Good afternoon.

Welcome to the April 28th, 2026 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Supervisor Chan.

Chan present, Supervisor Chen.

Chen present, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey present, Supervisor Fielder.

Fielder not present, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud present, Supervisor Mandelman.

Present.

Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter present, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl present, Supervisor Walton.

Walton present, and Supervisor Wong.

Wong present.

Mr.

President, you have a quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatushalone, 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 Ramatushalone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.

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

On behalf of our board, I'd like to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV.

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Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

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And as stated previously, pursuant to a memo dated April 7th, 2026 from Supervisor Jackie Fielder.

A motion we're renewing it every week between April 7th and June 30th, 2026, to excuse Supervisor Fielder from the current meeting.

Thank you, Mr.

President and members.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

I notice that Supervisor Dorsey is in the queue.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

I want to express my gratitude to our clerk for welcoming today's viewers, and I wanted to add my own special welcome to the class from Civ Lab, how San Francisco Government Works, and express my gratitude to uh District 6 Resident Michael Adams for leading that effort.

So I just want to say thank you to all of you for your civic engagement and welcome to the Board of Supervisors Chambers.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, and welcome.

All right.

So uh can I have a motion to excuse Supervisor Fielder from today's meeting?

Motion made by Supervisor Chen, seconded by Supervisor Melgar.

Um I think we can take that without objection.

Uh without objection, Supervisor Fielder is excused.

Um then Madam Clerk, let's go to approval of meeting minutes.

Yes, approval of the meeting minutes dated March 24th, 2026.

Um can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented, moved by Walton.

Is there a seconded by Chen?

Um Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

On the minutes as presented, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton I, Supervisor Wong, Wong I, Supervisor Chan.

Chan I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey I, Supervisor Mahmood.

Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter.

Solder I.

There are 10 ayes.

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

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

Please call items one through five together.

Items one through five are on consent.

These items are considered routine.

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

Please call the roll.

On items one through five, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong.

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

Dorsey I, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Magmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

I.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Millgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter.

Solder, I.

There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, these ordinances are passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, let's go to unfinished business.

Please call item number six.

Item six, this is an ordinance to extend for an additional five years through July 1st, 2031.

The delegation of Board of Supervisors Authority under Charter Section 9.118 to the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, previously authorized by ordinance number 26-19 and extended and modified by ordinance numbers 101-20, 159-22, and 207-24 to enter into grant agreements under the SFPUC's Green Infrastructure Grant Program with 20 year terms after the project completion date.

All right.

Let's take this item, same house, same call without objection, the ordinances finally passed.

Madam Clerk, please call item number seven.

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

Again, same house, same call, without objection, the ordinance is finally passed.

Madam Clerk, please call items eight and nine together.

Items eight and nine.

Are two ordinances establishing entertainment zones for item eight?

This is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to create the Glen Park Entertainment Zone on Diamond Street between Monterey Boulevard and Chennai Street, Chennery Street between Brompton Avenue and Carey Street, Monterey Boulevard between Diamond Street and Juiced Avenue, and Kern Street between Brompton Avenue and Diamond Street.

And for item nine, this ordinance amends the administrative code to create the Upper Fillmore Entertainment Zone on Fillmore Street from Jackson to Sutter Street's California Street from Fillmore Street to Steiner Street and Pine Street from Fillmore Street to Steiner Street and to affirm the CEQI determination and to make uh the uh and make the appropriate findings for both items.

And we can take these same house, same call, without objection.

The ordinances are finally passed.

Madam Clerk, please call it number 10.

Item 10, this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the Pacific Islander Cultural District in and around the Visitation Valley and Sunnydale neighborhoods to require the mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to submit written reports and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor to describe the cultural attributes of the district and to propose strategies to acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the district and to affirm the secret determination.

Same house, same call, without objection, the ordinance is finally passed.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 11.

Item 11.

This is an ordinance to retroactively authorize the San Francisco Police Department to accept and expand an approximate $6.25 million grant from the U.S.

Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, COPS under the fiscal year 2025 Cops Hiring Program to fund 50 new police officer positions for approximately one year, October 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2030.

And to amend the annual salary ordinance number 120-25 for fiscal years 2025 through 26 and 26 through 2027 to provide for the addition of 50 grant funded positions in class Q 002 police officer.

Chair Chan.

Thank you.

President Mendelman, I just want to thank my colleagues, including Supervisor Chin, who substitute for me at the committee last week on these items coming out of uh budget and finance committee.

But just before I am and I think that it was indicated in the uh budget and legislative analyst report, but I just want to be on the record uh about item 11 as the San Francisco Police Departments accepting this uh grant from the Department of Justice specifically for our law enforcements for this 50 full-time position that it does not um and and I want to just on the record by the BLA be on the record verifying this is that by accepting this grant is not uh in any uh form commitment committing the city uh that the city is still in committed and be able to in compliance by accepting this grant for our sanctuary city law.

Or maybe the city attorney can verify uh Deputy City Attorney Brad Russian, Supervisor Chan.

Um, this grant is at issue in the litigation that our office brought challenging the conditions that the Department of Justice has attempted to place on it.

Currently, those conditions we were prevailed so far in that litigation, and there's a preliminary injunction in place that um prevents the city from having to comply with the conditions that we're contesting.

Thank you.

Uh thank you, Chair Chan.

Thank you, uh Brad Russi.

Um with that, I think we can take this item, same house, same call without uh objection.

The ordinance is passed on first reading.

And Madam Clerk, please call items 12 through 14 together.

Items 12 through 14 are three ordinances that adopt and implement memorandum of understanding between the city and county and the following departments.

For item 12, this is with the San Francisco Police Officers Association.

Item 13 is with the San Francisco Firefighters Union, local 798.

Uh Unit 2, IAFF AFL, CIO.

And item 14 is with the San Francisco Fire Fighters Union, Local 798, IAFF, AFL CIO Unit 1.

Uh for these items 12 through 14 to be effective July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2030.

And we can take these items, same house, same call without objection.

The ordinances are passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 15.

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

And uh I think we could take this item, same house, same call without objection.

The resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 16 through 19 together.

Items 16 through 19 are four resolutions that approve the mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to apply for, accept and expend program entitlements from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Uh for item 16.

This is for the city's fiscal year 26 through 27 CDBG program entitlement for 19.3 million and to expend estimated program income in the amount of 2.1 million for a combined total of approximately 21.5 million beginning July 1st, 2026, through the date when all funds are expended for item 17.

This is for the city's fiscal year 2026-27 home program entitlement in the combined total uh approximate amount of 6.6 million for the term July 1st, 2026 through June 30, 2031.

For item 18, this is for the city's fiscal year 2627 ESG program entitlement of 1.7 million for an unspecified term starting July 1st, 2026.

And to expend program income and reprogrammed funds in the amount of 22,000 for a combined total of approximate 7.7 million for the term July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2029.

And we'll take these same house, same call without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 20.

Item 20.

This is a resolution to accept the Sheriff's Office Military Equipment Use Policy 2025, annual report and inventory, and to approve their request for purchase and use of additional equipment consistent with the criteria set forth in state law.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Metleman.

Is the sheriff here yet or a representative?

If not, I would like to ask that we come back to this item because he told me he would be.

He also indicated to me that he would be here for this item.

So we will we will come back to item 20.

Thank you.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 21.

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

I think we can take that item, same house, same call without objection.

Uh the motion is approved.

All right.

And let's go back to item 20.

Item 20.

Uh for those of you who just entered the chamber, it is on the floor.

It is a resolution to accept the Sheriff's Office Military Equipment Use Policy 2025.

All right.

We'll welcome Sheriff Miyamoto.

Come on up.

Supervisor Walton has questions, comments.

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Metelman, and thank you, Sheriff Miyamoto.

Um part of approval of this is allowing for possible additional equipment.

Um is that additional equipment something that is identified already, or is this just a blank saying if you want some more equipment, we um are are possibly approving that without knowing what it is.

Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to answer that question.

Um it is not a blank uh in any way, shape, or form.

There are two specific items that are being requested right now as new equipment.

Uh they're listed on there.

Uh one is a DFR drone for uh first responder.

Uh it's the exact same drone technology that the police department currently uses out of the real-time investigation center.

Uh this item is one in which we are going to partner with the police department, have that information as a part of our TIC.

Uh for us specifically, there are two things.

One in our areas of responsibility here in the city.

Uh one of them is the Department of Public Health, General Hospital, and all of the surrounding areas.

Uh we have to deal with people who are walk aways uh against medical advice sometimes.

Uh people who are for better uh lack of a better term, missing persons.

Uh the drone will help us to search for those individuals in a more efficient, timely manner, especially with individuals who have medical conditions who may need immediate help and assistance.

Uh in addition, though, the drone itself will also be a part of our TIC's uh deployment throughout our city.

Uh the second item to uh Supervisor Walton is what is called a tear ball grenade.

It's actually a canister, which has uh not tear gas, but uh OC pepper spray in it.

And this is to address what happened a few years ago uh when we had dispensers canisters that had CS and CN gas, and during a training exercise, that gas was dispersed and unfortunately went into a public area into a school and affected uh members of the San Bruno community.

Uh the tear ball grenade is actually a device which is uh intended to deliver OC pepper spray, not CN or CS gas into a specific area.

And it is to address our safety concern regarding having an increase in our population right now, our incarcerated population, uh, which are housed in dormitory type areas.

So they're in areas out at San Bruno.

Um it was something which one utilizes uh a chemical agent that we already carry on our tool belts, so it's not something new.

And the delivery system itself uh is not intended to individualize on any specific person.

Uh it's for deployment into an area.

And so uh the delivery system itself is something we currently have with our CNN CS gases.

I mean, just last question is there any way to guarantee that drone technology won't violate someone's civil rights, like people even unintended for being captured on camera or et cetera.

Current policy that we have is consistent with uh what is uh being used right now for all of our drone deployments in the city uh will fall under the same guidelines, uh the same criteria.

Uh we don't have any facial recognition technology on it.

Well, we don't have uh uh a deliverable system.

We're not intending this to be anything that we deliver things on.

It's strictly intended to be uh an observation platform for us to give you an idea of what uh its value is to us specifically at the Sheriff's Office.

