Good afternoon.

Welcome to the July 7th, 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 present, Supervisor Mahmood.

Makhmood present, Supervisor Mandelman.

Present.

Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter.

Saudder present, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl not 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?

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

On behalf of the board, I want to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV.

Today that is especially Colina Mendoza.

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

Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

The Board of Supervisors welcomes you all to be here in attendance in the board's legislative chamber, located within City Hall, room 250 on the second floor.

And when you're unable to be here, you may watch the proceedings.

They are airing live on SFGOV TV's local cable channel, or you can catch the live stream at sfgovtv.org.

And as some of you may know, SB 707 now requires remote public comment at full Board of Supervisors meetings.

As a reminder, it does not require it at committee meetings, but today is the first day we welcome our remote public callers back.

During public comment, we will prioritize the individuals who are able to join us in person here in the chamber, and only then, once we exhaust the line, will we go to the remote callers?

I want to point out that last week the board approved amendments to the board's rules of order to prepare for equipment failure or disorderly conduct during public comment.

Public comment must remain germane to matters within the jurisdiction of the board.

Please note that self-expression cannot contain personal attacks, harassment, or discriminatory remarks directed at any city employee or any board members.

Failure to comply, we will immediately redirect your comments.

And just remember to address your comments to the board as a whole and not to individual supervisors.

If you'd like to submit public comment in writing, you may do so by sending an email to BOS at sfgov.org or use the postal service.

Just address the envelope to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the number one, Dr.

Carlton B.

Goodlitt Place, City Hall, Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102.

And lastly, if you'd like to ask for a reasonable accommodation for a future meeting under the Americans with Disability Act, or to request language assistance, please contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling.

Thank you, members.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Let's go to approval of our meeting minutes.

Approval of the June 2nd, 2026 board meeting minutes.

Can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented?

Moved by Supervisor Chen.

Is there a second?

Seconded by Fielder.

Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

On the minutes as presented, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar I, Supervisor Sauter.

Sauter I, 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 Fielder.

Fielder I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmoud I.

And Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I.

There are 11 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 four.

Items one through four 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 these items.

On items one through four, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar I, Supervisor Sauter, Sauter I, 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 Fielder.

Fielder I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmoud I, and Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I.

There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed.

Madam Clerk, let's go to unfinished business.

Please call item number five.

Item five, this is a charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county to authorize the establishment of a municipal finance corporation and public bank as nonprofit corporations and to set forth the mission, principles, and governance structure of those corporations at an election to be held on November 3rd, 2026.

Please call the roll on this item.

On item five, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar I, Supervisor Sauter, Sauter I, Supervisor Cheryl.

Cheryl No, Supervisor Walton.

Walton I, Supervisor Wong.

Wong No, Supervisor Chan.

Chen I, Supervisor Chen.

Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder I, Supervisor Mahmood, Makmood I, and Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, I.

There are nine ayes and two no's, with supervisors Cheryl and Wong voting no.

The charter amendment is ordered submitted.

Madam Clerk, let's go to new business.

Please call item number six.

Item six, this is an ordinance to amend the planning code to principally permit the relocation of bar uses with alcohol beverage control license as of May 19, 2003, within the Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District, and the Bayview Neighborhood Commercial District to allow establishments with alcohol beverage control licenses as of May 19, 2003, and to reestablish the use under the existing license within the RUD and the NCD to affirm the CEQA determination and to make the appropriate findings.

Please call the roll.

On item six, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar I, Supervisor Sauter.

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

Wong I, Supervisor Chen.

Chan I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder I, Supervisor Mahmood, Makhmood I, and Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I.

There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item number seven.

Item seven, this is an ordinance to waive the street encroachment permit fee and annual public right-of-way occupancy fee for a project sponsor to install and maintain a waste bin enclosure on the sidewalk adjacent to the Harry Street steps at the intersection of Ladley and Harry Streets in the Upper Noe and Diamond Heights neighborhood, and to affirm the CEQA determination.

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

Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item eight.

Item eight was referred without recommendation from the land use and transportation committee.

Item eight is an ordinance to amend the health planning, police, and business and tax regulations codes to establish a new permit type for cannabis cafes to be administered by the Office of Cannabis that will authorize the permittee to sell cannabis and cannabis products only for consumption on the premises of the cafe, and to affirm the CEQA determination and to make the appropriate findings.

Chair Melgar.

Thank you so much, President, and thank you for uh your sponsorship of this item.

Um this came out of the land use and transportation committee uh without recommendation so that we could vote on it on the full board.

Um I would have voted against it.

Um, despite having been a very strong supporter of the cannabis industry uh throughout my time on the planning commission and uh here on the board of supervisors, I feel like we need to do more to support the industry, the brick and mortar retailers who have not uh seen what we sort of sold to them, promised them when we first permitted retail uh sale of cannabis moving from uh medicinal only.

Um, however, what I don't like about this legislation is that it permits indoor smoking, um, and I think that is going backward on our public health goals.

Uh I know many of us uh you know see this side this issue differently.

Um I uh was at the Jamestown Community Center before we became supervisor, and uh during those days uh was when Jewel uh was um sort of forming as a corporation here in our city and all of a sudden we were confiscating these little US what looked like little USB devices from middle schoolers.

Um and uh we saw a rise in nicotine use and nicotine addiction among um middle schoolers and here we are 10 years later looking at an entire generation uh in San Francisco Gen Z that have seen smoking rates go up.

So I feel like we need to be looking at this whole thing differently.

I think that indoor smoke, whether it's cannabis or tobacco is a serious public health issue.

I don't think that because you know, um the tolerance changes that you know we should be going backwards on our public health goals.

Um, and you know, even though I welcome being able to serve food and cannabis infused products, whether they're drinks or food and the creativity that that will bring, I welcome that.

I think it's good.

I cannot support going backwards on our indoor smoking goals.

Um so with that, with all due respect, President Mandelman, thank you for helping the industry for putting this forward, but I cannot support it.

Thanks.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

On item eight, Supervisor Melgar.

No, Melgar, no, Supervisor Sauder.

Soder I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Wilton I, Supervisor Wong, Wong No, Supervisor Chan, Chan No, Supervisor Chen, Chen No, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder I, Supervisor Makmood, Makmood I.

And Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I.

There are seven ayes and four no's with supervisors Melgar, Wong, Chan, and Chen voting no.

And the ordinance is passed on first reading.

Madam Clerk, please call item number nine.

Item nine, this is a charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county by requiring or authorizing the Board of Supervisors to amend specified initiative ordinances, transfer from the charter to the municipal code, certain commissions and advisory bodies, in some cases with modified functions and other various changes.

And Ms.

President, I will add that pursuant to board rule uh 2.22.7 at least six days must intervene between the first appearance of a proposed charter amendment, which is why the question, as you can see, is stated, shall this charter amendment be continued.

And thank you for uh making that point, uh, Madam Clerk.

Um, it is a good thing to keep in mind that with these measures, the first vote is usually um simply on a continuance uh and normally just a thing that everybody votes for.

So Madam Clerk, can you please uh call the roll on item nine?

On item nine, Supervisor Melgar, Melgar I, Supervisor Sauter, Sauter I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton I, Supervisor Wong, Wong I, Supervisor Chan, Chen I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey, Dorsey I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder I, Supervisor Mahmood, Mahmood I, and Supervisor Mandelman.

I.

Mandelman I.

There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the charter amendment is continued to July 14th, 2026.

Madam Clerk, please call item number 10.

Item 10, this is a charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county to increase the amount of funding the city must appropriate to the housing trust fund each fiscal year that is used for the creation, acquisition, and rehabilitation of affordable rental and ownership housing for down payment loans and housing stabilization for certain households and for housing related infrastructure to provide for a temporary freeze and temporary reduction in the annual appropriation to the housing trust fund under certain circumstances to extend the sunset date of the housing trust fund from July 1st, 2043 to July 1st, 2058, and to delete absolute obsolete provisions at an election to be held on November 3rd, 2026.

The question here, Mr.

President, is controlled by the same board rule.

So the charter amendment be continued.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, Board President.

Um we know that persistent housing insecurity continue to push out many of our working families, vulnerable communities, and our local workers, and yet our local affordable housing funding source our running drive.

Earlier this year, I asked the BLA to conduct an independent analysis to identify funding and fund financing mechanisms for affordable housing.

This affordable housing trust fund is one of those strategies that is needed in order to bring out affordable housing production to scale in coming years.

As well as my charter amendment to establish a municipal financial corporation and public bank and other strategy to advance social housing models and financing tools.

