thank, chair haney. >> chair haney: thank you. i have a few questions, one of them was asked in part by supervisor mar around the timeline for this. is there this sense that we're going to miss the opportunity to purchase this building? is there, you know, an impending deadline? i mean i certainly have heard from some people in the neighborhood who have asked for more community engagement before we purchase it. why is that not something that we're doing? >> supervisor haney, i can answer part of that question i think. what made this property unique and desirable was the fact that it was a twin property that was contiguous and one of the two properties is vacant. as was hinted by the b.l.a., one of the potential uses may have legal challenges with it and having a vacant lot really was -- was desirable for that use so if there were any sort of legal entanglements one part of the programming might be affected, but the other one since it's a separate parcel, would not. so we could have one program that would basically insulate it that

thank, chair haney. >> chair haney: thank you. i have a few questions, one of them was asked in part by supervisor mar around the timeline for this. is there this sense that we're going to miss the opportunity to purchase this building? is there, you know, an impending deadline? i mean, i certainly have heard from some people in the neighborhood who have asked for more community engagement before we purchase it. why is that not something that we're doing? >> supervisor haney, i can answer part of that question, i think. what made this property unique and desirable was the fact that it was a twin property that was contiguous and one of the two properties is vacant. as was hinted by the b.l.a., one of the potential uses may have legal challenges with it and having a vacant lot really was -- was desirable for that use, so if there were any sort of legal entanglements, one part of the programming might be affected, but the other one, since it's a separate parcel, would not. so we could have one program that would basically insulate it

thank, chair haney. >> chair haney: thank you. i have a few questions, one of them was asked in part by supervisor mar around the timeline for this. is there this sense that we're going to miss the opportunity to purchase this building? is there, you know, an impending deadline? i mean, i certainly have heard from some people in the neighborhood who have asked for more community engagement before we purchase it. why is that not something that we're doing? >> supervisor haney, i can answer part of that question, i think. what made this property unique and desirable was the fact that it was a twin property that was contiguous and one of the two properties is vacant. as was hinted by the b.l.a., one of the potential uses may have legal challenges with it and having a vacant lot really was -- was desirable for that use, so if there were any sort of legal entanglements, one part of the programming might be affected, but the other one, since it's a separate parcel, would not. so we could have one program that would basically insulate it

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton. i'm going to come back after, if it's okay. i know supervisor chan was cutoff, and she wanted to jump back in before i made my comments. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor haney. >> supervisor chan: yes. thank you, supervisor safai and president walton. i am sitting in my house, and the power just went out. thank you, supervisor haney, for allowing me to jump back in. colleagues, the last part that i wanted to mention was our colleague, supervisor peskin, that his district includes part of the tenderloin, and i know he's introducing another motion to decide if we want to continue this conversation when we return on january 4, so i'll be supporting his motion on january 4, too, just so we can continue to hold people accountable, and i want to make it clear where i stand on my vote, that although i have clear concerns, that i will leave the decision to supervisor haney. he lives in the tenderloin, in the heart of the tenderloin, and he has to answer to the residents of the tende

thank you. >> supervisor haney: what exactly is being rescinded? >> president walton: what are revoting on? >> supervisor haney: yeah. >> clerk: the next vote is on the motion to rescind that last vote. i have supervisor ronen was the first and who was the second, mr. president? >> president walton: do we have a second? supervisor mandelman. >> clerk: on the motion to rescind, supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. motion to rescind carries unanimously. now, madame clerk, on the motion to continue the $3.7 million to january meeting? >> clerk: on the motion to continue $3.25 million to the first meeting in january, which is january 4th, supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: madame clerk, supervisor president walton,

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton and colleagues. this is a critically important acquisition that we're going to make that is going to provide to meet -- that will help to meet the needs of our community as it relates to behavioral health. there is one amendment that i would like to make which is non- substantive. the amendment states that the board is not authorizing any specific use of this property or committing to a specific project and that further environmental review will be required for such discretionary acts. in this instance, the city is seizing the opportunity to acquire the property, but is still exploring all potential uses for the site and has not committed to a specific use or project on the site. it's important for the purposes both of clarifying our intentions here and also for the conversation that we had in committee around further partnership with the community and with the neighborhood to ensure that the health and safety of those who are receiving care at this facility, as well as the broader neighborhood is pr

