Good morning, everybody, and welcome to our February 2nd, 2026 Rules Committee meeting.

I am your Chair Supervisor, Shimon Walton, joined by Vice Chair Supervisor Stephen Sherrill

and President Mandelman.

Our clerk is Victor Young, and today we have Eugene Labadia, who will make sure that today's

meeting is advertised on sfgov tv and made available to the public mr clerk do we have

any announcements this morning 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 either the following ways email them

to myself the rules committee clerk at victor.yong at sfgov.org if you submit public comment by email

it will be included as part of the file. You may also send written comments via U.S. mail to our

office at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett 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 February 10, 2026, unless otherwise

stated. That completes my initial announcements. Thank you so much. Would you please call item

Item number one.

Item number one is an ordinance submitting the Administrative Code to expand the boundaries

of the Castro, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Cultural Districts to include the

DuBose Triangle neighborhood and affirming the Planning Department's determination under

the California Environmental Quality Act.

Thank you so much.

Supervisor Meadowman.

Thank you, Chair Walton.

This ordinance is fairly simple.

It would expand the boundaries, as the clerk indicated, of the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District

to include DuBose Triangle.

DuBose Triangle is adjacent to Castro

in both proximity and history.

After the 1969 Summer of Love,

LGBTQ folks began moving from the hate

to the Castro and Eureka Valley.

Queer people transformed the rundown Victorians

and the Triangle and developed a community

that continues to this day.

Before Harvey Milk set up his camera store

on Castro Street in 1972, he lived at 24 Henry Street

in DuBose Triangle. The first lesbian biker bar, Scott's Pit, was located at 10 Sanchez Street from

1970-1984 and many other LGBTQ businesses have been located in the neighborhood over those years.

Including DuBose Triangle in the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District would be an acknowledgement

of its rich shared history with the Castro. It is a change that has been sought by the Cultural

district and I see that we have the executive director Tina Aguirre here who

I assume will speak during public comment this legislation also has the

support of the neighborhood including the organized neighborhood association

the Dubose Triangle neighborhood association and so after we hear our

presentation from planning and public comment I'm hoping we can forward this

to the full board with positive recommendation Alex Westhoff is here from

planning to give a more detailed presentation and mr. chair if it's all

right with you I'll invite Alex to talk to us

perfect welcome

good afternoon supervisors Alex Westoff planning department staff the item

before you today is an ordinance to amend the Administrative Code, Chapter 107, to expand

the boundaries of the Castro, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer cultural

district and provide additional details regarding the cultural and historical significance of

the cultural district.

So, just a brief background.

The Castro LGBT cultural district is one of 10 cultural districts which are defined

in section 107 of the Administrative Code.

In 2024, they completed their Cultural, History, Housing,

and Economic Sustainability Strategies, or CHESS, report.

The cultural district boundaries are shown on this slide

and generally encompass Market Street to the north and west,

22nd Street to the south, and Noe Street to the east.

Specific areas along the north and south side of Market Streets

between Noe Street and Octavia Boulevard are also included.

Administrative Code Section 107B.1 includes a long list of findings regarding the historical

and cultural significance of the area.

These findings include events, people, businesses, institutions, and more of historical and current

importance to the LGBTQ community.

The Administrative Code Amendment before you would expand the boundaries to also include

the Dubose Triangle as shown on this slide.

The amended ordinance would also include new findings

to support the boundary expansion, including the following.

In the 2020 census, Dubose Triangle

had the largest concentration of LGBTQ residents

in the Greater Bay Area.

In the 1970s, when LGBTQ people were beginning

to move to the Castro, Dubose Triangle also

became a landing place for many members of the community.

After the Summer of Love in 1967,

gays and lesbians from the hate moved to Eureka Valley,

which included the DuBose Triangle at the time.

And as Supervisor Mandelman had provided a summary

of its historical association, I won't get into all

of the details, but as he noted, the neighborhood

has hosted a great number of both historic and current LGBTQ

businesses and other sorts of institutions.

The first lesbian biker bar, Harvey Milk

had resided there before he set up his camera shop in 1972.

an AIDS hospice in 1987, and a long list of other places

important to the LGBTQ community.

For these reasons, the planning department

recommends approval of the proposed ordinance.

And on November 19, 2025, the Historic Preservation

Commission passed a resolution supporting the expansion

of these boundaries.

The Castro LGBTQ Cultural District

also provided a letter of support for this expansion.

In summary, the staff and advisory

Board of the Cultural District support this expansion,

as DuBose Triangle is home to many LGBTQ residents

and places, as well as cultural events.

They also maintain an ongoing relationship

with DuBose Triangle Neighborhood Association

and would like to continue advancing their mission

of preserving, sustaining, and promoting

the rich cultural legacy of the Castro

and its significance to San Francisco's LGBTQ community

and beyond.