I want to appreciate a leadership of Supervisor Melgar and the Mayor's Office and many advocates and partners that have crafted this affordable housing trust fund charter amendment and please at me uh as a co-sponsor for this.

Thank you.

Uh Chair Walton.

Thank you so much, President Mandelman.

I know you do see my name listed as a co-sponsor, and I do want to say I'm going to support this this afternoon, but I do think that it's arbitrary to support this legislation to support more resources going to the housing trust fund and then turn around and support reducing the amount of affordable housing.

Um it just doesn't make sense.

So I I can say that I'll support this today, but I cannot say that I won't advocate against this in the next couple of weeks as we move forward.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh thank you, Chair Walton.

Um, unless someone needs a roll call, which I don't think anybody does on the continuance.

We can take the continuance, same house, same call without objection.

The charter amendment is continued to July 14th, 2026.

Um Madam Clerk, please call item 11.

Item 11.

This is a motion to appoint Michael Chung, residency requirement wave term ending January 15th, 2029, and Tangerine Brigham, residency requirement wave term ending January 15th, 2027 to the San Francisco Health Authority.

Let's take that item, same house, same call without objection.

The motion is approved.

And let's go to our committee reports.

Yes, items 12, 13, and 15 were considered by the rules committee at a regular meeting on Monday, July 6, 2026, and we're recommended as amended with new titles as committee reports.

Item 12, this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to create the Chestnut Street Entertainment Zone on Chestnut Street from Davisero to Fillmore Street, Steiner Street from Chestnut to Lombard Streets, Pierce Street from Chestnut to Lombard Street, and Scott Street from Chestnut to Lombard Street.

The new section is and to update cross references to the transportation code and to affirm the CEQA determination.

Let's take this item, same house, same call without objection.

The ordinance is passed on first reading.

And item 14 was not referred to the full board.

Madam Clerk, so please call items 13 and 15 together.

Item 13, this is a motion to which now reads to approve the mayor's nomination for appointment of Rich Lee to the Port Commission term ending May 1st, 2030.

The word rejecting was struck as well on item 15.

The motion now reads motion to approve the mayor's nomination for reappointment of William Adams to the Port Commission term ending May 1st, 2030.

And we can take that.

Same house, same call without objection.

The motions are approved.

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

Yes, Supervisor Millgar's first up to introduce new business.

Submit.

Submit.

Thank you, Supervisor.

Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, today I'm submitting a letter of inquiry to the Department of Public Works to better answer how the city maintains its sidewalks and curb ramps.

Sidewalks are one of our city's most basic and core pieces of infrastructure.

We all use them and we all expect them to be in good shape.

When a sidewalk is buckled or corner has no curb ramp, it can be more than a slight inconvenience.

It can be a sign of broken trust from residents who expect us to do the small things right.

It can be a major barrier to neighbors with mobility challenges who need to carefully plan out their routes.

And as our significant record of settlements for sidewalk conditions show, it can be a costly liability to the city as well.

I frequently hear from constituents who have requested sidewalk repairs on their block and have little idea of when or if these repairs will take place.

Many have been asking and wondering for years.

And sadly, many have stories of nearby neighbors or friends who were themselves injured by the hazardous conditions they observed.

So when a constituent asks me a simple question such as when will the sidewalk be fixed?

I want to be able to give them a straight answer.

I can't do that today, which is why I'm asking public works to answer fundamental questions about their curb ramp and sidewalk repair program.

Our letter of inquiry will ask a number of questions.

For example, how many sidewalk corners currently do not have a curb ramp?

What is the average time between a request being made and a sidewalk repair being completed?

What are the changes that public works is considering to improve the speed and reduce the cost of sidewalk repairs?

And how much has the city paid out in settlements related to sidewalk conditions over the past 10 years?

We need to make sure that every step in this process, from residents concerned about a sidewalk to public works employees pouring concrete, is set up set up for success and results in smoother, more accessible sidewalks for all of us to navigate.

That's my goal, and that is what this letter of inquiry will work towards.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Sauter.

Supervisor Cheryl.

Submit.

Thank you.

Supervisor Walton.

Submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Wong.

Submit, thank you, Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, Madam Clerk, colleagues.

The first resolution I'm introducing today urges to National Archives and Records Administration to halt the closure of the National Archive at San Francisco and locate and relocation of the facilities, records, and artifacts.

The National Archives and Record Administration is the nation's official record keeper.

Task to safeguard and provide public access to essential legal and historic and historical documents that tell the complete story and history of the United States and its people.

NARA's regional archives were created to ensure that records created by federal agencies across the country remain in the region in which they were created, ensuring that the public has access to federal records created in their own communities.

The San Francisco area facility holds more than 75,000 cubic feet of valuable historical records dating back to the 1850s, and serves as the record keeping for the West Coast region, including Northern and Central California, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and territories in the Pacific Islands.

Most notably, the National Archive at San Francisco is home to the world's most comprehensive collection of records detailing the Asian American experience, including hundreds of thousands of files from the Chinese Exclusion Act, World War II incarceration of Japanese and Japanese Americans, and arrival records from the Angel Island Immigration Station.

It also holds original case files of landmark civil rights victories, including United States versus Won Kim Arc, the 1898 Supreme Court decision that established birthrights citizenship under the 14th Amendment, which was affirmed and reaffirmed by last week's Supreme Court ruling.

In June, NARA announced plans to close the National Archive at San Francisco and relocate all records and artifacts to other facilities across the country.

This creates a very difficult and significant barrier for communities to access their records, effectively silencing our voices and experiences.

We must ensure that our local communities continue to have direct physical access to public evidence, public record of our history and stories in this country.

And colleagues, another um and the second resolution I am introducing today is to a resolution urges support for California Assembly Bill 1448, authored by assembly member Greg Hart, which amends the California Coastal Protection Act and explicitly closes the loophole that allows expansion of offshore oil drilling.

California's iconic coastline is a vital environmental, ecological, and economic asset that contributes over 44 billion dollars annually to the state and supports more than 500,000 jobs in tourism, recreation, and commercial fishing.

But we have also suffered severe environmental and economic devastation due to offshore oil spills that have destroyed marine habitat and shattered local coastal economics.

The federal administration recently proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling leases within federal waters off the Pacific coast, which threatens to reverse decades of bipartisan coastal protections and increases the risk of future disasters.

AB 1448 will prohibit the state lands commission from approving expansion of drilling facilities while tightening rules on renewal, modification, and transfer of existing leases.

The California Coastal Protection Act is essential to preserve the state's coastline, safeguard our economy, protect marine environments and public health, and advance California's climate resilience goals.

And the rest I submit.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Chan.

Supervisor Chen.

Submit.

Thank you.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Submit, thank you.

And Supervisor Fielder.

Submit, thank you.

Supervisor Mahmood.

Should we go or should we?

We can get through Machmood and then well.

And we'll go.

Take it away.

Thank you, colleagues.

Thank you, President.

Um, a couple items I'm introducing today.

Uh, first, I am calling for a hearing looking into cases of mass evictions and property mismanagement by the DOMES management Company and the mistreatment of its residents at two properties they manage in the Western Edition, MLK Marcus Garvey Square Co-op and Thomas Payne Square apartments.

While the particulars of the events are at the two complexes are distinct, there are patterns demonstrated that need to be brought to broader attention and scrutiny, so these patterns are not repeated elsewhere.

Residents at both complexes have been frustrated with property management and the oversight of these properties and have come to us to seek answers and a way forward.

Last year around Christmas, multiple tenants at Thomas Paine Square reported that people that they had identified as management staff accessed their units and allegedly remove gifts and other properties.

Doorbell camera footage caught the incidents live.

But this goes back even further.

In fact, on the very first day I was sworn into office, we began receiving daily phone calls from a disabled and senior resident who was effectively trapped on the second floor at Thomas Paine.

That same week, two more seniors reported repeated delays in addressing accessibility-related maintenance requests.

It became clear that first week that the residents at Thomas Plain have been ignored for years.

We also continued to hear from residents at the board when residents came to public comment last year.

This includes residents claiming false eviction notices, not accepting rent payment, and a long list of building safety issues, including mold and asbestos issues as well.

Resident council leadership that we have met with also reported harassment from building management and security, and noted that security guards have not done enough to keep residents safe, especially as a resident was beaten with a hammer earlier this year.

Our office heard firsthand about the unsecured entrances, inadequate security staffing, and delayed responses to safety incidents that left many feeling unsafe even in their own homes.

Residents have also reported long-standing issues with Domus's handling of the HUD recertification process, which is necessary for keeping those on affordable housing vouchers in their homes.