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton and colleagues. this is a critically important acquisition that we're going to make that is going to provide to meet -- that will help to meet the needs of our community as it relates to behavioral health. there is one amendment that i would like to make which is non- substantive. the amendment states that the board is not authorizing any specific use of this property or committing to a specific project and that further environmental review will be required for such discretionary acts. in this instance, the city is seizing the opportunity to acquire the property, but is still exploring all potential uses for the site and has not committed to a specific use or project on the site. it's important for the purposes both of clarifying our intentions here and also for the conversation that we had in committee around further partnership with the community and with the neighborhood to ensure that the health and safety of those who are receiving care at this facility, as well as the broader neighborhood is pr

chair, that concludes our business. >> chair haney: great. meeting's adjourned. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> so i grew up in cambridge, massachusetts and i was very fortunate to meet my future wife, now my wife while we were both attending graduate school at m.i.t., studying urban planning. so this is her hometown. so, we fell in love and moved to her city. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> i was introduced to this part of town while working on a campaign for gavin, who is running for mayor. i was one of the organizers out here and i met the people and i fell in love with them in the neighborhood. so it also was a place in the city that at the time that i could afford to buy a home and i wanted to own my own home. this is where we laid down our roots like many people in this neighborhood and we started our family and this is where we are going to be. i mean we are the part of san francisco. it's the two neighborhoods with the most children under the age of 18. everybody likes to talk about how san francisco is not family-friendly, there are not a lot

. >> hi, chair haney. i have no new updates as it was amended last week. >> chairman: great and is there any b.l.a. comments on this? >> chair haney, we don't have any comments on this legislation right now. >> chairman: great. thank you. can we open this up for public comment. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. members of the public who wish to comment on this item, please press star three to be added to the line to speak. mr. atkins, please let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment. >> mr. clerk, there no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> chairman: i want to make a motion to move item number one to the full board with a above recommendation. can we have a roll call, please. >> clerk: [roll call] we have two ayes. we have member mar absent. >> chairman: great. thank you. yes, we'll go to the full board with a positive recommendation. can you please call item number two. >> clerk: yes. item number two is a resolution retroactively authorizing public works to accept and extend the $1.9 mil

>> chair haney: to some degree. i mean, i will say it feels like a somewhat unusual situation because we are buying a property. we are broadcasting, it seems, what it is likely to be used for, but we're not yet committed to that and we're not doing any significant engagement with the neighborhood before the purchase of the property. is -- i mean, what are we -- i know that one of the potential uses for it is uncertain still because of legal questions. can you describe in more detail what the likely use is? i think that crisis diversion unit is not something that i think most people have any idea what that means. what exactly is the use of this that we're planning for aside from the other potential use that still hasn't been determined? >> both these programs are a great enhancement to our -- our health system and our system of care, both on a harm reduction side and a crisis side to prevent people from having to go or use emergency services unnecessarily. so the crisis unit is -- there is a -- it's similar to what w

. >> hi, chair haney. i have no new updates as it was amended last week. >> chairman: great and is there any b.l.a. comments on this? >> chair haney, we don't have any comments on this legislation right now. >> chairman: great. thank you. can we open this up for public comment. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. members of the public who wish to comment on this item, please press star three to be added to the line to speak. mr. atkins, please let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment. >> mr. clerk, there no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> chairman: i want to make a motion to move item number one to the full board with a above recommendation. can we have a roll call, please. >> clerk: [roll call] we have two ayes. we have member mar absent. >> chairman: great. thank you. yes, we'll go to the full board with a positive recommendation. can you please call item number two. >> clerk: yes. item number two is a resolution retroactively authorizing public works to accept and extend the $1.9 mil

