City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
January 11, 2005
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Ordinances
| 050054 |
[Subdivision Code - Two-unit buildings that won the 2001 condominium conversion lottery] |
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Ordinance amending the Subdivision Code by amending Section 1359 with clarifying language and providing a grandfather provision for specified two-unit buildings where the owner won in the 2001 condominium conversion lottery but failed to convert at that time. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 050056 |
[Appropriate funding for MTA towards the purchase and modification of 45 AC Transit motor coaches in compliance with Proposition I] |
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Ordinance appropriating $4,100,000 of unallocated capital project funds to the Gillig motor vehicle purchase project, from MTA Breda Lease Lease-back funds, for the purchase and modification of 45 motor vehicle coaches from AC Transit in compliance with Proposition I (approved by voters in year 2004), for fiscal year 2004-05. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 050059 |
[Appropriate funds from the General Reserve to General City Responsibility as charitable contribution for the Tsunami Relief Effort] |
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Ordinance appropriating up to $1,000,000 from the General Fund Reserve to General City Responsibility for a charitable contribution made to the Tsunami Relief Effort for fiscal year 2004-2005. Supervisors Daly, Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 050061 |
[Real Property Reporting and Planning] |
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Ordinance adding Section 23.8 to the San Francisco Administrative Code to establish a City policy that all City departments report annually to the Real Estate Division certain real property information, that relevant property information be recorded and geographically displayed in the Real Estate Information System (REIS), and the Director of Property prepare an annual report to the Board of Supervisors with real property asset management recommendations. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. |
| 050071 |
[Shopping Cart Signage and Security Requirements] |
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Ordinance amending Part II, Chapter X, of the San Francisco Municipal (Public Works) Code by adding Sections 1410-1413, requiring permanently affixed signs on shopping carts, requiring businesses with carts to post signs prohibiting removal from premises and to secure all carts during hours business is closed. Supervisor Ma presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Services Committee. |
| 050010 |
[Amending Administrative Code Section 71.2 definition of qualified historic property] |
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Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 71.2 to provide that where the interior of a property has or will be altered such that a majority of the interior is substantially equivalent to a new structure, the property is not a "qualified historic property" for the purpose of applying for an historical property contract and providing that non-historic additions to qualified historical properties are not eligible for Mills Act tax benefits from the City. Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. |
| 041611 |
[Authorization for a Local Disease Prevention Demonstration Project] |
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Ordinance authorizing the Department of Public Health to create and operate a Disease Prevention Demonstration Project to register pharmacies to sell or furnish hypodermic needles without a prescription as allowed under State law, such registration to consist of the department maintaining a list of participating pharmacies, providing such pharmacies with written information for customers on how to access drug treatment, HIV and Hepatitis C testing and treatment, and safe disposal of sharps waste. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney for review and approval as to form. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Dufty submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
Resolutions
| 041283 |
[Street Renaming - Jasper Place in North Beach to "Dante Benedetti Alley"] |
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Resolution changing the name of Jasper Place, between Union and Green Streets in North Beach to "Dante Benedetti Alley", in recognition of Dante Benedetti’s many contributions to the community of North Beach and the City of San Francisco. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. REFERRED. 9/17/04-Referred to Public Works, Chief of Police, Parking and Traffic, and the Fire Department for review. 10/6/04-Response received via mail from the Fire Department. 10/18/04-Response received via mail from Parking and Traffic. 12/27/04-Response received via e-mail from Public Works. 12/28/04-Response received via email from the Police Department. Written response pending. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Peskin submitted a substitute resolution bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 050004 |
[Implementation of the State's Pierce's Disease Control Program] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Health Services (SFDPH/OEHS) to enter retroactively into an agreement with the State Department of Food and Agriculture (SDFA), and expend funds in the amount of $63,887.65 to implement in San Francisco the SDFA Pierce’s Disease Control Program; for the period of July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. Mayor presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. REFERRED to City Services Committee. |
| 050048 |
[Commending Raymond Zahnd] |
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Resolution commending Raymond D. Zahnd upon his retirement. Supervisor Dufty presented. ADOPTED. |
| 050049 |
[Commending Sally Kipper] |
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Resolution honoring and congratulating Sally Kipper for her distinguished public service career. Supervisor Dufty presented. ADOPTED. |
| 050057 |
[Grant to enable the San Francisco Department of Public Health to prepare to respond to a potential bioterrorism attack] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept retroactively and expend Cities Readiness Initiative grant funds in the amount of $910,514 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to prepare to respond to a potential bioterrorism attack and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of August 31, 2004, to August 30, 2005. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 050058 |
