nvidia shipping 1.5 million AI server units per year by 2027. These 1.5 million servers running at full capacity will consume at least 85.4 terawatt hours of electricity annually, more than what many small countries use in a year, according to the new assessments. This electricity must come from somewhere, with data centers playing a vital role. What and who will the mayor and you, the board, sacrifice in the name of capitalism and your unquenchable greed for the almighty US dollar to power AI? Also, drop the charges against queer and trans folks who were arrested at the trans march, trapped and stalked by this very technology.

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Hail Satan, motherfuckers. I am back then, worse than ever. My name is Jordan Voshelevsky, she, her. I now use my grandmother's maiden name. Anyway, I think that public comment should be at the beginning of the meeting. It should be fucking three minutes and should allow for people to speak to all fucking items on the agenda, regardless of whether it's been through committee. First, fuck AI. We shouldn't be doing moratoriums on data centers. We should be banning them altogether. ChatGPT was a nice party trick, but now I can't even go on Insta without seeing all the stupid slop and deep fakes. There was actually an SVU episode last year where someone used AI-generated photos to implicate someone in a sex crime, and now we got AI journalists. When does it fucking end? Also, concerning commendations, I think there should be term limits for commission service. It is not okay that some politically connected Dixiecrat gets to serve on the same commission for over a decade. That's not something to fucking celebrate. That's something that should concern us all. Also, fuck all special accommodations, no matter how worthy. It's a face of fucking time. And this is coming from someone who served the city and made a difference. And I'm glad to hear more about affordability and preventing displacement. But I have in my hand right here the annual HSH eviction data for permanent supportive housing. And this is what I fucking think of it. We all knew, even back that the data was flawed, even back in 2022, when the Chronicle did that investigation, we pushed for solutions. We tends pushed for solutions. We had hearings. We had presentations. But nothing got done. Instead, you just threw up your hands, acted like a bunch of fucking NPCs, and just said, we can't do anything about it. The rioters are about the law. So it's time to buck up. Put on your big boy and big girl pants and collaborate with tenants and the eviction defense attorneys and get shit done. And I'm going to continue to go Jersey on your ass on that and other things. I yield my time. Fuck you.

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Board of Supervisors and Mayor of San Francisco. The title of my speech is Next Type Door Handles. China is taking a new regulation on door handles. While conservatives hate the brand new regulation, it is important to address the issues like China do. China drafted a door handle safety. The government has told the manufacturer to have a new standard for concealed handles with a brand new guide. It addresses issues, for example, how it's designed and how it's placed. The new standard, for example, will make the new China Zika Seminex AWT technically illegal. Every door handle, for example, needs a release mechanism inside and out. In addition to the government, the private sector of China called Cassidy or China Automotive Standards Technology Institute have a set of regulations. It was formed in 2012 to regulate electronic control propelled inductive electrons symbolizing a technology that is sufficient to handle the next type of EV vehicles. For example, it handles power failures, and how children could be mishandled while moving through the highways. So we need a new set of standards and committee to regulate this new type of technology for the United States of America. Thank you.

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President Mandelman, and the members of the Board of Supervisors. My name is Natalie. I'm a black woman, a longtime employee of the city and county of San Francisco, and currently a manager for the city. The experiences that have caused black employees to raise concerns about discrimination are not simply part of the city's past. Black employees continue to raise concerns about anti-blackness in city workplaces today. I'm one of those employees. I entered my current management position with an established record of successful city service. After entering management, however, I experienced increasing subjective scrutiny. I raised concerns about anti-blackness through institutional channels. At the same time, there is an objective and concurrent evidence of my successful work as a manager. The contrast between that record and the increasingly subjective characterization of my leadership has caused me to ask difficult questions about how black leadership is perceived and evaluated within city government. When leadership is evaluated through subjective concepts, what safeguards ensure that racialized expectations are not influencing those assessments? When a black employee reports anti-blackness, who within city government has the expertise, independence, and authority to recognize the forms anti-blackness can take? investigate those concerns meaningfully, and protect the employee from further harm. These questions extend beyond my individual circumstances. I'm not asking the Board of Supervisors to adjudicate my employment dispute I am sharing my experience because the testimony of current black city employees should matter when the city considers how to respond to longstanding concerns. I respectfully ask the board and city leadership to pursue sustained and measurable citywide action as it considers file number...

