City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
November 22, 2005
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
Ordinances
| 051901 |
[Requiring City departments to bill private parties who contract for additional police, street-cleaning, and traffic control services within 30 days, and to extend the deadline for payment from 10 to 14 days] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 10B.2, 10B.12, and 10B.17, to require City departments to submit a bill within 30 days to private parties who contract for additional police, street-cleaning, and traffic control services, and to extend the deadline for payment from 10 to 14 days. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 051902 |
[Aggressive union busting tactics in San Francisco] |
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Hearing on the aggressive union busting tactics used during recent labor struggles in San Francisco and the San Francisco region. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051903 |
[Paratransit Reimbursement - Taxi Meter Rates] |
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Ordinance amending Article 16, Section 1137.5 of the San Francisco Police Code to extend the taxi meter rate offset for the paratrasit program to December 31, 2007. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051907 |
[Minimum Compensation Ordinance] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 12P.2, 12P.3, 12P.4, 12P.5, 12P.6, 12P.7 and 12P.8, and by adding Sections 12P.5.1, 12P.6.1 and 12P.6.2, to amend the Minimum Compensation Ordinance by making both substantive and clarifying changes with respect to: the obligations imposed on Contractors; notification, investigation, auditing, inspection, enforcement and settlement procedures; the withholding of contract payments; provisions relating to waivers; certain definitions, including the definition of Covered Employees; an increase in the hourly wage rate for all employees; the assessment of liquidated damages; and the process for determining whether a Contractor has violated the Ordinance and for the administrative appeal of such determinations. Supervisors Ammiano, McGoldrick presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 051908 |
[Health Care Accountability Ordinance] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 12Q.2.1, 12Q.2.2, 12Q.2.9, 12Q.3, 12Q.4, 12Q.5 and 12Q.6, and adding Sections 12Q.5.1 and 12Q.5.2, to: change the requirements of the Health Care Accountability Ordinance with respect to health benefit plans, exemptions for certain categories of employees and agreements, and the payment rates due from employers; authorize the Health Commission to increase the payment rates; authorize the withholding of contract payments; make both substantive and clarifying changes with respect to obligations imposed on Contracting Parties for notification, investigation, auditing, inspection, enforcement, and settlement procedures; revise procedures for the assessment of liquidated damages; establish a process for determining violations and for the administrative appeal of such determinations; and ratify certain administrative actions. Supervisors Ammiano, McGoldrick presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 051916 |
[Increasing liquidated damages and civil penalty provisions from up to $2,500.00 to up to $5,000.00 for violations of the First Source Hiring Program] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending sections 83.10 and 83.12 of the First Source Hiring Program to increase the liquidated damages and civil penalty provisions from up to $2,500.00 to up to $5,000.00 for every new hire for an entry level position improperly withheld from the first source hiring process. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 051917 |
[Repealing Community Court Administration Fee] |
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Draft ordinance repealing Administrative Code Sections 10.100-95 and 10.183 to authorize the District Attorney to collect Administrative Fees from persons who are determined by the District Attorney to be eligible for the community courts program. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 051919 |
[Worker Health Care Security Ordinance] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Sections 14.1 through 14.10, to require that employers operating within San Francisco make health expenditures on behalf of employees, set penalties and provide for enforcement, and creating a health security task force to analyze among other related issues, the desirability and feasibility of imposing a fee on employers to provide health care for employees. Supervisor Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 051920 |
[Granting parking privileges on Baker Street for official vehicles of the Russian Consulate] |
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Ordinance amending Section 32.6.30 of the San Francisco Traffic Code to grant parking privileges for official vehicles of the Russian Consulate along fifty three feet of the east side of Baker Street near the corner of Green Street. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051921 |
[Planning Code - Protection of significan trees in the public right-of-way and on private property within Telegraph Hill Historic District] |
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Draft Ordinance amending Planning Code by amending Appendix G, Article 10, Section 6 and Section 7(c)(2) to add certain criteria for the removal or significant alteration of trees in public rights-of-way or on privately-owned property. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 051924 |
[Establishing Maximum Work Hours For General Assistance Programs] |
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Ordinance amending Chapter 20, Article VII, to add Section 20.58.6 to provide that the maximum number of hours the Department may require General Assistance recipients to work shall be calculated by dividing the Maximum Monthly Assistance Grant under Section 20.57 of this Chapter by the hourly wage rate established under Section 12P.3(b)(3) of the Administrative Code and by amending Chapter 20, Article VIII, Section 20.77.6 to provide that the maximum number of hours of activities the Department of Human Services may require of participants in the Personal Assisted Employment Service Program shall be calculated by dividing the Maximum Monthly Assistance Grant by the Minimum Compensation Wage Rate. Supervisors McGoldrick, Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 050494 |
[Moratorium on Condominium Conversions] |
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Ordinance amending Section 1396 of the Subdivision Code to impose a moratorium on condominium conversions others than those performed by a qualifying community land trust until the City and County of San Francisco studies the impact of "tenancy in common" condominium conversions on the City’s rental housing stock and the impact of such conversions on the policies of the San Francisco Subdivision Code; and making environmental findings. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Department of Public Works for review and comments. FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.37. REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23. Supervisor Daly requested this matter be reactivated. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 051685 |