[Reintegrate clients at Laguna Honda Hospital into independent living in the community] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health/ Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (SFDPH/LHH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $50,000 from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), to reintegrate clients into independent living within the community and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 050060 |
[Clean Air Plan for Muni: Zero Emissions 2020] |
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Resolution supporting the Clean Air Plan for Muni entitled “Zero Emissions 2020” released jointly by the San Francisco Department of the Environment and the Municipal Transportation Agency detailing specific timing for the adoption of hybrid electric buses, and requiring that 100% of the interim diesel fleet must be equipped with clean air devices to minimize particulate matter (PM) and NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emissions. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 050062 |
[Instructing the Department of Environment to complete a nexus study on a local fee for supermarket checkout bags] |
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Resolution instructing the Department of Environment to complete a nexus study in order to identify the relationship between the use of disposable supermarket checkout bags and various costs to the City, and to determine the legality and appropriateness of a local fee on these bags. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 050070 |
[STOP Intersections] |
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Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.
STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Arlington Street at Roanoke Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP; and
Arlington Street at Mateo Street, making this intersection an All-Way STOP. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 050072 |
[Supporting Gay Adoption] |
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Resolution urging the Supreme Court of the United States to rescind their refusal and to accept the hearing of a legal challenge to Florida’s prohibition of adoption of children by gays and lesbians. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050073 |
[Homeless Death Count] |
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Resolution urging the City Attorney to explore feasible means to access death records. Supervisors Daly, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050074 |
[Reinstatement of Homeless Death Count by SFDPH] |
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Resolution urging Department of Health to reinstate Homeless Death Count. Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Sandoval, Mirkarimi, McGoldrick presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050075 |
[Commending Ray Wong] |
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Resolution commending Ray Wong for his career in civil service. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050076 |
[Volunteer Blood Donor Month] |
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Resolution declaring January 2005 to be “Volunteer Blood Donor Month” in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050077 |
[SFMOMA Building Anniversary] |
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Resolution congratulating the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on the Tenth Anniversary of the Opening of their Mario Botta – designed building. Supervisor Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050078 |
[Extending the term of the Biosciences Task Force to March 15, 2005] |
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Resolution extending the term of the Biosciences Task Force to March 15, 2005. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050079 |
[Urging the California Legislature to standardize levels of aid payments for Kin-GAP Program] |
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Resolution urging the California Legislature to standardize levels of aid payments for relative and non-relative legal guardianship in its Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program in order to encourage and support relative caretakers in taking guardianship of dependent and "at-risk" children. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 1/13/05 - Referred to Youth Commission for review and comment. |
| 050035 |
[Contract funds to detect and eradicate infestations of P. ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death, in host plants in nursery stock in San Francisco] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Health Services (SFDPH/OEHS) to enter retroactively into a performance agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), and expend funds in the amount of $3,296 to assist in the implementation in San Francisco of the CDFA Sudden Oak Death (SOD) Program; for the period of March 1, 2004 to February 28, 2005. (Public Health Department) Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
Requests for Hearing
| 050063 |
[SFUSD Nutrition Policy] |
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Hearing at the Joint City and School District Committee to discuss the SFUSD nutrition policy and how the City can help to improve nutrition standards throughout our schools. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 050064 |
[Water and General Plan] |
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Hearing on how water is addressed in the City's General Plan. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 040065 |
[Commending Martha Knutzen] |
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Resolution commending Martha Knutzen for distinguished public service on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano, Ma, Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. ADOPTED. APPROVED. |
| 050066 |
[Public Utilities Commission] |
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Hearing on the status and implementation of the Public Utilities Commission community aggregation process before the Local Agency Formation Commission. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Sponsor requests this item be referred to LAFCO. |
| 050068 |
[Children's exposure to diesel fumes] |
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Hearing to discuss the SFUSD how we can work together to reduce children's exposure to diesel fumes.
