City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
February 22, 2005
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
Ordinances
| 050297 |
[Zoning Map Amendment and Repeal of Planning Code Section 263.1] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by repealing Section 263.1, which allows the Planning Commission to approve height up to 200 feet in the 65D-2 Height and Bulk District, and by amending the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Sheet 1H, to change the height and bulk designation of Assessor's Block 0195, Lots 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 from 65D-2 to 40-X and to change the height and bulk designation of the remaining assessor's blocks and lots within the 65D-2 Height and Bulk District from 65D-2 to 65-A; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. |
| 050298 |
[Repealing Ordinance Number 72-04 Conditionally Designating 690 Market as a Landmark] |
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Ordinance Repealing Ordinance Number 72-04 Conditionally Designating 690 Market, the Chronicle Building, As Landmark No. 243 under Article 10 of the Planning Code. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050299 |
[Zoning Map Amendment] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Sheet 1H, to change the height and bulk designation of Assessor's Block 0139 from 84-E to 40-X and to change the height and bulk designation of Assessor's Blocks 0140 and 0141 from 84-E to 65-X; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. |
| 050300 |
[Neighborhood Sanitation and Housing Habitability Ordinance] |
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Ordinance amending Article 11 of the San Francisco Health Code to change the title from "Nuisance" to "Neighborhood Sanitation and Housing Habitability," amending the definition of nuisance in Section 581 of the San Francisco Health Code to include asbestos hazards and violations of Section 583, adding Section 583 to the San Francisco Health Code to prevent vermin and insect disease vector harborage and infestation in residential units and to improve the health, safety and general welfare of occupants, adding potential attorneys' fees recovery for those cases in which the City elects to recover attorneys' fees to Sections 596 and 609, adding lien recovery for attorneys' fees for Section 599 and 609, adding civil penalties to Section 600, authorizing recovery of all costs and fees, including attorneys' fees, incurred in enforcement under Section 609, extending the notice and hearing provisions for lien collections under Sections 609.1 and 609.2 to include the additional costs and fees that may be recovered under the amended Section 609, and increasing reinspection fees to $75 per half-hour under Section 609. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 041071 |
[Amending Planning Code Section 703.3 to prohibit formula retail uses in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District] |
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Ordinance to amend the Planning Code by amending section 703.3 to prohibit formula retail uses in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan. Supervisor Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment. Referred to the Planning Dept. Environmental Review Section. FILED. Filed pursuant to Rule 5.37. REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23. Supervisor Peskin requested this matter be reactivated. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
Resolutions
| 050301 |
[Elimination of San Francisco LAFCO] |
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Resolution urging the California Legislature to eliminate the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (“SFLAFCO”). Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050240 |
[Endorsing Community Choice Aggregation Bill of Rights] |
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Resolution endorsing Local Power’s Community Choice Aggregation Bill of Rights, to clarify and expand the authorities of Cities and Counties such as San Francisco with respect to large scale solar energy, efficiency and other conservation technologies and further urging California Senator Migden and California Assembly member Mark Leno to jointly file aforementioned Community Choice Aggregation Bill of Rights by the legislative deadline. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050241 |
[Congratulating The 15 Association on its twenty-fifth anniversary] |
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Resolution congratulating The 15 Association on its twenty-fifth anniversary. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050242 |
[Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)] |
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Resolution repudiating the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, for deleting the words “gay,” “lesbian,” “bisexual” and transgender” from the title of an upcoming suicide prevention workshop. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050243 |
[School Breakfast Week] |
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Resolution declaring March 7 – 11, 2005 as “School Breakfast Week” in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050278 |
[National Black Family Technology Awareness Week] |
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Resolution recognizing February 13-19, 2005 as National Black Family Technology Awareness Week and commending IBM, the Career Communications Group and its local partners at the San Francisco Unified School District in hosting a Family Technology Night to highlight this issue. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050279 |
[Landmarking of the Grid of Pollared in the Music Concourse Bowl, Golden Gate Park] |
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Resolution urging the Planning Commission, the Planning Department and the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board to landmark the Music Concourse and to include in the landmarking ordinance language protecting the historic grid of pollarded trees, and urging the Recreation and Park Commission, the Department of Recreation and Park, the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority and Music Concourse Community Partnership to protect the integrity of existing trees during construction. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050280 |
[Punch Gallery Day] |
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Resolution proclaiming February 25, 2005 as Punch Gallery Day. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050281 |
[Commending the Korean-American Community Center] |
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Resolution commending Korean-American Community Center for its efforts in relief of tsunami victims. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050282 |
