# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 22, 2020 - Meeting date: 2020-12-22 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 12 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=827769&GUID=33F47685-85DB-4F9A-94D6-0279D63B4F30) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 201412: Calling from Committee - Committee of the Whole - Hearing - Release of Reserved Funds - Office of Early Care and Education - Economic Recovery - $42,000,000 (File No. 201361) - December 22, 2020 - Pages: 3 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 201412 [Calling from Committee - Committee of the Whole - Hearing - Release of Reserved Funds - Office of Early Care and Education - Economic Recovery - $42,000,000 (File No. 201361) - December 22, 2020] Sponsor: Yee Motion calling from the Budget and Finance Committee, pursuant to Board Rule 3.37, the hearing to consider the release of reserved funds to the Office of Early Care and Education for All, placed on the Budget and Finance Committee reserve by Ordinance No. 165-20 in the amount of $42,000,000 to fund the Early Education Economic Recovery Grant and Loan program, subsidy outlays to provide additional access to child care, supplementing the CARES 2.0 teacher stipend, community response in collaboration with the Family Resource Centers, and staffing for the Office of Early Care and Education to support the work of implementing the 5-year spending plan (File No. 201361); and scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole on December 22, 2020, to hold the Hearing. Motion No. M20-214 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 201361: Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Release of Reserved Funds - Office of Early Care and Education - Economic Recovery - $42,000,000 - Pages: 4-5 - Vote 1: other - Action: of implementing the 5-year spending plan. (Office of Early Care and Education) President Yee opened the public hearing and provided opening remarks and background information on the release of reserve funds to the Office of Early Care and Education (File No. 201361). The President then inquired as to whether any individual wished to address the Board regarding the release of reserve funds. Ingrid Mezquita, Director (Office of Early Care and Education), presented information on the release of reserve funds and answered questions raised throughout the discussions. Speaker; Gina Fromer; Jenny Pearlman; Ashley Rennick; Lydia Senroy; Jen Straker; Gabriela Jutseralli; Nick Arogyu; Johnna Ackadose; Francisco Da Costa; spoke in support of the release of reserve funds. There were no other speakers. President Yee closed public comment, declared the public hearing heard and filed, adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved to release reserved funds to the Office of Early Care and Education in the amount of $42,000,000 and that the Hearing be HEARD AND FILED. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 201410: Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Urging a Comprehensive Return to School Plan - December 22, 2020 - Pages: 5 ### File 201368: Urging a Comprehensive Return to School Plan - Pages: 5-6 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: develop a comprehensive plan for the safe return to in-person learning in accordance with public health guidelines. Supervisor Stefani requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Fewer, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 1, Lines 12-14, by striking ‘WHEREAS, Due to constraints within the current distance learning framework, elementary age children in San Francisco public schools are receiving around one third of the instructional hours as compared to when they attended school in person; and’; on Page 2, Line 19, by adding ‘any’ before ‘crucial’, Line 20, by changing ‘the majority of elementary schools’ to ‘third to fifth grade’, and Lines 20-21, by adding ‘or any middle school and high school students’; and on Page 3, Lines 7-9, by striking ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors urges the San Francisco Unified School District to revise the Return to School Plan in accordance with the public health urgency to return children to in-person learning; and, be it’, and Line 11, by adding ‘other school personnel, and stakeholders’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 594-20 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 201407: Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Impacts of Adopting the New Regional Stay at Home Order on Small Business - Pages: 6-7 ### File 201413: Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Urging Congress to Provide Relief to Restaurants and the State of California to Allow Outdoor Dining As Soon As Possible - December 22, 2020 - Pages: 7-8 ### File 201411: Urging Congress to Provide Relief to Restaurants and the State of California to Allow Outdoor Dining As Soon As Possible - Pages: 8 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 201411 [Urging Congress to Provide Relief to Restaurants and the State of California to Allow Outdoor Dining As Soon As Possible] Sponsors: Stefani; Haney, Mandelman, Ronen, Preston, Fewer