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton. i'm going to come back after, if it's okay. i know supervisor chan was cutoff, and she wanted to jump back in before i made my comments. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor haney. >> supervisor chan: yes. thank you, supervisor safai and president walton. i am sitting in my house, and the power just went out. thank you, supervisor haney, for allowing me to jump back in. colleagues, the last part that i wanted to mention was our colleague, supervisor peskin, that his district includes part of the tenderloin, and i know he's introducing another motion to decide if we want to continue this conversation when we return on january 4, so i'll be supporting his motion on january 4, too, just so we can continue to hold people accountable, and i want to make it clear where i stand on my vote, that although i have clear concerns, that i will leave the decision to supervisor haney. he lives in the tenderloin, in the heart of the tenderloin, and he has to answer to the residents of the tende

thank you, i'm looking forward to hearing from supervisor haney. >> before you speak supervisor haney, this obviously we can have a hearing on this process, we can have a hearing and conversations at budget committees and budge proteasome budgetappropriations, but theree things we can do as a board to address your concerns and vet it in a more thorough way. supervisor haney. >> i think that's president walton's way of telling me to keep my comments brief so i will do that. i appreciate supervisor ronen, your partnership on this from the introduction and authorship of prop b to serving on the committee and i agree absolutely with the approach that you are taking that the goals of prop b and what the voters wanted us to achieve with this charter amendment, i think they're clear. they want a clean and healthy streets and sidewalks and they want effective accountability and oversight over a department that has clearly lacked it. this is a department that we all know very well and the voters and residents know and it's not working right now. the residents -- our city doesn't believe it's w

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you. that's a good transition because last november, san franciscans overwhelmingly voted for a new department of streets and sanitation as well as to form a commission over this department and the department of public works, which is the largest department that does not have any commission level oversight. this commission will deliver much needed structural reforms, including oversight and transparency at the department of public works as well as a needed level of oversight and staffing to deliver clean and healthy streets and sidewalks. although i was the original sponsor of this measure, it had a lot of support on this board, so i want to thank those of you who initially supported it and those of you who are here now that support it, and though it had the support of a majority of this board, it is no longer a measure, it's a proposal put forward by the voters. with that in mind, i have been meeting with city administrator chiu, a broad spectrum of leaders from labor, including labors 26

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you. that's a good transition because last november, san franciscans overwhelmingly voted for a new department of streets and sanitation as well as to form a commission over this department and the department of public works, which is the largest department that does not have any commission level oversight. this commission will deliver much needed structural reforms, including oversight and transparency at the department of public works as well as a needed level of oversight and staffing to deliver clean and healthy streets and sidewalks. although i was the original sponsor of this measure, it had a lot of support on this board, so i want to thank those of you who initially supported it and those of you who are here now that support it, and though it had the support of a majority of this board, it is no longer a measure, it's a proposal put forward by the voters. with that in mind, i have been meeting with city administrator chiu, a broad spectrum of leaders from labor, including labors 26

. >> supervisor haney: thank you. thank you for that. i have a few questions about the linkages, and when we're talking about, of course, a link -- linkage site or a linkage center, you know, some of the questions, and i think that they're very fair questions and concerns, is linkages to what? are you going to be able to ensure that, for people who are brought to the center or who were referred -- and i want to talk about the role of community organizations in this. i don't want to grapple with people and take them to a site without having worked with them before. i don't think that's going to work. what's going to work is working with organizations that have already connected to people, and we're making streamlined access to those places in a really urgent and effective way. so are we making more placements available or are we just connecting people to placements more effectively or both -- >> both. >> supervisor haney: okay. >> both. so we are -- i think the first, we definitely want to be more effective with the placements we have. we

and i'd like to introduce supervisor matt haney of district 6 to say a few words. >> supervisor haney: i want to thank the mayor for her focus for her urgency and courage in today's announcement. the tenderloin is a community of residents who want and deserve safety, who want and deserve health and who want to survive. they need help. and this is a statement of the urgency that help is on the way. our city came together over the last few years and through everything we had to confront a deadly epidemic. and because of those actions of the people who are standing up here, we save lives. and we have to do that again. the overdose epidemic is taking the lives of nearly two people a day in our city. most of those people in the tenderloin are south of market and mostly fentanyl. and if we are going to stop the epidemic, if we are going to save lives. we are going to once again throw everything we have at it. we need resources. we need coordination. we need tracking and we need it now. we cannot wait to take action. every day that we wait, anything that is getting our way to move slower, ma

i know you have a lot of questions, chair haney. i might have further questions or comments afterwards. >> great. thank you to both of you for those comments. could i ask director mcspadden to come up first for a few questions. >> you know, we heard a theme of concern around some of the delays in getting money out including contracting and invoicing delays. is there a sense you have that those delays are happening? what is your plan to address those delays? is it is related to the new priorities or some questions and how we are approaching prop c? is this what you would view as normal? >> i think we have had a history of delays. i have said to you a few times when i came on i realized how under-resourced the department had been. we really have been staffing up over the months since the fiscal year started. we have an unprecise departmented number of staff to execute all of these contracts. it is also when you grow as fast as you have there is an on boarding process and it takes time to gel and have everybody understand their rolls.