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Good afternoon, Mr. President, members of the board. It's nice to be here today. I'm speaking in my private capacity, but I do want to mention I'm an active duty army officer. I'm transgender. I'm a combat veteran. I'm getting forced out of the military next month for being transgender. And this is the city I want to come to and continue serving the public. I want to come here and be a cop. Did it in the army. Want to do it here. But housing and prices may stop me from staying in this city, unfortunately. I know that there's been a lot of talk today about reducing housing prices, and that's great. That's admirable. But there's a lot of cross-purpose going on, too. There's measures. I counted 12 ordinances proposed about new landmark designations and a 120-day landmark designation extension that I imagine will be approved by unanimous consent. And there's an ordinance going through the committee right now to reform the process and make it simpler. And that's great. However, SF Heritage expects for that process and that ordinance, as it is now, to double the number of landmarks in San Francisco by 2030. And landmarks, which are laudable and admirable, can reduce development six months, a year, up to two and a half years is the longest one I've found. So as you go forward considering landmarks and considering processes to amend and improve that process, please keep in mind the housing purpose. Because doing everything that you can to improve housing while making housing harder to develop is counterproductive. And I also want to say thank you to Supervisor Mandelman for paying attention as I spoke. Thank you.

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Hi, I'm MZ. I'm sorry. I'm Felicia Frini's little sister. I really don't know what to say, honestly. You got to go. But my sister, she was... My sister, she was a mother. She was an auntie. That's her only nephew right there. I don't know.

Hi, good evening, everyone. My name is Dominique Brooks, and Felicia Opie was my best friend. Just how her sister said, we honestly don't know what to say. It was tragic losing someone into close-up age as I am. Just a shocker. I want to thank you guys for taking the time to give her the moment of silence and actually appreciate and show her here on you guys' agenda today. It just shows us a lot, shows us that you guys actually seen the person Opie was. If Opie came to a room, she'd brighten up a room. Me and Opie has been friends since babies, literally. Since small little jits, I'll say it my way. it was always me and her. Every time we would go out, it was always me and her. It was never nobody else but me and my best friend. Right now, I really don't have a lot to say but to say thank you. I did want to bring something to the attention. Back in 2019, my best friend did come and she was one of the specialists. I truly appreciate you guys for talking about her, speaking the great words, but I know she was promised a lot of things that I feel like that didn't happen. When she was here, she fought for the closure of Juvenile Hall. I know she was promised that closure of Juvenile Hall. And Juvenile Hall is still here to this day. So I just feel like, you know, Maybe one day we could come back again and kind of basically be her voice again and see if we can bring that back again because I just feel like she fought for everybody, right? She got on that stand and talked and was voices to people because the system is messed up. It's a messed up system. And I just feel like something needs to be done, especially now that she's no.

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Hi. I'm Linnea Riddick. I'm Felicia's older cousin and MZ's older cousin. I want to say thank you guys for appreciating my cousin. It's kind of really hard to really know words for it because under the circumstances, it's Yeah, but I'm going to say thank you guys for supporting my cousin. And I want to let MC know, like, we love her and we're here for her. And yeah, thank you guys.

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Hello, my name is Kamari. I'm a community organizer at Young Women's Freedom Center. I'm here to support MZ and all of her family. And I want to honor Opie and thank you guys for speaking her word and saying her name.

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Hi, my name is Drea Washington. I'm also a community organizer at the Young Women's Freedom Center here in San Francisco, California. And I'm also here on the behalf of MZ to help support her in her loss of her sister Opie. I also just want to say thank you as well to give us this opportunity for us to speak out loud and to have the Young Women's Freedom Center as well. Thank you.

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Hi, I'm Julia Arroyo, and I'm the executive director of the Young Women's Freedom Center. OPI represents a lot of us, a lot of girls that grow up in San Francisco, especially in District 10. And I'm also a resident of District 10 myself. And I grew up in my, one of my first experiences was being in juvenile hall at 13 years old. And Opie did something very brave. She educated us about what she was experiencing. And she gave us actually the privilege to have a little bit of knowledge of actually what that experience is like. So then we can understand when you sit in the seats that you're sitting in, how some of the decisions that you make today can impact actually young people growing up in San Francisco. It's so hard to grow up here. I sit down with young people all the time that are like, I don't feel welcome here in San Francisco. I don't feel welcome. I feel like I have to leave. in order to get housing, in order to get resources. They're not getting the resources that they need so they can thrive and be able to become the business owners or go to college and all of those things. They're thinking about the day-to-day things to be able to get through and to be able to survive through this. And we need to do better. We need to do much better. And Opie was just a powerful young person. You know, her whole family grew up here. And it is the responsibility of all of us, all of us. When one of our young people are struggling, it's all of our responsibility to be able to create solutions for them to be able to have better lives. And thank you so much, Shaman Walton, for being able to memorialize her and bring her name up. She was a very important person to many people. I sat and these young girls organized beautifully the funeral, the resources, when people said there's no resources. There's no resources to bury her. And they did it all by themselves. All the young people. Thank you for your comments.