Uh the DFR is going to, once we deploy this, uh this is our only our first one, and we intend to deploy it out at San Bruno, our largest facility.

We have an increase excuse me, uh, in individuals who are outside in our yards and our outside areas.

Uh this actually helps us to supplement our staffing so that instead of having a deputy that has to be out there on the outer perimeter, uh we have drones that will be able to monitor behaviors inside of these outside areas uh so that helps us to reduce the need for staffing.

Thank you, Sheriff.

And just to note, I don't think there is any way possible for there's any way possible to protect everyone's civil rights with drone technology.

I mean, just you can see something that somebody doesn't want you to see that gets captured by that drone.

Um so my no won't just be applying to you, it also applies to the police department.

Um, thank you, Chair.

Okay.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Sure.

And this is a roll call, yes.

Yes.

Thank you.

Uh Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

And item 20, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

No.

Walton, no, Supervisor Wong.

Wong I, Supervisor Chan.

I.

Chan I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmood.

Makhmood I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter.

Solder, I.

There are eight ayes and one no with Supervisor Walton.

Uh uh there are nine ayes and one no with Supervisor Walton voting no.

And the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, can you please call item 22?

22, this is an ordinance to temporarily exclude certain sites from the provision of California Senate Bill No.

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

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Um colleagues of some of you know I have had uh reservations about this uh legislation uh in my time on this board.

Um I've been consistent in my stance on housing policy and that I think uh we need to do everything we can to eliminate barriers to housing production.

I also think our housing shortage is too acute for us to be saying no or to allow to be uh allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good.

So I do have reservations about pursuing an alternative plan to SB 79 at all.

Um I think we should be using every tool we have to increase our housing capacity, and that can be accomplished through a combination of state mandates and local zoning and financial structures.

Having said that, there is a plan in front of us.

Um as I stated when I joined the land use committee discussion uh last week.

I have concerns with permanently exempting any areas.

Um I thought the permanent exemption was too determinative.

Um after a lot of thought, I left that meeting um intending to vote no on this item.

Um, in the last few days, I have learned that the California Department of Housing and Community Development, uh...

parcels in my district uh that are currently listed as permanently exempt.

So I'm very interested to learn more about their interpretation and I look forward to receiving their guidance.

That determination won't change underlying zoning, but it will provide us with helpful guidance on how we treat these areas in future policy discussions.

This process, I think, has highlighted gaps in our district six zoning policy that I will be exploring separately, regardless of HCD's guidance.

I know that there are things my colleagues like about this plan, and while I myself have reservations, the planning department has suggested an amendment affecting my district that I am willing to support.

It preserves the plan and provides for flexibility on this HCD determination.

HCD's guidance is in not in our hands, but pervert but preserving the plan is very much within our hands.

And this amendment would help us do that.

Planning circulated the amendment earlier.

But I would like, if through the chair, to offer the department an opportunity, if I might, just to explain the details of the amendment.

Good afternoon, Supervisors.

Thank you, Dorsey.

Chairman, President Manelin.

I'm Joshua Switsky with uh planning staff.

Um and I believe you have the amendment as Supervisor Dorsey described.

It is uh an uncodified uh new section at the end of the ordinance, um, which basically states that following the adoption of this ordinance by the board and us forwarding it to to the state to HCD, that if they determine that any of the parcels that the board's ordinance has put forward as exempt turn out under their determination not to be eligible for that, then the planning uh director can update those tables accordingly to reflect the final determination by HCD and that we can do that administratively without coming back to the Board of Supervisors.

Again, this is uh this would preserve the alternative plan intact.

Um this is clearly a a very nuanced and confusing state law.

But uh, because we are putting forward an alternative plan that covers the entire city, um, it would exempt the entire city uh effectively from the implementation of SB 79 because we meet the requirements.

And even if some parcels um in these areas are deemed ineligible for these specific exemptions, that doesn't necessarily jeopardize our entire alternative plan that covers the entire city for the next six years.

Um so um by by adopt by approving this amendment, we can administratively keep the alternative plan moving forward on its on its schedule so that the so that HCD can certify it before H B 79 takes effect on July 1st uh and the end result would be the same, that no parcel in the city would be subject to having its zoning overridden by SB 79 for the next several years.

Um happy to answer any other questions.

Thank you.

Um I see that there I have some colleagues on the roster, but I I will add that um we are advised by the city attorney that this amendment is non substantive.

Um I would like uh to make a motion to adopt uh the amendment that was described, just described by the planning department, and I will read that into the record just for transparency.

This would be appended to the end of the ordinance creating a section 10 updates to tables of exemptions if any parcel identified in the table of permanent exemptions referenced in section three or the table of temporary exemptions, low resource parcels referenced in section four becomes ineligible for the applicable exemption for any reason, including administrative interpretation from HCD, the Board of Supervisors authorizes the Director of Planning to update these tables to remove the ineligible partner parcels such that only the remaining eligible partner parcels are listed in the table for their relevant exemption.

Any changes to add previously unidentified parcels to either table or that would result in increased density or heights for a parcel listed in either table shall require approval from the Board of Supervisors.

And that's the amendment.

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

Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Gentlemen.

If we could get a representative from planning uh and thank you so much for being here.

Well, how would this amendment alter HCD's authority over San Francisco?

In other words, does this give them more power to make a regular you know, make a decision over us?

Uh the answer is no.

It does not give HCD any more authority than they already have.

They make the final determination and on the interpretation of the law.

We've put forward what we think complies if they determine that it's aneligible.

It's not has nothing to do with this amendment or or not this amendment.

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

No, it wouldn't.

Um we're confident that the alternative plan will still stand, even if some of these parcels are deemed ineligible.

And as a result of having the alternative plan in place, the result would be that no parcels uh would be affected beyond what we've already provided to the to the board.

And just uh I guess would what is concerning like why do we decide to do this in the 11th hour?

Because we've been having these conversations for a while.

Um it's just as this uh ordinance has been working its way through, there have been you know ongoing new issues with HCD, new interpretations that have made it clear that there's you know, there's some continuing some ongoing lack of clarity with HCD on some you know provisions of SB 79.

Um the city attorney even recommended that we put this in here to preserve our schedule so that we can keep moving forward on the on the path to getting our alternative plan certified before the deadline.

You have some notes.

If I may, I just wanted to comment.

Sorry, Lisa Gluckstein planning department staff as well.

I just want to comment that HCD is still very much in the process of interpreting the statute, which is you know frustrating on our end where while we're trying to develop a plan, but they we're receiving live guidance in these ongoing calls that we have with them, and so we want to build into the the purpose of this amendment is to acknowledge that some of their interpretations can change, and we want to be prepared to respond quickly so that we can preserve our alternative plan in response to any interpretations that get finalized after we adopt this ordinance.

Thank you.

Thank you, President Melman.

Uh Chair Melgar, uh thank you, President Mandelman, and thank you, Supervisor Dorsey and uh staff.

Um the uh Land Use and Transportation Committee heard this item um and uh considered an amendment by Supervisor Dorsey uh which would have um made the permanent restriction of uh building housing and industrial parcels and Sally and PDR um temporary.

Uh sort of sign nothing would have changed in them, just it would have signaled that we were gonna consider them because that's what's at issue here, uh looking at whether or not this you know would make us comply with SB 79.

At the end, the uh the land use committee uh did not approve that amendment that was put forward by uh one of our committee members, Supervisor Mahmood.

Um, because that's not usually the way we do things in San Francisco.

The uh permanent restrictions in industrial parcels were done over the years in a collaborative effort with the community to um preserve uh not just housing, because housing is super important, but also blue-collar industrial jobs, uh, which are also very important.

Um it is sort of the backbone of working class communities, people who don't have college degrees that still have access to having well-paying jobs in our city.

And so, you know, I um do generally think that having permanent anything is not a good idea in planning because things change, but you do it thoughtfully.

You know, we uh I just want to, you know, just relate us back to what we just went through uh with the family zoning plan.

Um we all got in there, rolled up our sleeves.

None of us got everything we wanted, but it took us a long time to get through it because we negotiated with community.

We made the uh information transparent, all of these things happened, right?

That's the way we in a city as diverse, uh sharing these like seven by seven square miles usually make decisions about uh planning for the land and how we use it.

So during those conversations, uh we at the land use committee said to community who were very worried about SB 79.

Don't worry, we also are planning to be exempted from SB 79 by doing these things.

And um it that map about the parcels that um were affected by SB 79 were put out to the community during the process of the family zoning plan.

I made Mr.

Zwitsky hurry up and get that done, even though it was a little bit stressful, because we wanted community to understand all of these things.

So none of this is new.

What is new um is this last-minute um sort of uh issue with HCD about the industrial areas.

I think that the plan that we've come up with to just take them out of the calculation is fine.

It doesn't change the zoning, as Supervisor Walton says, it doesn't do anything.

We got a letter uh from some of the advocates saying this is gonna lead to speculative, you know, um buying up of these parcels.

I don't believe that's what's gonna happen.

I don't think anybody's gonna plop down a bunch of millions of dollars for a piece of land not really knowing uh what it's worth or what can be done on it.

So all you know, I I will support the amendment, but I do so reluctantly because I don't think this there's any hurry here.

I really don't.

I think we could have waited a week or two to get clarity from ACD.

Um there has not been a determination from HCD.

That has not yet happened.

I wish it had, because you know, it would just guide us better.

Um I do understand that all you know land use issues are contentious in our city.

Um I think that we don't want to risk the entirety of the exemption off of SB 79 for the West side, for the East side, for all of us, you know, based on a few parcels when we know that nothing's gonna happen to it.

So that's why I'm supporting your amendment.

But I just want to say to planning, there's no reason to freak out uh the community and to um you know erode the trust that you've worked so hard to build with folks in the community.

There's no reason for it, because there's no hurry.

I think we could have waited a week or two to get clarity and get this done.

I understand that this was on the docket.

You know, I'm just saying next time, you know, perhaps the chair of the Land Use and Transportation Committee will be more judicious than when we schedule things, you know, just to give people time.

Because I do think that that's also important to the process.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair Melgar.

Uh Supervisor Mahmoud.

Colleagues, I just wanted to share um why I second the motion from Supervisor Dorsey and also why I originally put forth the amendment proposal by Supervisor Dorsey for a vote in the planning uh in the land use committee.