This has been a problem at both Thomas Paine and at MLK Marcus Garvey Co-op.

Despite these alleged issues, Domus and the Marcus Scarvey Board have moved forward with eviction proceedings for over a dozen co-op residents, many of whom have lived there for decades.

Tenant rights groups we are collaborating with have noted how unusually fast and aggressive this eviction process has been.

MLK Marcus Garvey has also been the site of several DBI complaints about roofs caving in, mold, and other serious water and sewer issues that impact the livability of the units at the co-op, especially for the many seniors that call the complex home.

In addition to Domus, we will be also inviting leadership from MLK Marcus Garvey Co-op Board and representatives from Bethel AME Church who own Thomas Paine Square Apartments, as well as representatives from HUD and the Human Rights Commission.

We are hoping for productive conversations that not only drive solutions for residents at these complexes but set a standard for property management across the city.

I want to thank the Housing Rights Committee, Eviction Defense Collaborative, Open Door Legal, MLK Marcus Garvey shareholders, and Thomas Paine Square Apartments tenants for bringing these ongoing issues to our offices' attention and collaborating on finding solutions to ongoing resident issues.

I plan to hold the hearing at some point in the fall at the Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

Next, I'm introducing an update to the planning code that will make it easier for housing projects to meet code requirements while still providing valuable rooftop open space.

Earlier this year, the Department of Building Inspection began more strictly enforcing a long-standing plumbing code requirement that common use areas, including those on rooftops, must have an adjacent restroom for use by residents and their guests.

Telling residents to hold it for an elevator ride to the lobby wasn't going to cut it, apparently.

Because of this, at least two projects in the city, including the Freedom West Senior Apartments in District 5, are coming are having to come up with new designs to accommodate the requirement.

Because of height limits, the changes will likely mean finding space on the top occupied floor that would have likely had a better use and kept floor designs uniform.

It could also have required making the trade-off between building a floor of housing or having a higher height limit to accommodate this extra bathroom.

But with the legislation I'm introducing today, there'll be another option.

Under this ordinance, projects are allowed to add a restroom to their roof without it counting against the building's height limit, so long as that restroom serves a common space and it takes up less than 30% of the area on the roof.

This means the projects that otherwise would have had to either carve out space on their top floor for a bathroom, adding complexity and perhaps even shrinking floor plans, or forego a rooftop common space entirely, can now meet requirements by adding a restroom to the roof without worrying about height limits.

I'd like to thank Deputy City Attorney Rob Kapla, my legislative aide Reynold Cooper, and Lisa Gluckstein for their work on this item.

I ask for your support colleagues to bring relief to future residents, rooftop revelers everywhere.

Lastly, speaking of revelry, I want to thank all of our city employees, first responders, transit operators, and event staff who worked over the 4th of July weekend under challenging conditions.

San Francisco hosted a historic celebration for the nation's 250th anniversary, and thousands of people came to enjoy it.

We want these events to be successful, safe, and accessible.

Unfortunately, for many residents and visitors, the evening became defined by severe transportation gridlock that affected buses, emergency access, rideshare services, private vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and simply trying to get home.

That is why today I'm submitting a letter of inquiry to the mayor's office, SFMTA, and the Department of Emergency Management and the Fire Department to learn about what went wrong on our streets.

This letter is not about assigning blame.

It's about understanding what happened, what worked, and what did not, and how we improve before the next major event.

We know agencies invested significant time in planning.

The question is whether the operational plans match the reality of turnout and travel patterns.

We're particularly interested in how city departments in the mayor's office coordinated one another, with the presidio, and with private transportation providers before and during the event.

The role of autonomous vehicles deserve particular attention as well.

Residents saw reports and images of stalled or immobilized vehicles contributing to congestion, and we need a clear understanding of what occurred.

Earlier this year, we at the board held a hearing on autonomous vehicle performance during the December 2025 power outage.

This past 4th of July raises additional questions about how these vehicles operate during large-scale events and unusual traffic conditions and contribute to the degradation of the network on the whole.

We also want to understand how emergency responders were affected in a citywide congestion event, maintaining access for fire, EMFs, and public safety resources must remain the highest priority.

This review should also examine transit performance.

Muni is essential for moving large crowds, and we need to know how to make sure the agency has enough service, staffing, and operational flexibility to serve events like the fourth.

Large events are becoming more common in San Francisco, and as we continue to host celebrations, sporting events, and major civic gatherings, our transportation planning must evolve alongside changing travel patterns and emerging technologies.

We're asking agents to provide data and not just anecdotes, including ridership, congestion metrics, incident timelines, autonomous vehicle impacts, emergency response information, and lessons learned.

The goal is straightforward.

We want to ensure that future events are better coordinated, better communicated, and better managed so people can celebrate without the transportation network grinding to a halt.

We appreciate the agency's responses and look forward to working collaboratively on improvements that strengthen San Francisco's ability to safely host major events.

The rest I submit.

Thank you, Supervisor Mahmood.

Supervisor Mandelman.

There we go.

Let's go to our 230 p.m.

special order.

Yes, the special order at 2.30 is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

And we will start today with District 10 Supervisor Walton.

Thank you so much, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, today it is my great honor to recognize an extraordinary community leader, dedicated volunteer, and steadfast champion of San Francisco, Keith Goldsing.

Keith's life is a testament to hard work, resilience, and service.

Keefe's journey began in the council flats of London's East End, where he was raised alongside his two brothers.

While many expected his path to follow a familiar course, Keith earned a scholarship to university, arriving as a young man intent on becoming a statistician.

But life had other plans.

He left university with a spirit of adventure, determined to make a life in San Francisco, a dream he fulfilled in 1973.

When Keith arrived in our city, he had little more than determination.

Broke and sleeping on the floor on H Street, he found work as a house painter earning just $2 an hour.

With entrepreneurial spirit and relentless perseverance, he convinced a local fish and chip shop owner to let him paint the building, launched his own business, and never looked back.

Over the next four decades, Keith and his crews restored and painted more than 4,000 buildings throughout San Francisco, helping preserve the very character and history of the city we love.

Among his proudest accomplishments was leading the historic restoration of this very building where we gather today.

A lasting contribution to San Francisco's architectural legacy.

But Keith's greatest impact extends far beyond the buildings he restored.

Since making Petrail Hill his home in 1974, he has devoted countless hours to strengthening the neighborhood and the people who call it home.

For the past 25 years, he has served as president of the Prayal Dog Patch Merchants Association, helping local businesses thrive.

He has served on the board of the Patrail Boosters since 2004, chaired the Eastern Neighborhood Citizens Advisory Committee, and for the past 16 years has co-chaired the beloved Petrail Hill Festival, creating traditions that bring neighbors together year after year.

His commitment to serving others reaches across San Francisco and beyond.

As board president of the Golden Gate Senior Services for the past 15 years, he has helped ensure that older adults in our community receive the care, dignity, and support they deserve.

Since 1989, he has faithfully volunteered with Food Runners, spending countless Saturday afternoons rescuing thousands of pounds of surplus food from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and delivering it to shelters, turning what would have been waste into nourishment for those in need.

He also serves as treasurer of Avenue Greenlight and as co-founder and president of Nepal Seeds.

Has spent nearly three decades improving lives in remote villages across Nepal through education, health, and community development.

Behind every remarkable public servant is a strong support system, and Keith has been fortunate to share his life's journey with his wife, Donna for 47 wonderful years.

Together they have built not only a life, but a legacy, and Keith considers himself especially lucky to have his family, Seth, Jerema, Ethan, and Matthew living just two doors away.

Keith's story reminds us that where we begin does not determine where we end.

From the streets of East London to becoming one of San Francisco's most dedicated civic leaders, he has shown us what is possible when talent is matched with determination, generosity, and an unwavering commitment to community.

On behalf of the District 10 office, especially the residents of Petrail Hill and Dog Patch, we thank you, Keith, for your decades of leadership, volunteerism, and service.

Your legacy is reflected not only in the buildings you helped preserve, but in the stronger, more connected, and more compassionate community you have helped build.

Congratulations, Keith, and thank you for everything you have done for San Francisco, and as you can see, as many people who have showed up, your legacy will always be remembered to all of us.

Thank you so much.

And before you say a few words, before you say a few words, I have a couple of colleagues who also want to speak as well.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

And I want to thank Supervisor Walton both both for an excellent choice and for an excellent job of recognizing someone so worthy of our recognition.

I've known Keith for many years, first as an affable and engaging regular at my health club back when it was called the Sports Club LA.