So that's all I have, but I'm available to answer any questions.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

I don't see any questions or comments from colleagues, so we will go to public comment.

Members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time.

Each speaker will be allowed two minutes.

Good morning, Chair Walton and committee members.

My name is Tina Valentina Aguirre.

I'm with the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District.

Really happy to be here today.

And we strongly support the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District.

Strongly supports the expansion of this map.

Beyond what's already been shared, what I will contribute to this is that it's really important that queer and trans people are centered, remain centered in the Castro.

and that our presence is acknowledged in Du Bois Triangle.

For San Francisco, it's a little bit conservative for a neighborhood.

Sometimes lesbians, LGBTQ people of color, trans folks,

are not always welcome in Du Bois Triangle.

Part of my job with the cultural district is to ensure that us,

as underrepresented people, are centered,

where all gay people are accepted,

So I want to acknowledge Frank Tazidi's previous president of DTNA who worked to make this happen.

And I want to acknowledge that it was a little bit of a struggle for him to get his board and some of the residents, the members of this group, to become a part of the cultural district and also to center queerness.

And I don't mean gay white men when I say queer.

I mean queer that privileges racial equity, gender equity, and class queer equity.

Because of all these reasons, I'm really happy to be here to support it.

Of course, the gay white male community and lesbians, white lesbians who are part of DTNA

are a vital part of the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District.

And I encourage you to move this forward.

Thank you very much.

Hello, supervisors.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

Thank you, Tina Aguirre of the Cultural District.

My name is M. Rocket.

I go by Rocket.

I also sit on the board of the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District.

And I strongly support this measure because the cultural districts give us a container

to be able to address the issues that are important to the neighbors and the surrounding areas.

And giving us this place, this container of the cultural district,

and bringing in the DuBose Triangle just expands our access and the people's access to us.

So this will be a great addition, and thank you very much for your support.

Are there any additional speakers on this matter?

There are no additional speakers.

Thank you.

Seeing no additional speakers, public comment is now closed.

President Mandelman.

Thank you, Chair Walton.

I would like to thank folks who turned out and have been doing work on this district for a long, long time.

I know it's taken a while to get this through the Board of Supervisors.

and so with that and to Alex thank you for all of your work and with that I'd

like to move that we forward this to the full board with positive

recommendation thank you on the motion mr. clerk on that motion vice chair

Cheryl Cheryl I remember manelman I manelman I chair Walton I Walton I that

motion passes without objection thank you motion carries thank you all for

being here. Mr. Clerk, please call item number two. Item number two is a hearing to consider

appointing one member term ending April 27, 2026 to the Sunshine Owners Task Force. Thank you so

much, and I believe we have at least a couple of folks who are here represented. So what I will do

is call everyone up according to how they appear on today's agenda, and if they are here, they will

come tell us about themselves, why they want to serve. And we will start with Cynthia Dye,

if Cynthia Dye is here. I don't see Cynthia. Honest Charlie Brodkin. No, Honest Charlie Brodkin.

Joseph Sanghiardi. Please come up and tell us about yourself. And I apologize if I

mispronounce your last name. That is okay. Hi, everyone. My name is Josian Charari. I'm

district 8 resident. I go by he, him pronouns. I'm very excited for the

opportunity for to be considered for the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force for seat

10.

Let me pull up my remarks. I think I've spent probably most of my life advocating

for good government policy. I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and as a young gay kid

there. I got very involved in local politics and even at that young of an age

I saw the dysfunction in our city hall at the time that resulted in ballot

measure after ballot measure to invest in our city get declined by voters.

Meanwhile a city an hour and a half away, Oklahoma City, had high degree of

transparency in their laws and their voters continued to pass ballot measure

after ballot measure for tax increment financing and all sorts of things for a

good public works and it's been a tale of two cities in in that state moving to

San Francisco this was certainly the place where my husband and I this was

the shining city on the hill for us we grew up again like as gay kids in

Oklahoma seeing this as kind of the dream and when we finally decided to move

to San Francisco it really was a dream come true of course we got to San

Francisco and I think as all of us who love San Francisco know there is quite a

bit of dysfunction which also resulted in me starting to get involved in the

process of trying to make our city government better I believe that

government is a tool for good that it can be used as a tool for good to advance

the lives of people that it represents but the only way that it can do that is

when the government has a high degree of confidence from its voters.

I think that institutions like the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force can be used

as that tool to build confidence and ensure that there's government accountability

so voters continue to support the initiatives, whether it be ballot measures,

whether it be other like charter reforms.

It's institutions like these that can make that happen and ensure

that taxpayer dollars are being used in a respectful and responsible way.

for the people that you all seek to represent.

So I would greatly appreciate your support for my nomination,

and I'm happy to take any questions.

Thank you so much. I don't see any questions.

Is Kartik Zatapan here?

No. All right.

Seeing no questions or comments from colleagues,

we will go to public comment on item number two.