Uh in committee, I introduced that amendment to shorten the timeline under which SB 79 rules would not apply to certain industrial employment hubs.

And I did so because I felt that it would encourage more frank conversations about the future of these zones, particularly when they already allow housing, because we need the optionality should we need to in 2082 when we maybe don't meet our housing goals under the housing element and maybe trigger a circuit breaker.

The optionality to potentially build housing there uh in potential areas that were already provisioned would have been helpful.

And it would have been a temporary exemption uh to SB 79.

We obviously heard from community members at committee on multiple sides, but including those that said that those hubs and SOMA are already mixed use in nature, and there's a desire for more housing to be built in those areas.

The amendment did not pass as was noted, and uh I don't intend to introduce or introduce it again here as Supervisor Dorsey mentioned.

Um, but I hope that the conversation continues uh about allowing housing in mixed-use areas and SOMA, and I trust Supervisor Dorsey and the planning department are gonna continue that.

I also note that we did call into question at that committee hearing whether we were even allowed to permanently exempt zones where housing was allowed under S B 79 under this legislation.

Affordable housing is conditionally allowed in the service arts and light industrial zone in SOMA, which is excluded under this plan.

Uh we were told in committee at the time that the city was confident in their interpretation, but we are hearing this amendment now today because it is clear that subsequent conversations with the housing and community development department made it clear that there is still some work to do and understanding what we can and cannot legally exclude from upzoning and our our SB 79 alternative plan.

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

All right.

There's no one else on the roster.

Supervisor Dorsey has made uh a uh motion to amend.

It has been seconded by Supervisor Mahmoud.

Um by the tenor of the conversation, it sounds like we can take that motion without objection.

Oh, nope, we're gonna do a roll call.

Uh please call the roll on the on the motion.

On the motion to item 22, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

All right.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong.

Wong I, Supervisor Chan.

Chan no, Supervisor Chin.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

I.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter.

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

The motion is approved.

Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Manelman.

I first want to thank uh Chair Malgar for your leadership.

Um clearly on the not only the family zoning plan, but now that uh tackling the SB 79, we have a long discussion about SB 79, frankly.

And that, you know, we had a or I should say, I have proposed a resolution, you know, opposing the SB 79 with the um understanding and the concern, frankly, is that while um in support of having building housing along the transit-oriented um corridor, the concern has always been the protection for uh residents, uh tenants and small business.

Um I think I think what has been happening since the passage of family zoning plan to date and and what it's before us today, and then continuing the amendment um with Supervisor Dorsey, it seems like I am I am I am still where I was and where I've been that uh as they continue to evolve, it it becomes a mockery.

It seems like it's becoming a mockery of all of us of all the time and efforts that we have spent um and to provide further exemption in the area where, in my opinion, um should be also inclusive in other areas throughout the city.

So I will be in support of of this.

I I voted against the amendment.

It's not because that I think I I just think that by now the sentiment I I'm vote I voted not against the language but the sentiment, the sentiment itself that somehow we again, you know, uh that allowing a uh state government to have such a micro management of our land use um planning and decision making process um completely take away um even with the threats of builders remedy, but then actually throughout this process have clearly shown us, all of us and San Franciscans that the state government has been overreach in the way that dictating our local government um having planning and and and zoning issues and and how and our zoning policies.

So it's only the reason why I voted against that.

Um but I will be voted in support of it, because then again, with the consideration that you know uh uh deferential to my colleagues, uh particularly Supervisor Walton and also Supervisor Filder, that again these are impactful to the uh prospective districts um that I truly believe it needs um protection.

Um but I do not think I do not think that um it actually solve uh neither the housing crisis uh or the protection for tenants and small business uh issues that San Francisco face.

Thank you.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll on the amended item.

On item 22 as amended, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, aye.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong, Wong I, Supervisor Chan.

Aye, Chen I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I, Supervisor Melgar, Melgar I, and Supervisor Sauter.

Saudter, I.

There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the amended ordinance is passed on first reading.

Uh Madam Clerk, let's go to our 230 p.m.

special order.

Yes, the 2.30 p.m.

special order is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

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

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Uh today I have the honor of welcoming Susan Gage to our chambers to recognize her contributions to Russian Hill and all of San Francisco.

Susan, please come on up and join us.

San Francisco's neighborhoods are special because of the people that care for them and move them forward.

Susan embodies this.

And I consider her to be one of the unsung heroes of District 3.

It is nearly impossible to walk around Russian Hill and not bump into Susan.

Usually hard at work in one of her many, many endeavors.

On any given Saturday, you're likely to find Susan at the corner of Filbert and Hyde to kick off the cleanup and smile event where dozens of volunteers gather to spread out across Russian Hill with trash bags and pickers to make our streets and sidewalks shine.

During holidays, you'll find Susan leading celebrations for Russian Hill Neighbors, putting to use her background in catering and organizing of large events.

If you are ever invited to a Russian Hill neighbors party, be sure to go because you will leave happy and well fed.

And just this past weekend, Susan was coordinating Francisco Park's fourth anniversary alongside her husband Tom.

They organized yoga, kids' activities, and a cake picnic with dozens of beautifully decorated cakes.

I know I was there and Supervisor Cheryl was there, and amidst hundreds of people in line clamoring for cakes, Susan was calmly keeping everyone in line and keeping things running.

She was instrumental in securing the expansion of mechanical street sweeping in Russian Hill, a service that astonishingly most of District 3 lacks.

And alongside Barbara Bella, she was my counterpart in hatching up a new annual tradition, the Great Neighborhood Trash Off, which pits North Beach and Russian Hill against each other in the pursuit of cleaner neighborhoods.

Susan does all of this work in her quiet, steady way.

She cares for the community and neighborhood in countless ways unseen and unsaid.

We are so blessed and so lucky to have her stewardship for San Francisco.

Susan, thank you for all you do, and I would invite you now to say a few words if you'd like.

Thank you.

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

Thank you, President Mandelman and Supervisor Sawyer.

I don't know whether to thank you or not, because Susan, you caused a massive fight in my house on Saturday between my children who are arguing over whether the coconut cake or the s'mores cake was better.

And of course, they were both wrong because the answer was both.

But in all seriousness, um Supervisor Sauter, thank you for recognizing someone whose kindness and thoughtfulness is matched only by her bent for action.

You don't sit back, you lean in and always with that omnipresent smile.

Um I think we'd also be remiss if we didn't acknowledge Tom.

Thank you as well for being here and supporting Susan.

Um I want to thank you both for really being quick on the draw on Saturday in a very scary situation.

Um Supervisor Slaughter, thank you for recognizing someone who is just a pure joy.

Congratulations, Susan.

Thank you.

Now the floor is yours.

So my husband and I've spent the last 45 years living in Washington, DC.

We built careers, raised our two children, and made a wonderful life there.

But to be honest, a piece of my heart has always been in San Francisco.

We first lived here in the 70s when my husband was doing his medical training at UCSF.

And that is when I fell in love with the city.

The lights, the bay, the hills, and the amazing community.

I made myself a quiet promise that someday I'm coming back.

Well, that someday is now.

Retirement gave me the gift of choice, and I chose San Francisco, a city that I have loved for a very long time.

And getting to build the community here all over again.

That feels like the greatest gift of all.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

Can the Lowell High School girls' soccer team come up?

Good afternoon, colleagues.

Today I'm proud to recognize the Lowell High School Girls Varsity Soccer Team for an extraordinary 2025-2026 season and their historic CIF state championship victory.

The first title in program history.

When our students succeed, our whole city succeeds.

Seeing a public school team from San Francisco reach this level of excellence is something we should all be proud of.

This achievement means so much, not only to the players, but to the entire Lowell community.

It reflects the hard work of students, coaches, teachers, families, and everyone who supports these young athletes behind the scenes.

This season, the team finished with an outstanding 15-2-0 overall record, including an undefeated league season with 12 wins and secured their 29th Academic Athletic Association or AA San Francisco Section Championship.

Their remarkable postseason run established Lowell as one of the top high school soccer programs in California, now ranked sixth in this state and 36 nationally.

This kind of success does not happen by accident.

It comes from discipline, trust, teamwork, and showing up for one another every single day.

Beyond athletics, these student athletes are committed to academic excellence and community engagement.

They serve as role models across campus and throughout San Francisco, and their historic season has brought tremendous pride to our city.

With that, I would like to turn it over to Principal Batista.

John Batista is the 22nd principal of Lowell High School and the fourth alumna to leave the institute lead the institution, a dedicated educator with over a decade of experience in the SFUSD.

She previously served as Lowell's assistant principal of curriculum and instruction and is a strong advocate for student success and educational excellence.

Jen, thank you for your leadership, your dedication to Lowell students, and your continued commitment to academic excellence and student success.

We're grateful for all that you do for the school community and helping shape the next generation of leaders.

Principal Batista.

But first on Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you so much, President.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong, for this really wonderful recognition.

So I am so proud of these ladies.

You are awesome.

You rock it.

I um I'm also a Lowell High School parent.

So as a parent, I'm also really proud of you in addition to the District 7 supervisor.

We have a District 7 Youth Council.

Many of you know, some of you have youth councils of your own now.

One of the recommendations that they made this year, because they tell me what to do, is that we need to recognize women's sports more.

We have had countless in this chamber.

We have uh had countless recognitions of boys teams that have done championships, and we're very proud of them.

But it is very seldom that we recognize women's sports.

Um we need to do more of it.

So thank you, Supervisor Wong, for recognizing the victory that these uh ladies um had, the hard work that we're uh went into it, the leadership of the school and the parents in being able to support their success.

Um we need to be joyful about it, celebrate it more, and to see you.

We see you and we honor you.

Thank you so much.

And now, Principal Batista, the floor is yours.

Thank you, President Mendelman.

Uh good afternoon.

Thank you very much, Supervisor Wong, Supervisor Melgar, and the Board of Supervisors for welcoming our girls' soccer team here.

This is definitely a first for me and for us as a division or as a group.

As Supervisor Wong shared, our girls varse soccer team led the city, both getting their triple A championship in an undefeated league and also with two losses in outside of league games.