and Mar Resolution urging the United States Congress to provide immediate cash relief to restaurants and urging the State of California to allow outdoor dining as soon as the latest available medical data and expertise deem it safe to do so. Supervisors Mandelman, Ronen, Preston, Fewer, and Mar requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 595-20 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 201414: Administrative Code - San Francisco Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund - Pages: 8-9 ### File 201415: Waiver of Business Registration Fees and Certain License Fees - Pages: 9 ### File 201423: Authorizing Expenditures - SoMa Community Stabilization Fund - Agreement Amendment - UCSF HEARTS Program - $378,000 - Pages: 9 ### File 201424: Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Employment Development Department - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Accelerator Fund 8.0 - $150,000 - Pages: 9 ### File 201425: Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - State Transportation Development Act, Article 3 - Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects - FY2020-2021 - $1,215,999 - Pages: 9-10 ### File 201427: Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Vehicle Acquisition - $636,363.64 - Pages: 10 ### File 201428: Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Hiring of New Firefighters - $13,760,604 - Pages: 10 ### File 201419: Supporting Immediate Economic Relief for Small Businesses - Pages: 10 ### File 201420: Urging the Establishment of a Special Advisory Committee on Federal Stimulus Spending for Small Business - Pages: 10 ### File 201422: Urging Departments to Create a Permanent Shared Spaces Program - Pages: 10-11 ### File 201421: Supporting California State Assembly Bill Nos. 15 and 16 (Chiu) - Eviction Protections - Pages: 11 ### File 201416: Concurring in Actions to Meet Local Emergency - Coronavirus Response - Thirty-Second Supplement - Pages: 11 ### File 201429: Hearing - Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan and Memorandum of Understanding - Pages: 11-12 ## Extracted text ### [Page 1](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-1) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 10:00 AM Held via Videoconference (remote public access provided via teleconference) www.sfgovtv.org Special Meeting NORMAN YEE, PRESIDENT SANDRA LEE FEWER, MATT HANEY, RAFAEL MANDELMAN, GORDON MAR, AARON PESKIN, DEAN PRESTON, HILLARY RONEN, AHSHA SAFAI, CATHERINE STEFANI, SHAMANN WALTON Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board BOARD COMMITTEES Committee Membership Meeting Days Budget and Appropriations Committee Wednesday Supervisors 1:00 PM Budget and Finance Committee Wednesday Supervisors Fewer, Walton, Mandelman 10:30 AM Government Audit and Oversight Committee 1st and 3rd Thursday Supervisors Mar, Peskin, Haney 10:00 AM Joint City, School District, and City College Select Committee 2nd Friday Supervisors Haney, Fewer, Mar (Alt), Commissioners Moliga, Collins, Cook (Alt), 10:00 AM Trustees Randolph, Williams, Selby (Alt) Land Use and Transportation Committee Monday Supervisors Preston, Safai, Peskin 1:30 PM Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday Supervisors Mandelman, Stefani, Walton 10:00 AM Rules Committee Monday Supervisors Ronen, Stefani, Mar 10:00 AM First-named Supervisor is Chair, Second-named Supervisor is Vice-Chair of the Committee. Volume 115 Number 48 ### [Page 2](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-2) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 Members Present: Sandra Lee Fewer, Matt Haney, Rafael Mandelman, Gordon Mar, Aaron Peskin, Dean Preston, Hillary Ronen, Ahsha Safai, Catherine Stefani, Shamann Walton, and Norman Yee The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco met in special session through videoconferencing, and provided public comment through teleconferencing, on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, with President Norman Yee presiding. President Yee called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m. Remote Access to Information and Participation In accordance with Governor Newsom’s Executive Order No. N-33-20 declaring a State of Emergency regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and Mayor London N. Breed’s Proclamation declaring a Local Emergency issued on February 25, 2020, including the guidance for gatherings issued by the San Francisco Department of Public Health Officer, aggressive directives were issued to reduce the spread of COVID-19. On March 17, 2020, the Board of Supervisors authorized their Board and Committee meetings to convene remotely (via Microsoft Teams) and will allow remote public comment via teleconference. Visit the SFGovTV website at (www.sfgovtv.org) to stream the live meetings, or to watch meetings on demand. Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely via detailed instructions on participating via teleconference available at https://sfbos.org/remote-meeting-call. Members of the public may participate by phone or may submit their comments by email to: bos@sfgov.org; all comments received will be made a part of the official record. Board of Supervisors Regular Meetings begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Board Agendas and their associated documents are available at https://sfbos.org/meetings/42. As the COVID-19 disease progresses, please visit the Board’s website (www.sfbos.org) regularly to be updated on the current situation as it affects the legislative process. For more information contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board at (415) 554-5184. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE On the call of the roll, Supervisors Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, and Yee were noted present. All members were present. President Yee presented the ancestral homeland acknowledgement of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula, pursuant to Board Rule 4.7.1. City and County of San Francisco Page 1187 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 3](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-3) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 COMMUNICATIONS Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board, announced that due to the COVID-19 health emergency, Board Members will participate in the meeting remotely, through videoconference and to the same extent as if they were physically present. To the members of the public, when general public comment is called, you may contribute live comments for up to two minutes by dialing the provided telephone number. When you are connected, you will receive another prompt, dial * 3 to be added to the queue to speak. Make sure to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your television or radio. Written comments may be submitted through email (bos@sfgov.org) or the U.S. Postal Service at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102. PUBLIC COMMENT Jenny Bell; expressed support of early child care programs and the need to provide funding. Charles Head; expressed gratitude to the outgoing Supervisors for their legislative work. FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE 201412 [Calling from Committee - Committee of the Whole - Hearing - Release of Reserved Funds - Office of Early Care and Education - Economic Recovery - $42,000,000 (File No. 201361) - December 22, 2020] Sponsor: Yee Motion calling from the Budget and Finance Committee, pursuant to Board Rule 3.37, the hearing to consider the release of reserved funds to the Office of Early Care and Education for All, placed on the Budget and Finance Committee reserve by Ordinance No. 165-20 in the amount of $42,000,000 to fund the Early Education Economic Recovery Grant and Loan program, subsidy outlays to provide additional access to child care, supplementing the CARES 2.0 teacher stipend, community response in collaboration with the Family Resource Centers, and staffing for the Office of Early Care and Education to support the work of implementing the 5-year spending plan (File No. 201361); and scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole on December 22, 2020, to hold the Hearing. Motion No. M20-214 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole City and County of San Francisco Page 1188 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 4](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-4) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 Called from the Budget and Finance Committee 201361 [Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Release of Reserved Funds - Office of Early Care and Education - Economic Recovery - $42,000,000] Hearing to consider the release of reserved funds to the Office of Early Care and Education for All, placed on the Budget and Finance Committee reserve by Ordinance No. 165-20 in the amount of $42,000,000 to fund the Early Education Economic Recovery Grant and Loan program, subsidy outlays to provide additional access to child care, supplementing the CARES 2.0 teacher stipend, community response in collaboration with the Family Resource Centers, and staffing for the Office of Early Care and Education to support the work of implementing the 5-year spending plan. (Office of Early Care and Education) President Yee opened the public hearing and provided opening remarks and background information on the release of reserve funds to the Office of Early Care and Education (File No. 201361). The President then inquired as to whether any individual wished to address the Board regarding the release of reserve funds. Ingrid Mezquita, Director (Office of Early Care and Education), presented information on the release of reserve funds and answered questions raised throughout the discussions. Speaker; Gina Fromer; Jenny Pearlman; Ashley Rennick; Lydia Senroy; Jen Straker; Gabriela Jutseralli; Nick Arogyu; Johnna Ackadose; Francisco Da Costa; spoke in support of the release of reserve funds. There were no other speakers. President Yee closed public comment, declared the public hearing heard and filed, adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved to release reserved funds to the Office of Early Care and Education in the amount of $42,000,000 and that the Hearing be HEARD AND FILED. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report City and County of San Francisco Page 1189 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole President Yee requested File Nos. 201410 and 201368 be called together. 201410 [Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Urging a Comprehensive Return to School Plan - December 22, 2020] Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on December 22, 2020, to hold a public hearing to consider the Resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District to develop a comprehensive plan for the safe return to in-person learning in accordance with public health guidelines; scheduled pursuant to a motion approved at the Board of Supervisors meeting of December 15, 2020. (Clerk of the Board) President Yee opened the public hearing, and Supervisor Fewer provided opening remarks and background information on the Resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District to develop a comprehensive return to school plan (File Nos. 201410 and 201368). The President then inquired as to whether any individual wished to address the Board regarding the plan. James Stork; Rafael Makaza; Adam Keith; Francisco Da Costa; Kevin Robinson; Cliff Yee; Meredith Wiladatson; Yvette; Capri Reyes; Miriam Sardinia; Rosita; Speaker; Sara Walsh; Yvonne Chu; Alita Fisher; Speaker; Speaker; Vera White; Shelley Weiner; Jim Shear; Tina Mokakos; Laura McKinney; Danny Auyoung; Paula Halawiskey; Patrick Walsh; Brandy Markman; Kate Lovett; Kelly Walsh; Joan Heperly; Speaker; Kelly Bakate; Michelle Cody; Anna Beldstrom; Rick Caldahaney; Maya Cherubson; Shanelle Backett; Speaker; Speaker; spoke in support of, and on various concerns related to, the return to school plan. There were no other speakers. President Yee closed public comment, declared the public hearing heard and filed, adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors. HEARD AND FILED Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report 201368 [Urging a Comprehensive Return to School Plan] Sponsors: Fewer, Peskin, Mandelman, Safai, Ronen, Yee and Stefani Resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District to develop a comprehensive plan for the safe return to in-person learning in accordance with public health guidelines. Supervisor Stefani requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Fewer, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 1, Lines 12-14, by striking ‘WHEREAS, Due to constraints within the current distance learning framework, elementary age children in San Francisco public schools are receiving around one third of the instructional hours as compared to when they attended school in person; and’; on Page 2, Line 19, by adding ‘any’ before ‘crucial’, Line 20, by changing ‘the majority of elementary schools’ to ‘third to fifth grade’, and Lines 20-21, by adding ‘or any middle school and high school students’; and on Page 3, Lines 7-9, by striking ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors urges the San Francisco Unified School District to revise the Return to School Plan in accordance with the public health urgency to return children to in-person learning; and, be it’, and Line 11, by adding ‘other school personnel, and stakeholders’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Resolution No. 594-20 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 1190 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 6](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-6) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole President Yee requested File Nos. 201407, 201413, and 201411 be called together. 201407 [Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Impacts of Adopting the New Regional Stay at Home Order on Small Business] Sponsor: Haney Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on December 22, 2020, on the impacts of adopting the new Regional Stay at Home Order and the overall pandemic on small businesses who are closing, scaling back operations, or going out of business, and the impacts on their workers; the City’s plan to assist affected businesses and workers to ensure immediate and long-term support and recovery; the local, state and federal resources that can be made available to support small businesses and workers; requesting the Budget and Legislative Analyst, Office of the Controller, Office of Small Business, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Public Health Officer, and Department of Public Health to report; and requesting the Department of Public Health and the Public Health Officer to present COVID data on indoor and outdoor dining and provide clear data markers and triggers for when future shutdowns will occur. President Yee opened the public hearings, and Supervisors Haney and Stefani provided opening remarks and background information regarding the impacts of the pandemic on small businesses (File No. 201407) and restaurants (File Nos. 201413 and 201411). The President then inquired as to whether any individual wished to address the Board regarding the impacts and needed relief. Fred Brousseau (Office of the Budget and