Supervisor Chan 021422 Newsletter

Celebrating the Year of the Tiger

It was wonderful to finally celebrate Lunar New Year in person with my colleagues this year.

As we all know, 2020 was the Year of the Rat, when the pandemic first broke out. 2021 was the Year of the Ox, when we stood our ground and united to fight back to end the pandemic. And now in 2022, the year of the Tiger, our local businesses, economy and communities will come roaring back with the ferociousness of the Tiger.

I hope everyone has a fierce and phenomenal Year of the Tiger!

Legislative Updates

Expanding Access to Family Friendly Workplaces

The pandemic has demonstrated that we can adapt our workplaces in ways that we hadn’t thought were possible and still keep services running. It will be critical to long term and equitable recovery to balance the needs of both our workers and our employers. This is a crucial moment to update this law to reflect our current dynamic demands. It’s no longer about whether we should have flexible schedules, it’s about how we make it work for both the employer and the employee.

First passed by the Board of Supervisors in 2014, the Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance gave employees the right to request flexible or predictable working arrangements to assist with caregiving responsibilities. I have proposed to expand and improve the program by:

Establishing an fair process for employees to work with employers in developing work arrangements
Mandating employers to provide flexible scheduling except in cases of undue hardship
Requiring employers to address the issue of teleworking employees
Expanding the definition of care to include elderly family members other than parents
Increasing penalties for violations to cover the cost of care
Exempting small businesses with fewer than 20 employees

You can read my legislation here, and if you would like to provide a letter of support, please email Board.of.Supervisors@sfgov.org.

COVID Updates & Resources

Starting February 16, 2022, San Francisco will lift universal mask requirements for most indoor settings in alignment with the State. For certain settings, indoor masking is still required by the State for everyone regardless of vaccination status. Those settings are: public transportation; health care settings; congregate settings like correctional facilities and homeless shelters; long term care facilities; and in K-12 schools and child care settings.

People can continue to choose to wear face coverings around others whether it’s mandated or not and should respect people’s choices around their health.

San Francisco will continue to require proof of vaccinations or a negative test to enter restaurants, bars, gyms and other settings where food and drink is consumed. You can stay up to date on the City's COVID-19 policies here.

The Richmond Senior Center and Community Youth Center will continue to be able to assist you in finding a testing site or vaccine information. You can contact either organization below:

Richmond Senior Center
415-752-6444

Community Youth Center
(415) 752-9675

Community Events

District 1 Redistricting

Today is District 1's redistricting meeting! Every ten years, the district boundaries of San Francisco’s Supervisorial districts are redrawn to ensure that each district maintains an equal number of residents. Members of the public are encouraged to participate in the redistricting process, so please tune into the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force Meeting to hear updates and provide feedback.

The meeting will be remote via video conference. Please view the agenda and meeting links here.

Friday, February 11 at 3 pm

Watch via WebEx: https://bit.ly/3oiZJu5
Password: comment

Public Comment Call-In
1 (415) 655-0001
Meeting ID 2499 152 7119 # #
(Press *3 to enter the speaker line)

If you’re unable to attend, please join another upcoming meeting by viewing the schedule here.

Learn More

Rossi Pool is Open!

Grab your bathing suit and towels, Rossi Pool is finally ready to open this Saturday! There will be a free community swim on Saturday, February 12 from 12 - 3:30 pm to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated pool.

The pool will be first come, first served with a capacity of 100.

Notice: SFPUC Night Work

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission will be scheduling a water shutdown to make water system improvements at 2739 Geary Blvd from February 16 to February 25, from 7:00 pm - 7:00 am. Advance notice will be given if the work requires a temporary interruption of water service.

Please contact 311 or leave a message at 415-554-3233 to contact SFPUC about the project.

Felton Zoom Squad

The Felton Tech Squad brings tech support and broadband access directly to older adults and people with disabilities so they can participate in our increasingly digital world.

For a Zoom training, please contact Kim Hoffman at khoffman@felton.org or call (415) 297-7492.

Community Updates

Cliff House RFP is Open

The National Park Service has begun its search for a new long-term tenant in the historic Cliff House! One of my first pieces of legislation when I took office was urging the NPS to allow for a short-term tenant to open in the Cliff House while they started their search.

The request for proposals (RFP) for their long-term lease is open until May 17, 2022.

For more information, please visit the NPS website here.

Legal Services for Small Businesses

Need help figuring out if your business is ADA compliant? Legal Services for Entrepreneurs is hosting a one-hour virtual workshop to help small businesses understand their ADA compliance under their commercial lease. The workshop will take place Wednesday, February 23 at 3 pm and be presented in four different languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese.

For more information, please email nubinas@lccrsf.org.

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