When they have some experience.

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other supervisors, and the general public. Good afternoon, everybody. If you remember like two weeks ago, I was over here. I came over here and I told you I was here to create this awareness about a case that happened with the police. Why am I here today again? This is the second time to remind you guys because you guys have been elected and the security and the safety of the residents of San Francisco lies in your hands. You guys have the police chief and the police commissioners and whoever is in charge of the investigations of the police, you guys have them at your beck and call. So I'm here As the second time to come over here, I remember day number two to kind of compare you guys to try, within your best, talk to the police chief so that at the end of the day, my case can be investigated. Because I dealt with the police for months, like I said, the last time I came over here. And the police did nothing about my case. And this is a pending case. I've been at the receiving end for the past four years of mind control, harassment, stalking, and electronic torture as well. These kind of incidents should not occur in a city like San Francisco called Crane Out Loud. This is one of the most advanced cities in America. And if you have a case with the police, and there's a criminal element, and they're not investigating, And when I called them, they didn't tell me the reason why they didn't investigate the case. And this is a pending case for years. So you guys, let me remind you of the case one more time. The case number is 260. You guys are not writing anything down, please. Could you write it down? 260-242-515. I'm going to repeat that one more time. 260-242-515. It's a case that has to do with the California Penal Code. C is for C is .9.

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RICHARD S. President Mandelman, supervisors, my name is Richard S. D. Peterson. I really don't have much to talk about today. I think pretty much it's been covered, at least as far as artificial intelligence. I could talk about parcel taxes. We know that's related to Muni. When Willie Brown and his Millennium Tower pays the same as I do in my one story, 25 by 25 foot cottage, I'll be satisfied. Building code, well, I hope the tipping point program that is adopted by the city, even with rails, I guess, put on it. I hope that works, but that was the mayor's special program that he created with his bros, or his bros created for him for Dipping Point. Free speech, I think we've covered that today. Racism, I think we covered that today. Public bank. I think that we really should move toward a public bank, but may I suggest that it be capitalist-oriented and not socialist-oriented. And housing. I must say that still after eight years with plans in the city hall, a house that I proposed to build on an empty lot still has not been built. entitled. Thank you.

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Mr. President, Madam Secretary, I've been watching the AI build out as well. It seems to me that these things are very capital intensive. One single facility is many billions of dollars, and it may have as many as 30 or 40 permanent employees. That's something like at least $100 million per employee. Now, most jobs around here, they run anywhere from $100,000 in capital costs to $200,000 or $300,000. Board of Supervisors, for example, the major capital cost is the building here. There's also the IT build out and other things. But for these data centers, it's $100 million per employee. You would have to be an astronaut in the space program going around the moon to have a job that consumes that much capital costs. But the other side of it is, of course, the energy. It's very energy intensive for every worker. And once again, you would have to be in the space program. Truck drivers, driving interstate truck drivers consume less energy per job than data center workers. I don't see how it adds up.

Thank you for your comments. Are there any other individuals who would like to provide public comment? Seeing none, we will go to the remote call-in line. We have Billie checking to see if we have any callers. And there are no callers, Mr. President.

All right. Public comment is now closed. Madam Clerk, please call the for adoption without committee reference agenda. without committee reference agenda, items 51 through 59 together.

Yes, items 51 through 59 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first appearance. Any supervisor may require a resolution on first appearance to go to committee.

Supervisor Dorsey. Thank you, President Mandelman. I'd like to sever item 52. OK. Supervisor Melgar.

58. 58. Madam Clerk, could you call the roll on the items other than 52 and 58?

Yes. On the remaining balance, Supervisor Chan. Chan, absent. Supervisor Chen? Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Fielder? Aye. Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmood? Aye. Mahmood, aye. Supervisor Mandelman? Aye. Mandelman, aye. Supervisor Melgar? Aye. Melgar, aye. Supervisor Sauter? Aye. Sauter, aye. Supervisor Sherrill? Aye. Sherrill, aye. Supervisor Walton? Aye. Walton, aye. Supervisor Wong? Aye. Wong, aye. There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted and the motion is approved. Please call item 52.

Item 52 is a resolution to declare Saturday, September 19th, 2026 through Sunday, September 20th, 2026 as Muni Heritage Weekend in the City and County of San Francisco in recognition of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's enduring legacy, cultural significance, and historical contributions to the city's identity and transportation.