Legislative Analyst), Ted Egan, Economist (Office of the Controller), Joaquin Torres, Director, Dylan Smith, and Ben Van Houten (Office of Economic and Workforce Development), Regina Dick-Endrizzi, Director, and Sharky Laguana (Office of Small Business), Maggie Weiland, Executive Director (Entertainment Commission), and Dr. Susan Philip and Arielle Fleisher (Department of Public Health) presented information on the release of reserve funds and answered questions raised throughout the discussions. Laurie Thomas; Dean Erickson; Stephen Cornell; Flicka Magrin; Jill Bonnie; Regan Caproni; Lee Parmaley; Holly Ellis; Tracy Sylvester; Donald Leu; Marco; Shavon Barner; David Nayfeld; Anda Manan; Amanda Michael; Greg Richardson; Buffy McGuire; Mary Talsac; Cammy Blackstone; Kanonny; Henry Beckwith; Dan Markberk; Miles Paxson; Speaker; Speaker; Speaker; David Carictar; John Onaga; Jeremy Lee; Speaker; Phil; James; Speaker; Mark Magwanick; Tim Hanen; Macy Magruder; Rob Ready; Ray Jerome; Malcolm Young; Speaker; Speaker; Shawn Westport; Sarina Meyers; Gail Gilman; Alday Moder; Christine Giaoso; Speaker; Jana Clark; Speaker; Pete Sidneck; Judy Hayman; Gabriel Stockton; Speaker; Jaydee Quimby; Claire Evans; Del Bevy; Patty West; Debbie; Nick Olina; Shala; Brett Mann; Speaker; Manny; Ben Bleiman; Speaker; Adam Macker; Chelsea; Speaker; Speaker; Grace Macuri; Rita Quan; Speaker; Rory; Speaker; Jeff Hammock; Lana Alton; Aaron Cole; Abe Stersenberg; Speaker; John Kenasal; Speaker; Chris Cullin; Rick Hernandez; Speaker; Nan; Mark Mesalrina; Ken Kinock; Bob Sheehy; Rena Lee; Jennifer Hall; Laura Hagen; Basken Neers; Henry Wall; Gene Erickson; Curtis Woo; Phyllis Bettencourt; Kim; Michael Crouch; Brad Jewd; Rivalia Cervantes; Ryan Gilbert; John Haney; Leah Avant; Speaker; Gordon Song; Elizabeth Noren; Blyde; Alexis Maderna; Katy Grave; Benjamin Haler; Nick Roffman; Kato Aldaro; Kimberly Paget; Pete Werecher; Speaker; Speaker; spoke on various concerns related to the impacts and needed relief. There were no other speakers. President Yee closed public comment, declared the public hearing heard and filed, adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors. HEARD AND FILED Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report City and County of San Francisco Page 1191 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole 201413 [Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Urging Congress to Provide Relief to Restaurants and the State of California to Allow Outdoor Dining As Soon As Possible - December 22, 2020] Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on December 22, 2020, to hold a public hearing to consider the Resolution urging the United States Congress to provide immediate cash relief to restaurants and urging the State of California to allow outdoor dining as soon as the latest available medical data and expertise deem it safe to do so. (Clerk of the Board) President Yee opened the public hearings, and Supervisors Haney and Stefani provided opening remarks and background information regarding the impacts of the pandemic on small businesses (File No. 201407) and restaurants (File Nos. 201413 and 201411). The President then inquired as to whether any individual wished to address the Board regarding the impacts and needed relief. Fred Brousseau (Office of the Budget and Legislative Analyst), Ted Egan, Economist (Office of the Controller), Joaquin Torres, Director, Dylan Smith, and Ben Van Houten (Office of Economic and Workforce Development), Regina Dick-Endrizzi, Director, and Sharky Laguana (Office of Small Business), Maggie Weiland, Executive Director (Entertainment Commission), and Dr. Susan Philip and Arielle Fleisher (Department of Public Health) presented information on the release of reserve funds and answered questions raised throughout the discussions. Laurie Thomas; Dean Erickson; Stephen Cornell; Flicka Magrin; Jill Bonnie; Regan Caproni; Lee Parmaley; Holly Ellis; Tracy Sylvester; Donald Leu; Marco; Shavon Barner; David Nayfeld; Anda Manan; Amanda Michael; Greg Richardson; Buffy McGuire; Mary Talsac; Cammy Blackstone; Kanonny; Henry Beckwith; Dan Markberk; Miles Paxson; Speaker; Speaker; Speaker; David Carictar; John Onaga; Jeremy Lee; Speaker; Phil; James; Speaker; Mark Magwanick; Tim Hanen; Macy Magruder; Rob Ready; Ray Jerome; Malcolm Young; Speaker; Speaker; Shawn Westport; Sarina Meyers; Gail Gilman; Alday Moder; Christine Giaoso; Speaker; Jana Clark; Speaker; Pete Sidneck; Judy Hayman; Gabriel Stockton; Speaker; Jaydee Quimby; Claire Evans; Del Bevy; Patty West; Debbie; Nick Olina; Shala; Brett Mann; Speaker; Manny; Ben Bleiman; Speaker; Adam Macker; Chelsea; Speaker; Speaker; Grace Macuri; Rita Quan; Speaker; Rory; Speaker; Jeff Hammock; Lana Alton; Aaron Cole; Abe Stersenberg; Speaker; John Kenasal; Speaker; Chris Cullin; Rick Hernandez; Speaker; Nan; Mark Mesalrina; Ken Kinock; Bob Sheehy; Rena Lee; Jennifer Hall; Laura Hagen; Basken Neers; Henry Wall; Gene Erickson; Curtis Woo; Phyllis Bettencourt; Kim; Michael Crouch; Brad Jewd; Rivalia Cervantes; Ryan Gilbert; John Haney; Leah Avant; Speaker; Gordon Song; Elizabeth Noren; Blyde; Alexis Maderna; Katy