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[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 10/07/2025 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, mister president. Supervisor Chan. Chan present. Supervisor Chen. Chen present. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey present. Supervisor Engadio? No. Engadio present. Supervisor Fielder? Fielder not present. Supervisor, Mahmoud? Present. Mahmoud present. Supervisor Melgar? Melgar present. Supervisor Sautter? Present. Sautter present. Supervisor Sheryl? Present. Cheryl present. And supervisor Walton? Present. Walton present. Mister president, you have a quorum.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance?

[Unidentified participant(s) (Pledge of Allegiance)]: I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: States Of America, and to the Republic for which the On behalf of the board, I would like to acknowledge the staff of SFgovTV. Today, that is especially Kalina Mendoza. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, do you have any communications?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, mister president. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors welcomes you all to attend this meeting in person here in the board's Legislative Chamber, 2nd Floor Of City Hall, Room 250. If you're unable to make it in person, you can always watch the proceedings on SFGOV TV channel 26 or view the livestream at www.sfgovtv.org. If you have public comment and you'd like to submit it, you can send an email to bos@sfgov.org or use the US Postal Service. Just address the envelope to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The number one, doctor Carlton, B Goodlip Place, City Hall, Room 244, San Francisco, California 94102. If you need to make a reasonable accommodation request under the Americans with Disability Act or to request language assistance, you can call the clerk's office at (415) 554-5184. Thank you, mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Let's go to approval of our meeting minutes.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: This would be for approval of the 09/02/2025 board meeting minutes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Right. Could I have a motion to approve? Moved by Melgar. Could I have a second? Seconded by Dorsey. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On the minutes as presented, supervisor Sauter? I. Sauter, I. Supervisor, Cheryl? I. Cheryl, I. Supervisor, Walton? Aye. Walton, I. Supervisor, Chan? Aye. Chan, I. Supervisor, Dorsey? Dorsey, I. Supervisor, Engadio? Aye. Engadio, I. Supervisor, Fielder? Fielder, aye. Supervisor, Mahmood? Mahmood, aye. Supervisor Mandelmann?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mandelmann, aye. And supervisor, Melgar? Melgar, aye. There are 11 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment as presented. Madam clerk, let's go to the consent agenda. Please call items one through four.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items one through four. These items are on consent and considered to be routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Please call the roll.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On items one through four, supervisor Sautter. Aye. Sautter, I. Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl, I. Supervisor Walton. Aye. Walton, I. Supervisor Chan. Aye. Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Engadio? Aye. Angadio, aye. Supervisor Fielder? Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahkwood? Mahkmaud, aye. Supervisor Mendelmann?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mendelmann, aye. And supervisor Melgar? Melgar, aye. There are 11 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Without objection, these ordinances are finally passed. Madam clerk, let's go to new business. Please call item five.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item five. This is a resolution that authorizes the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend an in kind grant from the Dogpatch And Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District valued at approximately 580,000 for the design and construction of the 22nd Street Trail Steps.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Let's take this item. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item six.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item six, resolution to retroactively approve the agreement between the city and county and the Unified School District for the Student Success Fund for a term of one year from 07/01/2025 through 06/30/2026 and for an amount of approximately 29,000,000.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And again, same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call item seven.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item seven, resolution to approve the first amendment to the Terminal 2 Retail Market and Harvey Milk terminal one specialty retail stores concession lease number 20Dash0156 between MRG San Francisco terminal two, LLC for the addition of three locations to the premises of the terminal two retail market for a twelve year term to commence on 10/01/2025 through 10/01/2037 with no adjustment to the minimum annual guarantee of 2,300,000.0.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item eight.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item eight, resolution to authorize the Department of Technology to approve the second amendment with AT and T doing business as AT and T Mobility to purchase public safety grade wireless communication services for first responders to extend the term by eighteen months from 10/21/2025 for a total term through June 30, excuse me, through 04/21/2027, and to increase the agreement amount by approximately 7,300,000.0 for a new total contract of 29,500,000.0.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call items nine and ten together.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items nine and ten are two resolutions that approve two contracts between the Office of Contract Administration. For item nine, excuse me, with Golden Gate Petroleum for the supply of diesel fuel for a total of 195,000,000. For item 10, this contract is with Pacific Coast Petroleum for the supply of gasoline fuel for a total not to exceed of 93,000,000. Both are for an initial term of five years to commence on 11/01/2025 through 10/31/2030 with the option to extend for up to an additional three years.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam clerk, please call item 11.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 11. This resolution retroactively authorizes the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to enter into a grant agreement amendment effective 07/01/2025 with the San Francisco health plan to continue to provide enhanced on-site services in permanent supportive housing and data integration under the housing and homelessness incentive program to amend the existing term of the grant agreement through 12/31/2025 with automatic one year term renewals effective January 1 of each year until the grant agreement is terminated by either party and to increase the grant amount by 2.8 by 2,820,000.00 for a new total of approximately 6,000,000.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call item 12.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 12, resolution to retroactively authorize the office of the district attorney to accept and expend an approximate $233,000 grant from the State of California Department of Industrial Relations for the workers' rights enforcement grant program to implement a wage theft enforcement program through 07/31/2026.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam Clerk, please call item 13.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 13, resolution to authorize the San Francisco Department of Public Health to submit applications to the California Department of Health Care Services under the bond behavioral health continuum infrastructure program round two unmet needs program pursuant to the behavioral health infrastructure bond act of 2024 for grants with terms not to exceed ten years with anticipated revenue to the city in excess of 25,000,000.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Supervisor Dorsey.

[Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)]: Thank you, president Mandelmann. I did, would welcome everybody's support for this. I wanted to wait for something that I was cosponsoring because I wanted to give a shout out and welcome the class from CivLab, how San Francisco government works, and express my thanks to Michael Adams for leading that effort. More than that, thank you all to everybody in attendance for your civic engagement and interest in our work. Welcome to San Francisco City Hall. And I appreciate, everybody's support for this important legislation before us

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: in item 13. Thank you, supervisor Dorsey. Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call item 14.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 14. This is an ordinance to amend the building and planning codes to comply with California government code section six six zero zero seven by postponing the collection of development impact fees for designated residential development projects to the date of first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first, and to affirm the CEQA determination and to make the appropriate findings.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Supervisor Walton.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Thank you, president Mandelmann. Just to the chair, what is the intended purpose of this?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Do we have a representative of DBI? Mister Hanna.

[Patrick Hannan (Department of Building Inspection)]: Good afternoon, board, member Walton. This is implementing Senate Bill nine thirty seven from last year. This is a state requirement. This is just conforming with state law.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: And so if we don't do this, what happens?

[Patrick Hannan (Department of Building Inspection)]: We would not be in conformance with state law. I mean, there isn't an enforcement mechanism specific to this, particular law that I'm aware of. But

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: You said there would be no enforcement?

[Patrick Hannan (Department of Building Inspection)]: I I'm not sure. I don't believe that there's a specific enforcement mechanism in this law. It it is a shall. We are required to do this. I'm not sure if the city attorney has other, ability to expand on that.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: So for clarity, if you could help me, deputy city attorney Ressy, We are going to waive developer fees, correct, on this?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Defer.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Defer. I'm sorry. Defer developer fees on this.

[Brad Russi (Deputy City Attorney)]: Hi. Good afternoon, supervisors. Deputy city attorney Brad Russsey. The this ordinance and the state bill that it implements, just delays the collection of the fees until the certificate of occupancy is issued rather than collecting them at the time the permit application is, the permit is granted.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Got it. Thank you. Thank you, president Middleman.

[Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2)]: Thank Thank you.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, supervisor Wald. I wasn't gonna talk about this item, but I saw it, and I also had a little, what is this? And, from my way back land you know, city attorney land use days, I was always under the impression it was pretty bad practice for localities to be deferring until the very, very end of the development process, the collection of of these fees that that made in some cases, not usually, generally it would be fine, but that there would be those cases where a developer might not wanna pay, and then they would then be aligned with people trying to move into their units. And so I was surprised that we were doing this, but, yes, I ran through this same exercise you've just done now. I did it about a half an hour ago, and and learned that, yes, this is a requirement of state law, which, I don't know what to say. Anyway, I guess I'm voting for it. You all can do whatever you like. Madam well, I guess, should we call do a roll call, or do we we or are we saying, oh, same call? What? I'll support it. Okay. Alright. So we'll take this item.

[Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9)]: Can we do a roll call?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Okay. We're gonna do a roll call on '14.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On item 14, supervisor Sautter. Aye. Sautter, aye. Supervisor Sheryl? Aye. Sheryl, aye. Supervisor Walton?

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Walton, aye. Supervisor Chan? Aye. Chan, aye. Supervisor Chen? Chen, aye. Supervisor Dorsey? Aye. Dorsey, aye. Supervisor Engadio? Aye. Angadio, aye. Supervisor Fielder? Fielder, no. Supervisor McMud? Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelmann? Aye. Mandelmann, aye. And supervisor Melgar?

[Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Melgar, aye. There are 10 ayes and one no, with supervisor Fielder voting no.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: The ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk, let's take the Sansom project matters together. Please call items 15 through eighteen and twenty five and twenty six under committee reports.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items 15 through eighteen and twenty five and twenty six are items pertaining to the five thirty Sansom project. Item 15 is an ordinance that amends the general plan to revise the urban design element, the downtown area plan, and the land use index to facilitate the project and Fire Station 13 development project and to adopt the appropriate findings. Item 16, this ordinance amends the planning code to create the 530 Sansa Mixed Use Tower And Fire Station special use District, known as the project, to include a conditional use review and approval process, allowing streamlined approval and exceptions from certain planning code requirements and the conditional rescission of an existing article 10 landmark designation of 447 Battery Street within the special use district to revise the zoning map to increase the maximum height for assessors, parcel block number 0206, lot numbers 013, 014, and 017 within the special use district, and to adopt the appropriate findings. Item 17, this ordinance approves a major encroachment permit for EQX Jackson SQ Hold Co, LLC to occupy portions of Merchant Street for the project between Sansom And Battery Streets, adjacent to 425 Washington Street, 439 through 445 Washington Street Washington Street, and 530 Sansom Street for the purpose of installing and maintaining decorative roadway and sidewalk paving, tabletop crosswalks, overhead string lighting, various pedestrian and bike oriented improvements, other nonstandard infrastructure, and new street trees, and to waive certain other requirements under the public works code and to adopt the appropriate findings. Item 18, this ordinance approves an amended and restated conditional property exchange agreement between the city and county and EQX Jackson SQ Holt Co, LLC for the exchange of 530 Sansom Street and 447 Battery Street and the construction of a new fire station on 447 Battery Street and adopts the appropriate findings. And items twenty five and twenty six were considered by the government audit and oversight committee at a special meeting on Monday, October 6, and were recommended as committee reports. Item 25, this ordinance approves a development agreement between the city and county and EXQ EXQ Jackson SQ Hold Co, LLC. For the development of the project at 425 Washington Street, 439 Through 445 Washington Street, 530 Sansom Street, and 447 Battery Street to approve certain impact fees and accept and appropriate in approximately an amount in approximately 4,300,000.0 for additional affordable housing payment, confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of the administrative, the planning, the public works, labor and employment, and health codes to ratify past actions and to authorize future actions and furtherance of the ordinance as defined here in and to adopt the appropriate findings. And item 26, this ordinance approves a hotel and fire station development incentive agreement between the city and county and e x q Jackson s q Holt Co, LLC for the five thirty Samsung mixed use tower and fire Station 13 development project to provide financial assistance of up to approximately 86,000,000 in net present value over 25 calculated twenty five years, calculated for measurement purposes only as a percentage of new transient occupancy taxes the city actually receives from occupancy of guest rooms in a proposed new hotel related to the development and operation of a project on certain real property known as the project and to adopt the appropriate findings.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Supervisor Chan.

[Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1)]: Thank you, president Mandolin. Well, first and foremost, colleagues, I I wanna express my support for this project. But it wasn't, it wasn't easy to arrive the conclusion that I have today. And I think that in the next few weeks, in the coming months, we will be having conversation that really gonna change the landscape of our city. That I thought that five thirty Samsung and four forty seven battery as a project, is a really good example, of how I think we could accomplish, developments in our city. And, in this case, while it's not a housing development project, it is a mixed use with hotels, office, and commercial on the Ground Floor. But in exchange, the city is getting something that I think is, invaluable. A brand new, fire station that is much needed, for the area and for the city as a whole. As you know, Fire Station 13 is one of the busiest fire stations in the nation. And it is good to know that we are able to, with the partnership through this partnership and through this project, we're gonna have a brand new fire station that's been a long time coming for that area. But at the same time that this project, as it has evolved today, it then now require a demolition of a four forty seven battery, a landmark building. Within it, there is a small business. And it does mean that with this project, this new business, small business will actually have to find a new location. You know, I think that, to an extent, that it will be somewhat unprecedented, now that, whatever category you can view it as a landmarking, space, it is now going to be demolished. It's, it's a balanced act. We I I think that that means it it's been vetted. There is public conversation. It went through historic preservation commission. It went through the planning commission. It went to the land use, and, in fact, also went to the our government audit oversight. In my opinion, that is actually a very good process. It may not be something that we all want. Some there are gonna be some calls to it. I do hope that with all these efforts and conversation that a small business, when the time comes, will find a new space, and that we will find ways to create some compromise to commemorate that space as a Coffee Roadhouse at 447 Battery, but at the same time, we will have a brand new fire station. And I think that these are worthwhile conversations, and it's a lot of hard work. It's a lot of hard work about city workers. It's a lot of hard work for elected officials and and in partnership with the developer and with our city departments. And I think that those conversations not only worthwhile, but it really creates a a space for that neighborhood, which is adjacent to Transamerica, Chinatown, and Downtown, and and Jackson Square Historic District. It all come together in this one space that is really worth everyone's effort. And I only wish that as we continue to think about the entire landscape of our city, that we continue to have that kind of attention and that love and care about not just this one space, when there's investments, but really to to recognize that all corners of our neighborhoods, if there's a small business and if there's a landmark, space that may end up required to be demolished or replaced because there's a new development coming in, that we could still have that kind of robust process and conversation. And that does not always mean that it will end ending the results of no, because today, I'm in support of it. But I I just wanna express my appreciation of the entire process, and that I come to this conclusion because I recognize that, you know, the changes here and those changes may require sacrifice, but then they are also outweigh the the changes outweighs the sacrifice that that we have to make. So I'm in support of that, and I'm grateful for everyone that involved, including our OEWD and our fire department, and also our former, colleague, board president Aaron Paskin, and also our now colleague supervisor, Danny Souder, you know, and our land use chair, you know, chair Malgar, and, of course, our GAO chair, chair Filder, for all putting in the work to make this work. So thank you, colleagues.

[Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3)]: Supervisor Sauter? Thank you, president. I think my colleague summed it up quite well. So I'll appreciate and acknowledge her remarks and just add a few things. It has been an extensive process. It has been an idea that my predecessor hatched almost a decade ago and that this body supported via resolution in November year. So I appreciate all the work that's gone into this. It is a project that I think a lot has been made about its impact on downtown, which is very important, but I'm also certainly excited about its impact on our neighborhoods. The fire station to serve a lot of District 3, the $7,000,000 in transit funding that'll come out of these impact fees, the affordable housing money, including $2,000,000 upfront for New Asia at 772 Pacific Avenue in Chinatown. So I think it has been a collaboration. There is, you know, there certainly is has been work to do, to make this right. There's been language added into the development agreement to, to direct funds, from the Downtown Park Fund to be prioritized for historic preservation in that area, in the downtown or Chinatown area. And there has been an ongoing effort and dialogue to support the small business owner as well. So all that said, I'm excited to support this and look forward to your support as well, colleagues. Thank you.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On items 15 through 18, items twenty five and twenty six, supervisor Sauter. Sauter, I. Supervisor Sheryl. I. Sheryl, I. Supervisor Walton. I. Walton, I. Supervisor Chan. I. Chan, I. Supervisor Chen. Chen, I. Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey, I. Supervisor, Engadio? Aye. Engadio, I. Supervisor, Fielder? Fielder, I. Supervisor, Mahmoud. Mahmoud, I. Supervisor, Mandelmann?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mandelmann, I. And supervisor, Melgar? Melgar, aye. There are 11 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Without objection, the ordinances are passed on first reading. Madam clerk, please call item 19.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 19, this is an ordinance to amend the building code to allow affordable housing projects and certain other projects to defer payment of certain administrative fees and to affirm the CEQA determination into well

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk, please call item 20.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 20. This is a resolution to urge the controller's city services auditor and the Department of Public Works to develop objective streetscapes, stairway, and landscape maintenance standards, and finding that well maintained streetscapes and landscapes assets are integral to support small businesses and economic development on commercial corridors.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call item 21.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 21, this is a resolution to accept the African American arts and cultural districts, cultural history, housing, and economic sustainability strategy report under administrative code section one zero seven point five.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please call item 22.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 22, this is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to add Protecting San Francisco, a nonprofit organization supporting San Francisco deputy sheriffs and their families to the list of organizations to which city officers and employees may make donations by payroll deduction?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Same house, same call. Without objection, the ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk, please call item 23.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Item 23, motion to appoint Sasha Bittner and Nicole Baughn to the in home supportive services public authority terms ending 03/01/2027.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And we will take that those two items or that item with two appointments. Same house, same call. Without objection, the motion is approved. We would go to committee reports at this time, except that we have already taken twenty five and twenty six, and 27, was not forwarded as a committee report. And so in less than a moment, we will go to our 02:30 special order, But it's still not 02:30. So we will enjoy this time together. And wow. When you when you're waiting for a minute to pass, it really can take quite a long time. Mister Tonksabout, how did you let this happen to me? Well, I blame you. Dorsey, your countdown still didn't work. Time has frozen.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: There we go.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Oh, thank God. Madam Clerk, could you please call our 02:30 special order?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Yes. This the special order at 02:30 is the recognition of commendations for meritorious service to the city and county of San Francisco.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And I believe we are starting with District 1, supervisor Chan.

[Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1)]: Thank you, president Mandelmann. Colleagues, today, I am so proud to be honoring someone that I really deem not only special, but, extraordinary. Mister Joseph Lang, Langinfeng, is the current publisher and editor in chief of Sentai Daily USA Western Edition. With more than thirty six years of experience in journalism, broadcasting, and media management, he has become one of the most influential Chinese language media figures and a trusted community leader in the Bay Area. Mr. Leung graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and migrated to United States and arrived in San Francisco, wow, on 10/08/1988, exactly thirty seven years ago. His career began in broadcasting as a humble news anchor in The United States before joining Sing Tao Daily, where he worked as a reporter and editor. In 2002, he was appointed editor in chief of the Western edition, an achievement recognized by then San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who proclaimed a Joseph Lange Day in his honor. In 2016, he was promoted to publisher and editor in chief overseeing the newspaper's editorial and business operation across the Western United States. Mr. Leung is also a radio and online program host for more than thirty years, whose audiences spread across The United States, Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong. His YouTube commentary channel has attracted more than 240,000 subscribers daily, making him one of the first social media influencers in the Chinese diaspora before the word influencer was even termed. Beyond his roles in the media, Mr. Lang has been deeply engaged in community development, public education, and cultural promotion. He has served as the board member of the Northern California Chinese Media Association, founding director and current president of the US China Culture Experience Consortium, and director of the Suh Hing Benevolent Association, one of the seven legacy Chinese heritage non profits in The United States. In 2020, during the COVID-nineteen outbreak, Mr. Lang spread headed a major fundraising campaign among overseas Chinese communities, raising nearly $500,000 for Red Cross to support families of frontline medical workers who have lost their lives in the fight against the pandemic. His leadership and achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Best Broadcast News Commentary Award from the United States Ethnic Media Services, California Black Media in 2023, Community Hero Award from Chinatown Community Development Center, and Best Feature Report and Best News Commentary Awards from the Northern California Chinese Media Association. Since 1990, he has been based and rooted in San Francisco, where he continues to play a vital role in media leadership, community service, and cultural preservation within and beyond the Chinese and Chinese American community. It just so happened that Joseph arrived in The United States on October 8, in 1988, and now we can commemorate and honor him for today and tomorrow. You know, so it is my pleasure that to be able to acknowledge him today and in celebration of his thirty seven years of amazing and legendary career. And if I may just add a personal note that Joseph not only has been a community leader, but for me, when I think about how to serve our community better, not just in San Francisco, but in Bay Area, and making impact, he is someone that I would go to, for advice. And frankly, he is very honest. He does not sugarcoat it. And I know that the reason why I would go to him for those advice is because he will only speak to me, not only with intellectual honesty, but in the best interest of our community. And to really think about how to make sure that we continue to advance the rights of Chinese American community and the Asian American community collectively together. At times, that he shows me the way about the politics around it, but then to how to shine a light of why, even though at times, it may be adversary, if it's the right thing to do, then it's the right time to do it. So thank you, and I realize, mister Lering, you should know, I have all my colleagues on on the, roster that president Mendelmann is gonna call on before we call on you to speak. So thank you.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you. Thank you, supervisor Chan. Yes. You have to wait because we have a lot of supervisors who wanna say nice things about you. Supervisor

[Chayanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11)]: Chen. Thank you, president Mendelmann. I just wanna thank, supervisor Chen for uplifting a very important voice of our community. Mister Laoane, thank you. Thank you for being an important pillar, for our generalisms and the excellent of journalism in San Francisco with your professional and your passion. You have dedicated to truthful and balanced reporting, amplifying our community voices, and capturing the heartbeats of our city and of our community. So thank you for that. And I also wanna thank also the work that you lead by your heart, of continue to building friendship and bridges to connect, the Chinese American culture, where our community here in the Bay Area and also aboard. This is really important to making sure that this is really truly making sure that our community continue to have a belonging, continue to make sure that we can be together stronger. And I also want to, sincerely appreciate you, not only for your outstanding leadership, but it's also your contribution to the community and also to the generalism. And I also would add a little bit of my own, personal experiences as well. I cannot dis you know, I cannot agree with supervisor Chen more that this you are the one that we all look up to for advices and also for how to best continually, community and build community. Thank you.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you. Supervisor Melgar.

[Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7)]: Thank you. Thank you, supervisor Chan, for this excellent commendation. I am also an immigrant to this country, somebody who learned English, not my native language. And I know how important it is to have thoughtful, intelligent people build relationships so that the community can get the information that it needs in a timely way. And I thank you so much for doing that, for the community, in the San Francisco Bay Area. And I also wanted to say that, you know, on top of all of the wonderful things that my colleagues have already stated and all of your accomplishments, I think that how you show up for the community is also because of your warmth as a human. I have to say, you and Sally I see over there are, so warm, and kind, and always there for the community. And that definitely is how you show up, in the professional work that you do, in addition to the intelligence, and, you know, technical acumen that you bring to it. So thank you so much for everything that you do. And I appreciate you. And thank you, Supervisor Chan, for this.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Supervisor Walton.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Thank you, President Madelmann. And thank you so much, Supervisor Chan, for honoring somebody so deserving. I just wanna say that, one, you are an inspiration to every young journalist. I would say not just in the Chinese community, but you are a powerhouse for Chinese voice. And most certainly, your entrepreneurship spirit and just the way you represent culture through voice is unmatched. And I just appreciate the fact that I've had the opportunity, obviously, to do my job and connect with your community through your publication. And one thing is for sure, and I 100% agree with supervisor Chan, you tell it like it is. 100%. You do not sugarcoat anything. And I thank you for that, because you hold us accountable, and you make sure that we do what we're supposed to do to be representative of our entire communities. So congratulations, and this honor is well deserved.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Supervisor Salter.

[Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3)]: Thank you. And, supervisor Chan, thank you for bringing this honoree in front of us. I think, mister Long, it's more important than ever with free speech and journalism under attack for you to be celebrated here today for your many, many years of contributions to our city. I have a admiration for Tsingtao. There's a lot of a lot of things that I find that you are the only outlet that's covering. I think you have really expansive coverage. And although I often has to have to use Google Translate when I'm on your website, I'm on your website a lot to, to see all the news that I might miss in the English media otherwise. So, you know, your coverage, again, is expansive. It gives voice to a lot of organizations and community leaders that wouldn't get that voice otherwise. And you're an important part of celebrating the work. So thank you for all that and all your contributions.