[Increasing the requirements of the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program.] |
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Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 315.1, 315.2, 315.4 and 315.5 related to the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program to increase the percentage of affordable housing required for all residential developments of 10 units or more, and to adjust the way low and median income is calculated from a method using Metropolitan Statistical Area calculations to City and County of San Francisco calculations; and making findings including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney's Office to be approved as to form. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance approved as to form, bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
Resolutions
| 051909 |
[Grant for mosquito control to reduce the threat of West Nile virus] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $175,426.20 from the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) for mosquito control to mitigate the threat of West Nile virus transmission, and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. Supervisor Ma presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be heard at the December 5, 2005 meeting. |
| 051910 |
[Grant to develop training resources and a support network for injury prevention professionals in California, Kids' Plates initiative] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $55,000 from the San Diego State University Research Foundation (SDSU) for the injury prevention leadership initiative, Kids’ Plates, and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of August 15, 2005, to June 30, 2007. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051911 |
[Approve a no-cost extension of grant funds from the prior (third) year of the grant, extend the term of the grant, and change grant-funded positions] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to approve a no-cost extension of grant funds from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the amount of $309,049 in funds left over from the prior grant year of September 30, 2004 to September 29, 2005, extending the term from September 29, 2005, to September 29, 2006, and changing grant-funded positions; for the new period of September 30, 2005, to September 29, 2006. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be calendared at the December 5, 2005 meeting. |
| 051912 |
[Grant to establish an enhanced STD Surveillance Network to better understand trends in gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases and develop appropriate interventions in collaboration with other programs throughout the United States] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $80,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), to establish an enhanced STD Surveillance Network, to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds, and to add one 1.0 new position funded through this grant; for the period of September 30, 2005, to September 29, 2006. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be calendared at the December 5, 2005 meeting |
| 051913 |
[Grant of Regional Funds - Municipal Transportation Agency] |
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Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $11,283,000 of Regional Measure 2 funds for the Automatic Vehicle Location System project. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051914 |
[Grant to improve pedestrian safety in Bayview Hunters Point San Francisco] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), to accept and expend a new grant in the amount of $157,541 from the California Department of Transportation (CDOT) to improve pedestrian safety in Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco, and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of January 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. Sponsor requests this item be calendared at the December 5, 2005 meeting. |
| 051915 |
[Rescind Tow-away on Columbus Avenue] |
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Resolution rescinding parking regulations on the 200 Block of Columbus Avenue.
TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, 4 PM TO PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - RESCIND
Columbus Avenue, east side, between Pacific Avenue and Broadway Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051918 |
[SoMa Senior Community Committee for Livable Streets] |
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Resolution urging the creation of the SoMa Senior Community Committee for Livable Streets. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051922 |
[Grant for the Let's Be Healthy! Project to promote healthy living and prevent and manage chronic health conditions among Russian-speaking newcomers in San Francisco] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept and expend retroactively a new four year grant, in the amount of $18,813 for the first year, from Bay Area Community Resources (BACR), for the Let’s Be Healthy! Project and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of October 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 051923 |
[Authorization for Loan from SFCTA] |
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Resolution authorizing the City and County of San Francisco, through its Municipal Transportation Agency, to borrow $22.57 million of Proposition K Sales Tax Funds from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to allow the Third Street Light Rail Transit – Muni Metro East Maintenance and Operations Facility Project to proceed in advance of receiving anticipated state grant funds. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 051925 |
[Resolution initiating designation to amend the Telegraph Hill Historic District] |
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Resolution initiating designation to amend the Telegraph Hill Historic District and to include additional properties in this Historic District pursuant to sections 1004 and 1004.1 of the Planning Code. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 051926 |
[Urging Low-Income Heating Oil Assistance Program] |
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Resolution commending Citgo Petroleum Group for its plan to provide low-income communities in the United States of America with discounted home heating oil, inviting Citgo to engage in a similar program with San Francisco’s low-income residents, and urging other major oil companies to invest a portion of record profits in low-income assistance programs. Supervisors Peskin, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051927 |
[Accept-Expend State Grant - Police Department] |
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Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $45,000.00 (Forty-Five Thousand dollars) from the California Department of Boating and Waterways to purchase miscellaneous boating equipment for use in boating safety and law enforcement activities. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051928 |
