All right.

Good afternoon, everyone.

Welcome to the October 7th, 2025 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Supervisor Chan.

Chan present, Supervisor Chen.

Chen present, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey present, Supervisor Ringardio.

Engario present, Supervisor Fielder.

Fielder not present, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud present, Supervisor Mandelman.

Present.

Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter.

Saudter present, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl present, and Supervisor Walton.

Walton present.

Mr.

President, you have a quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatush Aloney 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 in their traditional territory.

As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland.

We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatush Aloney community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.

Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance?

Or which it stands to one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online.

Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors welcomes you all to attend this meeting in person here in the board's legislative chamber, second floor of city hall, room two fifty.

If you're unable to make it in person, you can always watch the proceedings on SFGOV TV Channel 26 or view the live stream at www.sfgovtv.org.

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Just address the envelope to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Let's go to approval of our meeting minutes.

This would be for approval of the September 2nd, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes.

All right.

Um could I have a motion to approve?

Moved by Melgar.

Could I have a second?

Seconded by Dorsey.

Um Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

On the minutes as presented, Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton I, Supervisor Chan, Chan I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey, I, Supervisor Ringardio, Ingario I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder, I, Supervisor Mahmoud, Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, and Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I.

There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented.

Madam Clerk, let's go to the consent agenda.

Please call items one through four.

Items one through four.

These items are on consent and considered to be routine.

If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately.

Please call the roll.

On items one through four, Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton I, Supervisor Chan.

Chan I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey I, Supervisor Ringardio, Engario I, Supervisor Fielder.

Fielder, I, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud, I, Supervisor Mendelman.

I.

Mandelman, I.

And Supervisor Melgar.

Milgar I.

There are 11 eyes.

Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to new business.

Please call item five.

Item five.

This is a resolution that authorizes the recreation and park department to accept and expend an in-kind grant from the dog patch and northwest Petrero Hill Green Benefit District, valued at approximately 580,000 for the design and construction of the 22nd Street Trail Steps.

Let's take this item, same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item six.

Item six resolution to retroactively approve the agreement between the city and county and the unified school district for the student success fund for a term of one year from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026, and for an amount of approximately 29 million.

And again, same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item seven.

Item seven resolution to approve the first amendment to the Terminal 2 Retail Market and Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Specialty Retail Stores Concession Lease Number 20-0156 between MRG San Francisco Terminal 2 LLC for the addition of three locations to the premises of the Terminal 2 retail market for a 12-year term to commence on October 1st, 2025 through October 1st, 2037, with no adjustment to the minimum annual guarantee of 2.3 million.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item eight.

Item eight, resolution to authorize the Department of Technology to approve the second amendment with ATT doing business as ATT Mobility to purchase public safety grade wireless communication services for first responders to extend the term by 18 months from October 21st, 2025 for a total term through June 30th, excuse me, through April 21st, 2027, and to increase the agreement amount by approximately 7.3 million for a new total contract of 29.5 million.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call items 9 and 10 together.

Items 9 and 10 are two resolutions that approve two contracts between the Office of Contract Administration for item 9.

Excuse me, with Golden Gate Petroleum for the supply of diesel fuel for a total of 195 million.

For item 10, this contract is with Pacific Coast Petroleum for the supply of gasoline fuel for a total not to exceed of 93 million.

Both are for an initial term of five years to commence on November 1st, 2025 through October 31st, 2030, with the option to extend for up to an additional three years.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 11.

Item 11, this resolution retroactively authorizes the Department of Homelessness and Support of Housing to enter into a grant agreement amendment effective July 1st, 2025, with the San Francisco Health Plan to continue to provide enhanced on-site services in permanent supportive housing and data integration under the housing and homelessness incentive program to amend the existing term of the grant agreement through December 31st, 2025, with automatic one-year term renewals effective January 1st of each year until the grant agreement is terminated by either party and to increase the grant amount by 2.8 by 2.82 million for a new total of approximately six million.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 12.

Item 12, resolution to retroactively authorize the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend an approximate $233,000 grant from the State of California Department of Industrial Relations for the Workers' Rights Enforcement Grant Program to implement a wage theft enforcement program through July 31st, 2026.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 13.

Item 13, resolution to authorize the San Francisco Department of Public Health to submit applications to the California Department of Health Care Services under the Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Round 2 Unmet Needs Program.

Pursuant to the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024 for grants with terms not to exceed 10 years with anticipated revenue to the city in excess of 25 million.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mountman.

I did uh would welcome everybody's support for this, and I wanted to wait for something that I was co-sponsoring because I wanted to give a shout out and welcome the class from Civ Lab, how San Francisco government works, and express my thanks to Michael Adams for leading that effort.

More than that, thank you all to everybody in attendance for your civic engagement and interest in our work.

Welcome to San Francisco City Hall.

Um and I appreciate everybody's support for this important legislation before us in item 13.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 14.

Item 14, this is an ordinance to amend the building and planning codes to comply with California Government Code Section 66007 by postponing the collection of development impact fees for designated residential development projects to the date of first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first, and to affirm the secret determination and to make the appropriate findings.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Just through the chair.

What is the attendant purpose of this?

Do we have a representative of DBI?

Mr.

Hannah.

Good afternoon, board.

Uh member Walton.

This is implementing Senate Bill 937 from last year.

This is a state requirement.

This is just conforming with state law.

And so if we don't do this, what happens?

We would not be in conformance with state law.

I mean, there isn't an enforcement mechanism specific to this uh particular law that I'm aware of, but uh.

You said there would be no enforcement.

I'm not sure.

I don't believe that there's a specific enforcement mechanism in this law.

It is a shall we are required to do this.

I'm not sure if the city attorney has other uh ability to expand on that.

So for clarity, if you could help me, um Deputy City Attorney Russie.

We are going to waive developer fees correct on this?

Defer.

I'm sorry, deferred developer fees on this.

Um good afternoon, Supervisors Deputy City Attorney Brad Russian.

The this ordinance and the state bill that it implements just delays the collection of the fees until the certificate of occupancy is issued rather than collecting them at the time the permit application is um the permit is granted.

Got it.

Thank you.

Thank you, President Amendment.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor.

Well, I wasn't going to talk about this item, but I saw it and I also had a little, what is this?

And um from my way back land, you know, city attorney land use days.

I was always under the impression it was pretty bad practice for localities to be deferring until the very very end of the development process, the collection of these fees that that made some in some cases, not usually, generally it would be fine, but that there would be those cases where a developer might not want to pay, and then they would then be aligned with people trying to move into their units.

And so I was surprised that we were doing this, but yes, I ran through this same exercise you've just done now.

I did it about a half an hour ago, um, and learned that yes, this is a requirement of state law, which um I don't know what to say.

Anyway, I guess I'm voting for it.

Uh you all can do whatever you like.

Uh Madam.

Well, I guess should we call do a roll call or do we we are are we same house, same call?

What?

I'll supported okay, all right.

So we'll take this item.

Can we do a roll call?

Okay.

We're gonna do a roll call on 14.

On item 14, Supervisor Soder.

Sauter, I, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Aye.

Walton I, Supervisor Chan.

Chan I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey I, Supervisor Ringardio, and Guardio I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder, no, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Machmud I, Supervisor Mandelman, Mandelman, I, and Supervisor Melgar.

Aye.

Melgar I.

There are 10 ayes and one no, with Supervisor Fielder voting no.

The ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, let's take the Samsung project matters together.

Please call items 15 through 18 and 25 and 26 under committee reports.

Items 15 through 18 and 25 and 26 are items pertaining to the 530 Samsung project.