[Unidentified participant(s) (Pledge of Allegiance)]: Thank you.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Supervisor Dorsey.

[Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)]: Thank you, President Madelmann. Joseph, I have spent most of my career in different iterations working with journalists and I have seen journalism through its ups and its downs and through it all I have always rooted for journalism and the truth is right now we're seeing kind of a down And and there's things that I worry about in the future of journalism and, by extension, the future of our democracy. So I'm always rooting for news outlets like yours, and cheering you on, and I just appreciate your leadership. As many others have said, it's not just Chinese community journalism. This is this is Bay Area journalism, and often you're breaking and covering stories that other outlets are not. You're leading in ways that I think are incredibly important to our city and to our democracy. And I want to give you a special shout out for a great decision you made in marrying my favorite former colleague from the San Francisco Police Department and Sally.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thanks. Supervisor and Guardio. Before

[Joel Engardio (Supervisor, District 4)]: my job here, I worked as a journalist in San Francisco for many years. So I know firsthand how important it is to do local reporting, to speak the truth, and to give voice to communities, in every neighborhood and, throughout the city. And I know that more journalism is always better. So thank you for creating more journalism, in San Francisco.

[Unidentified participant(s) (Pledge of Allegiance)]: Thank you.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And before I turn this over to you to speak, Joseph Leung, I just want to echo my colleague's comments about you and your amazing wife. And thanks, Supervisor Chan, for, offering this well deserved honor. So with that, mister Leon.

[Joseph Leung (Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Sing Tao Daily USA Western Edition)]: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all the kind words. Thank you. Thank you. Honorable president Madeline, supervisor Connie Chan, and members of the board. Thank you. I want to especially thank supervisor Connie Chan for bringing forward this honor and thank all members of this board for recognizing me today. Thirty five years ago, I joined the Singdao Daily as a young reporter. My first assignment was city hall. I sat right there on the media bench, covering board meetings and running from one committee room to another. On my very first week, I went into the press room to pick up news release. A man came up to me and said, those are not for you. You can't take them. I told him I was a reporter from Singdao Daily. He said, never heard of it. That was the moment I realized how invisible the Chinese press was. From then on, I make it my mission to make sure that city hall knew that Xin Zhao is here, covering the news for the Chinese community. In 1994, when I became editor, Mayor Fran Jordan read one of my bilingual editorials, which was not exactly favorable to him, and yet he called and asked for an editorial visit to Singdao. That was the first time a city mayor visits Singdao. Since then, every mayor has come. Through my work, I have tried to connect the Chinese community to city hall, keeping people informed, protecting their rights, and showing that while we may not speak perfect English, but we are part of the San Francisco family. Even today as a publisher, editor in chief, and host of a radio show and a YouTube talk show, I still see myself as a reporter. I never left a seat at the reporter bench over there. With your acknowledgment today, I promise to keep working even harder to empower our community and to make sure our voice are heard. Finally, I want my colleagues from Chengdu to join us. Join me here. And my my report team come over. Because I want to say this, this honor is not just for me. It's belong to all local Chinese press, especially our Singdao reporters. And my general general manager is here, foreign CEO too. Those Chinese press are hardworking journalists who are often underpaid and underappreciated, but we make sure that our community have a voice. Thank you.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Next up, District 3, supervisor Sauter.

[Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3)]: Okay. Colleagues, today, I am pleased to recognize the San Francisco Bar Pilots. Bar Pilots, come on up, please. This year marks the a hundred and seventy fifth anniversary of the San Francisco Bar Pilots. Quite a legacy and quite a run. The Bar Pilots were established in 1850 by California's first legislature and have been protecting Northern California's waters since the days of the Gold Rush. District 3 has the privilege of being home to the Bar Pilots headquarters. Our office enjoyed a tour of the space earlier this year, and we admire not only the historical artifacts, but also the state of the art technology behind their work. For those of you who are not familiar with this organization, let me share a little bit more. The bar pilots are highly skilled ship captains who navigate commercial ships through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay waters to more than 200 docks in the region. They take ships as far as Stockton and Sacramento. They meet ships in the open ocean on rough seas, sometimes 11 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, which is a navigational hazard known as a sandbar, which is where the name Barpilot originated. To board these massive ships, some of which are longer than the Salesforce tower is tall, the Bar Pilot scale a 30 foot rope ladder, often in rough seas or limited visibility. They showed us one of those ladders on our tour and we all declined to try and climb it. Once aboard, the bar pilots take control of the vessel and direct the navigation to its final destination. The bar pilots are one of only a handful of pilot organizations nationally that conduct these dangerous open water boardings. Our bays, topography, strong currents, high traffic volumes, and temperamental weather make this one of the most challenging piloting posts in the entire country. They work twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, navigating 7,700 commercial ships a year, covering a 160 miles of routes. They assist in driving economic growth across the region by moving goods that generate $970,000,000 in state and local taxes. They also are active partners with our San Francisco community. For two decades every year, the Bar Pilots cohost a holiday open house with our fire department where the Bar Pilots donate over a 100 bikes to the fire department's toy holiday drive to benefit local kids. And last year, the Bar Pilots performed a life saving rescue when they spotted a capsized vessel miles out from Ocean Beach. So it is my honor to commend and congratulate you on a hundred and seventy five years of history and success. Thank you for your service to the Bay Area. And I know that we have president John Cartlier along with captain Anne and captain Zach, if any of you would like to say a few words. Thank you.

[Captain Anne (San Francisco Bar Pilots)]: Thank you very much, supervisor Sauter. And the whole board of supervisors, president Mandelmann, it's it's such an honor, for us to receive this commendation today. You know, we have been in business continuous in San Francisco since 1850, and informally since 1835. And I think that would make us the oldest, business continually operating in San Francisco. We are also the longest serving tenant of the Port Of San Francisco. Since, since there's been a waterfront, we have been there. We're very proud of our pilot station at Pier 9, in our relationship with the city and the Port Of San Francisco. And so we would just would really like to, to to thank you, for honoring us today. I just, will briefly introduce, Captain John Carlier, our president, and Captain Zach Kellerman, our, CFO. Both are active bar pilots, bringing the ships in and out every day. And they are both native San Franciscans, who I believe went to rival high schools. And, with that, I'm gonna just turn it over to captain Kellerman, just for some brief remarks.

[Captain Zach Kellerman (San Francisco Bar Pilots, CFO)]: Thank you, board. Appreciate the honor. It's it's it's really great. As someone who, grew up raised in in San Francisco, and, it's just a real honor to serve San Francisco and the state of California. And, we look forward as a group, as the San Francisco Bar Pilots, to continue to serve the city of San Francisco and the state of California and, keeping it safe. Thank you.

[Paul Gisto (Italian American Social Club of the Excelsior)]: District

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: eleven, supervisor Chen.

[Chayanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11)]: Thank you, president Mandelmann. Colleague, today, I am proud to honor Paul Gisto, a San Francisco native and longtime member and leader of the Italian American Social Club. May I have Paul to come up to the podium? Yes, please. Thank you, Paul. Paul has been a dedicated member of the Italian American Social Club in the Excelsior since 1971. He has served as the board president four times, and served on the board of of the director over seven times, helping to preserve a cherished place where members and neighbors consider to be a second home. Paul became a member following in his father's footsteps, who first became a member in 1950. Their family cherished the club as part of their own, participating and leading the community while working at his father's services at the center around the corner. Paul has worked in the Excelsior his whole entire life. Owned and operated Gistel Services for over seventy years in the Excelsior. He's known most of the merchants in the neighborhood, and has watched the ebb and the flow of small business on Mission Street. The Excelsior Italian American Social Club celebrated its ninetieth anniversary this year. The cup continues to bring members and neighbors together to celebrate Italian American history, culture, language, and honoring traditions, building friendships, and most importantly, keeping community spirits alive. With passion and leadership, Paul was once known as the former ma now we say the former mayor of the Mission Street, continues to uphold and strengthen the club's legacy, inspiring future generation in San Francisco and in the Excelsior to carry it forward. Paul, I know that you are our gem, our treasure in the Excelsior and in the Italian, community. So I wanna thank you, and thank you. Now it's your turn.