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton. i'm going to come back after, if it's okay. i know supervisor chan was cutoff, and she wanted to jump back in before i made my comments. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor haney. >> supervisor chan: yes. thank you, supervisor safai and president walton. i am sitting in my house, and the power just went out. thank you, supervisor haney, for allowing me to jump back in. colleagues, the last part that i wanted to mention was our colleague, supervisor peskin, that his district includes part of the tenderloin, and i know he's introducing another motion to decide if we want to continue this conversation when we return on january 4, so i'll be supporting his motion on january 4, too, just so we can continue to hold people accountable, and i want to make it clear where i stand on my vote, that although i have clear concerns, that i will leave the decision to supervisor haney. he lives in the tenderloin, in the heart of the tenderloin, and he has to answer to the residents of the tende

and i'm glad that supervisor haney is supporting this. we have to try something new, and an emergency declaration is a start. let's be clear, what we said over and over again. the mayor and the san francisco police department currently have the authority to enforce drug laws prohibiting drawing use and dealings, and this proposal does not allow them to do this. the proposal will allow the city to leverage existing resources for the tenderloin. it will quickly create centers where those suffering from addiction can receive mental health and other human services. and i know this is going to be hard because it is very hard to catch that person in the fleeing moment when they've had enough of their disease, when they're willing to get help, but we need to have a place where it's there, and we can quickly get them into the services that they need. it will, and i'm hoping this disrupts the deadly open air drug market. it has to stop. the alternative of others that i've heard and everything i've read seems to be a combination of doing nothing, a

. >> commissioner haney: present. >> chair mandelman: present. >> commissioner mar: present. mr. chairman, i am present. >> clerk: haven't got there. melgar absent. >> vice chair peskin: present. >> commissioner preston: present. >> commissioner ronen: present. >> commissioner safai: present. >> commissioner stefani: present. >> commissioner walton: present. >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair mandelman: great, thank you, madame clerk. you have announcements. >> i would like to make an announcement about public comment. to make public comment on the item -- i'm sorry -- public comment is available for each item by calling 1-415-655-0001 and when accessed to press the access code 2492 822 2026 # #. once you join, you will be in the meeting as participant to make public comment on the item when it is called. press star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. the live operator will -- be allowed to speak. when your two minutes are up, the calls will be taken in the order received. the best practices is to speak clearly and turn down televisions or radios behind you. that concludes my an

colleagues, i know this item is familiar to you it is sponsored by supervisor haney and cosponsored by mysel in the wake of the most an reason of which was in the middle of october and it is i have a number of which that has made this morning circulated to you and we'll also speak to a couple of additional amendments that have yet to be prepared because of the thanksgiving holiday as to the amendments let me just speak to them publicly and you are in receipt of the first of these page three, i'd like to codify the exemption to quote attempt to influence for written and oral public comment. so that would mean that if a member of the public shows up to advocate for or against one way or another as to a piece of legislation, that would not make them an interested party for purposes of this behested payment legislation. as policy matter, we encourage members of the public to weigh in, so this exemption is designed to advance that principle. it actually is currently the interpretation by ethics, but this makes it abundantly clear. next, page three, line 17 through 18. i'd like to exempt fed

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you. that's a good transition because last november, san franciscans overwhelmingly voted for a new department of streets and sanitation as well as to form a commission over this department and the department of public works, which is the largest department that does not have any commission level oversight. this commission will deliver much needed structural reforms, including oversight and transparency at the department of public works as well as a needed level of oversight and staffing to deliver clean and healthy streets and sidewalks. although i was the original sponsor of this measure, it had a lot of support on this board, so i want to thank those of you who initially supported it and those of you who are here now that support it, and though it had the support of a majority of this board, it is no longer a measure, it's a proposal put forward by the voters. with that in mind, i have been meeting with city administrator chiu, a broad spectrum of leaders from labor, including labors 26

i'm supervisor gordon mar, the chair over the committee and i'm joined by members stefani and haney. clerk, any announcements? >> clerk: yes. the minutes will reflect that committee members participated remotely to the same extent as physically present. the board recognizes that access to city services is essential