Thank you. Thank you.

Yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time.

Each speaker will be allowed two minutes.

Are there any speakers on this matter?

There are no speakers on this matter.

Thank you.

Seeing no speakers, public comment is now closed.

President Mendelman.

Thank you, Chair Walton.

Thank you, Joe Sandgerardi, for being willing to step forward into this role.

It's a lot of hours and a lot of work,

and I'm happy whenever we can find folks who are willing to take it on.

And it is really quite important, though,

because depending on how the members of this task force see their job,

our Sunshine Ordinance can be a useful tool for the public to know what's going on

or it can become a weapon in the hands of people who are interested

in harassing elected or appointed or just regular old folks doing the work of city government.

And so there's a real balance to be struck there.

From my conversations with Mr. Sandrodi, I think he understands that.

Again, I'm glad he's willing to take this on.

And with that, I would move that we forward Joe Sandrodi for seat 10 to the full board

with positive recommendation.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk.

on that motion? Yes, on the motion to recommend to seat 10,

Vice Chair Sherrill. Sherrill, aye. Member Mandelman.

Aye. Mandelman, aye. Chair Walton. Aye. Walton, aye. That motion

passes without objection. Thank you. Motion carries. Thank you

and congratulations. Mr. Clerk, please call item number three.

Item number three is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending

April 22, 2027 to the Our City, Our Home Oversight

committee. Thank you so much. And just like item number two, we will call names as they appear on

the agenda. And if you are here, please come up and take about two minutes to tell us about yourself

and why you would like to serve. First, we will call up Kezia V.S. Martinez. No Kezia Lashanti Woods.

Good morning.

Good morning to all the supervisors present on the panel.

I am a native of San Francisco with 14 years of property management experience,

and I currently serve as a general manager of a permanent supportive housing property.

In this role, I partner daily with DPH, SHSH, the Continuum of Care, SFHA, and MOHCD.

and the frontline providers including ECS, HOT Team, and LSS.

I have been intentional about expanding my training to better serve the city and its most vulnerable residents.

I'm a National Center for Housing Management Tax Credit Specialist

and a graduate of the Curious Supervisor Development Program and a certified community health worker.

As a property manager serving the tenderloin population,

I firmly believe that this is a boots-on-the-ground role.

Every situation is different. Every resident's story is unique.

And to be effective, we must be well-rounded and informed and able to genuinely connect.

This seat will allow me to provide real-time live data from the front lines,

insights that can strengthen the programs designed to support the unhoused and formerly unhoused population.

I am actively engaged in monthly community service.

And since the last time I stood before you at this podium, I was honored as a 100 successful women in business.

I am deeply passionate about this work.

I respectfully ask for the opportunity to serve, to continue learning, to be properly informed of the available resources,

and to help address the complex challenges facing the population while restoring dignity, stability, and hope.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you.

and Nancy

no Nancy

and seeing no questions or comments

from colleagues let's go to public

comment on this item yes members

of the public who wish to speak on the sign up

should line up to speak at this time each

speaker will be allowed two minutes are

there any speakers on this matter

there are no speakers

thank you seeing no speakers public

comment is now closed

President Mandelman

Thank you, Chair Walton.

And thank you for giving me a little bit of extra time to meet with the folks who were interested in serving on this body.

Ms. Woods has been here, has been trying really hard to get on this body.

And I slowed it down, you know, a month or two ago for that reason.

I did want to talk to the different applicants and understand kind of history and perspective.

And I feel like Ms. Woods will make a strong contribution to this body.

The body really matters.

Prop C is our I think our single largest source of funding for annual funding for programs related to addressing homelessness.

I think she has experience both in the San Francisco community, but also particularly around homelessness and permanent supportive housing that will allow her to be an important voice on that body.

So I, again, want to thank, always grateful to people who are willing to serve on these bodies going above and beyond your daily life.

And so with that, I would like to move to forward Lashanti Woods to the full board with positive recommendation for seat four on the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee.

Thank you, President Mandelman.

And I would just say that I know that Lashanti has been wanting to serve for a while.

And I appreciate anyone who wants to serve our city, particularly in roles that are this important.

obviously the work of this committee is really going to affect people's lives

tremendously and of course our goal to eradicate homelessness and get people

off the street into housing as is very key so I appreciate anyone who wants to

step up and try to tackle that hard task and participate in the work Mr. Clerk on

that motion yes I'm a motion to recommend to seat four by sir Cheryl Cheryl I

Member Mandelman.

Aye.

Mandelman, aye.

Chair Walton.

Aye.

Walton, aye.

That motion passes without objection.

Thank you.

Motion carries.

Congratulations.

Mr. Clerk, do we have any more items?

That completes our agenda for today.

Thank you, everyone.

Have an amazing Black History Month.

See you soon.

We are adjourned.

Thank you.