[Dr. Anita Friedman Day] |
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Resolution declaring March 19, 2005 Dr. Anita Friedman Day. Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050283 |
[City Policy Regarding Contract Approval] |
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Resolution making it the policy of the City and County that the Board of Supervisors not approve the exercise of options to renew contracts and leases under Charter Section 9.118 where the initial term together with the extension would exceed ten years, if the original agreement was not brought to the Board for its information and review before the agreement was executed. Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050284 |
[Assembly Bill 232] |
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Resolution urging the California State Legislature to pass AB 232 which will increase state funding to community college nursing programs. Supervisors Sandoval, Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050285 |
[Assembly Bill 41] |
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Resolution urging the California State Legislature to approve AB 41: Human Trafficking Act, which establishes the crime of trafficking of a person for forced labor or services and the crime of trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, providing various sentencing enhancements for these offenses. The bill would also impose state-mandated programs and require restitution to trafficking victims. Supervisors Sandoval, Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050286 |
[Urging Congress to retain funding for housing programs in the 2006 Department of Housing and Urban Development budget] |
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Resolution expressing grave concern about President George W. Bush’s proposed budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2006 and urging Congress to retain funding for programs related to the development and preservation of affordable housing. Mayor, Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Requests for Hearing
| 050302 |
[Hearing - Proposed motion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 5.1] |
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Hearing to discuss the proposed motion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 5.1 to create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee. (Clerk of the Board) . ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Pursuant to File 050303, Board to sit as a Committee of the Whole on March 1, 2005, at 3:00 p.m. |
| 050304 |
[SFUSDC's "Dream Schools" Initiative] |
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Hearing on the progress of the San Francisco Unified School District's "Dream Schools" initiative. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 050305 |
[Mayor's Budget Instructions] |
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Hearing on the Mayor's Budget Instructions to the Departments. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 050306 |
[City's Three-year Budget Projection] |
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Hearing regarding the City's three-year budget projection and respectfully requests the Controller and the Mayor's Budget Director to brief the Budget Committee on this projection. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 050307 |
[Budget Updates] |
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Hearing to consider budget updates from the Mayor, Controller, Budget Analyst, Office of Legislative Analysts and City Departments. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 050308 |
[State of California and Federal Budget Cuts Impact on CCSF's Budget] |
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Hearing on the Mayor's Budget Director's report on current information on the State of California and Federal budget cuts and their impact on the San Francisco City and County's budget. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 050309 |
[Discrimination against practitioners of Falun Gong] |
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Hearing on discrimination against practitioners of Falun Gong by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 050310 |
[311 Customer Service Call Center] |
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Hearing to review the City's efforts to improve customer service and establish a 311 Customer Service Call Center, a single-toll-free number for citizens, businesses and visitors wishing to contact the City. This hearing will also review the City's progress toward implementing a Customer Relationship Management Initiative to connect department services to customers using technology and improved processes. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 050311 |
[Impacts in San Francisco of the drug-resistant HIV strain found in New York] |
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Hearing to examine the impacts in San Francisco of the drug-resistant HIV strain found in New York, and to determine what steps the Board of Supervisors, the Department of Public Health, and local AIDS organizations can take to increase awareness of prevention efforts. This hearing will also focus on the link between crystal methamphetamine usage and HIv prevention efforts. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 050312 |
[Community Needs Assessment Developed by DCYF] |
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Hearing to review the draft Community Needs Assessment developed by the Department of Children, Youth and their Families (DCYF). This document, which is required by the Charter to be published by DCYF every three years, sets a framework for children's services in San Francisco for the coming three-year period. The hearing will review preliminary findings and recommendations contained in the current draft of the report and allow Supervisors to comment. Supervisor Ma presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the March 7, 2005 meeting. |
| 050313 |
[Hetch Hetchy Water System] |
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Hearing to review the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's revised plan to fix the Hetch Hetchy water system, to look into the costs associated with the revised plan, and to determine how such revisions impact San Francisco water customers. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 050314 |
[Cannabis Club Regulation] |
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Hearing to discuss City issues and policies related to the distribution of medical cannabis as it relates to Proposition S, including the consideration of establishing licensing fees, the implementation of zoning requirements, regulating safe access guidelines, and the creation of consumer protection principles by the Department of Consumer Assurance. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 050315 |