And they secured the Division 5 CIF State Championship.

They were the first ever women's high school soccer team in the history of California.

And this championship could not have been without the support of our coaching staff, uh head show head coach, our co-coach, uh Cheryl Fong and Tori Palmer and Eugene Varana.

Uh it is a great job that they have done, not just with this team, but for over several years of work and dedication to our students.

These young women are both athletes and they are also students.

And if you hear from our students, the hours of homework that they do on top of showing up with full of energy, ready to practice and take on the field is something that our Lowell students do day in and day out.

I also want to celebrate our families.

My mom was a soccer mom or more like volleyball and basketball mom and all of the games, the travel that you all did, coming out to Sacramento for the state championship, uh going to all of the different events that the students had.

Thank you very much for your time, dedication, and support for your children.

And also the Lowell staff and team, our athletic directors, Chrissy Hasoda and Raymond Chan, for providing the environment where this kind of excellence can flourish.

Lowell High School has over 31 sports teams.

And it takes those two folks and the supportive administration and the coaches to keep all of those teams functioning and being able to celebrate the successes that they have.

And the players led by Cloda McIntyre and Kalila Sperrn, you are the embodiment of the Cardinal Spirit.

You celebrate the community, you help each other out, acting with integrity, taking the risks to take the shots, or create space for your teammates to make those shots.

And being patient with each other as you all continue to learn and grow.

Congratulations to an unforgettable record-making season.

Let's keep that momentum going to the floor.

Next up, District 5, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Colleagues, in honor today of Autism Acceptance Month, I'm proud to recognize Mika Kie Weisbuck.

Can you please come up to the podium?

Mika is a nonprofit leader who is a dedicated advocate for San Francisco's disability community.

This recognition is especially meaningful for me, both personally and in what it represents for our city because it speaks to the importance of building a San Francisco that centers understanding and lived experience in shaping public policy and community life.

Mika serves as co-director of the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center, the first publicly funded disability cultural center in the entire country.

In this role, they help lead a space grounded in access and cultural change, where disabled people can organize and build community on their own terms.

The Disability Cultural Center offers programming designed to reduce isolation and foster connection.

One example is Together Time, an open virtual gathering where community members can socialize and build relationships.

Mika has helped create such spaces for emotional expression and support, where participants can process their experiences in ways that feel safe and affirming.

That care shows up in both the big and small details, creating an environment where people feel genuinely welcomed.

As Eli Gillardin from the San Francisco Office in Disability and Accessibility has shared, Mika's leadership centers on access for all, rooted in care and empowerment.

They create spaces where people can show up as their full selves while also modeling what it means to lead through connection and community.

Mika's leadership is informed by deep experience in community organizing and global nonprofit work.

In 2011, they founded Well as DePaz, a community cultural center in Managua, Nicaragua, which continues to provide mental health and gender affirming support for LGBTQIA plus communities, along with cultural and educational programming.

The impact of that work is lasting with young people who first connected there now growing into leaders themselves.

Across all of their work, Mika approaches disability justice as cultural work, emphasizing care and the understanding that access is something that benefits all of us.

Mika's story is a powerful example of what it means to build community rooted in belonging.

Through their leadership, they are not only creating space but helping redefine how our in our city understands disability.

Mika, thank you for your leadership and your commitment to the disability community in San Francisco.

Your work is helping make our city more inclusive and more just for the residents we serve.

We are grateful for everything you have done and look forward to the impact you will continue to make in the years ahead.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Mahmoud.

We're really lucky to have a leader who's one of us.

And I'm humbled to be recognized today.

And it wouldn't be possible without city leaders who understand the importance of disability spaces and disability culture.

And I have seen that need so clearly.

One community member put it beautifully when they said, as a low-income, queer, trans disabled person of color, I frequent the DCC because it is a space where I feel safe to unmask and to be my authentic and unapologetic self.

It is such a privilege to be part of co-creating this space.

A space that I didn't fully recognize how much I needed to.

And that's exactly why we're here for.

You deserve not just acceptance.

You deserve respect and human rights and care and belonging and love.

A friend told me recently that he's trying to channel our beloved ancestor, Alice Wong, and lead with love.

For me, leading with love means uplifting the brilliance in our disability community.

And it also means bringing someone a heated blanket or a mask or a pair of earplugs or a piece of vegan chocolate cake while dressed in a cookie monster or raccoon onesie.

It means unmasking together.

So I just want to say I love how your brain works.

You are not too much, and you are enough just as you are.

You deserve all the love in the world.

And I'll end as Alice often did with one more expression of love.

Thank you all so much and free Palestine.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, it is my privilege today to honor Val Canapoli, I'm sorry, Val Kenaparoli, a man who has been integral to the evolution of the San Francisco ballet into a world-class artistic and cultural treasure.

Val, come on up to the to the lecture.

Val Canaparoli was born in Renton, Washington, and studied music and theater at Washington State University.

While studying at WSU, he took a ballet workshop where his talent was noticed immediately.

He was offered a Ford Foundation scholarship in 1972 and began his ballet training at the San Francisco Ballet School.

After only a year and a half into his studies, he was offered a contract with the company where he would dance for the next 53 consecutive seasons.

Val rose through the ranks and quickly became a lead dancer under the co-directorship of Lou Christensen and Michael Smoon, and was eventually named as the company's resident choreographer.

Over the years, he has served as a principal character dancer and rehearsal director.

I myself have seen you perform many times as Uncle Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker, where my goddaughter has performed for many years.

Val has worked with artistic directors Helgi Thomason, Tamara Rojo, and performed with Carol Choreographers, including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, William Forsyth, Paul Taylor, Frederick Aston, Kenneth McMillan, Arthur Pita, Yuri Posakov, and many others.

As he steps away from the war memorial stage as a performer, Val is nowhere near the end of his artist his impressive artistic career.

And as the San Francisco Chronicle made clear in the first paragraph of its own story on Val's decision to step away from the stage, he isn't retiring.

His latest project is the new production of Copilia, set to premiere with the National Ballet of Canada in the spring of 2027.

Val, on behalf of the grateful Board of Supervisors, congratulations on a long career as a dancer with the San Francisco Ballet and best of luck from us to you on all of your future creations.

Thank you, uh Supervisor Dorsey and uh members of the Board of Supervisors.

Uh this is quite an honor.

Thank you so much.

I don't know if you remember, mostly if you're too young, but remember the song, if you're going to San Francisco Wear Flowers in Your Hair, 1967.

I was obsessed with that as a sophomore in high school.

And I knew I was going to move here.

That and I who would have known that in 1972 that dream or obsession would have come true.

Um I'm so grateful for my 54 years at San Francisco Ballet and all of the experiences as a dancer, choreographer, uh rehearsal assistant, and uh I've built a many relationships along the way with um uh that have gone on the journey with me.

Some of them are here with us today, which I totally appreciate, thank you.

Um I've been uh I would like to thank not only the artistic staff that I've worked with, but which includes mind you I was here 54 years, the company's 93 years.

I've been with five artistic directors.

I want to thank them Willem Christian, Lou Christensen, Michael Smeon, Helkey Thomason, and Tamara Royal.

They've all kept me on, which is I'm so grateful for.

But also um really grateful to um all the musicians, stage crew, set and costume designers, administrative staff, board members, composers, pop masters, and particularly the dancers who I've shared the stage with and created on.

And it was I've been one of the luckiest people in the world.

Um, well, you won't see me on stage anymore.

I'm booking as a choreographer more than ever in the Bay Area as well as well as uh worldwide, which I again am one of the luckiest people in the world, and I get to live in San Francisco.

Um, well, you won't see me on a stage anymore.

I will be choreographing quite often.

Um, San Francisco has been my home for more than half a century, and I'm so grateful and feel privileged to be able to live here and be in a city that appreciates the arts, funds the arts, and because arts are so essential for any city, and it's a world-class city, some of which is because of the arts and the support of it.

Um the city continues inspired me, and I look forward to continuing to create and choreograph here.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, I'm sorry.

Thank you so much, President Man.

Colleagues.

Today I rise to honor Sam Dodge.

We want to proudly honor a public servant whose impact on San Francisco can be seen in every neighborhood, every coordinated response, and every life touched through compassion and action.

Today we recognize Sam Dodge for nearly 12 years of extraordinary service to the city and county of San Francisco, and for a lifetime dedicated to helping people who are too often overlooked.

Sam built a career by taking on the city's hardest challenges and the jobs few others were willing to do.

He did not seek easy assignments or public praise.

Instead, he stepped into crisis, complexity, and controversy with determination, vision, and heart.

Throughout his service to San Francisco, Sam became one of the city's leading architects of innovative homelessness response systems.

As a key leader in the mayor's office of hope, the Department of Homelessness and Support of Housing, Public Works, and the Department of Emergency Management.

Sam helped shape how this city responds to unhoused residents with dignity and urgency.

He was instrumental in creating San Francisco's first navigation center, transforming the shelter model, and offering a path to stability for thousands.

He designed and launched the Pit Stop Public Toilet Program, now a nationally recognized model that has served hundreds of thousands of people while improving public health citywide.

He founded and led the Healthy Streets Operations Center, bringing together multiple departments to coordinate humane and effective responses to encampments and street crises.

Most recently, as director of street response coordination, Sam built an entirely new division at the Department of Emergency Management, overseeing interagency operations that significantly reduced encampment activity, improved emergency response times, and created stronger systems of care.

He helped launch the heart response team, freeing police and fire resources while connecting vulnerable residents to services.

He also served as a founding leader of the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, confronting one of the city's most urgent public safety crisis.

But beyond the titles and programs, Sam's greatest legacy is his willingness to do the hard work of government with empathy.

He understood that behind every policy debate was a human being in need.

Behind every statistic was a person deserving dignity.

District 10 will especially miss Sam's steadfast commitment because no matter the hour or the challenge, he was always available, responsive, and ready to help our team solve problems for community.

His career career reflects a simple but powerful truth.

Progress happens when courageous people are willing to serve.

So today, we extend our deepest gratitude to Sam Dodge for his leadership, innovation, toughness, compassion, and unwavering commitment to making this city better for all.

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

Thank you.

But wait.

Because Sam Dodge, you have fans.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Supervisor Walton, thank you so much for honoring an incredible public servant.

