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City and County of San Francisco

January 8, 2008

City and County of San Francisco
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Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
January 8, 2008
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor

Ordinances
080035 [Disclosure of Votes Cast in Ranked-Choice Elections]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Municipal Elections Code by adding Section 415, to make publicly available a report of all votes cast in ranked-choice elections. Supervisor Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.
080039 [Landmark Tree Designation of Blue Elderberry located in the Bernal Heights Natural Area at Folsom Street and Bernal Heights Boulevard]
Ordinance designating the Blue Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) in the Bernal Heights Natural Area (Assessor's Block 5548, Lot 002) at Folsom Street and Bernal Heights Boulevard as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080040 [Landmark Tree Designation of Moreton Bay Fig at 3555 Cesar Chavez Street, facing Valencia Street]
Ordinance designating the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) at 3555 Cesar Chavez Street (Assessor's Block 6575, Lot 002), facing Valencia Street as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080041 [Landmark Tree Designation of Flowering Ash tree no. 1 at 500 Cortland Avenue]
Ordinance designating the Flowering Ash (Fraxinus ornus) tree no. 1 at 500 Cortland Avenue, in front of the Bernal Heights Library, which flanks the eastern side of the main doors to the library on Cortland Avenue (Assessor's Block 5707, Lot 027) as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080042 [Landmark Tree Designation of Flowering Ash tree no. 2 at 500 Cortland Avenue]
Ordinance designating the Flowering Ash (Fraxinus ornus) tree no. 2 at 500 Cortland Avenue, in front of the Bernal Heights Library, which flanks the western side of the main doors to the library on Cortland Avenue (Assessor's Block 5707, Lot 027) as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080063 [Green Building Requirements]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Building Code by adding Chapter 13C to impose green building requirements on newly constructed residential buildings, newly constructed commercial buildings that are 5,000 gross square feet or more, alterations to new or existing commercial interiors that are 25,000 gross square feet or more in area, and major alterations to existing buildings that are 25,000 gross square feet or more in area, where interior finishes are removed and significant upgrades to structural and mechanical, electrical and/or plumbing systems are proposed; exempting City projects, which are covered by Chapter 7 of the San Francisco Environment Code; providing that the requirements become effective 90 days after enactment of the ordinance and increase over the following five-year period; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings required by California Health and Safety Code Section 17958.5. Mayor presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
061438 [Public Works Code - Sidewalk flower-vending stands]
Ordinance amending Public Works Code Sections 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, and 163 to impose a two year-limit on sidewalk flower-vending stand permits and establish a lottery process for subsequent permit issuance for such stands, to clarify application requirements, to add operating conditions for such stands and establish an abandonment period, to delete provisions regarding permit assignment to family members of the permittee, to change the criminal penalty for violations from a misdemeanor to an infraction, and to establish administrative penalties for violations. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for review and recommendation. TRANSFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.37. REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23. Supervisor McGoldrick requested this matter be reactivated, to be heard at the January 28, 2008 Land Use Committee meeting. ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
071661 [Menu Labeling At Chain Restaurants]
Ordinance amending Sections 468 through 468.8 of the San Francisco Health Code to (1) require chain restaurants to provide, per standard menu item, the total number of calories on menu boards and food tags, and the total amount of calories, saturated fat, carbohydrates and sodium on menus; and (2) revise existing requirements for providing nutritional information on alternative disclosure media. Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty, Mirkarimi, McGoldrick, Maxwell presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ammiano submitted a substiture ordinance bearing the same title. ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

