chair melgar, i think i'll kind of leave it at that for my questions for now. >> chair melgar: okay. thank you so much, supervisor mar. supervisor preston or supervisor peskin, do you have any questions? >> supervisor preston: i do, chair melgar. supervisor mar, thank you so much for your presentation on this and your health care workers report. i will admit to a little bit of frustration at the lack of media interest in your work and that planning is working on this report. it is a very strange upside down media landscape when a quick google search reveals 19 separate articles on a housing project on stevenson street while zero addresses the issues that we are addressing today. but that said, i do have a couple of questions about the report that was presented, and through the chair, thank you for your work on this. i was curious why all the various income levels, 120 and up, are put in that one category -- well, let's just start on that. i'm curious why it's reported in that way. >> it was: admin code asked us to report by the four rhna categories, and that's what we did, and everyt

thank you, chair melgar. >> chair melgar: thank you, supervisor preston. well, we should go to public comment on this item if there's no more speakers. madam clerk, can we go to public comment? >> clerk: madam chair, d.t. is checking to see how many callers we have in the queue. for those already on hold, wait until you hear a system prompt that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. we have ten listeners and six in queue. kalina, if you could unmute the first caller, please. >> hi. this is [indiscernible], and i'm the executive director of jobs for justice in san francisco. we have been looking forward to this report. i appreciate the supervisors and their offices for making this happen. i just wanted to, in thinking about this report, it's so essential. i think there's a lot of misinformation about oh, there's not enough housing when the question is there's not enough question for low wage workers and very low wage workers. a little while ago, we were looking for workers for the today show about commuters. we just asked a couple of our me

chair melgar, i think i'll kind of leave it at that for my questions for now. >> chair melgar: okay. thank you so much, supervisor mar. supervisor preston or supervisor peskin, do you have any questions? >> supervisor preston: i do, chair melgar. supervisor mar, thank you so much for your presentation on this and your health care workers report. i will admit to a little bit of frustration at the lack of media interest in your work and that planning is working on this report. it is a very strange upside down media landscape when a quick google search reveals 19 separate articles on a housing project on stevenson street while zero addresses the issues that we are addressing today. but that said, i do have a couple of questions about the report that was presented, and through the chair, thank you for your work on this. i was curious why all the various income levels, 120 and up, are put in that one category -- well, let's just start on that. i'm curious why it's reported in that way. >> it was: admin code asked us to report by the four rhna categories, and that's what we did, and everyt

madam chair. >> supervisor melgar: thank you. for those joining us for public comment today, please note that we will be calling items 3 and 4 together later on in this meeting. please call item number 1. >> clerk: item number 1 is the hearing to discuss the state of sidewalk conditions and ongoing maintenance strategy to ensure variant accessibility for people with disability. members of the public wish to provide public comment call the number on the screen. that number is (415)655-0001. meeting i.d. today is 2492 843 1104 press pound issue pound again. the system will indicate that you have raised your hand and confirmation. >> supervisor melgar: thank you very much. today, we have this hearing on the state of the sidewalk. our city, you called this hearing at the request of a number of community members who were growing increasingly concerned with difficulty of navigating hazardous sidewalks, especially people who have limited mobility because of a disability or age. residents were feeling that the process of making official

thank you, chair melgar. >> supervisor melgar: with that, madam clerk, please go to public comment. >> we are checking for callers. press star 3 to be added the queue to speak. for those on hold continue to wait until the system indicates you are unmuted. we have 12 listeners with seven in the queue. first caller, please. >> greetings. don mcgrain. i would like to express how i wanted to live in the san francisco bay area. i was sworn in the marine corps. after the pandemic i lost housing. i lost security deposit on our house. we have a couch surf sleep anything the car. i turned to va for help. i didn't have much options. i had to resort to non-profit to get housed in mission inn which wasn't a great place for my family. if you were a veteran and maybe that would be a good place but not for young kids. through jenna at 401 third street on the va she came through after staying three months at the mission inn which was not appropriate we got down to some housing in men io park. we had to get out of san francisco to get housing. too much police activity and drugs and crime. we are waiti

yes, and melgar. thank you. and the rest please support. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai. seeing no one on the roster, we'll take this item same house, same call. without objection this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. madame clerk please call item 31. >> item 31 is a resolution to urge permittees of san francisco's bicycle share and powered scooter share programs to implement measures to advance rider compliance with the existing terms and conditions of the san francisco bicycle share and powered scooter share program requirements and to urge the san francisco municipal transportation agency and its board of directors to establish new permit terms and conditions for future perms that further serve the goal of ensuring the public health and safety of pedestrians, seniors and persons with disabilities. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this item same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. m