Sam Supervisor Walton spoke about you perfectly.

And so I won't repeat that, but on a personal note, I just want to thank you for your patience and your graciousness and your kindness to me.

When we met almost four years ago, uh I probably knew less than nothing.

And you taught me what it means to be a public servant here in San Francisco, what it means to be aggressively compassionate in serving people who want a better life, and how we here in city government are here to solve problems.

And I can see out in the audience so many of your colleagues who have also been lucky to work alongside.

And I think their presence here speaks to it just as well.

You are a kind, thoughtful and smart person.

We are so lucky for you.

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

Thank you.

Thank you.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, uh, President.

Uh thank you, uh Supervisor Walton for honoring Sam.

Sam, I've been missing you.

Uh, you know, uh as Supervisor Walton has stated uh you know public servants do a lot.

They uh do a lot that is not seen.

Um and you did much more than most.

Um you responded immediately with thoughtfulness, with empathy, um, and uh with uh smarts.

You know, you were strategic and logical, and you um always uh sought to understand people's situations and meet them where they were at to get to our public policy goals, and I um have so appreciated the partnership, your responsiveness to the district seven office, uh to me personally, uh, for everything you've done.

U thank you for what you've done for people and for the city and county of San Francisco.

We really appreciate you.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Thank you, Supervisor Melgar.

Um, thanks, Supervisor Walton.

I'm very glad that you uh did this.

Um I think any of us who had the opportunity to work with Sam are um grateful uh in each of our own ways, each of our own districts had different challenges.

And uh Sam, you had a wild, wild ride in San Francisco from the uh Navigation Center days to uh the pandemic to the DMAC, lots and lots of different strategies, lots and lots of different demands coming at you from lots and lots of different people, sometimes pushing you in all sorts of different directions.

I always found you to be um you know a great partner, and uh we um you know you you did some great things in the Castro.

I was um glad to be able to work with you on some of that, on some of that.

Um you were always the other thing that just you know you were always attuned to the needs of the community and um and responsive to that, you also were worried about the the actual human beings on the street, and that was um it came through, and I really appreciated it.

So thank you for your work.

Thank you, Supervisor.

Supervisor Walden, uh President Menlin, the full board, uh thank you.

This is one of the most meaningful recognitions of my career, and I'm genuinely moved to receive it from you uh from and from this body as a whole.

I want to start by introducing two people who are here with me today.

My wife, Heather Dodge, uh, who has lived alongside this work uh for all of it through every late night and hard week and moment of doubt, and who never once asked me to do anything other than to keep going.

Heather, I love you, and thank you.

I'm also lucky to be joined here today among other people by uh Dell Seymour, founder of Code Tenderloin and longtime chair of the local homeless coordinating board.

Dell and I are friends, but we go back a long way.

There was a time when Dell was a client of mine, a man navigating homelessness in one of the hardest neighborhoods in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

I got to play a small part in that chapter of his story, and then I got to watch him for uh write the rest of it himself, founding an organization that has trained thousands of people, restoring dignity, one person at a time in a neighborhood that he loves, and becoming one of the most respected advocates in the city.

Dell, the honor of knowing you is entirely mine.

You're the reason I keep doing this work, you and people like you.

I moved to San Francisco 28 years ago uh this July.

I came not knowing exactly what I was looking for, and soon, after a couple of years, I found it in an unlikely place in the tenderloin at the tenderloin housing clinic, organizing tenants, preventing evictions, and trying to keep people in their homes.

That work taught me the most important thing I know.

The people we serve are not problems to be managed.

They are neighbors who know the solutions.

They are people in the middle of a story, and we get the privilege of being part of how that turns out.

From the tenderloin housing clinic, I went to New York City to the city's Department of Homeless Services, and then I came back home to San Francisco to city government, where I know of the honor of serving for 12 years.

Twelve years working on projects with nearly every department and agency the city has I want to say something clearly because it doesn't get said nearly enough.

Every corner of this city government, I found talented, dedicated, and deeply committed people.

People who showed up every day in conditions that were often difficult, sometimes dangerous or even deadly, and almost always thankless.

The people of public works at the Department of Public Health at HSH, at HSA, the Department of Emergency Management, MTA 311, SFPD and the fire department.

They are what makes this city function.

This uh commendation belongs to them as much as it belongs to me.

In 12 years, I've had the chance to help build some things I'm proud of.

Supervisor Weldon named a lot of them, and there's more, but the Navigation Center model, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, the Pit Stop Program, the Healthy Streets Operations Center, DMAC, the HART team, a record increase in federal housing funds, thousands of new supportive housing units, the first adult LGBTQ Center, shelter, and our safety ambassador program, dedicated people at the ground and neighborhoods across the city, building relationships, de-escalating, connecting with people to services.

In the front lines of it every single day, doing exactly what the city asks its most committed people to do.

Show up, be present, and treat every person they meet with dignity.

I want to be honest with you.

None of these programs are what I think about when I think about this work.

What I think about is the individual people, both working and uh changing their lives.

A man who has been sleeping outside for a decade and then wasn't.

A woman who finally felt safe enough to sleep indoors.

The moment almost the moment invisible to most when someone's life shifts direction.

Those moments are underappreciated.

The workers who create them, the outreach workers, case managers, shelter staffs, ambassadors walking the same block day after day.

The people who sit with someone in crisis and say, I see you, and we can work this out together.

They are the whole point.

They often don't end up in this podium, but we're here together today.

I also want to say this: we have a duty to care for one another.

Not as a slogan as a daily practice.

The measure of a city is not its skyline or its wealth.

It's how it treats a person sleeping in a doorway.

San Francisco, imperfectly yet persistently, has chosen to turn towards that person rather than away from them.

I have been honored to be part of that choice all these years.

I'm grateful to Supervisor Walden in the District 10 office and all your offices for seeing this work and honoring it.

I'm grateful to the city for letting me serve it, for teaching me, and for never letting me look away.

And I'm not finished yet.

This work will continue.

Thank you so much.

And if you want to come on into the well, Madam Clerk, I think we go back to item 23 now.

Item 23, this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to authorize the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to establish a curbside electric vehicle charging station permit program for the installation and operation of curbside electric vehicle charging on city sidewalks, and to provide that permittees are not required to obtain a sidewalk encroachment permit from the Department of Public Works to further amend the public works code to reflect the authority of the SFMTA to issue permits for the Curbside Electric Vehicle Charging Station Program and to amend the transportation code to authorize the SFMTA to impose administrative penalties for violations of electric vehicle charging station permits.

Please call the roll.

On item 23, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton Absen, Supervisor Wong.

I Wong I, Supervisor Chan, Chan I, Supervisor Chen.

Dorsey I, Supervisor Mahmood.

Mahmoud I.

Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Supervisor Mandelman I.

Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter, I.

There are nine ayes and one absence.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item 24.

Item 24, this is a resolution to support California State Assembly Bill 2276, introduced by Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, which will establish a pilot program requiring the installation of active intelligent speed assistance drive device for drivers convicted of severe speeding related to offenses in select California counties.

Please call the roll.

On item 24, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong.

Wong I, Supervisor Chan.

Chan I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter, I.

There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the resolution is adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call items 25 through 37 together.

Yes, items 25 through 37 are 13 resolutions that initiate landmark designation.

For item 25.

This is for the California Masonic Memorial Temple, located at 1111 through 1171 California Street.

Item 26 is for Finocchios, located at 500 through 508 Broadway.

Item 27 is for Fukasi Building, located at 678 Green Street.

Item 28 is for the George Perrin House, located at 535 Powell Street.

Item 29 is for the Great China Theater, located at 626 through 638 Jackson Street.

Item 30 is for the Italian American Club, located at 1630 Stockton Street.

Item 31 is for the Maybeck Building, located at 1736 Stockton Street.

Item 32 is for Mona's candlelight, located at 463 through 473 Broadway.

Item 33 is for the Namku School, located at 755 Sacramento Street.

Item 34 is for the old First Presbyterian Church.

Item 35 is for the Trans America Pyramid, located at 600 Montgomery Street.

Item 36 is for the University Club located at 800 Powell Street.

Item 37 is for the Vesuvio Cafe Building located at 253 Columbus Avenue.

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, President.

I hope we'll have your support for uh 25 through 37.

Although on 29, um we need a little bit more time to work on that particular item.

So I would ask uh and make a motion that we send 29 uh re-refer that back to land use.

Okay.

Uh Supervisor Sauter has made a motion to reofer item 29 to land use committee.

Is there a second?

Seconded by Cheryl.

Um colleagues, can we take that without objection?

Without objection, the motion is approved.

And then Madam Clerk, could you call the roll on or actually we don't need to call the roll.

Uh I think we can take the remaining items.

That is everything from 25 to 37, excluding 29.

Same house, same call without objection.

The resolutions are adopted.

And Madam Clerk, please call item 38.

Item 38.

This is a motion to appoint John Ma to the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee, term ending December 31st, 2026.

Same house, same call, without objection.

The motion is a oops.

Someone just go on the roll.

Okay.

Supervisor Dorsey.

I just don't want to let the moment pass of saying what a big fan I am of John Ma, just because I have worked with him going back on tobacco-free kids and some of the things that we have done, and I'm just a fan, and this is a particularly enthusiastic vote today.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Same house, same call without objection.

The motion is approved.

Madam Clerk, please call items 39 and 40 together.

Items 39 and 40 are two motions to approve two mayoral nominations to reappoint members to the Treasure Island Development Authority, Board of Directors.

Item 39 reappoints Timothy Rayouf for a term ending February 26, 2030.

My apologies if I mispronounced that.

Item 40 uh reappoints Linda Fadiki Richardson for a term ending April 28, 2030.

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

The motion is a very good thing.

Mr.

President, before you gabble down.

Good Lord Dorsey.

So I can't let them all.

I I am a fan of both of these two, and I realize I shouldn't, I should never do this.

Um but uh Linda has been terrific at the Treasure Island.

And I'm a fan of Tim's as well, so I feel now now I feel guilty for leaving people out.

So I'm happy to support them both.

All right.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Same house, same call, without objection.

The motions are approved.

Madam Clerk, let's go to roll call.

Supervisor Cheryl, your first up to introduce new business.