Item 15 is an ordinance that amends the general plan to revise the urban design element, the downtown area plan and the land use index to facilitate the project and fire station 13 development project and to adopt the appropriate findings.

Item 16, this ordinance amends the planning code to create the 530 Samsung mixed use tower and fire station special use district, known as the project, to include a conditional use review and approval process, allowing streamlined approval and exceptions from certain planning code requirements and the conditional rescission of an existing Article 10 landmark designation of 447 Battery Street within the special use district to revise the zoning map to increase the maximum height for assessors parcel block number 0206, lot numbers 013, 014, and 017 within the special use district, and to adopt the appropriate findings.

Item 17.

This ordinance approves a major encroachment permit for EQX Jackson SQ Hold Co.

LLC to occupy portions of merchant street for the project between Sansom and Battery Streets adjacent to 425 Washington Street, 439 through 445 Washing Street, Washington Street, and 530 Sansom Street for the purpose of installing and maintaining decorative roadway and sidewalk paving, tabletop crosswalks, overhead string lighting, various pedestrian and bike oriented improvements, other non-standard infrastructure, and new street trees, and to waive certain other requirements under the public works code and to adopt the appropriate findings.

Item 18, this ordinance approves an amended and restated conditional property exchange agreement between the city and county and EQX Jackson SQ Holt Co.

LLC for the exchange of 530 Sansome Street and 447 Battery Street and the construction of a new fire station on 447 Battery Street and adopts the appropriate findings.

Item 25.

This ordinance approves a development agreement between the city and county and EXQ Jackson SQ Hold Co.

LLC for the development of the project at 425 Washington Street, 439 through 445 Washington Street, 530 Sansome Street, and 447 Battery Street to approve certain impact fees and accept and appropriate in approximately an amount in approximately 4.3 million for additional affordable housing payment, confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of the administrative, the planning, the public works, labor and employment and health codes to ratify past actions and to authorize future actions in furtherance of the ordinance as defined herein, and to adopt the 530 Samsung mixed use tower and Fire Station 13 development project to provide financial assistance of up to approximately $86 million in net present value.

Over 25 calculated, 25 years calculated for measurement purposes, only as a percentage of new transient occupancy taxes, the city actually receives from occupancy of guest rooms in a proposed new hotel related to the development and operation of a project on certain real property known as the project and to adopt the appropriate findings.

Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Mendelman.

Well, first and foremost, colleagues, I want to uh express my support for this project.

But it wasn't um it wasn't easy to arrive at the conclusion that I have today.

And I think that in the next few weeks, in the coming months, we will be having conversation that really gonna change the landscape of our city.

That I thought that 530 Samsung and 447 battery as a project uh is a really good example uh of how I think we could accomplish um developments in our city.

And in this case, while it's not a housing development project, it is a mixed use with hotels, office, uh, and commercial on the ground floor.

Um, but in exchange, the city is getting something that I think is uh invaluable, a brand new fire station that is much needed uh for the area and for the city as a whole.

As you know, Fire Station 13 is one of the busiest fire stations in the nation.

And it is good to know that we are able to, with the partnership through this partnership and through this project, we're gonna have a brand new fire station that's been uh a long time coming for that area.

But at the same time that this project as it has evolved today, it then now require a demolition of a 447 battery, a landmark uh building.

Uh, within it, there is a small business.

And it does mean that with this project, um, this new business, small business will actually have to find a new location.

Uh, you know, I think that to an extent that it will be somewhat unprecedented uh now that uh uh whatever category you can view it as a landmarking uh space, it is now going to be demolished.

Uh it's uh it's a balanced act.

We I think that that means it's been vetted.

There is public conversation.

It went through historic preservation commission, it went through the planning commission, went to the land use, and in fact, also went to the our government audit oversight.

In my opinion, that is actually a very good process.

It may not be something that we all want.

Um, some there are gonna be some cost to it.

Uh I do hope that with all these efforts and conversation that a small business when the time comes, we'll find a new space and that we will find ways to create some compromise to commemorate that space as a coffee road house at 447 battery, but at the same time we will have a brand new fire station.

And I think that these are worthwhile conversations, and it's a lot of hard work, it's a lot of hard work about city workers, it's a lot of hard work for elected officials and in partnership with the developer and with our city departments.

And I think that those conversations not only worthwhile, but it really creates a space for that neighborhood, which is adjacent to Transit America, Chinatown, and downtown and Jackson Square Historic District.

Uh, it all come together in this one space that is really worth everyone's effort.

And I only wish that as we continue to think about the entire landscape of our city, that we continue to have that kind of attention and that love and care about not just this one space when there's investments, but really to recognize that all corners of our neighborhoods, um, if there's a small business and if there's a landmark uh space, that may end up required to be demolished or replaced because there's a new development coming in that we could still have that kind of robust process and conversation.

And that does not always mean that we're ending a results of no, because today I'm in supporter of it, but I I just want to express my appreciation of the entire process and that I come to this conclusion because I recognize that you know the changes here and those changes may require sacrifice, but then they are also outweight the changes outweighs the sacrifice that we have to make.

Um so I'm in support of that, and I'm grateful for everyone that involved, including OEWD, and our fire department, uh, and also our former uh colleague uh board president Aaron Paskin and also our now colleagues, Supervisor Danny Souter, you know, and our land use chair, uh, you know, Chair Malgar and of course our GAO chair, Chair Filder, for all putting in the work to make this work.

So thank you, colleagues.

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, President.

I think my colleague summed it up quite well, so I'll um appreciate and acknowledge her remarks and just add a few things.

Um it has been an extensive process, it has um you know been an idea that uh my predecessor hatched almost a decade ago, and that this uh that this body um supported via resolution in uh November of this past year.

So I appreciate all the work that's gone into this.

Um, it is a project that I think a lot has been made about its impact on downtown, which is very important.

But I'm also certainly excited about its impact on our neighborhoods, the fire station to serve a lot of district three, um, the seven million dollars in transit funding that will come out of these impact fees, the affordable housing money, including two million dollars up front for New Asia at 772 Pacific Avenue in Chinatown.

Um so I think it has been a collaboration.

Um there is uh, you know, there certainly is has been work to do to make this right.

Um there's been language added into the development agreement to uh to direct funds um from the downtown park fund to be prioritized for historic preservation in that area in the downtown or Chinatown area, um, and there has been an ongoing effort and dialogue to support the small business owner as well.

Um so all that said, I'm excited to support this and look forward to your support as well, colleagues.

Thank you.

All right, madam clerk, please call the roll.

On items 15 through 18, items 25 and 26.

Supervisor Sauter.

Solder, I Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton, I, Supervisor Chan, Chan, I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey, I, Supervisor Ringardio, and Guardio I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder, I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman, I.

Mandelman, I, and Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar I.

There are 11 eyes.

Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item 19.

Item 19, this is an ordinance to amend the building code to allow affordable housing projects and certain other projects to defer payment of certain administrative fees and to affirm the CEQR determination and two.

Well, same house, same call.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item 20.

Item 20.

This is a resolution to urge the controller's city services auditor and the department of public works to develop objective streetscape stairway and landscape maintenance standards and finding that well-maintained streetscapes and landscapes assets are integral to support small businesses and economic development on commercial corridors.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 21.

Item 21, this is a resolution to accept the African American arts and cultural districts, cultural history, housing, and economic sustainability strategy report under administrative code section 107.5.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 22.

Item 22, this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to add protecting San Francisco in nonprofit organizations supporting San Francisco deputy sheriffs and their families to the list of organizations to which city officers and employees may make donations by payroll deduction.

Same house, same call.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item 23.

