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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee met on October 19, 2026, with Chair Supervisor Shimon Walton, Vice Chair Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, and President Rafael Mandelman present. The clerk was Victor Young. The committee reviewed six agenda items, including a property owner notification ordinance, appointments to city commissions, and a firearms procurement reform ordinance. All votes taken during the meeting were unanimous.
We have Gavilla down. We're live. Thank you. Good morning, welcome. Good morning and welcome to our October 19th Rules Committee meeting. I am your Chair, Supervisor Shimon Walton. I am joined by Vice Chair Supervisor Stephen Sherrow and President Rafael Mandelman. Our clerk today is Victor Young, and I want to thank Jamie Eshuberry with SFGov TV for making sure that this meeting is broadcast live and made available to 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 BICTOR.yo N G at SFgov.org. If you submit public comment via email, it would be included as part of the file. You may also send a written comments via U.S. mail to our office in City Hall 1, 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 October 27th. Unless otherwise stated. That completes my initial announcements. Thank you so much, Mr. Clerk. Please call item one. Item number one is ordinance amending the administrative code to establish a system administered by the Office of the Assessor Recorder to notify property owners of filing affecting their real property. Thank you so much. And I know we have Francis with Supervisor Chan's office here with us this morning. Thank you so much for being here. Good morning. Thank you, Chair Walton. Uh good morning, Vice Chair Sherrill and President Mandelman. Uh, Francis Shea here on behalf of Supervisor Connie Chan. Our office is sponsoring this file uh 26 uh 1014 on behalf of the Office of the Assessor Recorder. Um this legislation is necessary to comply with state requirements uh for a recorder notification program. Um this was required through Senate Bill 255, uh, which was sponsored by State Senator Kelly Ciardo, and it was intended to help homeowners and counties combat title fraud. Um it had broad by Potterson support and was signed into a law earlier this month. Uh for the remainder of the presentation, I would actually like to uh hand it over to Holly Lung from the Office of the Assessor Recorder to give more in-depth explanation about the proposed program, how it'll work, and its benefits. She can also answer any questions the committee members may have. Um we hope to have a positive recommendation, and since we only have until January 1st, 2027 to implement this program, we are asking for the committee to send this item as a committee report for the October 20th uh meeting. Thank you so much, Francis. Chair Walton, Supervisors, good morning. My name is Holly Lung. I'm from the Office of Assessor Recorder, and just to provide a quick update on the Senate Bill 255, which requires all California County recorders to implement a recorder notification program by January 1, 2027. The objective of the program is public notice and consumer awareness, ensuring that assees who are typically the property owners are informed when title documents are recorded against their property.