Submit, thank you, Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, madam.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, today I have an in-memorium as we come together to honor the life and legacy of DeWayne Gaines Sr., a beloved community leader, servant, and advocate whose impact will be felt in the community for generations to come.

Duane Gaines embodied the principle, love thy neighbor as thyself.

He did not simply speak those words, he lived them each and every day.

Through his unwavering commitment to service, he poured his time, energy, and heart into uplifting others, especially those too often overlooked or left behind.

He was known throughout our communities as someone who showed up, whether feeding families in need, supporting residents through hardship, or standing in the gap during times of crisis.

Duane led with compassion and action.

His leadership was never performative.

It was personal, visible, and transformative.

He also dedicated himself to interrupting cycles of violence, protecting the lives of young people, and helping neighborhoods heal from generations of pain and trauma.

He believed every life had value.

Every person deserved dignity, and every community deserved hope.

He leaves behind a blueprint for what true community leadership looks like.

A legacy rooted in love, accountability, service, and faith in people.

Today, we honor not only the man he was, but the countless lives he touched and the stronger city he helped build.

May we continue his work, carry forward his spirit, and never forget the example he set for all of us.

May Duane Gaines Sr.

rest in power in everlasting peace.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton.

Supervisor Wong.

Submit, thank you.

Submit, thank you, Supervisor Chen.

All right.

Well Supervisor Chen.

Roll call.

Yes.

Thank you, Madam Kurt.

Hello, colleagues.

Uh, I'm I am introducing a resolution today to celebrate May 2026 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in San Francisco, a time to honor the rich histories, cultures, and enduring contribution of our AAPI communities.

The month of May hosts deep historical significance.

It marks both the arrival of the first recorded Japanese immigrants in 1843 and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, an achievement made possible, largely through the labor of Chinese workers who preserved it under hush and unjust conditions.

What began decades ago as a call for visibility has grown into a nationwide observance.

Now in its 22nd year, the APA Heritage Foundation's theme is to elevate cultures, highlighting the beauty and diversity of AAPI traditions, from art and literature to food performances and community store storytelling.

There are over a hundred events taking place across the city this in May.

We are excited to kick off the month on May 6th with the APA Heritage Awards and Community Gala.

This special evening will honor outstanding organizations and youth leaders and showcase cultural performances that reflect the vibrancy of our community of our communities.

Thank you to Claudine Chang and her hard working team.

Thank you, colleagues, for your support in fostering cross-cultural understanding in our city and the rest I submit.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Chen.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Submit, thank you.

Supervisor Mahmoud Colleagues, in the summer of 1966, the tenderloin, much like today, was a center of queer culture and a haven for people marginalized by society.

The location of Gene Compton's cafeteria at the corner of Turk and Taylor was a particularly important third space for the transgender community at the time.

In the 1960s in San Francisco, cross-dressing was illegal, and trans women in particular were targeted by staff at the cafeteria and the police department at the time.

These tensions came to a head one night in August 1966, when after a trans woman was almost arrested, she fought back, galvanized the trans community and their allies.

The violent clash is recognized as the beginning of the transgender activism movement in San Francisco, and a precedent to Stonewall riot three years later in New York City.

While the site is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, the first such place in the nation associated with the transgender rights movement, the local landmarking has been limited to the facade of the first floor and the street in front.

Trans activists and community leaders have been clear that the limited scope of the local landmarking is unacceptable.

The building at 101 to 121 Taylor as a whole represents the power of the trans movement and the history of resistance in San Francisco.

The building's current use has been a point of difficulty for the Tenderland community.

It operates as a transitional facility under federal contracts owned by Geo Group, a private prison company that contracts with ICE and is an important element of the nation's prison industrial complex.

Last year I held a hearing on the facility at Turk and Taylor after the passing of Melbourne Bulowan, who was in a Geo Group custody at the time of his death.

We heard from community members that were formerly residents at the site about the deplorable conditions and awful mistreatment that they received within those walls.

It's clear that Geo Group is operating this building in a way that is at odds with the spirit of freedom of civil rights that embodies the events that took place there 60 years ago and proses a threat to that legacy.

That's why today I'm introducing legislation legislation to landmark the entire building that contains Compton Cafeteria as a San Francisco Article X landmark.

This effort was shaped in close partnership with the Turk and Taylor Initiative, Compton Coalition, and the Transgender District, who have been leading documentation, advocacy, and preservation work for years.

Community leadership from the Transgender District, including Brianna McCree, has helped center the importance of protecting the full building as a continuous space of transgender life, survival, resistance, and organizing.

We're also grateful to Compton's coalition, especially Chandra Laborde, and the working group for their leadership and detailed policy input.

We also thank Dr.

Susan Stryker for her foundational documentation and storytelling work on the Compton's Cafeteria Uprising and Andrea Horn for her continued advocacy and preserving trans history.

A special thank you to Honey Mahogany for her early work on this project and ongoing leadership to advancing trans equity here in San Francisco, as well as Jupiter Peraza for laying much of the groundwork on this project.

I want to thank Supervisor Chen for your co-sponsorship, and thanks to Pilar Lavalelli and Rich Sucre at the planning department and Rainell Cooper and Will McPhee on my team for their work on this item.

Next colleagues, um, for a very different kind of history.

I want to take us back to a long time ago and a galaxy far, far away.

I'm pleased to introduce a resolution declaring May 4th, 2026 as Star Wars Day for the first time in San Francisco.

Created by George Lucas, Star Wars is one of the most influential film and television franchises in history, and San Francisco is deeply connected to that legacy.

Lucasfilm is headquartered in the Presidio, where industrial light and magic continues to lead innovation and filmmaking.

Our city has also hosted the first public screening of the original film in 1977, and today remains a destination for fans from the iconic Yoda Fountain to new attractions in the Presidio.

Ahmed Bess, the actor who portrayed Jar Jar Brinks and the Phantom Menace, was discovered at a dance performance in San Francisco.

At its core, Star Wars is about hope, resilience and the pursuit of justice, values that resonate strongly with the people of San Francisco.

As Karis Nemick says on Andor, the pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it.

The saga is fundamentally about the need for persistence, ingenuity, and coming together as a community to push back against forces that threaten our way of life.

Something I know that as a board and as a city government, we have to reckon with every day.

May the fourth be with you has grown from a fan-driven play on Jedi Well Wishes into a global celebration.

It's a testament to the enduring power of this story and the community that surrounds it.

This resolution recognizes that legacy and invites all San Franciscans, including Supervisor Melgar and myself, who I think are the main Star Wars nerds on the board, to celebrate the impact that this franchise has had on our culture and our city.

And in the wise words of a sage Jedi Master, my colleagues, vote or vote not.

There is no try.

I respectfully ask for your support.

The rest I submit.

I've got a funny feeling about this one.

Thank you, Supervisor Mahmoud.

Supervisor Mandelman.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Please add me to uh Supervisor Mahmoud's uh legislation regarding Compton's cafeteria to the Compton's cafeteria landmarking.

Um I am submitting a uh resolution recognizing uh May 26th as Jewish American Heritage Month and May 9th to the 16th uh as San Francisco Jewish Week in the City and County of San Francisco.

I want to thank uh Supervisor Melgar for your co-sponsorship.

I also want to thank Supervisor Dorsey, uh, who has added himself as well and look forward to discussing that more next week.

Um today, though, I am asking that we adjourn our meeting in memory of Michael Tilson Thomas, one of the preeminent figures in 20th and 21st century classical music and the longtime music director uh for the San Francisco Symphony, who died at his home surrounded by friends and family on April 22nd at the age of 81.

Um I am gonna ask uh that unless there are objections, we do this in memory on behalf of the entire board.

Michael was born on December 21st, 1944 in Los Angeles and grew up in a household immersed in musical performance and theater.

He began playing piano and conducting as a teenager and quickly rose to prom prominence in Los Angeles, helping premiere world premiere works by world famous composers, including Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copeland, and accompanying world-class musician musicians, including violinist Yasha Heifetz.

Michael continued studying music at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.

Uh after graduating in 1967, um he earned uh a conducting fellowship at Tanglewood, the sum the summer home of the Boston Symphony.

There he recognized he received the prestigious Kuzewski Prize, a recognition that led to him meeting uh Leonard Bernstein, who would become a lifelong friend and mentor.

In 1969, at the age of 24, uh he was appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, where he worked until 1970.

He then went on to serve as music director for the Buffalo Philharmonic for eight years and principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for seven years before becoming the music director of the San Francisco Symphony in 1995.

Michael got guided the orchestra in new directions, pairing standard repertoire with lesser-known works and experimental contemporary music.

He became especially renowned for his interpretations of Gustave Mahler, which culminated in seven Grammy Awards and inspired a new generation of Bay Area listeners to fall in love with the composer.

Michael made major history as one of the first openly gay musical conductors of a major orchestra.

He met Joshua Robison in their junior high school band, and Joshua would recount in later years how he heard Michael Dazzle fellow classmates on the piano.

The two reunited and fell in love in 1976.

They would be personal and professional partners for the next half century, marrying in 2014.

Joshua predeceased Michael in February of this year at the age of 79.

When Michael was under consideration to become the music director of the San Francisco Symphony, his relationship with Joshua was widely known, and his identity as a queer man in a committed relationship did stir controversy.

To this day, many queer musicians credit Michael's leadership within the symphony and his commitment to living openly and authentically for making it easier for them to come out and paving the way for greater inclusion of openly queer artists and classical music.

Michael stepped down as musical director in 2020.

And despite the COVID-19 pandemic and later being diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, Michael continued to conduct, record, and teach all around the world.

His final public appearance was on April 26th of last year when he conducted the San Francisco Symphony in a belated 80th birthday celebration concert.

He died in a San Francisco home, surrounded by family and friends.

San Francisco already misses his boundless creativity, talent, and energy, and his loss has been felt around the world.

Rest in peace and power, Michael Tilson Thomas.

May your memory be a blessing.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Mandelman.

Supervisor Melgar.

Submit.

Thank you.

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you.

Uh colleagues, I have two items to introduce today.

First, I'm introducing legislation to allow for the renewal and expansion of the downtown community benefit district, also known as Downtown SF Partnership.