And then I think it was a couple years later when I learned you were also a Petrero booster and friend of my former boss Dennis Herrera and civic leader in your own right.

I just want to say thanks so much for your service to our city, Keith.

I wanted to join Supervisor Walton in expressing my own appreciation and just to congratulate you on this well-deserved recognition.

Supervisor Chan.

Thank you.

Um I want to take this privilege, not as now the District 1 supervisor, but uh to say that as a former, like I say, age of Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, Keith, you have always been kind, and even those days you may not remember that my time with Supervisor Maxwell, but I remember you for your all your contribution to the community ongoing, and even along with Late Joe Boss, as I recall, like often time visit, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell's office, spending your time to really make sure that we do the right thing in District 10 office, serving the community.

So thank you so much for your leadership, and it's really good to see you, and congratulations.

The floor is yours.

Well, thank you all.

That's uh very, very touching.

Thank you, Supervisor Walton, Matt Dorsey and Connie Chan and the rest of the board for uh those lovely words.

Uh Supervisor Walton mentioned that my company that I founded here, uh Everest Waterproofing repaired the exterior of the building.

What I didn't know is that I actually lost my ass on this job.

Um I in fact I lost so much money, I thought I was getting naming rights to the building.

I Keith Goldstein City Hall sounds pretty good to me.

Um but this whole journey of uh started when I raised my hand to ask a question at emergence meeting.

I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

Twenty-five years later, I can tell you it was the best hand wave of my life.

Uh getting to know you all and our community has been one of the great joys of my life.

And um I came here as an immigrant and uh, you know, two bucks an hour at Fred Dieser Painting Company, but I had an easy path because I do speak the language quite well, and um I have the right skin color.

But uh my company, Everest had a program of uh hiring a lot of refugees, particularly from Nepal and Tibet, uh the majority of my employees were that, and I'm so thankful to them, and they not only made my life so much better, but it's the refugees and immigrants that make our country so much better.

So uh some of you here know that I've been dealing with some big-time health issues the past 15 years.

I've had all sorts of cancer treatments over the years that have frankly kicked my butt.

Uh and uh the ruptured appendix earlier this year almost took me out.

But uh we got UCSF here, you know, and I can walk down to the UCSF in Mission Bay, and thanks to them, I've still managed to leave this ridiculously rich, fun, full, productive, and meaningful life.

Uh and I have to tell you, I had a big time scan yesterday, and I just got the results today, and it seems that the metastatic cancer is been beaten back, and I am now in a pretty good remote.

So it's a day for a double celebration.

So we're gonna party at Goat Hill Pizza.

Join me, please, at four o'clock.

We'll have food beverages.

And the best pizza in the city.

In conclusion, the awards ain't just for me, it belongs to my friends, my neighbors, the whole Petrero Hill and Dog Patch community, my Nepali family, and especially my darling wife, Donna, and uh.

You have all given me a lot more than I've given you.

So thank you, supervisors, and thank you, everybody.

All right, District Eleven Supervisor Chen.

Thank you, Paul President.

Um, may I ask Dorothy to come to the podium?

Colleague, it's my great honor to celebrate to honor Dorothy Young, founder of the California Dragon Bowl Association and retired physical therapist, who is a beloved leader, fierce peddler, and foundational pillar to the San Francisco Dragon Ball community.

When Dorothy started Dragon Ball racing in nineteen nineties, it was more than just a hobby or a sport, it was a call to action to support wider community needs.

Dorothy and Francis, her late husband, helped bring the Dragon Ball tradition to San Francisco to help fundraise for her sisters' organization, Cell Hell for the Elderly.

With four borrowed Dragon Bowl, a fiery passion, and a community determination.

They found the California Dragon Ball Association and form a long-lasting partnership between a nonprofit sports organization and a nonprofit social services organizations.

Through 30 years of volunteering and behind the scenes services, Dorothy has not only watched but foster the California Dragon Ball Association into becoming the largest youth dragon ball program in the nation in the nation, promoting the growth and development of the sport and strengthening youth leadership and community bonds.

Dorothy also found the first woman team in San Francisco, named women warriors, breaking the barriers in a traditionally male dominant sport.

Through tirelessly outreach, fundraising, and behind the scenes work, Dorothy has ensured that Dragon Ball raising remains accessible for all.

She champions the Dragon Ball spirit of community teamwork and unity.

Her passion for paddling has never faded.

Even after numerous world championships and awards, to her closest friends, she is a super woman.

While Dorothy is almost 80 years old, she continued to show us that age, truly just a number.

Her tireless commitment, passionate leadership, and infectious positive spirit has helped carry the Dragon Boat tradition forward.

Make space for others to be part of it and help others to build identity, connections, and a sense of belonging.

Thank you so much, Dorothy.

And the floor is Dorothy, before you.

Sorry, Dorothy.

I just want to say that it's I don't know if you're gonna bring this up, but when I met you to talk about this dragon boat, it was early in the morning.

But what inspired me, you inspire me, and it's amazing you share that shirt with me that we're determined to earn it through Dragon Boat practicing.

Supervisor Chen and I are on it.

We're gonna do this, and it's amazing because I think that it really fits who you are, and that who we must work hard and aspire to be, woman warrior.

And that is the shirt that you had on, and we're just so amazed by who you've been and who you continue to be to all of us.

So thank you for your leadership.

Thank you.

Now I'm really embarrassed.

Good afternoon, distinguished guests, honorable, and friends from 31 years ago.

Um, I'm truly honored and very grateful to receive this recognition.

Thank you.

When I first became involved in dragon voting back in the 1990s, it was never about personal recognition.

It's about bringing people together to serve the community.

And my late husband Francis and I had the privilege of working with very talented people, some of them are still here with me 31 years later, and leadership groups, community leaders, and everyone was so enthusiastic because dragon boating was not even heard in San Francisco.

Very few people knew what it was.

It's a 2000-year-old tradition.

And we formed the California Dragon Boat Association, 501c3 nonprofit.

You know how it is, it's a long process to get into nonprofit status.

What began as a fundraising effort with self-help for the elderly?

My sister's here to attest it.

She was the one that got me excited because it was fundraising and it's a community thing.

It's not about me or athletic.

I didn't even know how to hold a paddle at that time.

And it became my passion.

It became my passion because it taught me to be a team.

You have to be a teammate.

You have to cooperate, you have to collaborate, you have to sacrifice.

It's not about yourself, it's about the community at large.

Over the past three decades, my late husband and I have been in all aspects of the Dragon Boat, not only administration, but we have to do a lot of outreaching.

We have to do a lot of boat maintenance, including the hard work, the labor work, you know, the mental work and all that goes together with a very new sport.

And the sport became so popular that we encourage all high schools to entertain the idea because students often don't listen to the teachers.

But after dragon boating, they are marvelous.

Corporations that teams are very difficult because they have different opinions.

But in a dragon boat, you all have to listen to the coach.

One call, one discipline.

And when they return to the cooperation, supervisors, senior executives all work in harmony, and that's because of what they learn in dragon boating.

It's a sport, but it's also a real life experience.

So I'm very thankful to form the first women's team because it's still something I cherished for 30 some years.

It was called the Woman Warriors.

And it was the first ever.

Because it's a very male-dominant sport.

So now we have men, women all enthusiastic about the sport, about the community, about the service.

When they call me Superwoman, I again reiterate.

At 80 years old, I can do what a 20-year-old can do.

So it's something to remember.

Eight is just a number.

Okay?

I can do 100 push-ups.

Again, thank you so much for this incredible honor.

I really want to share it with my late husband, my family, my friends, my teammates, people who volunteer for 31 years, and they're still here to volunteer.

It's such a privilege to keep paddling forward.

And again, thank you for the recognition.

Up next from District Three, Supervisor Sauter.

Thank you, President Man.

Colleagues, today I have the honor of welcoming Gloria Choi to the chambers.

So, Miss Choi, if you could come up and all the students as well, all of your admirers, everyone applauding.

Come on up and join as well, please.

Principal Choi.

Thank you for being here.

Uh, Principal Choi retired last month after 37 years with the San Francisco Unified School District.

She began her career as a paraprofessional at Spring Valley Elementary School in 1989 after graduating from UC Berkeley.

She then spent 20 years as a kindergarten teacher before serving multiple generations of Chinatown families as principal of Gordon J.

Lau.

Many of you know that Gordon J.

Lau is the largest elementary school in San Francisco.

So you have had your hands full for all of these years.

Your entire education career has been dedicated to serving San Francisco, our children, our families, and your connection to Chinatown, I know is deeply personal.