[Paul Gisto (Italian American Social Club of the Excelsior)]: My turn. Well, thank you, supervisor Chen. I'm only half Italian. My mother is English, Scottish, a little Irish in there, and Protestant besides. I wish there was more Irish in there, but I got the DNA results. It's very little Irish, but Irish have so much fun. And Italians and Irish always get along. But, my mother's family came to The United States before the revolutionary war, before 1776. And my Italian grandparents, my Italian grandparents came from Italy, so my father was first born here. And we're talking about Italians. We can talk about Italians, but we're all Americans, and we're talking about we're all Americans. We're all in here together. And but it's all it's all good. You know, if you only have one eighth Italian in you, you're Italian. Everybody wants to be Italian because they eat well, they drink well, and they have a lot of fun, and people wanna hang around Italians. I don't know what to tell you, all the restaurants. But we do have a good time. Our Italian American Social Club was formed in 1935. There was three groups of Italians who were meeting in their garages once a week, smoking Toscanellis, eating cheese, drinking wine, playing Piedro. And the three groups got together and they said, let's start our own club. So they united and they had Christmas parties. And at that time, the whole neighborhood was Italian practically. Few Irish, that's about it. And they, after a couple years, they say, let's buy a piece of property, and let's let's build a building here for the for the neighborhood. And they built a beautiful they mortgaged their homes. And I don't know if anybody's been out to the Italian American Club on Russia Avenue, of all things, Russia Avenue. We have a beautiful hall. Italians all moved out just about. I'm still there, though. But it's not about the Italians. It's about all of us. You know? We're all one in this world. I hate to see the fighting between the Republicans and the Democrats, how everybody hates each other almost. Not everybody. I don't hate anybody. But supervisor Chen, I just like to thank you very much. Thank you. It was wonderful wonderful. I'm just going off the cuff here. Just you know? I was I was in the marine corps, Catholic grammar school, public we moved to Westlake, Daly City, when I was a sophomore. So I went to Westmore High School, class of '66. Worked on My father took me to work when I was 11 years old every weekend, every summer, every Easter vacation, every Christmas. And I since I'm 77 now. I just closed the business six years ago. And I miss it. I miss the people. I don't miss crawling around in the fog and the rain and the wind under the car is getting greasy, but it wasn't bad. You know? But thank you very much.

[Chayanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11)]: Look forward for more fun and joy and celebrating

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Oh, yes.

[Chayanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11)]: For your with your second job as after retirement to continue to lead the social club.

[Unidentified member of the public (Project Mello/software architect)]: Thank you.

[Paul Gisto (Italian American Social Club of the Excelsior)]: Thank you very much. We have more than one. More people deserve this award. A lot more people deserve this award. Thank you very much.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. And last but not least, District 8, and I would love to invite Eva Chang

[Brad Russi (Deputy City Attorney)]: and her team to come on up.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Public Works. There we go. If you make the Guerrero medians look good, I wanna look at you. Alright. Today, I am presenting a special accommodation to the Department of Public Works team that has been working with neighbors to beautify and maintain the Guerrero Street medians. The story of those medians goes back to the days of my predecessor, then supervisor Bevan Dufty. Jillian Gillette, Fran Taylor, and other neighbors, partnered with Public Works to improve bike and pedestrian safety South of Cesar Chavez, and that included greening some of those medians and adding a bike lane. Now, gradually, as neighbors North of Cesar Chavez saw how good it looked, they began to agitate to green and beautify the cement medians on their blocks as well. And over the years, block by block, the medians have bloomed. Today, the partnership between Public Works and Guerrero Street, and neighborhood residents continues. Neighbor neighbors volunteer to weed, water, prune, mulch, and plant, and public works keeps them out of trouble, helps block off traffic lanes on weekends weekend mornings, provides mulch and plants, gardening expertise, direction, support, strength, to care for the plants and trees that, make those medians lovely. None of this would be possible without the amazing Eva Chang and, her folks, and that includes Robert McKinney, Rashida Saucier, D'Sheila Nikki Mixon, and George Lee. And if I left anybody out, I hope Eva will will name them. Eva and team, you're amazing. We are grateful to you. You're always really nice to me when I pop by and do almost almost no work or no work at all. And but I I wanted to thank you. And with that, Eva, the floor is yours.

[Eva Chang (San Francisco Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry)]: First, I want to thank president Mendelmann for the commendation. Thank you for recognizing our hard work, community partnerships, and beautification days at Goro Street Medians over the last two years. It really means a lot to us, and especially Rashida, to get this. So Robert, Rashida, Nikki, Jordan, and I have partnered with Street Park Stewards in order to plan, promote, and execute these gardening days and provide lane closure. And so, for those who don't know, Street Park Stewards are super dedicated volunteers who take care of their green spaces and recruit more volunteers for these gardening day events. So without Ned, Claire, Mary, Gideon, Coco, and Cathal, we wouldn't have such community support and merchant buy in. They couldn't make it today, unfortunately, but I still wanted to, like, thank them for inspiring their neighbors and really embodying the spirit of San Francisco. Our volunteers do their best year after year. You challenge us, you collaborate with us to make San Francisco clean, green, and beautiful. And next, I want to recognize my coworkers at the Bureau of Urban Forestry who have contributed to the overall transformation of Gore Street medians these last two years. So George couldn't make it today, but he's also another volunteer coordinator and project manager in my team. But here we go. The Bureau of Urban Forestry. Landscape. I wanna thank, Shu Feni, Johnny Silas, Perian Rushing, Felix Lopez, Shingo Kohara, Sabrina So to, Darren Murphy, Douglas Douglas Reed. Raise your hand. Yeah. And our tree maintenance crew. These are the folks who plant trees all over San Francisco. They're a small and mighty team that plant trees and water them. And if you've noticed, we've put in quite some trees these last few years, especially in the 3 100 block. So Amy Craven, Marquisha Law, Leo Torres, Lavonda Williams, Wesley Buen, Coe San Consejo, and Adeyemi Collins. I also wanna thank our arborists who grind stumps, Jason Therm, Nataneli Niu, Andre Harris, and finally, our tree inspectors. These are the folks who inspect the trees and do the paperwork for stump grinding and depict the new trees. So Allegra Mautner and Cathen Sullivan. And, of course, none of this would be possible with our amazing director, Carla, and senior management, Rachel, Jada, David Moore. Raise your hand, David. Woo hoo. He's behind me. Can the camera go to David, please? No? Okay. Maybe next time.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: They did it. They pulled back.

[Eva Chang (San Francisco Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry)]: Thank you,

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: cameraman. TV.

[Eva Chang (San Francisco Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry)]: So I wanna thank, our director, Carla, Rachel, Jada, David, my supervisor, Ramses. He's been amazing for the last five and a half years. And, of course, our government affairs manager, Ian. So, again, thank you all so much, and thank you, president Mandelmann, for recognizing our effort.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And the other, supervisor who neighbors, Guerrero Street also wants to, and actually is a neighbor of the medians, supervisor Fielder.

[Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9)]: Thanks, president Mandelmann. Thank you to the whole crew here. And, yes, as a neighbor on Guerrero, I really appreciate all of the work that your crew does to keep this median, which is highly trafficked by pedestrians, by cars, really beautiful for the border of District 8 and District 9. So I wanna thank you, all the volunteers that contribute, pretty much every single day to keeping this a really prideful space. Thank you so much. And thank you, president Antleman, for this.

[Brad Russi (Deputy City Attorney)]: Come here. Come over here. I wonder who I have.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Is George Lee around?

