Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee Meeting - March 24, 2022
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Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee Meeting - March 24, 2022
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee met on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at 6:15 PM UTC (rescheduled from earlier in the day) to consider four agenda items. Chair Gordon Maher presided, joined by Vice Chair Catherine Stephanie and Member Matt Haney (later excused and replaced by Supervisor Rafael Mandelman for the latter part of the meeting). The committee took action on a liquor license, advanced subacute care reporting legislation, and held a combined hearing on housing and LPS conservatorships.
Consent Calendar
- No consent calendar items were considered.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Item 1 (Liquor License): No public comments were received.
- Item 4 (Subacute Care Reporting): Multiple speakers urged expansion of subacute bed capacity and accountability. Raquel Rivera and Antonio Rivera, family members of a patient transferred out-of-county, called for shared hospital responsibility, higher nursing ratios, and tracking of out-of-county discharges. Dr. Teresa Palmer criticized slow progress and urged including residential facility transfers. Vivian Imperiale and Patrick Manette Shaw emphasized the need for in-county care and identified delays in opening promised beds at Chinese Hospital. Carolyn Kennedy expressed support for reporting to evaluate care quality.
- Items 2 & 3 (Conservatorships): Rachel Rodriguez, a social worker, highlighted acute psych bed shortages and the impact on 5150 thresholds. Carolyn Kennedy (Rescue SF) urged accelerated bed acquisition and streamlining hiring/leasing. Other callers stressed the need for better electronic health record coordination and more aggressive use of existing conservatorship laws.
Discussion Items
- Item 1 – Liquor License (950 Mason Street, Bin 415 LLC): The SFPD ABC Liaison reported zero protests, the site is in a high-crime/high-saturation area, but Central Station had no opposition. Applicant Michael Legao stated the license would be used for wine education and guided tastings inside the Fairmont Hotel. The committee voted 2-0 to recommend approval to the full board, determining the license would serve public convenience and necessity.
- Item 4 – Health Code: Subacute Care Reporting (Called Out of Order): Supervisor Safayi presented amendments to expand reporting to skilled nursing facilities and move the due date to October 1, 2022. The ordinance aims to track out-of-county transfers for subacute and skilled nursing care, addressing a longstanding lack of hospital-based subacute beds. Kelly Hiromoto (DPH) confirmed ongoing efforts to add beds at Chinese Hospital and private facilities. The committee adopted amendments (2-0) and continued the item to April 14, 2022.
- Items 2 & 3 – Combined Hearing: Housing Conservatorship Implementation and LPS Conservatorships: The Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) presented an update on LPS conservatorships, noting wait times for locked subacute beds have doubled (San Francisco Healing Center: 20 to 111 days; other facilities: 51 to 103 days). Jill Nielsen (Public Conservator) and Dr. Angelica Almeida (DPH) reviewed the restrictive SB 1045 (housing conservatorship) pilot, reporting only two active conservatorships in FY2022, but 14 individuals accepted voluntary services. Supervisor Mandelman expressed frustration over slow bed acquisition and proposed modernizing the LPS definition of grave disability. The committee filed both hearings (3-0).
Key Outcomes
- Item 1: Motion passed (2-0) to send a positive recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors for the liquor license.
- Item 4: Amendments adopted (2-0); item continued to April 14, 2022.
- Items 2 & 3: Motion to file (3-0) with no further action; Supervisor Mandelman indicated future updates would be requested.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the Thursday, March 24th, 2022 meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. I'm Supervisor Gordon Maher, the chair of this committee, and I'm joined by committee members Catherine Stephanie and Matt Haney shortly. Thank you to this committee's clerk, Elisa Samara. And I'd also like to thank SFGov TV and Jaime Echeveri for uh staffing this meeting. Madam Clerk, do you have any announcements? Yes, I do, Mr. Chair. The Board of Supervisors and its committees are now convening hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance and public comment while still providing remote access and public comment via telephone. The board recognizes that equitable access is essential, and we'll be taking public comment as follows. First, 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 on the telephone line. For those watching, either channel 26, 78 or 99, depending on your provider. NSFgov TV.org. The public comment call in number is streaming across the screen. It is 415-655-0001. Once connected, enter the meeting ID. 2492 949 5822, then pound and pound again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up and public comment is called, those joining us in person should line up to speak, and those on the telephone would will dial star three to be added to the speaker line. If you are on the telephone, please remember to turn down your TV and all listening devices you may be using. Alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. I email them to myself, the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Clerk at Alisa A L Isa.org. If you submit public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file. You may also submit your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office at City Hall. One, Dr. Carlton B. Goodley Place, Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. Finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda of April 5th, 2022, unless otherwise stated. Mr. Chair. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Can you please call item number one? Yes. Item number one is a hearing to consider whether the issuance of a type 42 on sale, beer and wine, public premises, liquor license to bin 415 LLC located at 950 Mason Street inside the Fairmont Hotel will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco. Members of the public who wish to provide comment on this hearing may line up to speak. Or if you are joining us remotely, please call into the public comment number now, 415-655-0001. Enter the meeting ID to four 92-949-5822, then pound and pound again. Once connected to the meeting, you will press start three to enter the speaking line. Assistant problem will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until we take for public comment on this item and the system indicates you have been unmuted, and that will be your cue to begin your comments, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Uh first of all, first off, we're gonna hear from the SFPD ABC Liaison unit. And do we have Officer Salmanson here to present the ALU report? Good morning, I'm here. Good morning. Okay, so bin 415 has applied for Type 42 license and if approved, this would allow them to operate an oddfield beer wine public premise.
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