Miss Choi immigrated to San Francisco from Peru when she was five years old.

She grew up in Chinatown and North Beach and attended St.

Peter's and Paul before graduating from Washington High School.

Her family owned a bakery in Chinatown, where she helped, alongside her parents who worked incredibly hard while raising eight children despite not speaking English.

Their sacrifices shaped her appreciation for education, perseverance, and community.

Ms.

Troy's own family immigrant experience helped give her a deep understanding of many of the students and families that she has served over these years.

And throughout her career, she has been guided by the belief that every child deserves to feel safe, challenged, and loved.

During her time at Gordon J.

Lau, she worked to build strong partnerships among families, school staff, community organizations, and city agencies because she believes that educating children is a community effort, and strong schools help build strong neighborhoods.

My mother is a retired high school teacher, so I have a small peek into the importance of your work, the scope of your impact, even though you are retiring, as you know, your impact lives on.

And for the students here today, they probably don't quite grasp this yet, but one day they will, as I have, as we all have, which is just the magnitude of how student of how teachers, mentors, principals shape us, and it's um it's kind of the beauty of it, is it takes uh a lot of time and and uh experience and reflection for that to be understood, but you've done that, you've made that impact for decades now for 37 years.

Um, so we are so grateful to you, we're so grateful for your legacy at Gordon J.

Lao, at SFUSD, Chinatown, and all of San Francisco.

Congratulations on your well-earned retirement.

The floor is yours to say a few remarks and thank you.

Good afternoon, Supervisor Sauter, members of the Board of Supervisors, family, friends, colleagues, and students.

Thank you for this incredible honor.

This recognition is especially meaningful because it gives me the opportunity to celebrate the people who make these 37 years so rewarding.

I would like to begin by acknowledging my former and current students standing beside me here today.

Some are current Gordon J.

Lau students, while others are former students who are now preparing to begin college this fall or already have begun their careers.

I invited them to stand by me because they represent the thousands of students and families who have been the heart of my 37 years in education.

One of the greatest privileges of my life has been watching children grow into grow into caring adults who contribute to their communities and into making this world a better place.

I'm number seven in case you're interested.

And it was not easy, and those experiences helped me understand the challenges of building a new life in a new country.

I began my career as a kindergarten teacher and spent 20 years teaching our youngest learners.

Later, I had the privilege of serving as principal of Gordon J.

Lau Elementary School.

Whenever I spoke to newcomer students and their families, I saw my own family.

I understood the hopes and struggles of the families I served.

Across every role, my mission remained the same to ensure that every child felt safe, valued, challenged, and loved, and that every family felt welcome and respected.

To the families of Gordon J.

Lau, thank you for trusting me with your children.

To my colleagues and staff, thank you for your partnership and dedication.

To my family and friends, thank you for your love, your encouragement, and unwavering support throughout my career.

I could not have done this without you.

And to my students, thank you for giving my work meaning, joy, and purpose.

He taught me resilience, compassion, and hope.

After 37 years, I have learned that my greatest accomplishment has been the relationships that I have built along the way and the privilege of watching generations of students growing into caring, compassionate adults.

I'm on my last page.

So while I am deeply honored to receive this commendation today, I want everyone here to know that this recognition truly belongs to the students, the families, staff, and community who made it possible for me to spend my life doing work that I really love.

Because of you, I am very blessed.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve San Francisco children and families for the past thirty-seven years.

I will always carry the Gordon J.

Lau community in my heart.

I am deeply grateful for this honor, and most grateful, actually, for this will be my last speech that I will ever have to do.

Thank you very much.

Colleagues, today I am honored to present a special commendation to Captain Angela Wilhelm of the San Francisco Police Department, who until a few months ago was the captain at Park Station.

Throughout her career, Captain Wilhelm has embodied the department's core principles of service, compassion, honesty, and vision.

She came to San Francisco when she was 18 years old and has been with the department for 27 years, graduating with the 192nd recruit class and rising through the ranks from dedicated sergeant and analytical lieutenant to her appointment as a commanding officer.

As head of Park Station, Captain Wilhelm recognized that neighborhood safety relies on visibility and expanded foot patrols along busy streets and public spaces.

She quickly established herself as an accessible leader for local businesses and community groups.

She worked with the Coal Valley Merchants Association to ensure the safe operation of neighborhood events like Coal Valley Nights.

She focused on partnerships with local organizations, addressing quality of life concerns, including traffic safety, homelessness, and working with uh city partners on public space maintenance.

Prior to commanding Park Station, the captain spent 10 years in the tender line as an officer for almost her entire patrol time.

She trained recruits and taught at the academy until she was promoted to sergeant in 2013.

She also served in internal oversight roles at the department as Lieutenant in charge of the Internal Affairs Division for four and a half years at Central Station.

Beyond her operational duties, Captain Wilhelm is a champion for mental health awareness, crisis support, and community life.

She's participated in public campaigns with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to bring attention to the complexities of mental health crises.

And she stepped in to judge the Coal Valley Knights Pie Baking Contest, as well as McKinley Elementary School's Dog Fest and lots of other obligations outside of District 8 as well, I'm sure.

Day in and day out, Captain Wilhelm addressed complex quality of life issues, managed safety deployments, deployments, and maintained open communication with residents.

It is bittersweet to see Captain Wilhelm depart Park Station after what to my mind was not nearly enough time, but we were fortunate to be able to work with her during her posting at Park.

I am excited to see her promoted to her new position as a staff services captain in the administration bureau and note uh that she will continue to serve San Francisco well in her new role in charge of personal and recruitment initiatives and supporting the rebuilding the ranks program to fully staff SFPD, which is important and may be worth losing you from Park Station.

Captain, we thank you.

We congratulate you.

I have some colleagues who also want to say nice things about you before we allow you to speak with that.

Supervisor Mahmoud.

Thank you, President, for giving this commendation.

Excited for you, Captain Wilhelm.

I think back to on the first times we met.

I didn't know what to do, so I just walked into Park Station.

Uh it was early on in my tenure, and uh you were there.

And I think that was also your first day as captain of Park Station as well.

Um but you immediately sprung into action, you acted empathy, you met with the small business, we addressed their challenges.

And I think during the time we worked together, I think that's continued to be how I've known you as someone who takes the initiative, works with empathy, and you're just kind of always there.

Um every event we've been at in the Hate, um, I've always seen you there, or your officers helping to make it uh safe for everyone.

Uh, we've discussed nitrous oxide issues, thankful for my colleague who's not here who's working on that as well.

Um, and just very excited that um you've had a permanent impact on the neighborhood in the district as well.

Uh, bringing the first um a traffic safety officer back to Hate Street.

Um, that has been something the community has been asking for for so long.

And now we have dedicated person working on traffic enforcement, but also education.

Um, that is a lasting investment the neighborhood is going to thank you for for so much time.

Um, but we're very glad to have you now working on recruitment, which is the thorniest problem in SFPD, uh, and we're here to support and very excited for you continue to steer a ship there as well.

So thank you for all you've done, and thank you for all you will do as well.

Supervisor Melgar.

Thank you, President, for this inspired commendation.

And I also wanted to add my voice to my colleagues as a district that also is served by Park Station.

Um, it's so I won't repeat some of the things that my colleagues have said about you, your um involvement in the community, your ability to tap into the needs of the community, and just say, as a uh mother and uh, you know, I I so admire your trajectory, your warmth, your strategy.

Um, and despite um being I was really bummed out when I heard that we were losing you for real, and I told um, you know, at Chief Flew, I wasn't happy about it.

But then when I heard where you were going, I actually am super excited about it.

So I um I am really looking forward, and I think you're the right person in uh addressing the issues of recruitment of uh female staffed as FPD and all of the issues around um, you know, thinking through uh support and mental health and um, you know, advancement opportunities.

And I can't think of a better role model than you um for all of these things.

So I am I think actually it's pretty inspired that you're where you are, and I'm grateful that we'll get to work together on those issues in the future.

I thank you for your service at PRECS station and uh thank you, President, for um this commendation.

Thank you.

Captain Wilhelm, the floor is yours.

Uh thank you.

It's it's I'm so humbled and really honored and touched to have been recognized.

Can you speak directly into that microphone?

Thank you.

Sorry.

I'm just um so honored and humbled and touched to be recognized.

Uh thank you, President Mandelman.

Thank you to the board.

Um, as I was just sort of reflecting on my time at Park Station and meeting all of you.

I thought about that my very first day in the lobby at Park Station when we met.

And what really struck me, Supervisor Mahmood really was your care, compassion, um, just genuine commitment to the community.