Grave; Benjamin Haler; Nick Roffman; Kato Aldaro; Kimberly Paget; Pete Werecher; Speaker; Speaker; spoke on various concerns related to the impacts and needed relief. There were no other speakers. President Yee closed public comment, declared the public hearing heard and filed, adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors. HEARD AND FILED Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report City and County of San Francisco Page 1192 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 201411 [Urging Congress to Provide Relief to Restaurants and the State of California to Allow Outdoor Dining As Soon As Possible] Sponsors: Stefani; Haney, Mandelman, Ronen, Preston, Fewer and Mar Resolution urging the United States Congress to provide immediate cash relief to restaurants and urging the State of California to allow outdoor dining as soon as the latest available medical data and expertise deem it safe to do so. Supervisors Mandelman, Ronen, Preston, Fewer, and Mar requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 595-20 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS See Legislation Introduced below. LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL Introduced by a Supervisor or the Mayor Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.105, an Ordinance or Resolution may be introduced before the Board of Supervisors by a Member of the Board, a Committee of the Board, or the Mayor and shall be referred to and reported upon by an appropriate Committee of the Board. ORDINANCES 201414 [Administrative Code - San Francisco Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund] Sponsors: Haney; Walton, Safai, Mar, Ronen and Preston Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the San Francisco Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund to provide grants to certain music and entertainment venues whose operations have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 emergency. 12/22/20; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 1/21/2021. City and County of San Francisco Page 1193 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 201415 [Waiver of Business Registration Fees and Certain License Fees] Sponsors: Stefani; Ronen, Mandelman, Haney, Safai and Mar Ordinance waiving business registration fees for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020, and certain license fees originally due on March 31, 2020, for businesses with $25,000,000 or less in San Francisco gross receipts that received more than 50% of such receipts from business activities precluded during all or a portion of the period from March 16, 2020, through March 1, 2021, due to a Local Health Officer’s order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and/or from the activities of a facility that prepares and serves food for delivery or carry out or a restaurant, and refunding any waived amounts paid to the City. (Fiscal Impact) 12/22/20; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 1/21/2021. RESOLUTIONS 201423 [Authorizing Expenditures - SoMa Community Stabilization Fund - Agreement Amendment - UCSF HEARTS Program - $378,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Haney Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to expend SoMa Community Stabilization Fund dollars in the increased amount of $78,000 for a total amount of $378,000 to extend a grant supporting Trauma Informed Systems training and counseling for students, families, faculty and staff at Bessie Carmichael School; and amending a grant agreement with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) HEARTS Program to provide the specified services, to extend the grant term by one year for a total term of July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021. 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 201424 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Employment Development Department - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Accelerator Fund 8.0 - $150,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $150,000 from the California Employment Development Department, a recipient of the grant award from the United States Department of Labor for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Accelerator Fund 8.0 Project, for the period of April 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 201425 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - State Transportation Development Act, Article 3 - Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects - FY2020-2021 - $1,215,999] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of State Transportation Development Act, Article 3, Pedestrian and Bicycle Project funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021, in the amount of $1,215,999 which includes $607,999 for Public Works and $608,000 for the Municipal Transportation Agency, for the term of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023. 