Item 23, motion to appoint Sasha Bittner and Nicole Bonn to the in-home supportive services public authority terms ending March 1st, 2027.

And we will take that, those two items or that item with two appointments, same house, same call without objection.

The motion is approved.

We would go to committee reports at this time, except that we have already taken 25 and 26, and 27 was not forwarded as a committee report.

And so in less than a moment, we will go to our 230 special order.

But it's still not 230.

So we will enjoy this time together.

Wow.

When you when you're waiting for uh a minute to pass, it really can take quite a long time.

Mr.

Tonksbot, how did you let this happen to me?

I blame you.

Um, your countdown still didn't work.

Time has frozen.

There we go.

Oh, thank God.

Madam Clerk, can you please call our 230 special order?

Yes, this the special order at 230 is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

Um, and I believe we are starting with District 1.

Uh Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Amendelman.

Um, colleagues, uh, today uh I am so proud to be honoring someone that I really deem not only special but uh extraordinary.

Uh, Mr.

Joseph Lang Lang Fong is the current publisher and editor-in-chief of St.

Tao Daily USA Western Edition.

With more than 36 years of experience in journalism, broadcasting, and media management, he has become one of the most influential Chinese language media figures and a trusted community leader in the Bay Area.

Mr.

Lang graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and migrated to the United States and arrived in San Francisco, wow, on October 8th, 1988, exactly 37 years ago.

His career began in broadcasting as a humble news anchors uh in the United States before joining Sing Tao Daily, where he worked as a reporter and editor.

In 2002, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the Western Edition, an achievement recognized by then San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, who proclaimed a Joseph Lang Day in his honor.

In 2016, he was promoted to publisher and editor-in-chief, overseeing the newspaper's editorial and business operation across the Western United States.

Mr.

Lang is also a radio and online program host for more than 30 years, whose audiences spread across the United States, Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong.

His YouTube commentary commentary channel has attracted more than 240,000 subscribers daily, making him one of the first social media influencers in the Chinese diaspora before the word influencer was even termed.

Beyond his roles in the media, Mr.

Lang has been deeply engaged in community development, public education, and cultural promotion.

He has served as the board member of the Northern California Chinese Media Association, founding director and current president of the U.S.

China Culture Experience Consortium, and Director of the Su Hing Benevolent Association, one of the seven legacy Chinese heritage nonprofits in the United States.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 outbreak, Mr.

Lang spread headed a major fundraising campaign among overseas Chinese communities, raising nearly $500,000 for Red Cross to support families of frontline medical workers who have lost their lives in the fight against the pandemic.

His leadership and achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the best broadcast news commentary award from the United States Ethnic Media Services, California Black Media in 2023, Community Hero Award from Chinatown Community Development Center, and Best Feature Report and Best News Commentary Awards from the Northern California Chinese Media Association.

Since 1990, he has been based and rooted in San Francisco, where he continues to play a vital role in media leadership, community service, and cultural preservation within and beyond the Chinese and Chinese American community.

It just so happened that Joseph arrived in the United States on October 8th in 1988.

And now we can commemorate and honor him for today and tomorrow.

So it is my pleasure that to be able to acknowledge him today and in celebration of his 37 years of amazing and legendary career.

And if I may just add a personal note that Joseph not only has been a community leader, but for me, when I think about how to serve our community better, not just in San Francisco, but in Bay Area and making impact, he is someone that I would go to for advice.

And frankly, he is very honest.

He does not sugarcoat it.

And I know that the reason why I would go to him for those advice is because he will only speak to me, not only with intellectual honesty, but in the best interest of our community, and to really think about how to make sure that we continue to advance the rights of Chinese American community and the Asian American community collectively together, at times that he shows me the way about the politics around it, but then to how to shine a light of why, even though at times it may be adversary, if it's the right thing to do, then it's the right time to do it.

So thank you.

And I realize Mr.

Larry, you should know I have all my colleagues on the roster that President Mendelman is gonna call on before we call on you to speak.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Chan.

Yes, you have to wait because we have a lot of supervisors who want to say nice things about you.

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, President Mendelman.

I just want to thank uh Supervisor Chen for uplifting a very important voice of our community.

Mr.

Lauon, thank you.

Thank you for being an important pillar for our generalisms and the excellence of generalism in San Francisco with your professional and your passion.

You have dedicated to truthful and balanced reporting, amplifying our community voices, and capturing the heartbeats of our city and of our community.

So thank you for that.

And I also want to thank also the word that you lead by your heart of continue to building friendship and bridges to connect the Chinese American culture, where our community here in the Bay Area and also abort.

This is really important to making sure that this is really truly making sure that our community continue to have a belonging, continue to make sure that we can be together stronger.

And I also want to sincerely appreciate you, not only for your outstanding leadership, but it's also your contribution to the community and also to the generalism.

And I also would add a little bit of my own personal experiences as well.

I cannot this, you know, I cannot agree with Supervisor Chen more that this you are the one that we all look up to for advice and also for how to best continue community and build community.

Thank you.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Chan, for this excellent commendation.

Um, I am also an immigrant to this country, somebody who learned English, not my native language, and I know how important it is to have thoughtful, intelligent people at build relationships so that the community can get the information that it needs in a timely way.

And I thank you so much for doing that for the community in the San Francisco Bay Area.

And I also wanted to say that, you know, on top of all of the wonderful things that my colleagues have already stated in all of your accomplishments, I think that uh how you show up for the community is also uh because of your warmth as a human.

Um I have to say, you and Sally, I see over there, are uh so warm and kind and always there for the community, and that definitely is how you show up uh in the professional work that you do uh in addition to the intelligence um and uh you know technical acumen that you bring to it.

So thank you so much uh for everything that you do, and I appreciate you, and thank you, Supervisor Chan, for this.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Madeline, and thank you so much, Supervisor Chan, for honoring somebody so deserving.

I just want to say that one, you are inspiration to every young journalist.

Um I would say not just in the Chinese community, but you are a powerhouse for Chinese voice, and most certainly your entrepreneurship spirit and just the way you represent culture through voice is unmatched, and I just appreciate the fact that I've had the opportunity obviously to do my job and connect with your community through your publication.

And one thing is for sure, and I 100% agree with Supervisor Chan, you tell it like it is 100%.

You do not sugarcoat anything, and I thank you for that, because you hold us accountable and you make sure that we do what we're supposed to do to be representative of our entire communities.

So congratulations, and this honor is well deserved.

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you.

And um, Supervisor Chan, thank you for bringing this honor in front of us.

I think uh Mr.

Long, it's more important than ever with free speech and journalism under attack for you to be celebrated here today for your many, many years of contributions to our city.

Um I have uh admiration for Sing Tao.

There's a lot of um a lot of things that I find that you are the only outlet that's covering.

I think you have really expansive coverage.

Um, and although I often have to use Google Translate when I'm on your website, I'm on your website a lot to um to see all the news that I might miss in the English media otherwise.

So um, you know, your coverage again is expansive.

It gives voice to a lot of organizations and community leaders that wouldn't get that voice otherwise, and you're an important part of celebrating the work.

So thank you for all that and all your contributions.

Thank you.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mendelman.

Um Joseph, I have spent most of my career in different iterations working with journalists, and I have seen journalism through its ups and its downs, and through it all, I have always rooted for journalism, and the truth is right now we're seeing kind of a down.

And there's things that I worry about in the future of journalism, and by extension, the future of our democracy.

So I'm always rooting for news outlets like yours and cheering you on, and I just appreciate your leadership.

As many others have said, it's not just Chinese community journalism.