In particular, the school district's contract for bus services expired on December 4, 2004, what steps have they taken to ensure that the new contract prioritizes the use of low-emission buses and/or require older buses be retrofitted with air particulate filters and to operate on ultra low diesel fuel. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 050069 |
[Film and Entertainment] |
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Hearing on the status of the San Francisco film and television industry and production incentives. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 050067 |
[Closed Session - Pending Litigation and Potential Claims] |
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Requests for closed session hearing before the Board of Supervisors at the meeting of January 25, 2005 on the following matters:
1. Pending litigation and potential claims involving business tax litigation (Macy's v. CCSF - San Francisco Superior Court #306-723, et al.)
2. Pending litigation and potential litigation (CCSF v. Flying Dutchman Park, Inc. - San Francisco Superior Court #321376.) Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Scheduled for Board consideration January 25, 2005 meeting. |
Motions
| 050046 |
[Needle Exchange Emergency] |
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Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Peskin, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050050 |
[Limiting Single Supervisor's Ability to Call Matters from Committee] |
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Motion amending the Rules Order of the Board of Supervisors to repeal Rule 5.23 Reactivating Tabled or Filed Items, and to amend Rule 5.31 Failure of a Committee to Act within 30 Days, thereby limiting the ability of a single Supervisor to call matters from Committee. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050051 |
[Changes to Board Committee] |
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Motion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rules 5.1 - 5.6 to create a standing Government Audit and Oversight Committee and a Standing Budget and Finance Committee; to Repeal the Rules Related to the Finance and Audits Committee and Budget Committee; to change the name of the City Services Committee to the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee; and to Define the Responsibilities and Jurisdiction of the Budget and Finance Committee, the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, the Rules Committee, the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee and the Land Use Committee. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050052 |
[Schedule for Regular Board Meetings] |
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Motion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 6.2 to provide that the Board shall meet every Tuesday, unless that Tuesday is a holiday, and shall not meet during the week after Thanksgiving or the week between December 24 and December 31. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050053 |
[Rule Amendment related to Supervisors voting at Board meetings] |
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Motion amending Rule 4.14 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to provide procedures to encourage Supervisors to vote in a timely manner during roll calls at meetings of the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050055 |
[Board Rule Change: Withdrawal of Sponsorship, Withdrawal of Legislation] |
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Motion adding Rule 2.12.1 to the Board of Supervisors Rules of Order to allow the withdrawal of sponsorship of legislation and providing for the withdrawal from consideration by the Board any legislation where, after the withdrawal of sponsorship, there remains no sponsoring supervisor. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
| 041763 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Israel Flores] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Israel Flores against the City and County of San Francisco for $85,000.00; the lawsuit was filed on September 18, 2003 in the United States District Court, Northern District, Case No. C03-4262 SBA; entitled Israel Flores v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; other material terms of said settlement are the City shall waive its lien in the amount of $33,740.60, representing the value of medical services provided to Israel Flores for injuries sustained in the relevant incident. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 041764 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - American Motorists Insurance Company] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by American Motorists Insurance Company against the City and County of San Francisco for $85,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 14, 2001 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 401-290; entitled American Motorists Insurance Co., et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 041767 |
[Zoning Map Amendment for 2350-19th Avenue] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sectional Map 6 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco and changing the use classification of the property located at 2350-19th Avenue, and identified as Assessor's Block No. 2347, Lot No. 004G, from a zoning designation of P (Public) to RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family); and adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b), and environmental findings. (Planning Department) . ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. Submitted by the Planning Department. CEQA waiver and Planning Commission recommendation in the file. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 041720 |
[Establishing Monthly Contribution Amount] |
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Resolution establishing monthly contribution amount to Health Service Trust Fund. (Human Resources Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 041765 |
[Proposed Expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for Fiscal Year 2004-05] |
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Resolution authorizing adoption of the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents (CHIP) funds for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 and that the President or duly authorized representative of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco can certify the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of CHIP funds for the Fiscal Year 2004-2005. (Public Health Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 041766 |
[Airport Concession Lease] |
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Resolution approving Amendment No. 5 to the Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession in the New International Terminal Building Lease No. 99-0035 between DFS Group, L.P. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |