The meeting will come to order.

This is March.

This is the March 17th, 2021 Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting.

I am Matt Haney, Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee.

I'm joined by committee members President Walton, Supervisors Ronin, Safai, and Marr.

Our clerk is Ms.

Linda Wong.

I want to thank Colina Mendoza from SFGov TV for broadcasting this meeting.

Madam Clerk, do you have any announcements?

Yes, Mr.

Chair, due to the COVID-19th health emergency and to protect port members, city employees, and the public, the Board of Supervisors, Legislative Chamber, and Committee Room are closed.

However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely.

This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declarations and directives.

Committee members will attend the meeting through a video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they're physically present.

Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda.

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Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors Agenda of March 23rd, unless otherwise stay stated.

Finally, Supervisors Melgar and Preston are also participating in this remote meeting.

We are now convened as a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors.

Mr.

Chair, this concludes my announcements.

Thank you so much, Madam Clerk.

Before we call item one, I just again want to thank all of my colleagues for the work that they've done to prepare for today's meeting.

We are going to hear a number of uh incredibly important items uh that relate to uh how we are going to uh spend the uh projected 125 million dollar surplus in the current year.

Um, I again want to thank uh all of the committee members and the supervisors who are here.

Every supervisor had some input into what is in front of us, and I want to thank the mayor's office uh for their partnership and the mayor for her leadership.

I'm proud to say that this spending plan that is in front of us will direct resources and support to the people most impacted during this crisis, including small businesses, families, tenants, artists, and our most vulnerable residents.

It is a package that will keep small businesses open, fight the opioid epidemic, support our kids and families, and ensure tenants can stay in their homes.

It is crucial that the surplus funds that we have and unexpected uh set of money uh in the current year be put directly into the pockets of our residents and small businesses that are suffering and address our most urgent priorities for recovery.

Our city's residents need us all to work together collaboratively and deliver real solutions, and that's what we've done here today.

Again, thank you to to Mayor Breed and her staff to President Walton and all of the supervisors and committee members.

Uh, I know that uh we are already getting started on our uh full budget process, which I believe will be one of the most important uh budget decisions uh we will make uh in the history of the city.

And I think that our work together on this surplus spending plan is a very good sign of our thing of things to come, including our will uh ability to work together and address the most urgent priorities facing our city for recovery.

Uh so with that, madam clerk, will you please call item one?

Yes, item number one ordinance appropriating approximately 10 million from the General Reserve to the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development for Rent Relief under the rent resolution and relief fund and approximately 10 million for the acquisition, creation, and operation of affordable social housing under the housing stabilist stable stability fund in fiscal year 2020 to 2021.

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Thank you so much, Madam Clerk.

And we have a supervisor Dean Preston, who is here with us on this item.

Thank you so much, Chair Haney.

And let me just uh start by by thanking you for uh your your leadership on this committee during uh what are really unprecedented times in in so many ways, and thank you for your engagement uh around the whole spending plan and uh and and package that uh committee's considering today.

I want to also thank uh Vice Chair Safai for uh our uh extensive conversations, uh, particularly around um the this item and the potential uses of housing stability fund money.

Um, and also thank you, committee members uh Walton Ronan and Marr.

It's a pleasure to be here with you today.

Uh I am here to ask for your support in carrying forth uh the will of the voters and the intent previously stated of the Board of Supervisors to allocate initial funding from Prop I revenue to the rent resolution resolution and relief fund and to the housing stability fund.

Um, I was before the budget and finance committee on um February 24th, uh, where we introduced substantive amendments increasing the amount of this supplemental uh request to reflect uh uh updated revenue projections.

Um I spoke extensively at the time about the context of this request and the use of funds.

Um, and uh in the interest of time, we'll provide uh abbreviated remarks today, but also still do need to provide some context and also recognize that it uh we have the the full committee with additional members who were who were not present um for that discussion last time.