This is this is Bay Area journalism, and often your breaking and covering stories that other outlets are not.

Um you're leading in ways that I think are incredibly important to um our city and to our democracy.

And I want to give you a special uh shout out for a great decision you made in marrying my favorite former colleague from the San Francisco Police Department and Sally.

Thanks.

Supervisor and guardia.

Uh, before my job here, I worked as a journalist in San Francisco for many years.

So I know firsthand how important it is to do local reporting uh to speak the truth and to give voice to communities uh in every neighborhood and uh throughout the city.

Uh and I know that more journalism is always better, so thank you for creating more journalism uh in San Francisco.

Thank you.

Um and before I turn this over uh to you to speak, Joseph Liang, I just want to um echo my colleagues' comments um about you and your amazing wife.

Um, and thanks, Supervisor Chan um, for uh offering this well-deserved honor.

So, with that, Mr.

Leon.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for all the kind words.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Honorable President Medleman, Supervisor Kondi Chen, and members of the board.

Thank you.

I want to especially thank Supervisor Conde Chan for bringing forward this honor and thank all members of this board for recognizing me today.

Thirty-five years ago, I joined the Sing Dao Daily as a young reporter.

My first assignment was City Hall.

I set right here on the media bench, covering board meetings and running from one committee room to another.

Well, my very first week, I went into the press room to pick up news release.

A man came up to me and said, those are not for you.

You can take them.

I told him I was a reporter from Sing Tao Daily.

He said, never heard of it.

That was the moment I realized how invisible the Chinese press was.

From then on, I make it my mission to make sure that City Hall knew that Sing Dao is here, covering the news for the Chinese community.

In 1994, when I became editor, Mayor Fren Jordan read one of my bilingual editorials, which was not exactly favorable to him.

And yet he called and asked for an editorial visit to Singdao.

That was the first time a city mayor visits Sing Dao.

Since then, FE Mayor has come.

Through my work, I have tried to connect the Chinese community to City Hall, keeping people informed, protecting their rights, and showing that while we may not speak perfect English, but we are part of the San Francisco family.

Even today, as a publisher, editor-in-chief, and host of a radio show and a YouTube talk show, I still see myself as a reporter.

I never left a seat at the reporter bench over there.

With your acknowledgement today, I promise to keep working even harder to empower our community and to make sure our voice are heard.

Finally, I want my colleagues from Sing Dao join us, join me here.

My reporter teams come over.

Because I want to say this, this honor is not just for me, it belongs to all local Chinese press, especially our Singdao reporters.

And my general general manager is here for us here too.

Those Chinese press are hardworking journalists who are often underpaid and underappreciated.

But we make sure that our community has a voice.

Okay, colleagues, today I am pleased to recognize the San Francisco bar pilots.

Quite a legacy and quite a run.

The bar pilots were established in 1850 by California's first legislature and have been protecting Northern California's waters since the days of the gold rush.

District 3 has the privilege of being home to the bar pilots headquarters.

Our office enjoyed a tour of the space earlier this year, and we admired not only the historical artifacts, but also the state of the art technology behind their work.

For those of you who are not familiar with this organization, let me share a little bit more.

The bar pilots are highly skilled ship captains who navigate commercial ships through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay waters to more than 200 docks in the region.

They take ships as far as Stockton and Sacramento.

They meet ships in the open ocean on rough seas, sometimes 11 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, which is a navigational hazard known as a sandbar, which is where the name Bar pilot originated.

To board these massive ships, some of which are longer than the Salesforce Tower is tall.

The bar pilots scale a 30-foot rope ladder, often in rough seas or limited visibility.

They showed us one of those ladders on our tour, and we all declined to try and climb it.

Once aboard, the bar pilots take control of the vessel and direct the navigation to its final destination.

The bar pilots are one of only a handful of pilot organizations nationally that conduct these dangerous open water boardings.

Our bays, topography, strong currents, high traffic volumes, and temperamental weather make this one of the most challenging piloting posts in the entire country.

They work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, navigating 7,700 commercial ships a year, covering 160 miles of routes.

They assist in driving economic growth across the region by moving goods that generate $970 million in state and local taxes.

They also are active partners with our San Francisco community.

For two decades, every year, the bar pilots co-host a holiday open house with our fire department, where the bar pilots donate over a hundred bikes to the fire department's toy holiday drive to benefit local kids.

And last year the bar pilots performed a lifesaving rescue when they spotted a capsized vessel miles out from Ocean Beach.

So it is my honor to commend and congratulate you on 175 years of history and success.

Thank you for your service to the Bay Area.

If any of you would like to say a few words.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, Supervisor Souter and the whole board of supervisors, President Mandelman.

It's it's such an honor uh for us to receive this commendation today.

Um, you know, we have been in business continuous in San Francisco since 1850 and informally since 1835.

And I think that would make us the oldest uh business continually operating in San Francisco.

We are also the longest serving tenant of the port of San Francisco since uh since there's been a waterfront.

We have been there.

We're very proud of our pilot station at Pier 9 in our relationship with the city in the port of San Francisco, and so we just would really like to uh to thank you uh for honoring us today.

Um, I just uh will briefly introduce uh Captain John Carlier, our president, and Captain Zach Kellerman, our uh CFO, both are active bar pilots, uh, bringing the ships in and out every day.

And they are both native San Franciscans who I believe went to rival high schools.

And uh with that, I'm gonna just turn it over to Captain Kellerman uh just for some brief remarks.

Thank you, board.

Appreciate the honor.

It's it's it's really great.

As someone who uh grew up raised in in San Francisco, and uh it's just a real honor to serve San Francisco and the state of California.

And uh we look forward as a group as the San Francisco bar pilots to continue to serve the city of San Francisco and the state of California and uh keeping it safe.

Thank you.

District 11, Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Collie, today I am proud to honor Paul Guisto, a San Francisco native and longtime member and leader of the Italian American Social Club.

May I have Paul to come up to the podium?

Yes, please.

Thank you, Paul.

Paul has been a dedicated member of the Italian American Social Club in the Excelsior since 1971.

He has served as the board president four times and served on the board of the director over seven times, helping to preserve a cherished place where members and neighbors considered to be a second home.

Paul became a member following in his father's footstep, who first became a member in 1950.

Their family cherished it, the club as part of their own, participating and leading the community while working at his father's services at the center around the corner.

Paul has worked in the Excelsior his whole entire life, owned and operated Guisto services for over 70 years in the Excelsior.

He's known most of the merchants in the neighborhood and has watched the app and the flow of small business on Mission Street.

The Excelsior Italian American Social Club celebrated its 90th anniversary this year.

The club continues to bring members and neighbors together to celebrate Italian American history, culture, language, and honoring traditions, building friendships, and most importantly, keeping community spirits alive.

With passion and leadership, Paul was once known as the former now we say the former mayor of the mission street continues to uphold and strengthen the club's legacy, inspiring future generation in San Francisco and in the Excelsior to carry it forward.

Paul, I know that you are our gym, our treasure in the Excelsior and in the Italian uh community.

So I want to thank you and thank you.

Now it's your turn.

My turn.

Well, thank you, Supervisor Chen.

I'm only half Italian.

My mother is uh English, Scottish with a little Irish in there, and Protestant besides.

But Irish have so much fun.

And Italians and Irish always get along.

But um my mother's family came to the United States before the Revolutionary War, between before 1776.

And we're talking about Italians.

We can talk about Italians, but we're all Americans, and we're talking about we're all Americans.

We're all in here together, and but it's all it's all good.

You know, if you only have one eighth Italian in you, you're Italian.

Everybody wants to be Italian because they eat well, they drink well, and they have a lot of fun, and people want to hang around Italians.

I don't know what to tell you, all the restaurants.

But we do have a good time.

Our Italian American Social Club was uh formed in uh 1935.

There was three groups of Italians who were meeting in their garages once a week, um, smoking Tuscanelli's, eating cheese, drinking wine, playing Pedro.

And the three groups got together and they said, Let's start our own club.

So they united and they had Christmas parties and at that time the whole neighborhood was Italian practically.

A few Irish, that's about it, you know.

And they um after a couple years, uh they say, let's buy a piece of property and let's let's build a building here for the for the neighborhood.

And they built a beautiful, they mortgaged their homes.

And I don't know if anybody's been out to the Italian American Club on Russia Avenue of all things, Russia Avenue.

We have a beautiful hall.

Italians all moved out just about.

I'm still there though.

But it's not about the Italians, it's about all of us, you know.

We're all one in this world.

I hate to see the fighting between the Republicans and the Democrats.

How everybody hates each other almost.

Not everybody.

I don't hate anybody.

But Supervisor Chen, I just like to thank you very much.

Thank you.

Wonderful.

Wonderful.

I'm just going off the cuff here.

You know.

I was in the Marine Corps.

Um, Catholic grammar school, public.

We moved to Westlake, Daily City when I was a sophomore.

So I went to Westmore High School.

Class of 66, worked on my father took me to work when I was 11 years old every weekend, every summer, every Easter vacation, every Christmas.

And I since I'm 77 now.

I just closed the business six years ago.

And I miss it.

I miss the people.

I don't miss crawling around in the fog and the rain and the wind under the cars getting greasy, but it wasn't bad, you know.

But thank you very much.

Look forward for more fun and joy and celebrating for your with your second job after retirement to continue to lead a social club.

Thank you very much.

We have more than one.

More people deserve this uh award.

A lot more people deserve this award.

Thank you very much.

All right.

And last but not least, District 8.

And I would love to invite Eva Chang and her team to come on up.

Public works.

There we go.

If you make the Guerrero medians look good, I want to look at you.

All right.

Um today I am presenting a special commendation to the Department of Public Works team that has been working with neighbors to beautify and maintain the Guerrero Street medians.

The story of those medians goes back to the days of my predecessor, then Supervisor Bevan Dufty.

And that included greening some of those medians and adding a bike lane.

Now gradually, as neighbors north of Cesar Chavez saw how good it looked, they began to agitate to green and beautify the cement medians on their blocks as well.

And over the years, block by block, the medians have bloomed.

Today, the partnership between Public Works and Guerrero Street and neighborhood residents continues.

Keeps them out of trouble, helps block off traffic lanes on weekends, weekend mornings, provides mulch and plants, gardening expertise, direction, support, strength to care for the plants and trees that uh make those medians lovely.

None of this would be possible without the amazing Eva Chang and uh her folks.

Um, and that includes um Robert McKinney, Rashida Sassier, uh Dashila Nikki Mixon, and George Lee.

And if I've left anybody out, I hope Eva will um will name we'll name them.

Um Eva and team, you're amazing.

We are grateful to you.

You're always really nice to me when I pop by and do almost almost no work or no work at all.

Um, and but I I wanted to thank you.

And with that, Eva, the floor is yours.

First, first I want to thank President Mendelman for the commendation.

Thank you for recognizing our hard work.

Community partnerships and beautification days at Google Street Meetings over the last two years.

It really means a lot to us and especially Rashida to get this.

So without Ned, Claire, Mary, Gideon, Coco, and Catholic we wouldn't have such community support and merchant buy-in.

Um they couldn't make it today, unfortunately, but I still wanted to like thank them for inspiring their neighbors and really embodying the spirit of San Francisco.

Our volunteers do their best year after year.

Um you challenge us, you collaborate with us to make San Francisco clean, green, and beautiful.

And next, I want to recognize my coworkers at the Bureau of Urban Forestry who have contributed to the overall transformation of Guerrero Street Mediens these last two years.

So George couldn't make it today, but he's also another volunteer coordinator and project manager in my team.

But here we go.

The Bureau of Urban Forestry, Landscape.

I want to thank uh Shu Fenny, Johnny Silas, Perry and Rushing, Felix Lopez, Shingo Kohara, Sabrina Soto, Darren Murphy, Douglas Douglas Reid, raise your hand, yeah.

And our tree maintenance crew.

These are the folks who plant trees all over San Francisco.

They're a small and mighty team that plant trees and water them.

Um and if you've noticed, we've put in quite some trees these last few years, especially in the 300 block.

So Amy Craven, Marquisha Law, Leo Torres, Lavonda Williams, Wesley Buen, Co-Sent Concejo, and Ariami Collins.

I also want to thank our Arboris who grind stumps, Jason Thurm, Nata Nealy New, Andre Harris, and finally our tree inspectors.

These are the folks who inspect the trees and do the paperwork for stump grinding and they pick the new trees.

So Allegra Maltner and Cat Hen Sullivan.

And of course, none of this would be possible with our amazing director, Carla, and senior management Rachel, Jada, David Moore.

Raise your hand, David.

Woo-hoo!

He's behind me.

Can the camera go to David, please?

No?

Okay.

Maybe next time.

They did it, they pulled back.

Thank you, cameraman.

So I want to thank um our director, Carla, Rachel, Jada, David, my supervisor Ramses.

He's been amazing for the last five and a half years.

And of course, our government affairs manager, Ian.

So again, thank you all so much.

And thank you, President Mandelman, for recognizing our effort.

And the other supervisor who neighbors uh Guerrero Street also wants to um and actually is a neighbor of the media's uh Supervisor Fielder.

Thanks, President Mandelman.

Uh thank you to the whole crew here.

And yes, as a neighbor on Guerrero, I really appreciate all of the work that your crew does to keep this median, which is highly trafficked by pedestrians, by cars, really beautiful for the border of District 8 and District 9.

Um so I want to thank you, all the volunteers that contribute um pretty much every single day to keeping this a really prideful space.

Um thank you so much, and thank you, President Mandelman for this.

Come here.

Come over here.

It's George League.

You're on your own.

We're gonna flank you.

So maybe you over there and me over here.

Okay, perfect.

All right, public works.

Thanks, everybody.

Okay.

With that.

So Madam Clerk, could you please call our three p.m.

special order?

Yes, the three PM special order is item 24.

This is a public hearing of the Board of Supervisors to convene a committee of the whole today for the members of the board to hear and receive updates on the progress and implementation status of the United States Department of Justice recommendations pertaining to reforms within the police department.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you so much, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, as you know, we um usually bring updates around this around every six months.

We have had administrative administration changes with the police department, so we're gonna allow for more time to give them opportunity to prepare.

So I want to continue this item to November 18th.

All right, there's a motion from Supervisor Walton to continue this item to November 18th.

Is there a second?

There's a second from Supervisor Fielder.

And before we take action on that motion, we need to take public comment.

Madam, but only on the continuance.

This is not general public comment.

Madam Clerk, could you please call for public comment on the continuance?

If you would like to make comment right now, please step over to your right of the chamber just to take uh public comment on the continuance as the president stated.

All right, seeing no one taking us up on that offer.

All right.

Uh public comment on the continuance is closed.

And we have this motion before us to continue this hearing to the November eighteenth, twenty twenty-five Board of Supervisors meeting.

And we can we take that without objection, colleagues.

Without objection, the hearing is continued to November 18th, 2025.

Madam Clerk, let's go to roll call for introductions.

Supervisor Sauder, first up to introduce new business.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Um colleagues, today I have two items.

I have a introduction and an in memorium.

Um first uh I have a resolution to extend the operations of the Sky Star Ferris Wheel in Fisherman's Wharf for another 18 months with an additional option for an 18-month extension after that.

Sky Star Ferris Wheel has been a big success since November 2023, welcoming more than half a million riders, giving more reasons to come to the wharf, and delighting countless passengers with breathtaking views of the bay.

It has become a part of our civic celebrations as well, being lit up in rainbow colors during Pride and in violets and violet during the Valkyrie's playoff run.

It is um one of the many good things that are happening at the wharf among new restaurant leases and new entertainment zone at Pier 39, which was active this past weekend where we celebrated the forty-seventh anniversary of the creation of Pier 39.

Um, and then uh coming soon in a beautiful new public plaza, which is uh breaking ground on Taylor Street.

I want to thank uh the port, thank Skystar and Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District for their work and partnership on this.

And uh colleagues, if you have not been to the wharf recently, I suggest you do so and of course enjoy a uh a ride on the Sky Star Ferris wheel.

For my next item, I have uh an in-memorium to introduce, um, and I want to take a moment to honor the life of Joe Betts, the beloved owner of San Francisco's House of Prime Ribb.

Joe passed away at the age of eighty-six, recently, leaving behind the legacy built on hospitality and generosity that touched thousands of lives.

Born in Bavaria, Germany in 1939, Joe began working as a waiter at just 14 years old.

His path took him across Europe and eventually to San Francisco in 1962, where he arrived with little more than determination and a big gift for making people feel at home.

By the age of 28, he had purchased his first restaurant, Hoffman's Grill, and quickly became one of the youngest and most respected restaurateurs in the city.

But it was in 1985 that Joe took over the house of Prime Rib and began building what would become his life's work.

He preserved the classic charm and elevated into a beloved institution where families gathered, strangers became friends, and every meal felt like a special occasion.

He was hands-on every day, walking the dining room, checking the quality of food himself, treating every guest like they were walking into his own home.

His commitment didn't stop at the restaurant door.

For over 30 years, Joe and his family served Christmas Eve prime dinners to unhoused and low-income San Franciscans through Glide Memorial Church.

More than 75,000 holiday meals were given freely, with the same care and quality served at his restaurant.

That kind of generosity defined who Joe was.

Even into his 80s, he could be found at the House of Prime Rib, chatting with guests and staff, still perfecting the experience and taking care of customers.

He once said, I'm not here because I have to be, I'm here because I love it.

And we all felt that love.

To the Betts family and the entire House of Prime Rib team, we extend our heartfelt condolences.

Joe's legacy will live on through the meals shared, kindness shown, and the community he helped build.

Rest in peace, Joe.

You were a titan of hospitality and truly one of a kind.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sauter.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Colleagues, today I am introducing a hearing request to explore how we can apply our citywide objective design standards to fit into the individual context of our unique neighborhoods.

Now, as we all know, the family zoning plan will be coming to the board soon, meaning that we will be adding potentially many more homes in the coming decades.

With this plan in mind, it is imperative that we be forward thinking about the future of our building and urban design.

San Francisco's urban landscape is the result of thoughtful orchestration of buildings, open space, streetscapes, and more.

And as we prepare for the future, we must do so with San Francisco's unique design in mind.

Throughout the year, I've sat with local architects, planners, and more to discuss this issue.

And these conversations have made me confident that we can achieve our housing goals while promoting thoughtful architectural design.

To do so, however, we need to be meticulous in creating neighborhood standards that are ministerial objective and do not add costs.

This hearing will convene both the planning department and subject matter experts to the table to ensure the future of housing in San Francisco is inclusive, accessible, and ultimately San Franciscan in design.

Thank you, colleagues, and the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Cheryl.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, today I have an in-memorium for Diana Muangvong Leo Landos, a San Franciscan whose love, strength, and generosity left a mark on everyone she met.

Diana was born here in San Francisco on December 18th, 1984.

She spent her earliest years in Tepai, raised by her grandmother and aunt.

Before returning to California at age six to be with her parents, she was the eldest of three siblings, with her younger sister Linda and her younger brother David.

Among them, she was the tenacious one, the reliable one, the guide in the bridge.

She carried hardships so that others did not have to, and she embraced family in the deepest sense, weaving together relatives across oceans and cultures.

Diana wasn't just a sister to her siblings.

She made herself a big sister to friends, colleagues, and community members alike.

Whatever she had, she shared freely, including wisdom, tough kindness, a listening ear, or simply her sense of humor.

She encouraged those around her to live fully, to build families of origin and families of choice, as she calls family and to nurture themselves with love.

She brought that same spirit to everything she did.

A proud graduate of Law High School and Humble State University, Diana devoted herself to building and nurturing community.

Her career in affordable housing was grounded in a deep commitment to treating residents with dignity and respect.

Since 2016, she worked as a property manager at Chinatown Community Development Center, where she became not only a colleague, but also a mentor, guiding younger staff and uplifting residents with compassion and integrity.

Diana was known for her remarkable work ethic, often balancing multiple jobs such as babysitting and working at Four Star Seafood, all while giving her best to her family, her friends, and the community she loved.

Her life was also marked by love.

On September 25, 2023, Diana married Luis Landos, whom she met at CCDC here in City Hall.

Together with Lewis's daughter, Metsley, and her beloved fluffy companion Lilek, they created a home filled with joy, adventure, and care.

Not long after their wedding, Diana was diagnosed with cancer, a battle she faced with the same strength and determination that once helped her overcome leukemia earlier in her adult life.

Despite her courage and resilience, Diana passed away peacefully on September 30th, 2025, surrounded by family and friends.

She will always be remembered as a source of guidance, strength and joy, a big sister, and as someone who lifted others up through her work, her mentorship, her friendship, and her love.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton.

Supervisor Chan.

Submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, today I am introducing a BLA request to examine how the city is making good on its commitment to fund affordable housing.

I'm asking the BLA to look into three things in particular.

First, I'm asking them to analyze the impact and forecasts created by the removal of impact fees and inclusionary requirements that have been used to support the development of affordable housing.

As vice chair of the land use and transportation committee, I'm witnessed a pattern of decision making where we do away with the impact fees, inclusionary requirements, and other standards that are so critical to funding affordable housing.

Our city leadership claims that one of the founder one of the foundations of our affordable housing strategy is to is the creation of BMR units.

But our city policy choices don't reflect that.

We have cut the impact fees and inclusionary requirements that lead to the production of BMR units.

We don't have data immediately accessible that demonstrates all the ways.

We have cumulatively wrote back this requirements.

And this is especially troubling given that the mayor's rezoning proposal relies on these tools and don't meaningfully exist anymore.

Second, I'm asking the BLA to assess the efficacy of cities' reliance on one-time funds, all funds tied to the market conditions versus other more consistent and sustainable revenue strategies.

We have relied almost entirely on single-use funds that never get replenished or renewed once used.

We don't have a significant consistent stream of investments at the scale necessary to make continual and meaningful progress on our affordable housing development, despite there are many other revenue strategies that would allow us to do so.

Lastly, I am requesting an analysis on the gaps of our affordable housing delivery system to meet the unique needs of our vulnerable communities and neighborhoods.

Currently, we don't have a way to attach investment to adjust those significant gaps and failures in our system.

For example, District 11.

Currently, we have no affordable housing projects in the pipeline.

That's by having the greatest density of multi-generational working class family in the city.

And we haven't done our part to create an affordable housing ladder that enables San Franciscan to move through affordable housing opportunities, both rental and ownership.

Whether it would be survivors of domestic violence and assault to families in SRO transitioning to deeply affordable family-sized housing, to the warforce housing needs of our teachers, public chance public transit operators, and firefighters to retain a foothold in the city.

I'm hopeful that this analysis will help stare us.

We continue to have difficult conversation around and how we can intentionally and effectively address the affordability and housing crisis in our city.

And I want to thank my legislative aides, Charlie and Jackie, for this work.

And thank you and the rest of I submit.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Chen.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues last week, Governor Gavin Newsom unexpectedly vetoed legislation to authorize state funding for drug-free recovery supportive housing.

This Board of Supervisors unanimously endorsed that state legislation, AB 255, authored by San Francisco's own assembly member Matt Haney.

In the wake of the governor's disappointing veto, I am today introducing local legislation to halt city funding for new drug-tolerant models of permanent supportive housing in San Francisco.

This proposed legislation will instead mandate that all new city-funded permanent supportive housing facilities be drug-free.

It will also require a formal survey of all permanent supportive housing residents citywide to measure their choices among three supportive housing models that would from now on be a drug-tolerant model reflecting the housing first standard as it is currently interpreted in California, a drug-free model in which the use of illicit drugs on site would be grounds for relocation, and in which any eviction would adhere to well-established standards from HUD, SAMHSA, and NAR, which is the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, and third, a recovery-oriented model, which would include supportive services designed for those in recovery from substance and alcohol use disorders, and that would also adhere to SAMHSA, HUD, and NARD standards.

It will also commit, as a matter of city policy, to endeavor to meet residents' demand for each of those options as we expand our permanent supportive housing portfolio moving forward.

This legislation will finally center the wishes of permanent supportive housing residents themselves as to what kind of drug policy they want to live in in the residential community where they call home.

And it would move San Francisco past the tired shibbolets of drug decriminalization advocates and nonprofit operators who insist that California's housing first implementation persist as the one-size-fits-all increasingly problematic, increasingly deadly, 100% drug tolerant experiment, it was never intended to be.

As far back as 2015, the Obama administration's HUD recognized drug-free recovery housing as being consistent with the low barrier principles of housing first.

And here I'm quoting so long as entry into the program is based on the choice of the program participant and to support individuals and families on a particular path on a particular path to recovery from addiction, typically emphasizing abstinence.

Over the last several years, as San Francisco has expanded its portfolio of permanent supportive housing.

Our exclusively drug-tolerant model has been rightly blamed for wildly disproportionate rates of fatal overdoses for chaotic and too often violent conditions in and outside of buildings, and for a wide range of drug-driven public safety challenges.

According to data from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 26% of drug overdose deaths in the last year occurred in permanent supportive housing.

That's one in four ODs citywide, a higher fatality rate than in shelters, in hospitals, in private homes, or even on the streets.

Drug-related behaviors and lawlessness also lead to hundreds of public nuisance complaints, including one facility alone in my district that generated no fewer than 654 emergency calls for police service in one year, averaging nearly two calls per day.

It is time for San Francisco to finally start delivering on the drug-free options that permanent supportive housing residents themselves have been asking for.

And that's especially true of residents from the recovery community whose sobriety and by extension whose lives have too often been endangered by rampant drug use in housing with drug policies they would be wise to avoid.

I want to express my gratitude to my co-author, President Mandelman for his partnership and helpful guidance on this issue going back many months.

Thanks as well to my early co-sponsors, Supervisors Cheryl, Sauter, and Mockwood.

I look forward to engaging with all my colleagues, with advocates and with community members on this proposal as it moves through the legislative process and the rest.

I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, Supervisor Ringardio.

Submit, thank you, Supervisor Fielder.

Submit, thank you, Supervisor Makmood.

Colleagues, today, in the face of an unimaginable tragedy, I am introducing a resolution honoring the life and service of Joey Alexander and recognizing the vital role urban alchemy plays in our public safety network.

Joey Alexander is a man who gave his heart to our communities through his work as an urban alchemy practitioner.

A man who was taken too soon by senseless gun violence simply for being brave enough to serve our community.

He was a beloved community ambassador, colleague, brother, and friend.

Joey embodied the very best of our city's spirit, resilience, compassion, and was the embodiment of redemption.

After spending 23 years incarcerated, he left prison in late 2022, determined to find his purpose.

He believed deeply that people are capable of change, and he lived that belief every day through his work with Urban Alchemy, helping to make our public spaces safer, more welcoming, and more humane.

Assigned to the main library post, Joey was the first face many families, children, and visitors saw, greeting them with a warm smile and a steady presence that made the people feel safe simply by being near him.

On September 26th, while performing his duties and asking someone to stop using drugs outside the library, Joey was tragically shot.

He passed away a few days later in the hospital at just 60 years old.

His death is a profound loss to his family, his colleagues, and our city.

Joey lived with humility, empathy, and an unwavering commitment to helping others choose a different path.

As his colleague Ronald Carter shared, he was humble, respectful, and deeply kind.

I feel grateful to have known him, to have had him to keep me on and others on track, and I'll be grateful for his memory.

Mr.

Alexander was living proof that redemption is possible, that second chances matter, and that service to community can transform us.

Urban Alchemy's mission is to transform trauma into healing by employing individuals with lived experience of incarceration, homelessness, and addiction.

We pride ourselves in San Francisco and in this boardroom as a progressive city.

There's no better representation of that than giving individuals a second lease on life, individuals like Joey Alexander, who were formerly incarcerated, an opportunity to give back to our communities by serving in our city's most challenging conditions, and transforming them by bringing safety, stability, and peace.

They de-escalate conflicts, reverse overdoses, and connect people to services, care, and housing.

They're a complement to our city's public safety ecosystem, supporting our law enforcement and first responders.

Urban alchemy practitioners stand on the front lines of our most complex challenges, not with weapons or the authority to arrest, but with compassion, respect, and the power of human connection.

Urban Alchemy's work reflects San Francisco's values, dignity, compassion, and the belief that every person deserves a path to rebuild their life.

Joey's passing reminds us that those who stand on the front lines of compassion deserve protection, recognition, and support.

Thank you to my early co-sponsors, Supervisor Dorsey and Guardio, Mandelman, and Chen.

As such, an honor of Mr.

Alexander, I'd also like to enjoy our meeting in his memory.

May Joey Alexander be remembered for his bravery, his kindness, and his unwavering service to San Francisco.

May his memory serve as an inspiration to all of us to continue the work in a life of service.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Supervisor Mandelman.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

And colleagues, today I am introducing a resolution to recognize October 19th through October 25th as United Against Hate Week.

United Against Hate Week emerged from a United Against Hate poster campaign in response to white supremacist rallies in Berkeley and San Francisco in 2017.

United Against Hate Week has become an annual event aimed at promoting unity, understanding, and the rejection of hate and discrimination.

This board has passed similar resolutions recognizing United Against Hate Week in 2019, 2023, and 2024.

The week provides an opportunity for San Franciscans to join Californians across the state in standing against hate and bigotry and celebrating our shared commitment to inclusion and acceptance.

I want to thank the United Against Hate Week organizing committee led by Patrice O'Neill for their advocacy, and I also want to thank community advocate and district eight resident Susan Porter Bextead for her efforts to build awareness of United Against Hate Week in San Francisco specifically.

I want to thank my legislative aide ANHA for his work on this resolution, and I want to thank Supervisors Engardio, Chen Sherrill, Walton Dorsey, and Chan for co-sponsoring.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Supervisor Milgar.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, today I am introducing a resolution recognizing October 15th as pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day in San Francisco.

This resolution acknowledges the families and individuals in our city and across the world who have endured the involuntary loss of a pregnancy or infant losses that too often remain invisible, unspoken, and unsupported.

Pregnancy and infant loss takes many forms, miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic or molar pregnancy, chemical pregnancy.

However it happens, the grief that follows is profound.

Along with the emotional loss, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth often have debilitating physical complications, including infection, hemorrhage, fertility challenges.

Yet many employers and insurers do not provide paid leave, mental health support, fertility benefits, or other resources to those experiencing this type of loss.

Despite how common these experiences are, affecting roughly one in four pregnancies, many people grieve in silence, isolated by stigma and by cultural expectations that pregnancies remain secret during the very months when loss is most likely to occur.

This resolution breaks that silence and acknowledges that not only the pain of the loss, but also the hopes, the plans, the love that has gone unseen.

Awareness is not only about healing, it's also about public health.

When we talk about pregnancy loss openly, we create space for better care, stronger support system, better public policy that meets people's real needs, starting with collecting basic data.

This is about the kind of city we want to be, one that acknowledges pains, values healing, and recognizes love in all its forms.

On October 15th, I invite all San Franciscans to take a moment to honor the short lives that were lost, but continue to be loud, valued, seen, and remember.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Melgar.

Mr.

President, that concludes the introduction of new business.

Alright, let's go to public comment.

At this time, the board will hear your public comment.

If you line up on your right-hand side of the chamber, you will be able to speak to the board meeting minutes as presented for September 2nd.

Items 30 through 38 on the adoption without committee reference calendar or other items that uh have not yet had their public comment fulfilled.

We're setting the timer for two minutes.

Welcome to our first speaker.

Good afternoon, Board of Supervisors.

Uh, for the record, my name is Chris Wortklein, and I also goodbye Sergeant Klein of the United States Marine Corps.

So, as you are probably aware, this information will be coming out to every citizen in the United States.

Public health, safety, and research surveillance systems, including one system with coding, is simply using voice and phone technology to influence actions, violence, and remotely tell people how to vote.

This came out in 1979 and 1985.

The violence has got to stop, and that's why it came out in 1979 and 1985.

And interestingly enough, I received my ballot today.

I opened it, and someone tried to use these systems to cyberstalk me to tell me how to vote.

That cannot happen.

We cannot allow those systems to be used that way.

I want to thank the members of the board who spoke earlier today at the press conference about the violence in the tender line and elsewhere.

That equipment on the main library and the Asian Art Museum needs to be turned off unless there is a declared emergency.

That is coming from the Commerce Department and the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice.

So whoever is not turning that off, the Board of Supervisors has equal authority to demand that that equipment is turned off.

The tenderline last month, three homicides, four additional shootings, two stabbings, one standoff, the main library shut down early to an emergency.

It's only gonna get worse until we hold people accountable for using this equipment outside the normal and allowable usage.

And one request.

If your teams are trying to cyberstalk me, do not.

I'm being protected by the Marine Corps, and they will take necessary action to go after your equipment.

So please do not get caught up in this and do not try to cyberstalk me.

Period.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Let's hear from our next speaker.

Board members of San Francisco and Mayor of San Francisco.

This title of the siege is it grows on me.

On March 2024, I stood before a panel of grand jury and judges to present my case.

My public declaration was to intend to hand over a former president, Joe Biden, worldwide Constitution.

After eight minutes of statement, one of judges asked, who sent you here?

Calmly in a nonchalant manner.

I replied to audit consumption pressed upon me.

With that, I walked over to the pre-ordained earlier in the morning of manifestation.

I shook the judge's hands.

All in a day's work.

It just grows on me.

In 2016, after agreeing to work for Noel Pay and Conaware, I met an architect of Nescape, Martin Gromberg.

How I got for experience of life trying to pick up the brains of what is to be my version of transport protocol called GTTP or Junction 2 Transport Protocol.

I just don't know how I pull it off.

Was it luck?

Or was it surrender precisely?

I wouldn't know.

I just did not pull much onto it.

I just let it grow on me.

Today I'm reclaiming what is rightfully mine, a full-fledged software architect employed by the city of San Francisco and press upon me to several reference implementation of GTTP to Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Amassis and the masses in the rest of the world.

Today for the power of vested meet as a CEO of Project Mellow, I top the silicon top investor from my old POW, Mark and Dreessen, the founder of Nascape, Jessica Wu.

She's a Silicon's value top investor.

Our task is to infuse money into my company, a nonprofit by the name of Project Mello, and to the hands of Citizens of San Francisco for the office of Daniel Leary.

I thank you for your time.

Thank you for your comments.

Can we hear from our next speaker, please?

Good afternoon, Board of Supervisors and Supervisor President Manelman.

My name is Richard S.

T.

Peterson.

Several weeks ago I came and talked about parcel taxes.

I'm still studying parcel taxes and will bring a more thorough report to you the next time I meet.

I haven't been able to be here for the last couple meetings.

And the importance of parcel taxes to the homeowner are substantial.

The importance of parcel taxes to downtown are important but not substantial.

And I don't want the West side, and actually the rest of the city who are homeowners, or at least have an interest in a home, which they may be actually renting out to uh live in another home, or they're still homeowners.

So in any event, uh next week I'll try and get a more thorough report and want to do a shout out to uh Mimi Haas and sorry you missed a great party.

I guess your son didn't want you to attend.

Thank you for your comments.

Before the next speaker, if there are any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment, please step over to your right-hand side.

Otherwise, this will be our last speaker.

All right, welcome.

So the problem with this public comments is that it seems you don't know what you're talking about.

Why are you leaving the house?

You should listen to what is being said.

Okay, if the these guys look down, it's because they are pedophiles, working at the at the very least for pedophiles.

Okay, let's say quick reminder.

No matter who you are or where you come from.

What you do is all that matters.

So even if you come from another planet, we don't care.

We don't want pedophiles anywhere in today's civilization, which is going very usual to the drain.

If only it was just it were just pedophilia.

You know where it leads to, child trafficking.

Sacrifice by whatever sects we don't care.

It's out of the question.

We accept this.

We are 99.9% here to say, yeah.

Red line, end of the story.

Now we need to address that.

Why is this supposedly govern supposed governments?

Which is absolutely not the case.

Not addressing this.

It's not important enough.

Why are the mainstream media not addressing this?

It's not important enough.

Oh, really?

So my mission keeps going on.

Now, definitely I'm targeting the pedophiles.

What are you gonna do about it?

Accuse me of protecting the kids.

Accusing me of what exactly?

About from you being a pedophile yourself.

Are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment?

All right, Mr.

President.

All right.

Public comment is now closed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to R for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 30 through 38.

Items 30 through 38 were introduced for adoption.

Without committee reference, a unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first appearance today.

Alternatively, a member may require a resolution on first appearance to go to committee.

Madam Clerk, could you call the roll?

On items 30 through 38.

Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton Absence, Supervisor Chan.

Chan I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey I, Supervisor Ingario, Engartio I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder, I, Supervisor Mahmoud, Mahmoud, I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, and Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I.

There are ten ayes.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

Madam Clerk, do you have any imperative agenda items?

I have none to report, Mr.

President.

Could you please read the in memoriums?

Today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals.

On behalf of Supervisor Sauter for the late Mr.

Joe Betts, on behalf of Supervisor Walton for the late Diana Mungwong Liao Landos, and on behalf of half of Supervisor Mahmoud for the late Mr.

Joey Alexander.

And I believe that brings us to the end of our agenda.

Madam Clerk, is there any further business before us today?

That concludes our business for today.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

We are adjourned.