Um I'm ex I met Supervisor Chan at National Night Out.

Thank you for your support, supporting um public safety, supporting the police department.

Um I met Supervisor Melgar and Twin Peaks, and thank you for just reaffirming that women are important in public safety, and you know, I intend to sort of continue that on making sure we're recruiting women in my new role.

President Mandelman, I can't thank you enough for your mentorship, your guidance, your leadership, events at the DeBose Neighborhood Triangle, Coal Valley, and also Supervisor Cheryl, working on a nuisance issue in District 2.

Um I wouldn't be here without you know the support of Park Station.

I couldn't have done this alone.

Uh, you know, I really wish to call attention to the members of Park Station for helping me in this role.

I've had some really key people, not only in the community, but on my staff that have supported me.

Also at home, my husband, uh Captain Chris Wilhelm, um, Officer Jeff Sung, um, a few others that couldn't be here today, Officer Ron Quok, Ruben Rhodes, Tremaine Washington.

So I really share this recognition with all of them.

Thank you guys so much.

I really appreciate this.

Okay.

All right, Madam Clerk, let's go back to roll call.

Yes, Mr.

President.

You would be last in line on the roll call for introductions.

Okay.

All right, folks.

I got an ordinance, a hearing, and two in memoriums.

Um, first, uh today I'm introducing legislation to provide provide tax relief to small independent hardware stores throughout San Francisco.

These stores have seen significant increases to their gross receipts tax burdens since passage of Prop M in 2024, and this measure will provide some much needed relief.

San Francisco, I don't think I need to tell you, loves our neighborhood hardware stores in District 8, coal hardware and cliffsoriety are family-owned businesses that have been serving their neighborhoods for a century.

For generations, residents have turned to these neighborhood hardware stores not just for tools and supplies, but for advice and expertise from staff on everything from home repairs to creative projects.

During the COVID pandemic, these stores were literal lifesavers.

But the reality is that, beloved or not, neighborhood hardware stores are struggling.

In addition to competition from chains and online retailers, neighborhood hardware stores already operating on razor thin margins have had to deal with retail theft, tariffs, and ever increasing operating expenses.

Store owners have been sounding the alarm about how difficult it is to keep their doors open in recent years.

And in December of 2024, Pappenhausen Hardware and West Portal closed after 88 years in business.

In 2024, San Francisco voters passed Proposition M, a major reform of our business tax structure designed to increase the city's economic resilience, adapt to post-COVID hybrid work patterns, create more transparencies for taxpayers, and provide relief to small businesses.

At least that was the intention.

The measure resulted from extensive analysis and stakeholder consultation and was ultimately put on the ballot by signature gathering effort outside City Hall.

However, even before Prop M passed, I had begun to hear concern from small hardware stores that contrary to the intent of Prop M, they were in a category of small business that might actually see their tax burden increase if the measure passed.

And in fact, now that the dust of that campaign has settled and businesses have begun to receive their post-prop M tax bills, these businesses are seeing significant increases in what they owe.

This ordinance would remedy that unintended consequence by creating a tax credit for small hardware retailers who meet two requirements.

First, more than half of their combined gross receipts coming would be would have to come from qualifying hardware products, and second, they would have to have less than $50 million in combined gross receipts from all sources during a tax year.

These thresholds are designed specifically to target relief towards small independent community-serving hardware stores.

I want to thank Terry Aston Bennett from Cliffs Variety Store, Rick Carp from Coal Hardware, Karen Ashford from Frederickson Hardware, and uh Jamie Gentner from Center Hardware and Supply Company for sharing their experiences for their partnership on the legislation.

I also want to thank Scott Reber and Charles Olson from the City Attorney's Office, as well as Brad Rusey.

Uh, Ted Egan from the controller's office, Eric Mankey and Amanda Fried from the Treasury Tax Collector's Office, and Grace Wong on my staff for her work.

Secondly, colleagues, today I'm calling for a hearing to discuss San Francisco's preparation and readiness for extreme weather events.

On March 20th, San Francisco hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

That was the first time in 152 years of records that the city had reached 90 degrees in March.

That event should feel alarming, but it is confirmed what the science has been telling us.

The climate that has long protected San Francisco from heat is changing.

This is not just a San Francisco problem.

Last month, Europe found itself in the grip of what scientists called its most severe heat wave on record.

France posted its hottest day in history.

The UK, known for its gray skies and mild summers, was under a red warning for extreme heat for three consecutive days, something that had never happened in the history of the country's warning system.

The pattern is the same across the world, cities and buildings not designed for heat, residents not acclimated to it, and institutions caught unprepared.

We often think of San Francisco as a naturally cool oasis, aided by the ocean and our fog, but our vulnerability is real and specific.

Our bodies are not acclimatized to heat because our heat arrives in brief intense spikes.

Our buildings have the lowest air conditioning rate of any major American city, 34% of households against a national average of 92%, and rising nighttime temperatures are eliminating the overnight recovery window that lets bodies in buildings cool down before the next day's heat returns.

The burden of that vulnerability is not evenly distributed.

When heat arrives in San Francisco, it hits hardest in neighborhoods like Soma, Bayview, Hunters Point, and Chinatown, urban heat islands that run significantly hotter than surrounding areas, and whose residents are the least likely to have access to cooling.

The elderly, the unhoused, and lower income residents in SROs face compounding risks, less access to air conditioning, greater exposure to indoor heat, to outdoor heat, and in many cases, underlying health conditions that make extreme temperatures particularly life-threatening.

Now we have some sense of what happens when a major heat event strikes.

On September 1st, 2017, the city hit 106 degrees.

Three people died in San Francisco, three more in San Mateo County, all elderly alone and at home.

Between three and four in the afternoon that day, 19 calls were waiting for ambulances, and the city had none to send.

That backlog reached 36 calls by 5 p.m.

Cooling centers were not authorized until after 10 p.m.

after the peak of the emergency had passed.

An NBC Bay Area Bay Area investigation later found the city had a decade old response plan that it did not use.

That was nearly nine years ago, and in May of 2023, the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning, DPH and DEM released the heat and air quality resilience plan, laying out 31 strategies to make the city more resilient to extreme weather.

But several years later, many of these strategies have yet to be implemented.

And the question our hearing will seek to answer is when an extreme weather event strikes again, because it is a question of when and not if, is San Francisco in a better position to respond.

I want to thank DPH, ORCP, DEM, and the Department of the Environment for their assistant assistance and thinking through this hearing, and I look forward to hearing from them at the hearing as we work together to ensure San Franciscans are protected from the extreme weather events that we know are coming.

I also want to thank uh Renel Bajoy in my office for his work on this.

I'm asking colleagues that we adjourn today's meeting in memory of Jeff Littlefield, who served as Chief Operating Officer of San Francisco International Airport until he died unexpectedly at the age of June at the age of 62 in June.

His career in aviation spanned several decades.

After holding leadership roles at TWA, America West and United Airlines, and serving as general manager at Oakland International Airport, he joined SFO in 2008 as airport duty manager.

He quickly rose to the ranks becoming Deputy Airport Director for Operations and Security in 2011, and he was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2016.

Before the pandemic, SFO was the seventh largest airport in the United States, serving nearly 58 million passengers annually and employing approximately 46,000 people.

As COO, Jeff oversaw all aspects of airport operations, including airport operations and security facilities, the SFO Museum, and the airport bureaus for both the San Francisco Police Department and the Fire Department.

His leadership and expertise were instrumental in guiding SFO through the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most challenging periods in the history of aviation.

During this time, he was faced with difficult operational decisions, including how to manage the temporary closure of boarding areas while also coordinating testing and vaccination efforts and helping to chart the airport's path to recovery.

Jeff was deeply committed to equity and inclusion, serving as a mentor and role model to employees of color, championing the adoption of equity as a core value at SFO, leading development of the airport's racial equity action plan, and helping establish and support employee resource groups, including BIPOC at SFO.

Outside of work, he enjoyed cooking, traveling, staying active, and spending time with the family and friends he loved.

Those that worked with Jeff described him as the heart and soul of SFO and a force for good.

Rest in peace, Jeff Littlefield.

May your memory be a blessing.

And secondly, colleagues, I'm asking that we adjourn today's meeting in memory of Ira Sandler, San Francisco's king of clubs and the founder and longtime owner of 1015 Folsom.

He died of a heart attack at the end of May at the age of 73.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Sandler grew up the son of two educators and attended Stuyvesant High School.

After graduating from SUNY Buffalo with a master's degree in media, he moved to California and began working as a professional photographer.