. >> commissioner haney: present. >> chair mandelman: present. >> commissioner mar: present. mr. chairman, i am present. >> clerk: haven't got there. melgar absent. >> vice chair peskin: present. >> commissioner preston: present. >> commissioner ronen: present. >> commissioner safai: present. >> commissioner stefani: present. >> commissioner walton: present. >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair mandelman: great, thank you, madame clerk. you have announcements. >> i would like to make an announcement about public comment. to make public comment on the item -- i'm sorry -- public comment is available for each item by calling 1-415-655-0001 and when accessed to press the access code 2492 822 2026 # #. once you join, you will be in the meeting as participant to make public comment on the item when it is called. press star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. the live operator will -- be allowed to speak. when your two minutes are up, the calls will be taken in the order received. the best practices is to speak clearly and turn down televisions or radios behind you. that concludes my an

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: i do want to share my condolences with supervisor ronen and her family, and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor haney. and supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, madam clerk, and thank you to president walton for your introduction of the drafting request related to our airport. colleagues, today, i'm introducing a resolution urging congress to immediately pass h.r. 550202 without any future amendments. a few weeks ago, i met with safeway, who informed me that the market street safeway had the worst six month loss of inventory of any location in the history of the company. to better understand the issue and to try to understand the city's response, i convened a meeting with chief scott and d.a., and i was encouraged to see our police department leadership take the initiative in scheduling follow-up meetings with safeway's team to focus on safety trainings. i thank supervisor safai for introducing legislation to allow sheriffs to se

over half of that time and as supervisor haney said to me, this is very personal to me. this is not something that snuck up on a sober night but i think the conditions are what have pushed the situation to crisis. i remember my first week on the job walking down the street seeing an elderly woman passed out wearing a diaper with a needle in her leg and calling my mother and saying i have no idea where in the world i'd move to. this is crazy. i had never seen anything like that. that was 2000. that was the year of 2000. what i would tell you today is, i have never seen the conditions of the tenderloin like they are today. they are literally gangs of drug dealers that have taken over corners, completely. there are people using drugs openly every few feet in despair. and i've worked hand in hand with these many of the residents and families that live there. as a representative of the janitors union, a lot of the members live directly in that neighborhood. they're immigrants from china, yemen, south america, from all over the world and they are literally getting up and doing

supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton. i'm going to come back after, if it's okay. i know supervisor chan was cutoff, and she wanted to jump back in before i made my comments. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor haney. >> supervisor chan: yes. thank you, supervisor safai and president walton. i am sitting in my house, and the power just went out. thank you, supervisor haney, for allowing me to jump back in. colleagues, the last part that i wanted to mention was our colleague, supervisor peskin, that his district includes part of the tenderloin, and i know he's introducing another motion to decide if we want to continue this conversation when we return on january 4, so i'll be supporting his motion on january 4, too, just so we can continue to hold people accountable, and i want to make it clear where i stand on my vote, that although i have clear concerns, that i will leave the decision to supervisor haney. he lives in the tenderloin, in the heart of the tenderloin, and he has to answer to the residents of the tende

over half of that time and as supervisor haney said to me, this is very personal to me. this is not something that snuck up on a sober night but i think the conditions are what have pushed the situation to crisis. i remember my first week on the job walking down the street seeing an elderly woman passed out wearing a diaper with a needle in her leg and calling my mother and saying i have no idea where in the world i'd move to. this is crazy. i had never seen anything like that. that was 2000. that was the year of 2000. what i would tell you today is, i have never seen the conditions of the tenderloin like they are today. they are literally gangs of drug dealers that have taken over corners, completely. there are people using drugs openly every few feet in despair. and i've worked hand in hand with these many of the residents and families that live there. as a representative of the janitors union, a lot of the members live directly in that neighborhood. they're immigrants from china, yemen, south america, from all over the world and they are literally getting up and doing