Good morning.

The meeting will come to order.

Welcome to the Thursday, March 11th meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee.

I'm Supervisor Gordon Maher, the chair of this committee, and I'm and we're joined by Vice Chair Catherine Stephanie and committee member Matt Haney.

And today we're also joined by Supervisor Raphael Mandelman as the sponsor of item number one, and we'll also be joined by Supervisor Asha Safai as sponsor for items number three and four.

Thank you to this committee's clerk, John Carroll, and I'd also like to thank SFGov TV for staffing this meeting.

Mr.

Clerk, do you have any announcements?

Yes, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

In order to protect the public, board members, and city employees during the COVID-19 health emergency, the Board of Supervisors Legislative Chamber and Committee Room are closed.

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And finally, Mr.

Chair, items acted upon today will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda of March 23rd, 2021, unless otherwise stated.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

Colleagues, since uh it looks like Supervisor Mandelman, who's a sponsor of item number one, is not back with us and he was having some technical difficulties.

Um, I'd like to maybe call item number two out of order.

And so um, Mr.

Clerk, can you please call item number two?

Yes.

Agenda number two is an ordinance amending the police code to create a rights to reemployment for certain employees laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

If their employer seeks to fill the same position previously held by a laid-off employee or a substantially similar position, and to reasonably accommodate employer, excuse me, to reasonably accommodate employees who cannot work because of a family care hardship.

Members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this ordinance should call the public comment number now, and I will repeat it.

415-655-0001 enter the meeting ID of 1874.

Press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting, then press the star key, followed by the number three if you wish to speak.

Mr.

Chair.

Thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

Um, colleagues, we referred this item back to committee in order to consider a full a final set of substantive amendments based on input from both the business and labor communities.

We have engaged frequently and thoughtfully with a diverse array of stakeholders about this policy when we first drafted it last June, when it went into effect in July, and for the many months since then.

And I'm grateful for all the dialogue and input.

The policy idea behind the back to work ordinance isn't new.

It exists in collective bargaining agreements across San Francisco and the world, but this ordinance is novel and groundbreaking in extending the right to be rehired through a fair process to non union workforces and novel policies warrant scrutiny, which this certainly has had.

And this legislation is needed and important.

The right to recall the right to reemployment when employers began rehiring has been a good faith job protection for millions of workers.

And as we emerge from the pandemic driven unemployment crisis of the last year, continuing this right for workers in San Francisco is vital to a full and just recovery.