[Eva Chang (San Francisco Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry)]: No. He can make it.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Do I have, Rashida? I mean, that is you and Eva. You're on your own. We're going to flank you. So maybe you over there or me over here? Okay. Perfect. Alright. Public Works. Thanks, everybody. Okay. With that,

[Eva Chang (San Francisco Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry)]: I

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: oh, madam clerk, could you please call our 3PM special order?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Yes. The 3PM special order is item 24. This is a public hearing of the board of supervisors to convene a committee of the whole today for the members of the board to hear and receive updates on the progress and implementation status of the United States Department of Justice recommendations pertaining to reforms within the police department.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Supervisor Wong. Thank you

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: so much, president Mandelmann. Colleagues, as you know, we usually bring updates around this around every six months. We have had administrated administration changes with the police department, so we're gonna allow for more time to give them opportunity to prepare. So I wanna continue this item to November 18.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. There's a motion from supervisor Walton to continue this item to November 18. Is there a second? There's a second from supervisor Fielder. And before we take action on that motion, we need to take public comment. Madam but only on the continuance. This is not general public comment. Madam Clerk, could you please call for public comment on the continuance?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Right. If you would like to make comment right now, please step over to your right of the chamber just to take a public comment on the continuance as the president stated. Alright. Seeing no one taking us up on that offer.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. Public comment on the continuance is closed. And we have this motion before us to continue this hearing to the November. And we can we take that without objection, colleagues? Without objection, the hearing is continued to 11/18/2025. Madam clerk, let's go to roll call for introductions.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Supervisor Sauter, first up to introduce new business.

[Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today I have two items. I have a introduction and an in memoriam. First, I have a resolution to extend the operations of the Sky Star Ferris wheel in Fisherman's Wharf for another eighteen months with an additional option for an eighteen month extension after that. SkyStar Ferris Wheel has been a big success since November 2023, welcoming more than half a million riders, giving more reasons to come to the wharf, and delighting countless passengers with breathtaking views of the bay. It has become a part of our civic celebrations as well, being lit up in rainbow colors during pride and in violets in violet during the Valkyries playoff run. It is one of the many good things that are happening at The Wharf among new restaurant leases, a new entertainment zone at Pier 39, which was active this past weekend where we celebrated the forty seventh anniversary of the creation of Pier thirty nine. And then coming soon, a beautiful new public plaza, which is breaking ground on Taylor Street. I wanna thank the port, thank Skystar and Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District for their work and partnership on this. And, colleagues, if you have not been to the wharf recently, I suggest you do so and, of course, enjoy a, a ride on the Sky Star Ferris wheel. For my next item, I have, an in memoriam to introduce, and I want to take a moment to honor the life of Joe Betts, the beloved owner of San Francisco's House of Prime Rib. Joe passed away at the age of 86, recently leaving behind the legacy built on hospitality and generosity that touched thousands of lives. Born in Bavaria, Germany in 1939, Joe began working as a waiter at just 14 years old. His path took him across Europe and eventually to San Francisco in 1962 where he arrived with little more than determination and a big gift for making people feel at home. By the age of 28, he had purchased his first restaurant, Hoffman's Grill, and quickly became one of the youngest and most respected restaurateurs in the city. But it was in 1985 that Joe took over the House of of prime rib and began building what would become his life's work. He preserved the classic charm and elevated it into a beloved institution where families gathered, strangers became friends, and every meal felt like a special occasion. He was hands on every day, walking the dining room, checking the quality of food himself, treating every guest like they were walking into his own home. His commitment didn't stop at the restaurant door. For over thirty years, Joe and his family served Christmas Eve pride dinners to unhoused and low income San Franciscans through Glide Memorial Church. More than 75,000 holiday meals were given freely with the same care and quality served at his restaurant. That kind of generosity defined who Joe was. Even into his eighties, he could be found at the House of Prime Rib chatting with guests and staff, still perfecting the experience and taking care of customers. He once said, I'm not here because I have to be. I'm here because I love it. And we all felt that love. To the Betts family and the entire House of Prime Rib team, we extend our heartfelt condolences. Joe's legacy will live on through meals shared, kindness shown, and the community he helped build. Rest in peace, Joe. You are a titan of hospitality and truly one of a kind. And the rest I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Sauter. Supervisor Sherrill.

[Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2)]: Colleagues, today, I am introducing a hearing request to explore how we can apply our citywide objective design standards to fit into the individual context of our unique neighborhoods. Now, as we all know, the family zoning plan will be coming to the board soon, meaning that we will be adding, potentially, many more homes in the coming decades. With this plan in mind, it is imperative that we be forward thinking about the future of our building and urban design. San Francisco's urban landscape is the result of thoughtful orchestration of buildings, open space, streetscapes, and more. And as we prepare for the future, we must do so with San Francisco's unique design in mind. Throughout the year, I've sat with local architects, planners, and more to discuss this issue. And these conversations have made me confident that we can achieve our housing goals while promoting thoughtful architectural design. To do so, however, we need to be meticulous in creating neighborhood standards that are ministerial, objective, and do not add costs. This hearing will convene both the planning department and subject matter experts to the table to ensure the future of housing in San Francisco is inclusive, accessible, and ultimately, San Franciscan in design. Thank you, colleagues, and the rest I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Sherrill. Supervisor Walton.

[Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today, I have an in memoriam for Diana Muangvang Leolandos. A San Franciscan whose love, strength, and generosity left a mark on everyone she met. Diana was born here in San Francisco on 12/18/1984. She spent her earliest years in Taipei raised by her grandmother and aunt. Before returning to California at age six to be with her parents, she was the eldest of three siblings with her younger sister Linda and her younger brother David. Among them, she was the tenacious one, the reliable one, the guide in the bridge. She carried hardships so that others did not have to, and she embraced family in the deepest sense, weaving together relatives across oceans and cultures. Diana wasn't just a sister to her siblings. She met herself a big sister to friends, colleagues, and community members alike. Whatever she had, she shared freely, including wisdom, tough kindness, a listening ear, or simply her sense of humor. She encouraged those around her to live fully, to build families of origin, and families of choice, as she calls family, and to nurture themselves with love. She brought that same spirit to everything she did. A proud graduate of Lowell High School and Humboldt State University, Diana devoted herself to building and nurturing community. Her career in affordable housing was grounded in a deep commitment to treating residents with dignity and respect. Since 2016, she worked as a property manager at Chinatown Community Development Center, where she became not only a colleague, but also a mentor, guiding younger staff and uplifting uplifting residents with compassion and integrity. Diana was known for her remarkable work ethic, often balancing multiple jobs, such as babysitting and working at Four Star Seafood. All while giving her best to her family, her friends, and the community she loved. Her life was also marked by love. On 09/25/2023, Diana married Luis Landos, whom she met at CCDC here in City Hall. Together with Louis' daughter, Metzli, and her beloved fluffy companion, Lilac, they created a home filled with joy, adventure, and care. Not long after their wedding, Diana was diagnosed with cancer. A battle she faced with the same strength and determination that once helped her overcome leukemia earlier in her adult life. Despite her courage and resilience, Diana passed away peacefully on 09/30/2025 surrounded by family and friends. She will always be remembered as a source of guidance, strength, and joy, a big sister, and as someone who lifted others up through her work, her mentorship, her friendship, and her love. The rest, I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Walton. Supervisor Chan? Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Chan?

[Chayanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today I am introducing a BLA request to examine how the city is making good on its commitment to fund affordable housing. I'm asking the BLA to look into three things in particular. First, I'm asking them to analyze the impact and forecast created by the removal of impact fees and inclusionary requirements that have been used to support the development of affordable housing. As vice chair of the land use and transportation committee, I'm witnessed a pattern of decision making where we do away with the impact fees, inclusionary requirements, and other standards that aren't so critical to funding affordable housing. I have serious concerns that we aren't done a comprehensive and intentional analysis of the sum and consequences of this despair choices. Our city leadership claims that one of the fonda one of the foundations of our affordable housing strategy is to is the creation of BMR units. But our city policy choices don't reflect that. We have cut the impact fees and inclusionary requirements that lead to the production of BMR units. We don't have data immediately accessible that demonstrates all the ways we have cumulative cumulatively wrote back these requirements. And this is especially troubling given that the mayor's rezoning proposal relies on these tools and don't meaningfully exist anymore. Second, I'm asking the BLA to assess the efficacy of city's reliance on one time funds, all funds tied to the market conditions, versus other more consistent and sustainable revenue strategies. We have relied almost entirely on single use funds that never get replenished or renewed once used. We don't have a significant, consistent stream of investments at the scale necessary to make continual and meaningful progress on our affordable housing development. Despite there are many other revenue strategies that would allow us to do so. Lastly, I am requesting an analysis on the gaps of our affordable housing delivery system to meet the unique needs of our vulnerable communities and neighborhoods. Currently, we don't have a way to attach investment to adjust those significant gaps and failures in our system. For example, District 11. Currently, we have no affordable housing projects in the pipeline. That's by having the greatest dense density of multi generational working class family in the city. And we haven't done our part to create an affordable housing ladder that enables San Franciscan to move through affordable housing opportunities, both rental and ownership. Whether it's the whether it would be survivors of domestic violence and assault. To families in SRO transitioning to deeply affordable family sized housing. To the workforce housing needs of our teachers, public trans op public transit operators, and firefighters to retain a foothold in the city. I'm hopeful that this analysis will help steer us. We continue to have difficult conversation around, and how we can intentionally and effectively address the affordability and housing crisis in our city. And I want to thank my legislative aides, Charlie and Jackie, for this work. And thank you, and the rest I submit. Thank you, madam clerk.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Chen. Supervisor Dorsey?

[Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues last week, governor Gavin Newsom unexpectedly vetoed legislation to authorize state funding for drug free recovery supportive housing. This Board of Supervisors unanimously endorsed that state legislation, AB two fifty five, authored by San Francisco's own assembly member, Matt Haney. In the wake of the governor's disappointing veto, I am today introducing local legislation to halt city funding for new drug tolerant models of permanent supportive housing in San Francisco. This proposed legislation will instead mandate that all new city funded permanent supportive housing facilities be drug free. It will also require a formal survey of all permanent supportive housing residents citywide to measure their choices among three supportive housing models that would, from now on, be a drug tolerant model reflecting the Housing First standard as it is currently interpreted in California. A drug free model in which the use of illicit drugs on-site would be grounds for relocation and in which any eviction would adhere to well established standards from HUD, SAMHSA, and NAR, which is the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. And third, a recovery oriented model, which would include supportive services designed for those in recovery from substance and alcohol use disorders and that would also adhere to SAMHSA, HUD, and NARD standards. It will also commit, as a matter of city policy, to endeavor to meet residents' demand for each of those options as we expand our permanent supportive housing portfolio moving forward. This legislation will finally center the wishes of permanent supportive housing residents themselves as to what kind of drug policy they want to live in in the residential community where they call home. And it would move San Francisco past the tired shibboleths of drug decriminalization advocates and nonprofit operators who insist that California's Housing First implementation persist as the one size fits all, increasingly problematic, increasingly deadly, 100% drug tolerant experiment it was never intended to be. As far back as 2015, the Obama administration's HUD recognized drug free recovery housing as being consistent with the low barrier principles of Housing First. And here, I'm quoting, so long as entry into the program is based on the choice of the program participant and to support individuals and families on a particularly on a particular path to recovery from addiction, typically, abs emphasizing abstinence. Over the last several years as San Francisco has expanded its portfolio of permanent supportive housing, our exclusively drug tolerant model has been rightly blamed for wildly disproportionate rates of fatal overdoses, for chaotic and too often violent conditions in and outside of buildings, and for a wide range of drug driven public safety challenges. According to data from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, twenty six percent of drug overdose deaths in the last year occurred in permanent supportive housing. That's one in four ODs citywide a higher fatality rate than in shelters, in hospitals, in private homes, or even on the streets. Drug related behaviors and lawlessness also lead to hundreds of public nuisance complaints, including one facility alone in my district that generated no fewer than 654 emergency calls for police service in one year, averaging nearly two calls per day. It is time for San Francisco to finally start delivering on the drug free options that permanent supportive housing residents themselves have been asking for. And that's especially true of residents from the recovery community whose sobriety, and by extension, whose lives, have too often been endangered by ramp rampant drug use in housing with drug policies they would be wise to avoid. I want to express my gratitude to my co author, President Mandelmann, for his partnership and helpful guidance on this issue going back many months. Thanks as well to my early cosponsors, supervisors Cheryl, Sauter, and Mahmoud. I look forward to engaging with all my colleagues, with advocates, and with community members on this proposal as it moves through the legislative process, and the rest, I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Dorsey. Supervisor and Guardio?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Fielder? Submit. Thank you. Supervisor Mahmoud?

[Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5)]: Colleagues, today in the face of an unimaginable tragedy, I am introducing a resolution honoring the life and service of Joey Alexander and recognizing the vital role urban alchemy plays in our public safety network. Joey Alexander is a man who gave his heart to our communities through his work as an urban alchemy practitioner. A man who was taken too soon by senseless gun violence simply for being brave enough to serve our community. He was a beloved community ambassador, colleague, brother, and friend. Joey embodied the very best of our city's spirit, resilience, compassion, and was the embodiment of redemption. After spending twenty three years incarcerated, he left prison in late twenty twenty two determined to find his purpose. He believed deeply that people are capable of change, and he lived that belief every day through his work with urban alchemy, helping to make our public spaces safer, more welcoming, and more humane. Assigned to the main library post, Joey was the first face many families, children, and visitors saw, greeting them with a warm smile and a steady presence that made people feel safe simply by being near him. On September 26, while performing his duties and asking someone to stop using drugs outside the library, Joey was tragically shot. He passed away a few days later in the hospital at just 60 years old. His death is a profound loss to his family, his colleagues, and our city. Joey lived with humility, empathy, and an unwavering commitment to helping others choose a different path. As his colleague Ronald Carter shared, he was humble, respectful, and deeply kind. I feel grateful to have known him, to have had him to keep me on and others on track, and I'll be grateful for his memory. Mister Alexander was living proof that redemption is possible, that second chances matter, and that service to community can transform us. Urban Alchemy's mission is to transform trauma into healing by employing individuals with lived experience of incarceration, homelessness, and addiction. We pride ourselves in San Francisco and in this boardroom as a progressive city. There's no better representation of that than giving individuals a second lease on life. Individuals like Joiell Zander, who were formerly incarcerated, an opportunity to give back to our communities by serving in our city's most challenging conditions and transforming them by bringing safety, stability, and peace. They deescalate conflicts, reverse overdoses, and connect people to services, care, and housing. They're a compliment to our city's public safety ecosystem, supporting our law enforcement and first responders. Urban alchemy practitioners stand on the front lines of our most complex challenges, not with weapons or the authority to arrest, but with compassion, respect, and the power of human connection. Urban Alchemy's work reflects San Francisco's values, dignity, compassion, and the belief that every person deserves a path to rebuild their life. Joey's passing reminds us that those who stand on the front lines of compassion deserve protection, recognition, and support. Thank you to my early cosponsors, supervisor Dorsey, Engadio, Mandelmann, and Chen. As such, in honor of mister Alexander, I'd also like to adjourn our meeting in his memory. May Joey Alexander be remembered for his bravery, his kindness, and his unwavering service to San Francisco. May his memory serve as an inspiration to all of us to continue the work in a life of service. The rest, I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Mahmoud. Supervisor Mandelmann.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam clerk and colleagues. Today, I am introducing a resolution to recognize October 19 through October 25 as United Against Hate Week. United Against Hate Week emerged from a United Against Hate poster campaign in response to white supremacist rallies in Berkeley and San Francisco in 2017. United Against Hate Week has become an annual event aimed at promoting unity, understanding, and the rejection of hate and discrimination. This board has passed similar resolutions rec rec recognizing United Against Hate Week in 2019, 2023, and 2024. The week provides an opportunity for San Franciscans to join Californians across the state in standing against hate and bigotry and celebrating our shared commitment to inclusion and acceptance. I wanna thank the United Against Hate Week organizing committee led by Patrice O'Neil for their advocacy. And I also wanna thank community advocate and District 8 resident Susan Porter Beckstead for her efforts to build awareness of United Against Hate Week in San Francisco, specifically. I wanna thank my legislative aide, Anh for his work on this resolution, and I wanna thank supervisors Engadio, Chen, Cheryl, Walton, Dorsey, and Chan for cosponsoring. And the rest, I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, mister president. Supervisor Milgar.

[Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7)]: Thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today, I am introducing a resolution recognizing October 15 as pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day in San Francisco. This resolution acknowledges, the families and individuals in our city and across the world who have endured the involuntary loss of a pregnancy or infant. Losses that too often remain invisible, unspoken, and unsupported. Pregnancy and infant loss takes many forms. Mised miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic or molar pregnancy, chemical pregnancy. However it happens, the grief that follows is profound. Along with the emotional loss, pregnancy loss and stillbirth often have debilitating physical complications. Including infection, hemorrhage, fertility challenges. Yet many employers and insurers do not provide paid leave, mental health support, fertility benefits, or other resources to those experiencing this type of loss. Despite how common these experiences are, affecting roughly one in four pregnancies, many people grieve in silence. Isolated by stigma and by cultural expectations that pregnancies remain secret during the very months when loss is most likely to occur. This resolution breaks that silence and acknowledges that not only the pain of the loss, but also the hopes, the plans, the love that has gone unseen. Awareness is not only about healing. It's also about public health. When we talk about pregnancy loss openly, we create space for better care, stronger support systems, better public policy that meets people's real needs, starting with collecting basic data. This is about the kind of city we wanna be. One that acknowledges pains, values healing, and recognizes love in all its forms. On October 15, I invite all San Franciscans to take a moment to honor the short lives that were lost, but continue to be loved, valued, seen, and remember. The rest, I submit.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you, supervisor Malgar. Mister president, that concludes the introduction of new business.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. Let's go to public comment.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: At this time, the board will hear your public comment. If you line up on your right hand side of the chamber, you will be able to speak to the board meeting minutes as presented for September 2, items 30 through 38 on the adoption without committee reference calendar, or other items that, have not yet had their public comment fulfilled. We're setting the timer for two minutes. Welcome to our first speaker.

[Chris Ward Klein (Member of the public; U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant)]: Good afternoon, board of supervisors. For the record, my name is Chris Ward Klein, and I also go by Sergeant Klein of the United States Marine Corps. So as you are probably aware, this information will be coming out to every citizen in The United States. Public health, safety, and research surveillance systems, including one system with coding, is simply using voice and phone technology to influence actions, violence, and remotely tell people how to vote. This came out in 1979 and 1985. The violence has got to stop, and that's why it came out in 1979 and 1985. And interestingly enough, I received my ballot today. I opened it, and someone tried to use these systems to cyber stalk me to tell me how to vote. That cannot happen. We cannot allow those systems to be used that way. I wanna thank the members of the board to who spoke earlier today at the press conference about the violence in the Tenderloin and elsewhere. That equipment on the main library and the Asian Art Museum needs to be turned off unless there is a declared emergency. That is coming from the Commerce Department and the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice. So whoever is not turning that off, the Board of Supervisors, has equal authority to demand that that equipment is turned off. The Tenderloin, last month, three homicides, four additional shootings, two stabbings, one standoff. The main library shut down early to an emergency. It's only going to get worse until we hold people accountable for using this equipment outside their normal and allowable usage. And one request, if your teams are trying to cyber stalk me, do not. I'm being protected by the Marine Corps, and they will take necessary action to go after your equipment. So please do not get caught up in this, and do not try to cyber stalk me. Period. Thank you.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you for your comments. Let's hear from our next speaker.

[Unidentified member of the public (Project Mello/software architect)]: Board members of San Francisco and mayor of San Francisco, this title of the siege, it grows on me. On March 2024, I stood before a panel of grand jury and judges to present my case. My public declaration was intent to hand over a former president, Joe Biden, worldwide constitution. After eight minutes of statement, one of the judges asked, who sent you here? Call me in a nonchalant manner and reply to all the gumption pressed upon me, vice president Kamala Harris. With that, I walked over to the preordained earlier in the morning of manifestation. I shook the judge's hands. All in a day's work, I walked out of the courtroom with a cool firm stride. Success is an emotional state. It just grows on me. In 2016, after agreeing to work for NoPay and Konaware, I met architect of NES Gate, Martin Gromberg. How I got through experience a lifetime to pick up brains of what is to be my version of transport protocol called GTTP or generation two transport protocol, I just don't know how I pull it off. Was it luck? Or was it a server or business league? I wouldn't know. I just did not put much put onto it. I just let it grow on me. Today, I'm reclaiming what what is rightfully mine, a full fledged software architect employed by the city of San Francisco, and pressed upon me to several reference implementation of g t t t p to Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and the masses in the rest of the world. Today, for the power vested in me as a CEO of Project Mello, I tapped the Silicon top investor from my old pal, Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, Jessica Wu. She's a Silicon Valley top investor. Our task is to infuse money into my company, a nonprofit by name of Project Mello, into the hands of citizens in San Francisco for the office of Daniel Leary. I thank you for your time.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you for your comments. Can we hear from our next speaker, please?

[Richard S. D. Peterson (Member of the public)]: Good afternoon, Board of Supervisors and supervisor President Mandelman. My name is Richard S. D. Peterson. Several weeks ago, I came and talked about parcel taxes. I'm still studying parcel taxes and will bring a more thorough report to you the next time I meet. I haven't been able to be here for the last couple meetings. And the importance of parcel taxes to the homeowner are substantial. The importance of parcel taxes to downtown are important, but not substantial. I want to address this because the City of San Francisco does have databases, not only of parcels owned, but it has databases of of parcels defined by size and by homeowners, and whether they're occupied, whether they're not occupied. And a thorough examination of this database needs to be done to determine who's paying for what. And I don't want the West Side and actually the rest of the city who are homeowners, or at least have an interest in a home, which they may be actually renting out to live in another home, or they're still homeowners. So in any event, next week I'll try and get a more thorough report and want to do a shout out to, Mimi Haas. And sorry, you missed a great party. I guess your son didn't want you to attend.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Thank you for your comments. Before the next speaker, if there are any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment, please step over to your right hand side. Otherwise, this will be our last speaker. Alright. Welcome.

[Unidentified member of the public]: So the problem with these public comments is that it seems you don't know you what you are talking about. Why are you leaving the house? You should listen to what is being said. Okay. If the these guys look down, it's because they are pedophiles working at the at the very least for pedophiles. Okay. Let's a quick reminder. No matter who you are or where you come from, what you do is all that matters. So even if you come from another planet, we don't care. We don't want pedophiles anywhere in today's civilization, which is going very to the. If only it was just it were just pedophilia. You know where it leads to. Child trafficking, raping the kids, sacrifice by whatever sex. We don't care. It's out of the question. We accept this. We are 99.9% here to say, yeah. Red line. End of the story. Now we need to address that. Why is this supposedly supposed government, which is absolutely not the case, not addressing this? It's not important enough? Why has the mainstream media not addressing this? It's not important enough? Oh, really? So my mission keeps going on. Now, definitely, I'm targeting the pedophiles. What you gonna do about it? Accuse me of protecting the kids. Accusing me of what exactly apart from you being a pedophile yourself?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment? Alright. Mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Alright. Public comment is now closed. Madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 30 through 38.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Items 30 through 38 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution on first appearance today. Alternatively, a member may require a resolution on first appearance to go to committee.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Madam clerk, could you call the roll?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: On items 30 through 38, supervisor Sautter. Sautter. Sautter, I. Supervisor Cheryl. Aye. Cheryl, I. Supervisor Walton. Walton, absent. Supervisor Chan. Aye. Chan, I. Supervisor Chen. Chen, I. Supervisor Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, I. Supervisor Engadio. Aye. Engadio, I. Supervisor Fielder. Fielder, aye. Supervisor Mahmoud? Mahmoud, aye. Supervisor Mandelmann?

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Aye.

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Mandelmann, aye. And supervisor Melgar? Melgar, aye. There are 10 ayes.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Without objection, the resolutions are adopted. Madam clerk, do you have any imperative agenda items?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: I have none to report, mister president.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Could you please read the in memoriams?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: Today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor Sauter, for the late mister Joe Betts, on behalf of supervisor Walton, for the late Diana Mungrang Liao Landos, and on behalf of half of supervisor Mukmoud, for the late mister Joey Alexander.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: And I believe that brings us the end of our agenda. Madam Clerk, is there any further business before us today?

[Angela Calvillo (Clerk of the Board)]: That concludes our business for today.

[Rafael Mandelman (Board President, District 8)]: Thank you, madam Clerk. We are adjourned.

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