thank you chair melgar. >> chair melgar: thank you, supervisor preston. well we should go to public comment on this item if there's no more speakers. madam clerk, can we go to public comment? >> clerk: madam chair d.t. is checking to see how many callers we have in the queue. for those already on hold wait until you hear a system prompt that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. we have ten listeners and six in queue. kalina, if you could unmute the first caller, please. >> hi. this is [indiscernible] and i'm the executive director of jobs for justice in san francisco. we have been looking forward to this report. i appreciate the supervisors and their offices for making this happen. i just wanted to in thinking about this report it's so essential. i think there's a lot of misinformation about oh, there's not enough housing when the question is there's not enough question for low wage workers and very low wage workers. a little while ago, we were looking for workers for the today show about commuters. we just asked a couple of our member o

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you. i wanted to add my thank to your team, director mulligan, and your team. of course, i wanted to give a shout out to lin chow tin. very, very grateful for your team's efforts, mr. mulligan. this is a workforce that, you know, is a force to be reckoned with. i'm so proud of this city and to be a part of the work that you're doing now. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, director mulligan, and to your staff, who does tremendous work. this issue of wage theft is umm umm -- is coming up over and over again. i think it's really important to hit it from both angles. i just want to commend you and your staff. thank you, sonny, thank you, lee, for your hard work, and i know, supervisor peskin, you really appreciate everyone's diligence on this. thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai, and again, congratulations and thank you so much to your team, director mulligan, and i have to say, you are one of the most hu

>> supervisor melgar: yes. i appreciate all those answers and i would just make the plug for signage particularly in the places where we know a lot of folks are using these devices for the first time for fun to look at our beautiful city mainly in supervisor peskin's district, but also in district 6 along the embarcadero, that's where i see by far the more. and your data underscores that well, so maybe we can just pilot a couple signs, you know, for another ferry building, pier 29, just where we know lots of folks are starting or ending the trip so people can have some guidance as to what's allowed and what the rules are. >> okay. great. thank you. i made notes. so i'm not sure if there are other questions on scooter share or should we go to my colleague adrian on bike share now? >> supervisor peskin: before we go there, madam chair, just so that you know, colleagues, i didn't just call for this hearing. i've been talking as ms. torren said to the m.t.a. for quite some time and these initiatives that have been

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, president. i wasn't here last week when you all voted on this. as i have shared with supervisor safai, i have misgivings about this legislation. you know, i see what you're doing. you're duplicating the file, we're going to keep working on it and because i requested you were kind enough to include the requirement that they come back it us with policies and procedures, which i'm looking forward to seeing. and, you know, also keep the right to not approve them if, you know, i don't -- it doesn't do what i'm hoping it will do. so my misgivings are as follows. one, i think we're further privatizing something that, you know, folks should have an expectation of government to keep the safety. i think that in my district, which is a little bit farther out, district 7, what we have is security needs in the commercial corridors of small businesses and i don't think this addresses that. it's very expensive -- the program is expensive for the small guys. this doesn't quite do it. and most importantly, what

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, president. i wasn't here last week when you all voted on this. as i have shared with supervisor safai, i have misgivings about this legislation. you know, i see what you're doing. you're duplicating the file, we're going to keep working on it and because i requested you were kind enough to include the requirement that they come back it us with policies and procedures, which i'm looking forward to seeing. and, you know, also keep the right to not approve them if, you know, i don't -- it doesn't do what i'm hoping it will do. so my misgivings are as follows. one, i think we're further privatizing something that, you know, folks should have an expectation of government to keep the safety. i think that in my district, which is a little bit farther out, district 7, what we have is security needs in the commercial corridors of small businesses and i don't think this addresses that. it's very expensive -- the program is expensive for the small guys. this doesn't quite do it. and most importantly, what

