# Board of Supervisors Minutes: October 27, 2015 - Meeting date: 2015-10-27 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 19 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/304/2015-10-27-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=441573&GUID=634599E9-A70E-48F8-8B75-15A6795D0ED2) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 151093: Supporting the Permanent Protection of the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains National Monuments - Pages: 13 ### File 151094: Denouncing the Dominican Republic for Its Treatment of Dominicans of Haitian Descent - Pages: 13 ### File 151095: Salesian Boys and Girls Club Day - November 6, 2015 - Pages: 13-14 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 151095 [Salesian Boys and Girls Club Day - November 6, 2015] Sponsor: Christensen Resolution celebrating the reopening of the Salesian Boys and Girls Club, and proclaiming November 6, 2015, to be Salesian Boys and Girls Club Day in the City and County of San Francisco. Resolution No. 411-15 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos, Mar ### File 151096: Supporting Award of the Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino War Veterans of World War II - Pages: 14 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 151096 [Supporting Award of the Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino War Veterans of World War II] Sponsors: Kim; Avalos, Mar, Campos, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Cohen, Breed, Christensen and Farrell Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino veterans of World War II in recognition of their loyal and selfless duty to the Philippines and the United States of America. Supervisors Wiener, Yee, Cohen, Breed, Christensen, and Farrell requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Farrell, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED on Page 2, Lines 1-4, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors hereby directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit copies to the members of Congress from the San Francisco Bay Area and the United States Senators from California with a request to take all action necessary to achieve the objectives of this resolution.’ The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos, Mar - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 412-15 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Avalos, Mar ## Extracted text ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/304/2015-10-27-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/27/2015 Raymond Castillo; spoke in support of the resolutions relating to Filipino World War II veterans (File No. 151096) and the establishment of the Filipino cultural heritage district. Edmond Larry Juizye; shared various concerns relating to single-room occupancy residences. FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE 151093 [Supporting the Permanent Protection of the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains National Monuments] Sponsor: Campos Resolution supporting the permanent protection of the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains National Monuments in the California Desert through enactment of legislation or Presidential proclamation via the Antiquities Act. Resolution No. 409-15 ADOPTED 151094 [Denouncing the Dominican Republic for Its Treatment of Dominicans of Haitian Descent] Sponsor: Campos Resolution denouncing the Dominican Republic for retroactively stripping the citizenship of hundreds of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent, for denying former Dominican citizens a fair process to regularize their status, for planning a mass deportation of former citizens, and urging the United States to use any and all appropriate means to encourage the Dominican Republic to restore the rights of Dominicans wrongfully stripped of their citizenship. Resolution No. 410-15 ADOPTED 151095 [Salesian Boys and Girls Club Day - November 6, 2015] Sponsor: Christensen Resolution celebrating the reopening of the Salesian Boys and Girls Club, and proclaiming November 6, 2015, to be Salesian Boys and Girls Club Day in the City and County of San Francisco. Resolution No. 411-15 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 2 - Avalos, Mar City and County of San Francisco Page 747 Printed at 12:18 pm on 12/9/15 ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/304/2015-10-27-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/27/2015 Severed from the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda Supervisor Kim requested that File No. 151096 be severed so that it may be considered separately. 151096 [Supporting Award of the Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino War Veterans of World War II] Sponsors: Kim; Avalos, Mar, Campos, Tang, Wiener, Yee, Cohen, Breed, Christensen and Farrell Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino veterans of World War II in recognition of their loyal and selfless duty to the Philippines and the United States of America. Supervisors Wiener, Yee, Cohen, Breed, Christensen, and Farrell requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Farrell, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED on Page 2, Lines 1-4, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors hereby directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit copies to the members of Congress from the San Francisco Bay Area and the United States Senators from California with a request to take all action necessary to achieve the objectives of this resolution.’ The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 2 - Avalos, Mar Resolution No. 412-15 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 2 - Avalos, Mar IMPERATIVE AGENDA There were no imperative agenda items. City and County of San Francisco Page 748 Printed at 12:18 pm on 12/9/15