# Board of Supervisors Minutes: May 5, 2020 - Meeting date: 2020-05-05 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 27 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/673/2020-05-05-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=783348&GUID=E76097FE-EE8A-46E7-B78F-428089839A53) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 200373: Emergency Ordinance - Restroom and Hand Washing Facilities for Unsheltered People - Pages: 13-14 - Sponsors: Haney; Walton, Preston and Mar - Vote 1: other - Action: rooms, open 24 hours per day,’; on Page 2, Lines 12-13, by striking ‘(March 31 Order)’ and adding ‘extended and replaced by Order No. C19-07c on April 29, 2020 (April 29 Order), and Lines 18, 21 and 24, by striking ‘March 31’ and adding ‘April 29’; on Page 5, Line 1, by adding ‘the April 29’ and striking ‘No. C19-07bc’, and Line 8, by striking ‘thirty-nine’ and adding ‘39’; on age 6, Lines 2-8, by adding ‘Such restroom units shall be concentrated in areas with the greatest need, and located within 1,000 feet of any encampment. The hours of operation for all existing and new “pit stop” restrooms shall be 24 hours per day seven days per week, except at the following locations: corner of Market Street and Church Street; corner of Haight Street and Buena Vista Avenue; corner of 16th Street and Capp Street; corner of 18th Street and Mission Street; Washington Square Park on Union Street near Stockton Street; and adjacent to the Great Highway near the Beach Chalet.’; and Page 7, Line 8, by striking ‘Mayor, as the City’s Chief Executive Officer’ and adding ‘Department of Public Works’, and Line 9, by striking ‘designate one or more City agencies’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Vote 2: final-passage, likely final - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 376 Printed at 1:25 pm on 6/15/20 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 5/5/2020 Emergency ordinance to limit the spread of COVID-19 by requiring the City, through service agreements with third parties, to provide, staff, and maintain restrooms equipped with toilets and hand washing facilities, at a ratio of one restroom per 50 unsheltered people, concentrated in areas with the greatest need, located within 1,000 feet of any encampment, and for select “pit stop” restrooms, open 24 hours per day, within three weeks of the effective date of this ordinance; waive the requirement under Charter, Section 9.118, that the Board of Supervisors approve the service agreements for restrooms equipped with toilets and hand washing facilities; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.107, this matter requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors (8 votes) for passage.) FINALLY PASSED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 200372: Administrative Code - County Jail No. 4 Closure - Pages: 14 - Sponsors: Fewer; Haney, Walton, Ronen, Preston, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Mandelman and Yee - Vote 1: amendment - Action: ubcommittee to plan for the reduction of the City’s daily jail population and closure of County Jail No. 4; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Mandelman and Yee requested to be added as co-sponsors. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Shakira Simley (Office of Racial Equity) and Sheriff Paul Miyamoto (Sheriff's Department) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Fewer, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 9, Lines 23-25, by adding ‘(d) Notwithstanding the deadline for closure of County Jail 4 stated in subsection (a), the Sheriff may use the 7th Floor of the Hall of Justice for administrative, kitchen, and laundry purposes, so long as the Hall of Justice Building remains open.’; and on Page 11, Line 4, by striking ‘shall’ and adding ‘may’, Lines 5-6, by adding ‘the Department of Public Health, a representative of the labor unions representing impacting workers at County Jail 4,’ and Line 8, by adding ‘as appropriate’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Noes: Stefani ## Extracted text ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/673/2020-05-05-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 5/5/2020 Emergency ordinance to limit the spread of COVID-19 by requiring the City, through service agreements with third parties, to provide, staff, and maintain restrooms equipped with toilets and hand washing facilities, at a ratio of one restroom per 50 unsheltered people, concentrated in areas with the greatest need, located within 1,000 feet of any encampment, and for select “pit stop” restrooms, open 24 hours per day, within three weeks of the effective date of this ordinance; waive the requirement under Charter, Section 9.118, that the Board of Supervisors approve the service agreements for restrooms equipped with toilets and hand washing facilities; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.107, this matter requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors (8 votes) for passage.) FINALLY PASSED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 200372 [Administrative Code - County Jail No. 4 Closure] Sponsors: Fewer; Haney, Walton, Ronen, Preston, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Mandelman and Yee Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the City to close County Jail No. 4, located on the seventh floor of the Hall of Justice, by November 1, 2020; to require the Sentencing Commission to establish a Safety and Justice Challenge Subcommittee to plan for the reduction of the City’s daily jail population and closure of County Jail No. 4; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Mandelman and Yee requested to be added as co-sponsors. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Shakira Simley (Office of Racial Equity) and Sheriff Paul Miyamoto (Sheriff's Department) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Fewer, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 9, Lines 23-25, by adding ‘(d) Notwithstanding the deadline for closure of County Jail 4 stated in subsection (a), the Sheriff may use the 7th Floor of the Hall of Justice for administrative, kitchen, and laundry purposes, so long as the Hall of Justice Building remains open.’; and on Page 11, Line 4, by striking ‘shall’ and adding ‘may’, Lines 5-6, by adding ‘the Department of Public Health, a representative of the labor unions representing impacting workers at County Jail 4,’ and Line 8, by adding ‘as appropriate’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Noes: 1 - Stefani ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS See Legislation Introduced below. Due to technical difficulties with the public comment line, President Yee recessed the meeting at 4:18 p.m. and reconvened at 4:37 p.m. City and County of San Francisco Page 377 Printed at 1:25 pm on 6/15/20