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you. i wanted to add my thank to your team, director mulligan, and your team. of course, i wanted to give a shout out to lin chow tin. very, very grateful for your team's efforts, mr. mulligan. this is a workforce that, you know, is a force to be reckoned with. i'm so proud of this city and to be a part of the work that you're doing now. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, director mulligan, and to your staff, who does tremendous work. this issue of wage theft is umm umm -- is coming up over and over again. i think it's really important to hit it from both angles. i just want to commend you and your staff. thank you, sonny, thank you, lee, for your hard work, and i know, supervisor peskin, you really appreciate everyone's diligence on this. thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai, and again, congratulations and thank you so much to your team, director mulligan, and i have to say, you are one of the most hu

thank you, chair melgar. >> chair melgar: thank you, supervisor preston. well, we should go to public comment on this item if there's no more speakers. madam clerk, can we go to public comment? >> clerk: madam chair, d.t. is checking to see how many callers we have in the queue. for those already on hold, wait until you hear a system prompt that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. we have ten listeners and six in queue. kalina, if you could unmute the first caller, please. >> hi. this is [indiscernible], and i'm the executive director of jobs for justice in san francisco. we have been looking forward to this report. i appreciate the supervisors and their offices for making this happen. i just wanted to, in thinking about this report, it's so essential. i think there's a lot of misinformation about oh, there's not enough housing when the question is there's not enough question for low wage workers and very low wage workers. a little while ago, we were looking for workers for the today show about commuters. we just asked a couple of our me

supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you, madame clerk. so, first i wanted to express my deepest condolences to the lowe family and thank supervisor mandelman for that very thoughtful in memoriam. i really appreciate that. i also wanted to say thank you so much to amy who i've known actually longer than i've known supervisor ronen from our adventures in the affordable housing world. she is by far one of the most thoughtful and hard-working people in, you know, our area. and really gets in the weeds and is detail oriented and really has such a strong moral core and deep commitment to what we're trying to do. i'm so sorry to lose her as a coworker here and i know she'll do amazing things and good luck to in you in replacing her. today, i'm introducing a charter amendment to reform the building inspection commission and department. i am joined in this effort by supervisors peskin, ronen and mandelman. thank you so much for your input, your thoughts, your ideas and your co-sponsorship. i also want to thank the city attorney robb kapla and pier

>> supervisor melgar: yes. i appreciate all those answers and i would just make the plug for signage particularly in the places where we know a lot of folks are using these devices for the first time for fun to look at our beautiful city mainly in supervisor peskin's district, but also in district 6 along the embarcadero, that's where i see by far the more. and your data underscores that well, so maybe we can just pilot a couple signs, you know, for another ferry building, pier 29, just where we know lots of folks are starting or ending the trip so people can have some guidance as to what's allowed and what the rules are. >> okay. great. thank you. i made notes. so i'm not sure if there are other questions on scooter share or should we go to my colleague adrian on bike share now? >> supervisor peskin: before we go there, madam chair, just so that you know, colleagues, i didn't just call for this hearing. i've been talking as ms. torren said to the m.t.a. for quite some time and these initiatives that have been

supervisor melgar. >> thank you. i am looking forward to the continuing the hearing and hearing from folks in the central kitchen. the school district outsourced food production to a private company. no reason we outsource to the vocational school, the city college or any of the many community resources that we have that are producing fresh and culturally responsive food. just an idea. we could do things in a different way and leverage the assets of the community. my question was about what supervisor safai has touched on earlier which is opening up high school campuses. i know that that option is there. it is very expensive because partners using school district real estate on weekends have to pay and it costs quite a bit. that is a policy issue the school district has made and i am wondering if there is any way to revisit that policy for a community organization or teams or folks who are providing community resources for moving and getting the kids out and engaging in activities that are good. >> i would say that,

supervisor melgar. >> thank you. i am looking forward to the continuing the hearing and hearing from folks in the central kitchen. the school district outsourced food production to a private company. no reason we outsource to the vocational school, the city college or any of the many community resources that we have that are producing fresh and culturally responsive food. just an idea. we could do things in a different way and leverage the assets of the community. my question was about what supervisor safai has touched on earlier which is opening up high school campuses. i know that that option is there. it is very expensive because partners using school district real estate on weekends have to pay and it costs quite a bit. that is a policy issue the school district has made and i am wondering if there is any way to revisit that policy for a community organization or teams or folks who are providing community resources for moving and getting the kids out and engaging in activities that are good. >> i would say that,

i appreciate supervisor melgar's question about infrastructure. the best way to protect pedestrians is to provide safe infrastructure and address the reason people are riding on sidewalks in the first place. that's because the streets aren't safe. i just saw someone describe a scooter ride as i felt so naked riding among a sea of cars with no protective bike lane to protect me. people wouldn't be on the sidewalk in the first place if they weren't taking their life into their own hands scooting on the streets, we should fix that. i don't regularly see people riding scooters on sidewalks. give us safe streets and we'll use them. for example, sfmta's low stress network map shows a giant gaping hole. i will be honest, i will never come to d3 because the streets are so inhospitable. furthermore, i just did a quick map on the presentation, the city's permit fees and parking fines are now over $2.50 for every trip taken. promoting new forms of transportation is essential for the ambitious climate goals that this board has set and the cost to ride these s