[Implementation of Senate Bill 1818] |
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Hearing with the Planning Department and Mayor's Office of Housing on how the City intends to comply with the requirements of Senate Bill 1818, and what the Housing Element of the General Plan says about meeting the requirements of state law regarding density bonuses for affordable housing. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
Motions
| 050303 |
[Creating a Subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee] |
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Motion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 5.1 to create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee. . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors. Board to sit as a Committee of the Whole on March 1, 2005, at 3:00 p.m. |
| 050316 |
[Appointment, Board of Appeals - Mike Garcia] |
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Motion approving the Mayor's appointment of Mike Garcia to the Board of Appeals for the term ending January 15, 2009. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050317 |
[Appointment, Board of Appeals - Mike Garcia] |
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Motion rejecting the Mayor’s appointment of Mike Garcia to the Board of Appeals. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 050318 |
[Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Ann Moller Caen] |
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Motion approving the Mayor’s appointment of Ann Moller Caen to the Public Utilities Commission, for the term ending January 15, 2009. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. The Clerk of the Board requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the March 9, 2005 meeting. |
| 050319 |
[Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Ann Moller Caen] |
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Motion rejecting the Mayor’s appointment of Ann Moller Caen to the Public Utilities Commission. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. The Clerk of the Board requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the March 9, 2005 meeting. |
| 050320 |
[Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Ann Moller Caen] |
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Motion taking no position concerning the Mayor’s appointment of Ann Moller Caen to the Public Utilities Commission, for term ending January 15, 2009. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. The Clerk of the Board requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the March 9, 2005 meeting. |
| 050321 |
[Board waiver of committee reference requirement and convening as a Committee of the Whole for purposes of considering an amendment to Board Rule 5.1, which would create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee] |
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Motion suspending Rule 4.38 of the Rules of Order of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to consider, without reference to committee, an amendment to Board Rule 5.1 which would create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; motion that the Board sit as a Committee of the Whole on March 1, 2005, for the purpose of considering the proposed amendment to Rule 5.1. Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Elsbernd, Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 050239 |
[Canceling March 8, 2005, Board of Supervisors meeting] |
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Motion canceling March 8, 2005, meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 050237 |
[Accept-Expend Grant] |
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Resolution authorizing the Public Library to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $23,400 from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library for a part-time, as needed, editor for the publication, At the Public Library. (Public Library) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
Clerk to Act – February 22, 2005
Board Minutes for January 25, 2005 approved.
Requests Granted
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the status of repairing the traffic light on the corner of Divisadero Street and Golden Gate Avenue on the Northeast corner.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the status of clearing the gutter of debris and asphalt at 1800 Laguna Street.
Please send copy to: William Snider, 1802 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the status of replacing three empty sidewalk squares in front of Gateway school at 1350 7th Avenue.
Please send copy to: Valvelin Valledor, 1374 7th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122
From: Supervisor Ma
To: Director, Department of Administrative Services
To: Director, Airport Commission
To: Director, Art Commission
To: Assessor
To: Clerk, Board of Supervisors
To: Director, Child Support Services
To: City Attorney
To: Director, Planning Department
To: Director, Community Mental Health Services
To: Director, Department of Building Inspection
To: Director, Department of Human Services
To: Director, Department of Environment
To: Director, Department of Emergency Services
To: Chief, Fire Department
To: Chief, Police Department
To: Director, Department of Human Resources
To: Director, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
To: Director, Public Utilities Commission
To: Director, Department of Public Works
To: General Manager, Recreation and Park Department
To: Director, Retirement System
To: Treasurer/Tax Collector
To: Clerk, Superior Court
Requesting/Inquiring: To report on the following:
1) How much does your department spend on postage annually?
2) How many printers are in your department?
a) List manufacturer, model, monthly volume, and number of employees sharing each networking printer.
b) List manufacturer, model, monthly volume, classification of employee who is assigned a local/personal printer.
3) How much does your department spend on overnight/courier/messenger services annually?
4) How much does your department spend on off-site document storage (through contracted services or rental of spaces) annually?
5) How could your department reduce its spending on overnight/courier/messenger,
postage and of-site document storage by 50%?
In Memoriams
Thelma Shelley (Entire Board)
John "Sean" Philpott (Supervisor Elsbernd)
Ellis Cheney (Supervisor Ma)
Hunter S. Thompson (Supervisors Mirkarimi, McGoldrick)
Nelly Bagdasorva (Supervisor Mirkarimi)
Charles Rhodes (Supervisor Peskin)
Agostina Giuliana Zucconi Chang (Supervisor Peskin)