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. City and County of San Francisco Page 1194 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-10) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 201427 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Vehicle Acquisition - $636,363.64] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Fire Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $636,363.64 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to purchase four mini-pumper apparatus, for the performance period of August 6, 2020, through August 5, 2021, and waiving indirect costs. (Fire Department) 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 201428 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Hiring of New Firefighters - $13,760,604] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing the Fire Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $13,760,604 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to hire thirty-six new firefighters for the performance period of March 10, 2021, through March 9, 2024, and waiving indirect costs. 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 201419 [Supporting Immediate Economic Relief for Small Businesses] Sponsors: Haney; Walton and Safai Resolution supporting the immediate prioritization of small business economic relief in the appropriation of discretionary funds. 12/22/20; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 201420 [Urging the Establishment of a Special Advisory Committee on Federal Stimulus Spending for Small Business] Sponsors: Haney; Walton Resolution urging the Office of Small Business and the Small Business Commission to establish a Special Advisory Committee on Federal Stimulus Spending to create a Citywide plan for how Federal stimulus funds may support the small business sector and to submit a proposed Citywide Federal Stimulus Spending Plan for Small Businesses to the Board of Supervisors by February 2, 2021. 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. 201422 [Urging Departments to Create a Permanent Shared Spaces Program] Sponsor: Haney Resolution urging the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Planning Department, Municipal Transportation Agency, Department of Public Works, Fire Department, and Recreation and Parks Department to develop a proposal for a permanent Shared Spaces Program; and affirming the Board of Supervisors’ support for creating a permanent version of the program. 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Transportation Committee. City and County of San Francisco Page 1195 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 11](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-11) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 201421 [Supporting California State Assembly Bill Nos. 15 and 16 (Chiu) - Eviction Protections] Sponsors: Peskin; Haney, Walton, Fewer, Mandelman, Safai, Yee, Ronen and Preston Resolution supporting California State Assembly Bill Nos. 15 and 16, introduced on December 7, 2020, by Assembly Member David Chiu (AD-17), which would extend certain eviction protections through December 31, 2021, and establish a fund and framework for distribution of financial support to ensure long-term stability for renters, small landlords, and affordable housing providers, protect tenants during the ongoing public health crisis, and ensure an equitable, broadly shared recovery. 12/22/20; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. MOTION 201416 [Concurring in Actions to Meet Local Emergency - Coronavirus Response - Thirty-Second Supplement] Sponsor: Yee Motion concurring in actions taken by the Mayor in the Thirty-Second Supplement to the Proclamation of Emergency to meet the ongoing local emergency related to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic by authorizing the Mayor, upon the request of a department, to provide an extension of up to 30 days to submit and post the department’s racial equity action plan, upon a showing by the department that it is unable to meet the deadline because the current surge in COVID-19 cases has required it to divert resources to the emergency response. 12/22/20; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. REQUEST FOR HEARING 201429 [Hearing - Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan and Memorandum of Understanding] Sponsor: Preston Hearing on the Comprehensive Parnassus Heights Plan proposed by the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) as well as the draft Memorandum of Understanding between UCSF and the City; and requesting the Planning Department to report. 12/22/20; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Transportation Committee. City and County of San Francisco Page 1196 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21 ### [Page 12](https://sfbos.info/documents/732/2020-12-22-minutes#page-12) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/22/2020 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Board adjourned at the hour 6:56 p.m. N.B. The Minutes of this meeting set forth all actions taken by the Board of Supervisors on the matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up. Approved by the Board of Supervisors on February 2, 2021. Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board City and County of San Francisco Page 1197 Printed at 2:03 pm on 1/29/21