thank you, chair melgar. >> supervisor melgar: with that, madam clerk, please go to public comment. >> we are checking for callers. press star 3 to be added the queue to speak. for those on hold continue to wait until the system indicates you are unmuted. we have 12 listeners with seven in the queue. first caller, please. >> greetings. don mcgrain. i would like to express how i wanted to live in the san francisco bay area. i was sworn in the marine corps. after the pandemic i lost housing. i lost security deposit on our house. we have a couch surf sleep anything the car. i turned to va for help. i didn't have much options. i had to resort to non-profit to get housed in mission inn which wasn't a great place for my family. if you were a veteran and maybe that would be a good place but not for young kids. through jenna at 401 third street on the va she came through after staying three months at the mission inn which was not appropriate we got down to some housing in men io park. we had to get out of san francisco to get housing. too much police activity and drugs and crime. we are waiti

supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, president walton. i wanted to start -- first, thanking you, maryellen. you have done just so much amazing work these last couple of years and have proven yourself to be a master coordinator of things and you do it with grace and a smile on your face despite, you know, getting so much and i just appreciate you and i'm grateful for you. thank you for our city. i also wanted to thank supervisor ronen for her relentlessness in putting together mental health sf. you know, very few people have devoted the time and mental space and heart that she has to this. so i thank you my dear colleagues for all of that just like your pursuit of what's right. and i also want to thank my colleague, supervisor haney for his work and having articulated these issues and the conversations that i have had over the last few days. you know, i appreciate your thoughtfulness and what's in your heart. you know, which i think is genuine and i appreciate that you have taken the time to talk to all of these different people and to be

supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, president walton. i wanted to start -- first, thanking you, maryellen. you have done just so much amazing work these last couple of years and have proven yourself to be a master coordinator of things and you do it with grace and a smile on your face despite, you know, getting so much and i just appreciate you and i'm grateful for you. thank you for our city. i also wanted to thank supervisor ronen for her relentlessness in putting together mental health sf. you know, very few people have devoted the time and mental space and heart that she has to this. so i thank you my dear colleagues for all of that just like your pursuit of what's right. and i also want to thank my colleague, supervisor haney for his work and having articulated these issues and the conversations that i have had over the last few days. you know, i appreciate your thoughtfulness and what's in your heart. you know, which i think is genuine and i appreciate that you have taken the time to talk to all of these different people and to be

supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: thank you so much, president walton. i wanted to start -- first, thanking you, maryellen. you have done just so much amazing work these last couple of years and have proven yourself to be a master coordinator of things and you do it with grace and a smile on your face despite, you know, getting so much and i just appreciate you and i'm grateful for you. thank you for our city. i also wanted to thank supervisor ronen for her relentlessness in putting together mental health sf. you know, very few people have devoted the time and mental space and heart that she has to this. so i thank you my dear colleagues for all of that just like your pursuit of what's right. and i also want to thank my colleague, supervisor haney for his work and having articulated these issues and the conversations that i have had over the last few days. you know, i appreciate your thoughtfulness and what's in your heart. you know, which i think is genuine and i appreciate that you have taken the time to talk to all of these different people and to be

thank you supervisor safai and supervisor melgar for being with us here today. and once i sign this legislation, i'm sending all my friends and family from the neighborhood to each and every one of you and i want you to hire them because i know as a result, your businesses are going to grow. you're going to continue to do work in the city and i know the city is not without its challenges. and i hope that you see how all of you working together, how we are able to accomplish so much more than working apart. so much compromise has been made to get us to this point and my hope is that this is the start of what can be transformative about this program so that it doesn't depend on who's the mayor, who's the supervisor? but we have a structure now in place to allow for consistent increases in the threshold to make it easier for someone to make it into the program and succeed in the program in the first place. so i'm really excited about the future of this. [ applause ] and the last thing i'll say before i turn it over to the president of the board of supervisors shama

. >> melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. thank you so much. do we have any other business before the committee today? >> that completes the business for today. >> thank you so much. we are adjourned. . >> chairman: good morning. this is the rules committee. i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor rafael mandelman and supervisor connie chan and our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk? >> clerk: the board recognizes that public access to city is service is essential in public participation in the following ways. public comment will be available on each item of the agenda on channel 26, 99 and sfgov is streaming the public call-in number across the screen. comments or opportunities to speak during public comment period via phone by calling (415) 655-0001. the meeting id is 24884868382 and then press pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions and be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star three to be added to the spe