He eventually went back to school to study fine art photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he began throwing events that brought together the art, fashion, and live music scenes.

In 1986, he was tapped to take over a club in Soma, then known as Major Ponds.

He transformed it into DOS Club, and three years later, in 1989, renamed it 1015 Folsom.

When he opened 1015 Folsom, nightlife was dominated by live rock and punk performances.

1015 Folsom was one of the first nightclubs outside of New York and Chicago to feature electronic music.

It would become the heart of San Francisco's 1990s rave scene, attracting DJs, electronic music fans, and members of the city's LGBTQ community, helping to define a new generation of nightlife.

The club opened during a particularly challenging time for San Francisco.

The late 80s and early 90s were, of course, the worst years of the AIDS epidemic.

And just days after 1015 Folsom opened its doors, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck.

During those difficult years, many San Franciscans remember 1015 Folsom as a sanctuary, offering a place where people could come together, find joy, and connection.

Although IRA was not a member of the LGBTQ community himself, he was an outspoken ally at a time when gay rights was not yet mainstream.

He hosted uh LGBTQ events at 1015 Folsom and partnered with queer promoters.

He also regularly hosted fundraisers, celebrate he also regularly hosted fundraisers supporting those who had been affected by the AIDS crisis.

IRA was known for recognizing talent, and over the years, 1015 Folsom would play host to many budding and established musicians and celebrities, including Carl Cox, Fat Boys, Fat Boy Slim, Dave Chappelle, Kate Trinata, and Anderson Pack.

IRA embraced the unconventional and the underdog, booking unknown artists and helping to maintain the club's relevance across decades of shifting musical and cultural trends.

His programming extended beyond electronic music, including long-running Saturday Night Latin parties and the annual real bad fundraiser event, which has raised millions for charities since 1999.

Today, 1015 Folsom and the Arab Night Life had helped usher in remain central to San Francisco's cultural identity.

Ira's creativity and his vision of a space where everyone, no matter their background, could belong, connect, and experience joy, are his lasting legacy.

He's survived by his older sister Maya Schoen, his older brother, uh Joe DaCalsa, his niece and two nephews, and all the staff performer and performers who contributed to the success of 1015 Folsom over the last 40 years.

Rest in peace and power, Iris Sandler.

May your memory be a blessing, and the rest I submit.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Seeing no names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business.

Uh then I believe at this point we will go to general public comment.

At this time, the board welcomes your general public comment.

In-person speakers will be prioritized, so please line up on your right hand side of the chamber.

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All right, welcome to our first speaker.

Uh good afternoon, supervisors.

Honest Charlie Bodkin, president of the District 5 Democratic Club.

On July 4th, Waymo's caused major traffic havoc around Fisherman's Wharf and North Beach after the fireworks show.

It took me three hours to get my two young nephews back to Civic Center where they live.

1 a.m.

was way past their bedtime.

We weren't just stuck in heavy traffic.

Our bus and several buses behind us were physically blocked by multiple Waymo's that were stalled because they couldn't connect to the internet.

It is a complete misnomer to call these autonomous vehicles.

When they depend on the internet to function, they're not autonomous the same way that human beings are.

Because that dependency is known, the mayor's office, the Department of Emergency Management, the SFMTA should have restricted Waymo's operations in that area during the event.

We allow these uh vehicles to operate in areas where we already know that they'll be affected by planned permanent events.

That's unacceptable.

Some people could have stayed home or left on foot or by bike, but warnings about not using transit were sent out at 845 p.m.

That was 45 minutes before the fireworks show started.

That gave people nowhere near enough time uh to avoid an entirely foreseeable problem.

Well, everyone else looked like they were having a great time, I was stuck on a bus with seniors, disabled people, and young children, families with no way out.

Even if we had wanted to take a car, we'd have hid the same gridlock as everyone else.

We shouldn't allow Waymo's into areas where we already know in advance that they're likely to fail.

Waymous give officials that are on the ground like police and SFMTA operators the ability to locally control these vehicles steering.

I appreciate there was a hearing on this earlier this year, but what's actually been done since?

We knew July 4th was coming.

Why hasn't anything been done in advance to prevent this?

We're asking our leaders to lead.

What's going on?

I'd like to thank my supervisor, District 5 uh Supervisor Balama Mood for joining with me to ask these questions.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments, Honest.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Good afternoon, Supervisors.

Uh my name is Eris Edgley.

I'm a 52-year-old resident of San Francisco.

Uh, especially the Western edition.

Um I want to thank our supervisor for stepping up, District 5.

And I also want to thank for the protections I came in of the California San Francisco history and never forget the historic Negro removal and the Western edition that we're still fighting to get an understanding of where do we stand, right?

And over the years, for 25 years now, I've been involved as a young man into the age I am now, and we've had consultants after consultants after consultants.

We've had meetings where we put post-it notices, uh dots on the wall.

We've been through that for 25 years.

And yet we're still going through it with this new film or whatever we want to call it with the different departments.

I want to know personally, and I'm sure the district wants to know: where does the budget lie in the Western Edition?

We got all these different departments.

Economic and workforce development has been in our community since redevelopment closed.

And has it opened up a black business?

Is two black businesses in the 25 years that I've been around?

We have a new um Latino business, we have a new corner store business, uh, we got super duper, right?

We have new business, and I'm not you know saying that we shouldn't, but I'm just trying to figure out where does the African American community lie in 2026 after all this historicness that we've been through that we keep going through.

I just I want to hear on the departments, especially economic and workforce development.

Where's their budget lies?

There's line items as they ask different nonprofits in the city of County Center.

So account for your money and make them account for their money.

Thank you, Eric Salager, for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

The title of this speech is three types of conversation.

A doctor worked 30 years to treat cancer patients, fulfilling his obligation to get his patients scanned and recommend his regimen and procedures.

He reached an inflection point.

He noticed that the mortality of his patient was higher than his colleague.

So he goes calling his colleague to plea for an answer.

Why?

After Motua please, he got an answer.

He was asking the wrong question.

It turns out there are three types of conversation.

The first type, most people deal with is what are you doing?

How is it?

What is it?

Second is an emotional conversation.

And third, is a deep edited conversation.

The majority of people, as mentioned, has the first one, but instead, we should engage asking the second one.

How do you feel?

For example, I call the Chase Center and Glyde Memorial, my home.

How would you feel if you come to my home and have a little tour of my home?

Now that goes to my last conversation, the deep and conversation.

I am.

Took me two years to ask this Thai girl for a phone number.

I never kissed her, I never touched her.

Two years for me to ask.

One hour later, my best friend called me up to ask for sponsorship for Hong Kong.

She came out with Miss Chinese International title.

And I'm here to tackle the $340 million dollar budget deficit.

It is difficult, but it's doable.

The minute you have contempt, oh my God, it's not gonna work.

Trust me, I would get a job done because I would do it.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Can we hear from our next speaker?

Welcome.

Hi there.

Thank you for letting me uh speak impromptu.

I brushed over from the library.

Um I know this body isn't the forum for my request.

I just am in desperate help.

I went to the San Francisco human services to get enrolled with their um a cash aid program, but I didn't meet the minimum qualifications because I don't have enough uh swipes on my ABT card to show that I'm a resident, and I've been here for two months.

The thing is, is that I'm really trying to you guys use the services here as a homeless person, navigating the programs that you have, but I keep hitting these roadblocks, and I'm like, there's gotta be a way to make it easier.

So I have EBT card, it's it's free food.

Thank you guys.

I appreciate that.

But I also need a job, and so I'm going to these folks going.

How do I get in in contact with your employment services so that I can start getting networked in the system, but I have to wait till after general assistance gets kicked on, and then I can work with them.

That's a three-week lag.

Okay, so the other thing is is that those of us that are homeless, we're dealing with so many magnitude issues that uh the sand beneath our feet just keeps shifting.

You need a cell phone, but you can't get a cell phone and a computer at the same time.

There's no business here that allows us to make calls and get internet access to hammer things out.

And you only get like maybe 15 minutes or 20 minutes with the phone, but you get two hours with the computer.

It's a mess, and they're all different locations.

So we're getting scrambled.

But the other thing is that as I'm living in Golden Gate Park, right off 3043rd Street, off Lincoln.

I look down at my my tent area and I see all these motorcycle tracks.

And as a tracker with fish and game, I look back and there's like this ATV, four motorcycles, and they at some point in the morning just drive up to my tent and stop and then come out, and they they take it apart.

I don't know what the hell they were doing, but I'm like, I don't know who's these ATV folks are, but uh anyway.

Thank you guys.

Um, thanks.

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Hi, hi supervisors.

Uh, I will be brief.

Uh, my name is David Wirzel.

I'm the president and general manager of KGO TV, ABC 7.

Uh, and I just wanted to say that KGO is proud of its record of serving uh serving the public interest in the Bay Area for a long time, and we're honored that the Board of Supervisors uh is bringing up a resolution on our behalf.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dave Worfell for your comments.

Welcome, Mr.

Wright.

Send you uh SF viewer, please.

I want to start off with uh this budget for City College.

City College is getting approximately Mr.

Wright.

Can you speak into the microphone, please?

City College is getting approximately five million, six hundred thousand dollars.

I thought we addressed that problem years ago when Jane Kim was here.

I told you that having students attend a multi-million dollar facility for free is gonna create a multi-million billion dollar negative cash flow.

And as a result, five years later, after that hearing, my predictions came true, and then you end up laying off well over several staff of teachers, and I complained and got upset about how you always make teachers pay for a problem that they did not create.

Now I've come to find out that you're still financing uh the college for free.

People should be paying their tuition to go to that college.

The city and county of San Francisco also has jurisdiction within the university of San Francisco College, the university which also has a law school.

If they let their students go to school for free, they would go bankrupt.

You're creating a multimillion dollar cash negative cash flow again.

And I also predicted that you can't have people from a hundred and ninety-two different countries get on our Medi-Cal SNAP program and services when you're not citizens.

And as a result, you've got uh a six hundred and fifty-five billion dollar negative cash flow.

And as a result, you're in debt.

Okay.

And that's another unnecessary expense that's taking place.

Now, California owes the federal government a minimum of 1 billion 310 million dollars.

Because you put people on the Medicare system that are not eligible, just like I complained about.

Thank you, Mr.

Wright, for your comments.

Welcome to our next speaker.

Oh, okay.

Ready?

Hi, I'm Jessica Pesico.

You guys already know me.

It's after the 4th of July, so I'm wearing my red, white, and blue as you can see.

Can't see the bottoms.

So the room, the reason why the room is a little bit lighter around here is because people are going to Goat Hill Pizza from 4:30 until 6 p.m.

to today to honor uh Keith Goldstein, retiring patrol dog patch merchants associate association president.

So I hope we can wrap this meeting up early so we can all attend.

So there's numbers concerns.

There's gonna be about seven, okay.

One.

Um first an 80A housing safety concern.

Um a district uh a resident in district six fell at 1190 Mission Street.

He suffered a head injury.

He alleges the building wasn't safe because it wasn't built for ADA standards, and he faces displacement on medical leave.

This can happen anywhere at any time.

Older apartments, um, must be accessible because we know that public safety is a big issue.

It's not just a code compliance matter.

Second, can we confirm or can we just get a patrol hill neighborhood housing grant because uh they are doing an arts commission meeting, and there's gonna, in particular, there's gonna be the community art gala on September 26th, and I hope we can get funding for it.

Third, um, I'm gonna suggest that um the 24-hour fitness at 1645 Bryant is not operating as its name suggests.

It's not 24 hours.

Um, the facility has broken equipment and has failed to acknowledge community moments like Veterans Day and 9-11.

I'm asking whether this commercial space could be converted into a YMCA, so funding backflows into our district and supports real youth programs.

Thank you, Jessica.

Thank you for your comments.

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

All right, we'll go to our remote caller.

I understand we have one caller on the line.

Let's hear from our caller.

Welcome.

And you just go to the next speaker, please.

All right.

All right, Mr.

President, that concludes the uh general public comment.

All right.

Uh public comment is now closed.

Um, and with that, Madam Clerk, let's go to the forward option without committee reference agenda items 18 through 20.

Items 18 through 20 were introduced for adoption without committee reference.

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

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

Supervisor Chan.

Item 18.

Okay.

Supervisor Dorsey.

I'd like to be added as a co-sponsor to item 18.

Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey.

Uh, Madam Clerk, could you please call the roll on items 19 and 20?

On items 19 and 20, Supervisor Melgar.

Milgar, aye, Supervisor Sauter.

Soder I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl I, Supervisor Walton, Walton, I, Supervisor Wong.

Wong I, Supervisor Chan.

I.

Chan I.

Supervisor Chen.

Chen I.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey.

I, Supervisor Fielder.

Fielder, I, Supervisor Mahmood.

Mahmoud I.

And Supervisor Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman I.

There are 11 ayes.

Without objection, the resolutions are adopted.

Madam Clerk, please call item 18.

Item 18.

This is a resolution to urge the Federal Communications Commission to fairly evaluate and renew the broadcast license for KGO TV.

Supervisor Chan.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Colleagues, I am urging uh not only for your support today, and I understand, of course, we uh with having it this as a for adoption without reference to committee.

Um it is uh clear showing that we will be approving this, but I do actually also want to urge for your co-sponsorship.

So thank you so much um to Supervisor Dorsey.

This is a critical in the and time for independent journalism uh not only that I believe in San Francisco Bay Area, but truly will impact nationwide if we do not express a strong uh and affirmative uh support from this body.

Um I think that it will create rebel effect uh that will impact independent journalism elsewhere.

Um I will urge not only for your support uh for your votes, but for your co-sponsorship, which I rare really um try to push for that.

And I um also not only that I want to urge for your support and your co-sponsorship, I would really urge uh for your um support to your constituents, um, that there is a public comment period that we could actually encourage uh San Francisco residents who has been benefited from independent journalism and uh from a station like uh KGO and others that really should continue to uh ensure there's a fair evaluation to this uh process.

Uh independent journalism is more critical than ever.

We all know what happens and how it impacts our election, our democracy.

I think we all have somewhat been a victims when there's in misinformation out there, not just for ourselves, but for our legislation, uh the policy work that we do, and even including our community.

So I would uh just really want to urge for your support and want to acknowledge that uh Mr.

David Wertzel that actually came all the way um to uh just to wait to have two minutes of public comments to show you that the importance of this, not just this legislation, but truly at this time for your support uh through public commons period.

Thank you.

Supervisor Dorsey.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

I want to express my appreciation to um Supervisor Chan for her leadership in bringing this forward.

I will confess that I would probably be in defense of any news organization that is fa facing an overreach by the federal government, but um I have particular affection for KGO TV, just because of it, the commitment that it has shown through the years.

I've spent much of my career working with news organizations.

Um there's uh uh ethos that informs this organization about building a better Bay Area, and I really appreciate some of the long form documentary work that journalists like uh Tara Campbell have done that I will say not every TV station is committed to, but it is um something that it means a lot on the to people who have been covered around um the drug policy realm that Tara has been covering.

Um I know that there's resources involved in that, and I really value the work that ABC 7 and KGO TV do, so I'm uh happy to be a co-sponsor of this.

And again, thank you, Supervisor Chan.

Supervisor Melgar, uh I'll co-sponsor.

Thanks for your leadership and for the nudge.

Uh Supervisor Walton.

Thank you, President Melman.

One, I would like to be added as a co-sponsor, but two, I just want to kind of echo Supervisor Dorsey's comments, and but I want to say that I have seen KGO really be bold and who they put in front of the camera, um, particularly the last few years, at a time where we have seen the same anchors uh across um T V stations and most of our channels and taking risks and bringing uh such a diversity, particularly in the morning, and doing it over the past several years.

And I just love to see it from not only race ethnicity, but also from age and just allowing opportunities for so many young journalists to thrive.

So I just want to appreciate them for that, and just say thank you, Supervisor Chan, for for bringing this forward.

Supervisor Chen.

Supervisor Fielder.

Thank you, Supervisor Chan, for your leadership on this, and please add me as a co-sponsor.

Supervisor Mahmoud.

I'd like to be out as a co-sponsor as well.

Noted.

And please add me.

Okay.

And with that, Madam Clerk.

Oh.

Oh, Supervisor Cheryl.

Sorry, I was trying to get your attention there, yes.

Same.

Noted.

Thank you.

Same Zeus.

Okay.

Going once, going twice.

All right.

Uh, I think with that, we can take uh item 20, same house.

That's not item 20, item 18.

Same house, same call.

Uh without objection.

Uh the resolution is adopted.

And Madam Clerk, do we have any imperative agenda items?

There are none to report, Mr.

President.

Would you please read the in memoriums?

Yes, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of Supervisor Melgar for the late Mr.

Jake Sig on behalf of uh President Mandelman for the late Mr.

Ira Sandler and Mr.

Jeff Littlefield.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Um 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.

We are adjourned.

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