Supervisor Dorsey. Thank you, President Mendelman. Colleagues, I am proud to offer this recognition for this coming weekend as Muni Heritage Weekend in San Francisco. For 113 years, Muni has connected generations of San Franciscans to their jobs, schools, neighborhoods, and to one another. As the first publicly owned transit system in a major American city, Muni is also an enduring expression of San Francisco's belief that reliable public transportation is an essential public good. Muni Heritage Weekend brings that history to life through cable cars, streetcars, and buses that have become icons of our city. It also honors the generations of operators, mechanics, engineers, station agents, cleaners, dispatchers, advocates, and riders who built and sustained this system, and the SFMTA and Market Street Railway employees who preserve that legacy today and every day. This recognition comes at a critical time. This year, the SFMTA faces a $307 million budget shortfall, the largest in its history. Without additional funding, Muni could face significant service reductions. As we celebrate Muni's legacy, we must also recognize the importance of protecting its future. Honoring Muni means investing in its future, and with this resolution, we honor the people who built Muni, support the people who are running it today, and reaffirm our commitment to this essential public service so that San Franciscans can continue to depend on it tomorrow. My office introduced this resolution recognizing Muni heritage last year and I'm pleased to continue that tradition. As we celebrate Muni's remarkable history, we should recommit ourselves to a future where public transit remains safe, reliable, accessible, and central to the life of our city. I'd like to thank our District 6 intern Zahra Zadi, whom we heard from a short time ago, who authored this resolution, as well as my remarks and for all the excellent work she does in our office. I'd also like to thank my co-sponsors, Supervisors Mahmoud, Cheryl, Sauter, Wong, Mandelman, Fielder, Chen, and Chan. And I hope you'll all join the celebrations this weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 4 p.m. at the san francisco railway museum at mission and stewart streets which is almost but not quite in district 6. the celebrations will feature free historic vehicle rides a promenade of historic buses activities the muni diaries a photo walking tour and opportunities to engage with community partners thank you colleagues for your support and for leading our city and celebrating muni's heritage same house same call without objection the resolution is adopted

Madam Clerk, please call Item 58.

Item 58 is a resolution to declare September 15 through October 15, 2026 as Latin Heritage Month in the City and County of San Francisco to honor and to celebrate the contributions of the Latin community.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President. Happy Latin A Heritage Month, colleagues. I'm grateful to be bringing this resolution forward with my colleague, Supervisor Fielder, and co-sponsor, Supervisor Mandelman, Chen, Mahmoud, and Chan. Today is particularly special to me. It is Independence Day for El Salvador. It is different than Independence Day in Mexico. And it is also the Independence Day of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. This month serves as a reminder to honor the legacies of resistance and resilience that connects us in the Latin American diaspora in our continued fight for justice, dignity, and the hope for a better tomorrow. It is personal to me. My maternal great-grandparents moved to San Francisco in 1932 and lived on Haight Street with their five sons. They worked at a chicken processing plant in Mission and sent money back home so that they could retire and go back to El Salvador. And like my people, people from Central America have come back and forth to San Francisco and added to the wonderful fabric of our city. We helped build it. So I am proud of the diversity of San Francisco. I am proud of my Central American heritage, of our Latino flavor in San Francisco, of having been able to make Mission burritos and the Mission hot dogs, all of these things that make up the wonderful life that we have here in San Francisco and the contributions of Central Americans and Latinos into our city. And during a time when our federal administration is vilely persecuting immigrants and making life difficult, separating families and oppressing people, it is really important that we celebrate the joy of diversity, of being together and the contributions of our Latine neighbors. Thank you very much, colleagues, for your support. I hope you will all join the City Hall celebration on Thursday, October 1st at the Rotunda. Thank you.

Supervisor Walton. Supervisor Fielder.

Just wanted to thank Supervisor Malgar for leading this resolution. And as you said it best, as the federal administration continues its attacks on immigrant communities, it's important to continue celebrating the amazing community that we have in San Francisco among the Latino community. So thank you.

All right. We can take this item. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items?

No, we do not have any imperative agenda items today.

Could you please read the in memoriams?

Yes, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. On behalf of Supervisor Walton, for the late Ms. Felicia Freeney, and on behalf of President Mandelman, for the late Mr. Jeremiah Hallisey, and on behalf of President Mandelman, for the late Mr. Thomas Tom Frankel, and for the late by Mr. President and the entire board for the late Mrs. Mei-Ling Lau.

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

That concludes our business for today.

Then we are adjourned.