Good morning.

The meeting will come to order.

Welcome to the May 24, 2023 meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee.

I am Supervisor Connie Chan, Chair of the Committee.

I'm joined by Vice Chair Rafael Mendelman, and shortly by Supervisor Asha Safayi.

Our clerk, it's Brent Halipa.

I would like to thank James Kawana from SFGov TV for broadcasting this meeting.

Mr.

Clerk, do you have any announcement?

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Just a friendly reminder for those in attendance to make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices so as not to interrupt our proceedings here in the chamber.

The Board of Supervisors and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance and public comment while still providing remote access and public comment via telephone.

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

Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first.

And then we will take those who are waiting to telephone line.

For those watching remotely and streaming things, uh streaming through uh sfgovtv.org.

The public comment call the numbers streaming across the screen and when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you'll be muted and listening mode only.

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You may also send your written comments via U.S.

Postal Service to our office and city hall.

That's one, Dr.

Carlton, B.

Goodlit Place, Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102.

For item number seven today, we are working with uh Angela Zawatsky and Richard Stamp from Intergraphics to provide interpretive services in Cantonese, Mandarin and Spanish, and we'll provide instructions for public comment when that item is called.

And finally, Madam Chair, due to the Memorial Day holiday items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda of June 6th, unless otherwise stated.

Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr.

Clark.

And also I want to uh for today's public comments to be limited for one minute each.

Uh and with that, also um, before we call item number one, I would just like to remind uh everyone here that uh for items three through seven that actually uh accompany with budget and legislative analyst reports.

We will have the department presentation first, followed by the report, and then we will go to questions and comments and then public comments.

So with that, uh Mr.

Clark, please call item number one.

Yes, item number one is a resolution authorizing the office of the mayor, um, Office of Economic and Workforce Development and Chief of Protocol to solicit donations from various private entities and organizations to support the city hosting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, notwithstanding the behested payment ordinance.

Members of the public are joining us remotely and wish to comment on this hearing.

Please call the public comment number at 415-655-0001.

Enter the meeting ID.

2595 765 9214.

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Here prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand when the system indicates you have been unmuted.

That will be your signal to begin your comments.

Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

Today we have uh Sean Ellsburn, Chief of Staff or Mayor Breed.

Good morning, Supervisors.

Thank you very much for taking this item.

Thank you very much for scheduling the item.

Um, Supervisor Chan, thank you very much for your co-sponsorship of the item.

In abstention, President Peskin, thank you for your co-sponsorship of this item.

Uh, supervisors, we can be as brief or as extended as you would like to be.

Uh, I would like to provide a little bit of a summary of what we're asking here first.

Um mayor's office, hopefully you uh, and we are hoping to generate as much excitement throughout the city about uh hosting the APEC conference this November.

This is uh truly a historical opportunity.

The city will be playing host to 21 heads of state from the Pacific Rim.

This is the largest collection of heads of state that the City of San Francisco has ever hosted.