The Rules Committee (Chair Supervisor Shimon Walton, Vice Chair Supervisor Cheryl Sherrill, and Board President Rafael Mandelman) met on December 1, 2025 (morning meeting; exact start/end time not stated) and advanced three items to the full Board, including creation of a Reparations Fund and establishment of a new West SOMA Entertainment Zone. One mayoral nomination item was continued to the call of the chair due to absence of a representative. Items approved were noted as expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on December 9, 2025 unless otherwise stated; the Board of Appeals nomination was stated to be forwarded for December 2, 2025.
Ordinance: Establish the San Francisco Reparations Fund (Administrative Code amendment)
Ordinance: Replace the Folsom Street Entertainment Zone with the “West Soma Entertainment Zone” (Administrative Code amendment + CEQA determination affirmed)
Motion: Board of Appeals appointment — Robin Abad-Kubilo (term ending July 1, 2026)
Motion: Successor Agency Commission — Mayor’s nomination of Masha Hakimai (term ending November 3, 2028)
On the Reparations Fund:
On the West SOMA Entertainment Zone:
On the Board of Appeals nomination:
The committee adjourned after concluding the four items.
Good morning and welcome to this December 1st, 2025 Rules Committee meeting. I'm your chair, Supervisor Shimon Walton, joined by Vice Chair Supervisor Cheryl as well as President Mandelman. Our clerk is Victor Young, and I would like to thank Jamie Escheverry for making sure that this meeting is publicly broadcasted for the public. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements? 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 b-i-c-t-o-r dot y-o-u-n-g at sfgov.org if you submit public comment via email it will be included as part of the file you may also send your written comments via u.s mail to our office in 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 Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' Agenda of December 9, 2025, unless otherwise stated. That completes my initial announcements. Thank you so much. Would you please call item number one? Item number one is an ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Reparations Fund. Thank you. And colleagues, as you know, this Board of Supervisors commissioned a reparations committee, the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, and some of the folks who are here today want to thank you all, of course, for your service in order to explore the injustices suffered by black people in San Francisco and to come up with concrete solutions to address the harms of the past. The committee came up with over 100 recommendations that will work to achieve reparations for black people in San Francisco if they met specific requirements identified by the committee. This city also provided a formal apology via Board of Supervisors' resolution to the black community here in San Francisco. Today, we are here to establish a reparations fund. As you know, the recommendations provided by the task force are only lip service if we do not do anything to provide resources to address proposed recommendations. This ordinance will establish the reparations fund to receive monies appropriated or donated to support and implement recommendations described in the San Francisco Reparations Plan, submitted by the African American Reparations and Advisory Committee. The fund may receive any legally available monies appropriated or donated for this purpose through donations or optional tax refunds for businesses. This does not require the city to expend any monies. this also is here of course want to just remind again solely and specifically for the support of addressing recommendations from the plan the human rights commission or hrc will administer the fund they will also be charged with coming up with a plan and criteria in line with the qualifications from the African American Reparations Advisory Committee report for prioritizing which recommendations to address from the fund. We are now at a pivotal and critical moment for black people here in San Francisco. A dramatically declined population, high concentrations of poverty and unemployment here in this city, coupled with disproportionate increases in the number of black people who are homeless in this city. Now is the time we make good on some of the promises and provide critical resources needed to support reparations here in San Francisco. I want to thank my co-sponsor, Supervisor Cheyenne Chen, the entire African American Reparations and Advisory Committee, the Human Rights Commission, Natalie G. from my office, and the entire community for supporting the task force, the plan, the apology from Citi, and for all of the work to get us here today. We are going to hear briefly from Human Rights Commission Director Mowuli Tugbeño to recap some of the work that got us here today. And then we'll hear from Eric McDonald, Chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, before checking in with colleagues and then going to public comment. Thank you everyone who is here this morning in attendance.