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City and County of San Francisco

February 15, 2005

City and County of San Francisco

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Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
February 15, 2005

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor

Ordinances
041006 [Establishing cable television customer service requirements]
Ordinance amending Sections 11.1, 11.37, 11.38, 11.46, 11.51, and 11.62 of the Administrative Code to establish customer service requirements for cable television and open video system operators. Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Brian Roberts, DTIS; Jeff Berman; Yonah Camacho-Diamond. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Peskin submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
050182 [Zoning - Planning Code amendments in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to add Sections 249.27, 263.18, 825, and 825.1 to establish special zoning controls in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan; amending Planning Code Section 270 to reflect the new zoning changes to bulk controls set forth in Section 263.18; adopting environmental findings and findings that the amendments are consistent with the General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Mayor, Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. SUBSTITUTED. The Mayor submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
050183 [Zoning Map amendments in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sectional Map 1, 1H, and 1SU of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco in connection with the Transbay Redevelopment Plan and an associated special use district with the Redevelopment Plan Project Area and adopting environmental findings and findings that the amendments are consistent with the General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Mayor, Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. SUBSTITUTED. The Mayor submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
050253 [Proposition 65 Ordinance - Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding Section 456.6, to require the Department of Public Health to Enforce the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) and its implementing regulations and to require certain food establishments to provide Proposition 65 warnings in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
050254 [Amending Planning Code Sec 703.3 to designate formula retail uses as a conditional use in the Small-Scale NCD along Divisadero from Haight to Turk Streets]
Ordinance to amend the Planning Code by amending section 703.3 to designate formula retail uses as a conditional use in the Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District along Divisadero Street from Haight to Turk Streets and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee.

Resolutions
050257 [Supporting California Health Care Coalition of California Works]
Resolution supporting the California Health Care Coalition of the California Works Foundation and participating with other public and private purchasers determined to bring significantly greater performance accountability and transparency to the healthcare industry. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050258 [Amending the terms of all Board of Supervisors' appointees to the Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island Citizens Advisory Board]
Resolution amending the terms of all Board of Supervisors' appointees to the Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island Citizens Advisory Board (the "TICAB") to be consistent with the Bylaws of the TICAB. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050259 [Urging the United States Government to comply with international law regarding the use of torture]
Resolution urging the United States Government to comply with international law regarding the use of torture. Supervisors Daly, Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050260 [Open Government: Reinstating CityWatch Telecasts]
Resolution to protect open government by re-instating cable programming for the Police and Planning Commissions on San Francisco Government Television, CityWatch. Supervisors Daly, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050261 [Accept-Expend Grant from National Endowment for the Arts for Arts Commission]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Arts Commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for the advancement of arts education in the San Francisco Unified School District through the efforts and administration of the Arts Education Program. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050262 [Honoring and commending Community Housing Partnership]
Resolution honoring and commending Community Housing Partnership for fifteen years of providing an alternative approach to the crisis of homelessness in San Francisco. Supervisors Dufty, Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050263 [Commending International Women's Day]
Resolution commending International Women’s Day. Supervisors Ma, Maxwell, Alioto-Pier presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050264 [Arts Education Month]
Resolution declaring March 2005 to be “Arts Education Month” in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050265 [Bill Price Day]
Resolution declaring “Bill Price Day” in San Francisco on February 24th 2005 on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050266 [Grant to respond to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies in hospital settings in San Francisco]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH, SFGH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $44,747 from the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) to prepare for and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of September 1, 2003, to August 31, 2004. Supervisor Ma presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
050267 [Proclaiming March 2005 as Social Worker Month in San Francisco]
Resolution proclaiming March 2005 as Social Worker Month in San Francisco. Supervisors Maxwell, Ma, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050268 [Commending Dale Hess]
Resolution commending Dale Hess for his years of contribution to the City and County of San Francisco and proclaiming March 2, 2005 as Dale Hess Day in San Francisco. Supervisors Maxwell, Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050269 [Commending the San Francisco Independent Living Resource Center]
Resolution commending the San Francisco Independent Living Resource Center and their partners of the “San Francisco Cross Agency Training on Health, Benefits, Work and Disability” for their efforts to provide workers and job seekers with disabilities accurate information and access to their rights at the workplace. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050270 [Opposing President Bush's Proposed Cuts in Community Development Funding]
Resolution opposing President Bush’s proposed cuts in community development funding. Supervisor Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050271 [Urging State to adopt Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness]
Resolution urging the State of California to adopt a Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness by 2006. Mayor, Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
050272 [Urging Congress to approve funding for housing and supportive services for the chronically homeless]
Resolution urging Congress to approve $200 million for the Samaritan Initiative to implement housing and supportive services strategies to end chronic homelessness. Mayor, Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Requests for Hearing
050255 [Press Passes]
Hearing on the past and present practices of the issuance of press passes by the San Francisco Chief of Police, and any changes to said policy that delineates journalists as "actual and bona fide," and changes to said policy that accounts for journalists who are and are not working on "breaking news," and changes or recommendations for regulating press pass issuance to the burgeoning and/or steady industry of electronic journalists, community (neighborhood newspaper) journalists, and freelancers, that comprise any combination of the aforementioned classifications. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audits and Oversight Committee.
050256 [Increase of young people at the Youth Guidance Center]
Hearing on the increase of young people at the Youth Guidance Center (YGC). This hearing will bring together key stakeholders and decision makers to review the current crisis and possible action to decrease the population at YGC. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

Motion
050252 [Needle Exchange Emergency]
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.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES
050245 [Settlement of Lawsuit - John Miller]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against John Miller for the receipt of $45,000; the lawsuit was filed on March 11, 2003 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 418-214; entitled City and County of San Francisco, et al., v. John Miller, et al. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
050246 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Kemper Insurance Co.]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Kemper Insurance Co. by and through American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. against the City and County of San Francisco for $46,344.48; the lawsuit was filed on December 23, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 437-338; entitled Kemper Insurance Co, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
050247 [Settlement of Lawsuit - 18th and Arkansas Homeowners Association, et al., v. CCSF, et al.]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by 18th and Arkansas Homeowners Association, 1220 Folsom Street Owners' Association, 2412 Harrison Street Owners' Association, India Cove Homeowners Association, 700 Illinois Street Owners' Association, 1415 Indiana Street Owners' Association, Penn Station Lofts Owners' Association, 226 Ritch Street Owners Association, 650 Second Street Owners' Association, San Francisco Flower Growers Association, 2030 Third Street Homeowners' Association, Tehama Lofts Condominium Owners' Association, 1011 23rd Street Owners' Association, and 239 8th Street Homeowners' Association against the City and County of San Francisco for $65,424.81; the lawsuit was filed on September 27, 2003 in the San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 424-484; entitled 18th and Arkansas Homeowners Association, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
050165 [Airport Concession Lease]
Resolution approving the Remote Terminal Food and Beverage Lease between Bassam & Nancy Shihadeh dba Deli Up Café, and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
050248 [Settlement of Claim - Liberty Mutual Insurance Company]
Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated Claim No. 04-02628 filed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as subrogee for Cresleigh Management on March 10, 2004 against the City and County of San Francisco for $33,466.09. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
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