Good afternoon and welcome to the May 13, 2025 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Madam Clerk, would you please call the role?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Supervisor Chan.

Chan present, Supervisor Chen, Chen Present, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey present, Supervisor Ringardio, Engario present, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder present, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud not present.

Supervisor Mandelman, Mandelman not present, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar present, Supervisor Sutter, Sadir present, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl present, and Supervisor Walton.

Present.

Walton present.

And Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud present.

Mr.

President, you have a quorum.

Thank you so much.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatusaloni, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula.

As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatush Alone 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 Ramatus Alone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.

Please join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

And on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, I would like to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV, and I want to thank Colina Mendoza, who is recording today's meeting and making sure our transcripts are available to the public online.

Madam Clerk, would you please call our 2 p.m.

special order?

Yes, the special order at 2 p.m.

is the appearance by the Honorable Mayor Daniel Lurie.

The Mayor may address the board for up to five minutes.

Thank you, Mayor Lurie.

Thank you, welcome.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Supervisor Walton and members of the board.

I want to start by thanking all of you.

Our team has spent hours with many of you in this room talking about solutions to two significant challenges facing our city: the behavioral health crisis and the $800 million budget deficit.

Thanks to this board's work and our collaboration, we are tackling both.

Last week at 33 GOF, we announced the Breaking the Cycle Fund, a public-private initiative that will deliver critical resources to transform San Francisco's behavioral health and homelessness response.

As we tackle this historic budget deficit, the fund is launching with $37.5 million in private seed funding.

Those resources will help us move people off the streets and onto a path to stability.

It will also keep our public spaces clean and safe and manage taxpayer dollars responsibly.

This would not be possible without your partnership, including your overwhelming support of the Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance.

Together we are demonstrating to San Franciscans that the Mayor and the Board can work side by side to address the city's greatest challenges.

Earlier today, I stood with many of you, including Supervisors Dorsey and Guardial, Mahmoud, Souter, and Cheryl to announce a plan to address our public safety staffing crisis.

Our rebuilding the ranks plan lays out a clear roadmap to restore full staffing levels at the SFPD and the Sheriff's Office.

It includes immediate actions to relieve pressure on our current officers, along with long-term strategies to build a strong and sustainable pipeline of qualified personnel.

These reforms will ensure our law enforcement agencies have the support they need to keep San Franciscans safe, reduce the burden on overworked officers, and implement a more cost-effective sustainable staffing model.

You all recognize, as I do, that our city's comeback depends on residents and visitors feeling safe on our streets.

Thank you for supporting this work and our public safety professionals.

Meanwhile, my budget team, many of whom spent this past weekend at City Hall and other weekends, is working hard to finalize the budget, find the necessary savings, and protect core city services.

I am clear-eyed about this.

This is hard work, but as we have shown over the past hundred days, we are capable of meeting big challenges when we work together.

I will have more to share soon, but my top priority won't change.

Protecting the core San Franciscan core services San Franciscans rely on, ensuring public safety, addressing the homelessness and addiction crisis, and bringing our economy back.

I want to thank you all for your partnership in advancing those goals, and I look forward to continuing that work.

Thank you, Mayor Lurie.

Madam Clerk, would you please call the first topic?

Yes, the first topic submitted by the District 7 Supervisor, Supervisor Mirna Melgar is Vision Zero.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Hello, Mayor.

Thank you for being here.

Mayor, in 2014, our city made a promise to end traffic deaths by 2024.

It was an initiative that was spearheaded by my predecessor, District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee, also President of the Board.