This comes only after significant groundwork laid by the district over the past year, including hours of conversation with property owners and downtown stakeholders to reach this point.

An early renewal is not easy, nor is it common.

We should take this as a real sign of the trust that the downtown partnership has built up and an indication of its ambition to be an ever greater steward of our downtown spaces.

The partnership was formed in 2020, and of course, starting up in the midst of the pandemic in which downtown was impacted most was not for the faint of heart.

And yet the CBD has shown its resilience through both essential daily services around safety and cleanliness and creative new programs, including Let's Glow SF, Market Street Ambassadors, the Front Street Entertainment Zone, and Placemaking at the Downtown Gateway, Mechanics Monument, and the landing at Leitersdorf.

With this renewal, the district will expand from roughly 43 to 70 blocks, adding portside frontage along the embarcadero.

And the renewed term is 10 years from January 2027 through Jan through December 2036.

Most importantly, we'll see the impact of the renewal with an expansion of services, more cleaning, new overnight safety patrols, and a strengthening of small business support and public space programming.

The downtown partnership will also be vital in supporting the newly renovated embarcadero plaza, which we are excited to break ground on in the next year.

Robbie is a steady hand who always balances the task at hand with the pursuit of a bigger vision.

Thanks as well to the all of the leadership of the downtown SF Partnership, its board, and stakeholders, as well as city departments, particularly the Port and Reck and Part who collaborated to reach this point.

Finally, a big thank you to Jackie Hazelwood from OEWD for the invaluable role she has played in this early renewal and all of the important relationships with CBDs across the city.

Next, today I am introducing legislation to expand San Francisco's paid family leave.

This legislation would result in a targeted and meaningful expansion by allowing more expecting parents to be eligible for benefits after 90 days of employment rather than 180 days as currently written.

We shouldn't force new parents to choose between families and their careers.

This expansion would result in more new parents covered, stronger families, all while contributing towards a more competitive workforce.

The numbers are clear on the impact of paid family leave.

Parents who have access to it experience 30% lower levels of depression and see a 10% decrease in risk of poverty and a 4% boost in household income.

Paid family leave also contributes to a strong economy, resulting in a 6% increased rate of return to the workforce and a long-term improvement in the rate of labor force detachment.

A decade ago, San Francisco became the first major city to provide fully paid parental leave for new parents.

And that was groundbreaking at the time.

Today's expansion ensures we do more to support young families.

I want to share my gratitude to my initial co-sponsors of this legislation, Supervisors Melgar, Walton, Cheryl, Chen, and Mahmood.

A year ago, I became a new dad.

And yesterday, my daughter took her first steps.

This journey is rewarding and joyful.

But raising a young child in San Francisco isn't easy, and I say that as someone with means and privilege.

There are targeted specific ways in which our government can do more to support young families.

So that's why today's paid family leave expansion is only the beginning of my focus to make it easier to raise a young family in San Francisco.

This effort, supporting tomorrow's residents with opportunity, livability, learning, education, and resources, which thankfully shortens conveniently to the Stroller Act, will include multiple initiatives to shape San Francisco to become more friendly, accessible, and affordable to those raising young families.

Through the Stroller Act, we will seek to expand access to diaper changing tables and buildings, strengthen let strengthen legislation to support nursing mothers, nursing mothers in the workplace, make public transit more accessible to families, speed up new curb ramps and sidewalk repairs, and ensure pathways to learning are available for all San Francisco residents.

Thank you to my chief of staff, Tita Bell for all of her partnership to bring this forward.

Thank you as well to Marine Slack and the City Attorney's Office.

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

Thank you, Supervisor Sauter.

Mr.

President, there are no names on the roster.

That concludes the introduction of new business.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Do you need me to gavel down on my requests to um do the MTT on behalf of the full board?

That would be in order.

All right, let's do that without objection.

All right.

Uh let's go to roll call.

Uh not roll call, but the public comment.

Yes.

At this time, the board welcomes your public comment if you wouldn't mind right lining up on your right hand side of the chamber.

You'll be able to speak to the minutes as presented.

Uh whether or not the board should go into closed session, that's item 43 to discuss the various uh uh items with the city attorney's office.

Items 44 through 47, the items up for adoption without committee reference, and other general matters not on the published agenda, but must be within the board subject matter jurisdiction.

I will just state for the record that there are uh there are no public comments uh associated with any electioneering as we're nearing an election.

Uh and I would will take the first call uh I'm sorry, we'll take the first speaker.

We're setting the timer for two minutes.

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C'est la dernière fois que je viens.

Tout cela n'est pas une raison, Monsieur Pascal.

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Merci.

Let's hear from our next speaker.

Welcome.

Good afternoon.

Denise Louis speaking.

As you may know from previous communications, I'm a longtime advocate for fire prevention and preparedness and for native biodiversity.

The top three include providing for prioritizing public safety, especially with respect to fire prevention and preparedness, and thus prioritizing our budgets.

Secondly, we need a vegetation management plan that addresses vegetative fuel reduction to mitigate wildfire risk and to focus on planting indigenous plants.

I urge you to take my seven suggestions seriously.

And since the land use committee did or did not or does not allow public comment at their meetings, I now request that those of you who are members hold another wildfire prevention and preparedness hearing or workshop, of course, with public participation.

I'd even like to make a presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to the next speaker.

Hi, my name is Richard Johnson, and I'm speaking on behalf of HV Safe.

I have over three decades of community surface experience in San Francisco, and by far the dismissal and unwillingness to hear from all constituents that I have witnessed over the last year has never been so damning.

After trying for an entire quarter at the start of his tenure last year, Supervisor Motmood has demonstrated exclusionary engagement, which we outlined in formal notices to City Hall.

Notices he has been a recipient of.

A few a few days leading up to the recent SFMTA ISCOT hearing.

Supervisor Motmus office actively coordinated with the HVAT ish a letter of support for the farmers market proposal, one that it did not engage the broader neighborhood or stakeholders on, and which will layer another year-long closure on top of a permit already under formal administrative complaint with SFMTA.

It's awful that a farmer's market that could garner consensus at the right location is being fast tracked to entrench a contested closure.

In the final hour document dump from the recent court action by the permit holder, we learned that Supervisor Mahmood had already informed an HVNA board number that he was outright declining to meet with us.

A supervisor who feels comfortable ignoring legitimate constituent concerns from a six-year-old neighborhood advocacy group is sending a dangerous signal when the supervisor ignores a constituent it sets a tone for every department under him to do this same.

Leadership requires setting the standard on this issue.

Supervisor Cheryl, I thank you for acknowledging the project.

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

It is as a whole.

Well, you spoke to Supervisor Cheryl directly.

Tell the whole board what your thoughts are on Supervisor Sheryl.

Okay.

My whole thoughts on this situation was in a recent activity with two supervisors that were in presence.

I want to acknowledge Supervisor Cheryl in greeting me and being civil to me.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to the next speaker.

Danielle Spillman was a trans elder who was murdered by a man in a machine who claims he feared for his and his family's life, despite being in this machine with the proven ability to kill this 74-year-old woman.

By all accounts, Danielle was gentle and kind, compassionate and giving.

She deserved to pass peacefully, naturally, someday far off into the future.

And this man stole that for her from her.

For Danielle, gentle, kind, abused, targeted, displaced, talented, trans.

There are no promises for trans people, so we can't say any promises were broken.

There was never a promise of love and safety, no promise of a dignified life and death.

So none were broken when she was run down by a hateful man in a large machine, mowed her like a fragile daisy reaching for the sun on an urban meadow of concrete and pavement, torn asunder not by broken promises, torn asunder, I mean torn from love-filled friendships and gentle creatures, torn by a kept promise to eradicate us.

Also, as a transgender Mexican American, I left my job at the San Francisco Giants because Trump's in-law Joshua Kushner bought a stake uh in the team.

The line is too direct between my low-wage labor to the Trump family fortune, to the regime murdering humans globally, to the masked men kidnapping us, disappearing us, torturing us and little children, tearing humans apart psychologically, emotionally, physically across borders in torture rooms, sometimes until death, increasingly towards death.

To the billionaires like Joshua Kushner, who target and scapegoat the most marginalized, the least protected, the line is too direct to those same billionaires executing a transgender genocide in this country, to the dustless destruction of our institutions of education, science, health care, and all efforts toward social justice, all history, all honest history, reburying our past and unmarked graves.

I left my job at the San Francisco San Francisco Giants because they asked me to shovel your grave too.

In my personal opinion, GOP Democrat, no labels, all billionaires are incomprehensibly extreme hoarders hiding and controlling an extremely disproportionate amount of all our resources in the vast entirety of the human species is suffering for it.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to the next speaker.

All right.

Hi everyone.

I'm just gonna say that I think two minutes, this should be longer for the public.

I feel like it's very little time, but um I also think that um just to introduce myself a bit.

I don't think this country has been built with me in mind, nor this building in here has this so-called country.

Um, or this building has been uh built with me in mind, and then I just wanted to say that I am a person living in the city, rent unpaid for more than five years, nor bills, and the GA is um weirdly structured in the sense that while it's coming after me to ask me if I have any sort of a change in my financial situation so they can cut me off even from that, even though I have no income.

They also require me to report if I make any income, so there's no trust because they it it works well.

Either you wait for me to bring you when I have income and you trust me, or you continuously come after me to ask me.

So that needs restructuring uh, in my view.

And then two, I am saddened uh that um you guys seem to support competitive sports, um, which really um I think are very detrimental.

I I love sports, I love sports, not competitive sports, not competitive sports.

So I live uh exercising, but I'm not for competition.

So that's I hope you guys have heard me and you know I got five seconds.

I'm just gonna leave it there for now.

Thank you very much for listening to me.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Good afternoon, supervisors.

My name is Jesse Rollins, and I'm uh here representing the Tender One Neighborhood Development Corporation as a member of the Supportive Housing Providers Network.

TDC is the largest affordable housing developer, and our agency owns the most supportive housing units in San Francisco.

Today I'm here to support recovery housing and request your support for two amendments to file number 25103 to drug-free housing legislation.

First, we would support changes that would prevent evictions based solely on substance use or relapse, recognizing that are certain behaviors that can co-occur with drug use that are the problem, and allow tenants who need to move out of recovery housing to remain housed while an alternative housing placement is identified or allow a person to return to their unit if seeking outside medical care.