[Bernal Heights preschool] |
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Resolution urging that the Bernal Preschool return to the Bernal Branch Library upon completion of the Branch Library Renovation. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051929 |
[Proclaiming that the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band as the Official Band of the City and County of San Francisco] |
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Resolution proclaiming that the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band as the Official Band of the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051930 |
[Declaring December 10th, 2005 as Dance-Along Nutcracker Day in the City and County of San Francisco] |
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Resolution declaring December 10th, 2005 as Dance-Along Nutcracker Day in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051931 |
[National Family Week] |
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Resolution declaring November 20 – 26, 2005 as “National Family Week” in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051932 |
[Supporting the Department on the Status of Women proposal for a Domestic Violence Cross-Training Institute] |
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Resolution supporting the Department on the Status of Women’s proposal to the Blue Shield Foundation for funding to support the development of a Domestic Violence Cross-Training Institute. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051933 |
[Commending Thrasher Magazine on their 25th Anniversary] |
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Resolution commending Thrasher Magazine on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 051934 |
[Grant to improve pedestrian safety awareness in San Francisco] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), to accept and expend a new grant in the amount of $337,725 from the California Office of Traffic Safety (COTS) to improve pedestrian safety awareness in San Francisco, and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of October 1, 2005, to December 31, 2007. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Requests for Hearing
| 051904 |
[New Conservatory Theatre] |
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Hearing to inquire into the current status of the New Conservatory Theatre, a San Francisco-based community non-profit theatre company located at 25 Van Ness Avenue. Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
Motions
| 051900 |
[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. . REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
| 051871 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Kristen Odlaug v. City and County of San and Robert Palu] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by plaintiff Kristen Odlaug against the City and County of San Francisco for payment of $400,000, including all damages, attorneys’ fees and costs; the lawsuit was filed on April 13, 2004, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 430-509, entitled Kristen Odlaug v. City and County of San and Robert Palu. . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 051840 |
[Contract funds from a new primary contractor to evaluate the impact of a resource center for drug users, Year 3] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services (SFDPH,CBHS), to enter retroactively into Year 3 of an agreement with a new primary contractor, the Research Triangle Institute (RTI), and expend funds in the amount of $6,004 to provide research evaluation services; for the period of July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005. (Public Works Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. RECOMMENDED... Heard in committee. Speakers: Alice Gleghorn, Ph.D., Department of Public Health; Michael Radetsky, Department of Public Health; Supervisor Maxwell. |
| 051869 |
[Approval of Port Lease with Miller Kelly Architects, Inc. at the Roundhouse One Building located at 150 Sansome Street] |
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Resolution approving Lease between the San Francisco Port Commission and Miller Kelly Architects, Inc., a California corporation, dba MK Think for the lease of the Roundhouse One Building located at 150 Sansome Street, for a term of ten (10) years and one hundred eighty (180) days with one (1) option to renew for an additional five (5) years. (Port) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Clerk to Act – November 22, 2005
Board Minutes for October 18, 2005 and October 25, 2005 approved.
Requests Granted
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from:
- Green electric box at Judah and 12th Avenue
- Green mailbox and green electric box at Judah and 13th Avenue
- Green Post box at 10th and Irving
- Mailbox at Rivoli and Stanyan
- Mailboxes at southwest corner of Laguna and Hayes
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of the repair of a pothole at 1423 Irving Street.
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the status of removing graffiti from:
- Stop sign at northeast corner of 17th and Stanyan
- Children Playing sign at the Southeast corner of Stanyan and Rivoli
- No Parking and Permit Parking signs on Stanyan between Rivoli and Alma
- No Parking and Permit Parking signs at 228 Parnassus
- Stop Sign at Irving and 17th Street
- Grove street sign at the northwest corner of Grove and Laguna
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing graffiti from the Department of Motor Vehicles building and sign at the intersection of Fell Street and Baker Street.
From: Supervisor McGoldrick
To: City Attorney
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the City Attorney to draft legislation to extend condominium conversion priority to applicants who have extended the following protections to tenants, (1) tenants who purchase some or all of the units, (2) tenants who are offered the first right of refusal to purchase their units, (3) senior disabled tenants who are given lifetime leases, and (4) non-senior/disabled tenants who receive a 1 year lease extension and relocation benefits.
From: Supervisor Maxwell
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to provide her office with a timeline of when stop signs will be installed at the following intersections:
- On Hunters Point Blvd and Innes Ave
- On 26th Street and Kansas Street
- On San Bruno Ave and Felton Street
We request that the Department of Parking and Traffic respond to her office with a timeline of the installations by December 22, 2005.
From: Supervisor Ammiano
To: San Francisco Police Commission
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the San Francisco Police Commission to furnish a copy of the San Francisco Police Department’s Annual Report and Statement of Purpose to the Board of Supervisors.
In Memoriams
Steven Tierney – Supervisor Dufty
Margaret "Peggy" McMiller – Supervisor Maxwell
Wayne Bernard Jr. – Supervisor Mirkarimi
Dante Benedetti – Supervisor Peskin