San Francisco Rules Committee Regular Meeting – November 4, 2024
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San Francisco Rules Committee Regular Meeting – November 4, 2024
The Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met on November 4, 2024, at City Hall, chaired by Supervisor Shamann Walton. The committee considered three agenda items: a resolution for street naming in the Hunters View Hope SF Phase III project, an ordinance on rapid rehousing policy, and a reappointment to the California State Association of Counties. Public comment was called on each item, but no members of the public spoke. The meeting was adjourned after approving two items and continuing one.
Consent Calendar
- No consent calendar was listed on the agenda.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public provided testimony on any agenda item.
Discussion Items
- Item 1: Official Naming of Streets – Hunters View Phase III (File 241044) – The committee heard a presentation from MOCD (Mayor's Office of Community Development) staff and the developer, John Stewart Company. The project is part of the Hope SF initiative to revitalize public housing sites. Phase III includes 118 affordable housing units (53 public housing replacement with project-based vouchers and 64 units without operating subsidy), a new one-acre park, and infrastructure improvements. The proposed street name "Memory Lane" was chosen by residents through a community process (online survey, door-to-door knocking, and interviews) to honor the legacy of Hunters View residents, including those who advocated for improvements. The existing Fairfax Avenue name will be extended. Supervisor Walton noted the importance of community input. The item was approved unanimously and forwarded to the full board.
- Item 2: Administrative Code – Rapid Rehousing Policy (File 241038) – Supervisor Myrna Melgar (substituting for Supervisor Ronan? Actually the transcript says "Supervisor Ronan" but likely a mis-spelling; Supervisor Ronen?) requested a continuance because the city attorney had not yet approved amendments to the legislation. The ordinance would declare city policy to provide up to five years of rapid rehousing assistance to eligible households when shorter subsidies would risk return to homelessness, and require annual hearings and reports by the Homelessness Oversight Commission. The committee voted unanimously to continue the item to the November 18, 2024 meeting.
- Item 3: Reappointment to California State Association of Counties (File 241035) – The committee voted unanimously to recommend the reappointment of Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to the California State Association of Counties, term ending December 1, 2025.
Key Outcomes
- Item 1 (Street Naming): Approved 3-0 (Vice Chair Ahsha Safai, Member Myrna Melgar, Chair Shamann Walton) and forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for the November 19, 2024 meeting.
- Item 2 (Rapid Rehousing Policy): Continued to the November 18, 2024 meeting of the Rules Committee by a 3-0 vote.
- Item 3 (Reappointment): Approved 3-0 and forwarded to the full board.
- Other: Supervisor President Aaron Peskin was excused from the meeting by a 2-0 vote (Vice Chair Safai absent at the time of the motion).
Meeting Transcript
Let me give him a call. Yes, this is Victor and Chamber. We have uh we're ready to go. Oh, we are? I didn't see the graphics go through. I didn't see the graphics but I see the room. So we're live. Okay, thank you. We're good. Good morning and welcome to this November 4th, 2024 rules committee meeting. I am your chair, Supervisor Shimon Walton. I'm joined by Supervisor Ronan, who was subbing this morning, and we will shortly be joined by Supervisor Safai. Our clerk is Victor Young, and I want to thank Jaime Eshevery for filming today's proceedings on SFGov TV. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements? Uh yes, public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. When your item of interest comes up and public comment is called, please line up to speak on your right. Alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. Email them to myself, the rules committee clerk at VICTOR.yo N G at SFgov.org. If you submit public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the file. You may also send your written comments via US mail to our office at City Hall, one Dr. Carlton B. Goodlit Place. Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Documents being included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda of November 19th, 2024, unless otherwise stated. Thank you so much. And I will make a motion to excuse Supervis President Peskin from today's meeting. Yes, I'm the motion to excuse Safai absent. Uh member Ron. Ronan Aye. Chair Walton. Aye. Walton aye. That motion passes without objection, with uh Vice Chair Safai being absent. Thank you. Motion to excuse President Piskan from this meeting is approved. Mr. Clerk, would you please call item number one? Item number one is the resolution approving the official naming for two street segments within the Hunters View Hope SF infrastructure phase three project approving memory lane as the official street name for the yet-to-be-constructed unnamed street that starts at the intersection of Catalina Street and Middle Point Road on the north and ends at the southerly terminus where it rejoins Middle Point Road and continue the street name of Fairfax Avenue from the unbuilt segment at the intersection with Middle Point Road to its easterly terminus at memory lane. Thank you so much. And before we hear from Mo C D with the presentation, I just want to state that we wanted to do something to make sure that we honored the memory of folks and community, and we wanted to make sure that there was a process where community provided input. And so the street name memory lane was chosen by residents in Huntersview working with uh Mo C D. And so I just want to make sure everyone knows that this is something that went through a process, and the main focus is to honor the memory and legacy of so many folks from the Huntersview area that fought to make sure that there were improvements in the community. And with that, I know we have a presentation. Thank you. Good morning. Good morning, Chair Walton. Uh, good morning, Supervisor Ronan.
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