Secondly, we urge remove removing the ban on new supportive housing funding and to instead do a prioritization of local funding for recovery housing.

To do recovery housing, we don't need to eliminate all other housing models.

Quite simply, we can do both.

Lastly, supportive housing is not drug tolerant.

PSH under First Housing already operates with leases that prohibit on-site illicit drug use and allow evictions based on illicit drug use when accompanied by lease violations.

Accomplishing recovery housing is possible.

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

Thank y'all.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Um good afternoon.

I am here to expose a systemic process of engineered exclusion targeting minority professionals within the HSA HR department.

I am not an observer, I am the evidence.

My entry into the system required passing multiple exams despite possessing advanced credentials, the initial barrier.

Once inside, I discovered the system's true design for exclusion, nurtured by the director of HSA at the time, Louina Kim, and the operational manager, David Io.

I personally witness a two-tier training system that funnels qualified minority professionals into grotesque subpart, unstructured holding sales.

While a preferred group is given structured pathways that guarantees their career success.

This professional divide is enforced by managerial overrides that oftentimes bypass merit entirely.

When excellence is rejected for a preferred candidate, the resulting demographics are not accidental.

They are engineered through discretionary exclusion.

The most profound trail portrayal was the strategic co-option of my intellectual labor.

My debates with the director of HSA HR Lwillen Kim for racial equity were used as a disdeposition to extract extract my expert blueprints.

My specific stratagems were harvested, rebranded as a new internal initiative called DEIB, and handed to Asa King to manage.

I was then denied the access training and the right to manage the very department whose ideas I authored.

In this system, betrayals rewarded with promotions.

I was met with a multi-year communication blackout and ultimately forced into a separation, a medical separation, without even a performance.

I have tried.

Thank you for your comments, ma'am.

Thank you kindly.

We are setting the timer for two minutes for everyone.

I'll make an announcement.

Welcome, sir.

Hello.

I don't know if you all can hear me.

My name is Dr.

Miller.

I'm here once again before the board.

I've been here numerous times.

I've had the pleasure of meeting with with uh numerous of you individuals, and I appreciate your help.

However, I'm here again to ask for some assistance.

I think the city, although we have complex issues in regards to the homeless and the drug addiction issues, we need there's an urgency that I'm not seen by the city to take care of these issues in certain neighborhoods.

My neighborhood where I have lived in work for many years is the Lower Polk Street area near the hospital, which I'm sure you're all aware of.

Lower Polk Street and Larkin, that area has been a drug containment zone now for way too long.

The impetus to come here today was I was just I went out today and just on my way here, I counted over 50 individuals openly taking drugs.

This is just not acceptable at this point in this city.

And I'm not here to shame any person, but I I've met Sam Dodge.

These people are working diligently hard.

These people need help and assistance.

It's a very complex issue.

But in this day and age, after starting my advocacy for these people, not only by taking care of them for 30 years, but also by meeting with Mr.

Lee when he was the mayor here and started this, who was so kind to meet with me.

This is going on this this problem has been going on for way too long.

Billions of dollars have been spent by nonprofits, by different people.

We need much more oversight, and I'm really requesting that all of you from the Board of Board of Supervisors get together, not just by your district, but start looking at other districts and not push it to each other district.

In particular, this is District 5 and District 3, which are really being hit hard.

And I think we all need to join as a community and the segregation, not in my district, that's their district.

We all are responsible, and we all have a responsibility to take care of each other.

Thank you for your comments.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Welcome to our next speaker.

My name is Richard S.

D.

Peterson and to board President Mandelman and the rest of the board.

And I hope during this meeting, uh certain issues will be brought up, such as the continued absence of District 9 supervisor.

Um San Francisco politics was once described by, I believe Chu as a knife fight in a phone booth.

Well, you know, sometimes it is, and sometimes it's not.

Sometimes the supervisors are very aggressive, and perhaps uh making a legislation, a legislature that is not entirely understandable regarding a former uh supervisor, uh, simply to keep him from running again.

That's kind of pity.

Uh, but currently the more important thing is investigation and censure of the supervisor from District 9, which should be discussed because the word of today is complicity.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Thank you all.

Elisha Rochelle, Baby Hunter's Point Coordinating Council.

Wonderful to be in the chamber again.

Um, I do not know how all of this works sometimes.

And I'm here to speak on the fact that I'm in the spirit of Sharon Hewitt, ooh, one of my mentors, praise her name for being such a great woman of strength and uh courage.

And looked out for the community.

So I am a baby resident, native San Franciscan, and I'm not sure if I can trust my air quality.

I go to the CAC meetings, and there is some conversation going on between the shipyard, the Navy and the residents and the board that's there, the overseers there of it.

I cannot trust the process.

That's all I'm saying.

I would love to, but it's hard to believe the Navy.

They did say that they have a third party or what have you monitoring, and then they talked about monitoring last night about just how the samples can be you know not tampered, but uh elevated levels read because the machinery may not be clean or whatever, whatever.

The bottom line is it's toxic.

All of this mishandling of that is some scary for some, um, life-threatening for all, and we all need to be tested, honestly, especially in Bayview.

We all need to be tested.

So, how can that happen?

What is this voice of mind doing on this mic right now to the ears of those who are listening?

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

All praise and glory be to the Almighty Creator of Heavens and Earth.

My name is Justice, and I am a descendant of the indigenous tribe of the Ramay Touche that you talk about.

As you know, the elders in chief speak and say our descendants are black.

I want to speak about many of the events that's talked about.

I came and had the opportunity to uh be present at an event here at the mayor's office, and there's a lot of talk about Jewish events, and I want the audacity to be pure and say we recognize our Hebrew.

The Mexican president said we're gonna acknowledge indigenous people and the Afro-indigenous people.

So I want San Francisco, which have always been a pillar in doing things first, to acknowledge the black Hebrew people.

With that being said, there's much has been said here with many of the supervisors, good and not so good.

Uh I I will make an effort to contact each and every one of you all to hope in hopes that you guys may contact and keep communication open.

Um there's uh a program that I have written and policy that I have prepared.

I have sent emails out, and I hope that you guys get them.

Uh I hold no quarrel or no position not to work with anyone unless they do not acknowledge truth.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

If there are any other speakers, please line up on your right hand side.

Otherwise, this may be our last speaker.

Welcome.

And I'll just remind the speaker there is no campaigning this afternoon.

Thank you.

Ma'am, can you speak directly into that microphone so we can hear you best?

Thank you.

Yes.

Am I able to put a a clip on your question is a video?

Yes, you can play a video if you are prepared to play it in your two minutes.

Okay.

I'm going to set the timer now.

And it should be an appropriate video.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'm starting your two minutes now.

The youth commission.

They wanted there was a six eye vote to get a Ryan share companies, bike share companies to get helmets for the case.

Okay, this isn't the exact copy.

Let me show you the one in my email.

But um, ma'am, please use the microphone so the public can hear you.

Yes, I am sorry about that.

Um I'm trying my best.

I'm trying to do six things at one time.

And he is right or somebody was right.

There is not enough time for two minutes for public comments.

Um is there a way for us to uh do public comments um beforehand.

Um also if um I understand there's an argument against streamlining the charter, but um the we do have to consolidate some meetings.

Um at times, when I'm going to meetings, yesterday, for example, I went to three meetings at one time.

And that's a lot of conflicting meetings.

It was uh the housing uh stability fund at the same time as the youth commission fund at the same time as the um sorry there was another meeting at the same time.

It was the small businesses commission.

And then prior to that was uh the uh one for the film.

And that one, it was hard to even get access to what the agenda items were.

Same as the uh the funding for the housing, I believe.

Um I had to double check that.

Um I sorry write in the public comment, but I just didn't know if it was um easily accessible.

Thank you for your comments.

Are there any other speakers to address the board during general public comment?

All right, Mr.

President.

All right.

Public comment is now closed.

And we're gonna skip over our closed session for now, which we will take up at the end of our agenda.

So, Madam Clerk, could you please call our for adoption without committee reference agenda items 44 through 47?

Items 44 through 47 were introduced for adoption without committee reference.

A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first reading.

Any member may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee.

I don't see anybody on the roster.

Madam Clerk, could you please call the roll on the for assignment without committee reference agenda?

On items 44 through 47, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong.

Wang I, Supervisor Chan.

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

Dorsey, I, Supervisor Makmood.

Makhmood, I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar.

Aye.

Melgar, I.

And Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter, I.

There are 10 ayes.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

Madam Clerk, let's go to our closed session item.

Please call item number 43.

Item 43 is the closed session with uh the city attorney in conference with the city attorney on existing litigation.

This closed session was scheduled pursuant to a motion number M26-040, contained in file number 260410, approved on April 21st, 2026.

Uh, this closed session is for the purpose of conferring with or receiving advice from the city attorney regarding various existing litigation matters in which the city is a party.

All right.

To the members of the public, we are going to ask that you exit the chamber while we go into closed sessions.

We'll resume the meeting in open session after we conclude.

Madam Clerk, could you please let us know when the chamber is ready?

Yes, thank you, Mr.

President.

We will prepare the chamber, SFGov TV.

San Francisco government television.

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All right.

Colleagues, uh, we are back in open session.

Uh, no action was taken in closed session.

Can I have a motion that the boards find the board finds that it's in the best interest of the public that the board elect not to disclose its closed session deliberations?

Moved by Chan, seconded by Sauter.

Um, Madam Clerk, can you please call the role?

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

I, Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I, Supervisor Melgar, Melgar, I, and Supervisor Sauter.

Saudter, I.

There are ten ayes.

Without objection, we will not disclose our closed session deliberations.

And seeing no other names on the roster, the disclosed session has been held and is now filed.

Madam Clerk, do you have any imperative agenda items?

There are none to report, Mr.

President.

Could you please read the in-memoriums?

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

On behalf of Supervisor Walton for the late Mr.

Duane Gaines Sr.

And on a motion made by President Mandelman to be on behalf of the entire board.

On behalf uh for uh uh Michael Tilson Thomas.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

I think that brings us to the end of our agenda.

Do we have any further business before us today?

That concludes our business for today.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

We are adjourned.