Resolutions
080037 [Grant to support vocational services to mentally ill individuals]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services to accept and expend retroactively a grant from the California Department of Rehabilitation in the total amount of $3,310,497, with a cooperative CBHS match of $895,980, for a budget total of $4,206,477, to provide vocational rehabilitation services to clients through a cooperative contract agreement for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010, waiving indirect costs. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080038 [Funding modification to support HIV vaccine and prevention research]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a subcontract modification from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (PHFE) to support the research of the San Francisco Vaccine and Prevention Unit (SFVPU) in the amount of $325,239; for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080043 [Approving and officially adopting the recommendations of the Healthcare Action Team regarding the discharge of homeless patients in San Francisco]
Resolution endorsing the Healthcare Action Team's recommendations for procedures on homeless patients hospital discharge, including more respite beds, a streamlined discharge process, distribution of information sheets, utilization of transitional care programs, expansion of the Ombudsman office and no discharges on Fridays. Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080044 [Grant funding for a drug court in the San Francisco Dependency Court]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to retroactively accept and expend a grant increase in the amount of $287,177, with a local general fund match of $28,718, for a budget total of $315,895, from the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs' (DADP) Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation (CDCI) to provide funding for a drug court in the San Francisco Dependency Court; for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Supervisor Chu presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080045 [Grant funds to improve and expand substance abuse treatment services]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to retroactively accept and expend a grant from the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs' (DADP) Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation (CDCI) in the total amount of $713,132, with a local general fund match of $142,627, for a budget total of $855,759 to improve and expand substance abuse treatment services for adult felon drug court clients; for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008. Supervisor Chu presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080046 [Accept and Expend CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant Funds]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to retroactively accept and expend a CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant in the amount of $200,000 through the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Supervisor Chu presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080047 [Continuum of Care: Five-Year Strategic Plan of the San Francisco Local Homeless Coordinating Board 2007-2012]
Resolution declaring the policy that the Five-Year Strategic Plan of the San Francisco Local Homeless Board titled  Toward Ending Homelessness in San Francisco: A Five Year Strategic Plan of the San Francisco Local Homeless Coordinating Board is the City and County of San Francisco's official homeless policy document and governs the development of an integrated, effective and coordinated system of housing, health care, employment and support services to end homelessness. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080048 [Accept-Expend Federal Pass Through Grant - Department of Emergency Management]
Resolution authorizing the Department of Emergency Management, Division of Emergency Services, to accept and expend a Federal pass through grant in the amount of $950,000 from the Governor's Office of Homeland Security for the Buffer Zone Protection Program, and to enter into an MOU with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to fund critical infrastructure needs. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080049 [Accept and Expend FY 07 Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant and Amend Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008]
Ordinance authorizing the Department of Emergency Management, on behalf of the City and County San Francisco as the primary grantee for the combined Bay Area Urban Area ( Super UASI or  SUASI ) region and as the fiscal agent for the SUASI Approval Authority, to retroactively accept and expend an Urban Areas Security Initiative ( UASI ) grant in the amount of $27,304,000 from the United States Department of Homeland Security, through the California Governor's Office of Homeland Security; amending Ordinance No. 175-07 (Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008) to reflect the extension of eight grant-funded positions at the following Departments: Emergency Management; Police; Fire; Health; and Sheriff; and amending Ordinance No. 175-07 (Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008) to reflect the addition of six grant-funded positions at the Department of Emergency Management. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080050 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice]
Resolution authorizing the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $139,366 from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) Anti-Drug Abuse Enforcement Program (ADA) for the purpose of reducing drug related crime through a coordinated approach. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080058 [Renew Joint Power and Revolving Fund Contract with State]
Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney to enter into a Joint Power and Revolving Fund Contract with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to : (1) contract for, accept and expend up to $1,356,678 allocated from the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the assistance of victims and witnesses of crime for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009; and (2) renew its current agreement with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, an agent of the State of California, for a revolving loan fund in the amount of $75,000 to be used to pay for verified funeral/burial expenses and emergency relocation for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault for an additional two years from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080059 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Airport Commission]
Resolution authorizing the Airport Commission to enter into an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the Department of Homeland Security/Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to accept and expend federal funds for the installation of in-line explosive detection baggage system improvements in Terminal One of the San Francisco International Airport for an approximate amount of 75% of the project cost, not to exceed $2,300,000. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080060 [Requesting that the SFPUC Study Maritime Alternatives to land-based siting of City-owned Combustion Turbines]
Resolution requesting that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Study Maritime Alternatives to land-based siting of City-Owned Combustion Turbines. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
080061 [San Francisco Zoological Gardens-City Oversight]
Resolution urging the Recreation and Park Department to review the current lease management agreement with the San Francisco Zoological Society to determine whether, and how, the City and the Zoo Society could amend the lease management agreement to clarify Recreation and Park Commission's ultimate authority over the Zoo. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
080064 [Confirming the appointment of Malcolm Heinicke to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, term ending March 1, 2008]
Resolution confirming the appointment of Malcolm Heinicke to the Board of Directors of the Municipal Transportation Agency, term ending March 1, 2008. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
080065 [Confirming the appointment of Jerry Lee to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, term ending March 1, 2011]
Resolution confirming the appointment of Jerry Lee to the Board of Directors of the Municipal Transportation Agency, term ending March 1, 2011. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
080066 [Confirming the appointment of Bruce Oka to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, term ending March 1, 2008]
Resolution confirming the appointment of Bruce Oka to the Board of Directors of the Municipal Transportation Agency, term ending March 1, 2008. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
080067 [Commending Margaret Cooch upon her retirement]
Resolution commending Margaret Cooch upon her retirement as Executive Director of Planning for Elders and honoring her life-long service to the broader communities of senior and people with disabilities. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
080068 [Urging San Franciscans not to purchase eggs produced by caged hens]
Resolution urging San Franciscans not to purchase eggs produced by caged hens and opposing the factory farming practice of confining egg-laying hens in battery cages. Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
080070 [San Francisco joins with others to form the creation of California Green Cities]
Resolution committing San Francisco to join other California cities in an effort to promote local, regional, and national sustainability measures, called California Green Cities. Mayor presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
080071 [Funds to support risk reduction project]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), HIV Research Section to enter retroactively into an agreement in the amount of $48,444 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises (PHFE), the primary contractor, to participate in a project regarding risk reduction counseling; for the period of August 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
080072 [Approval of a 30 day extension of Planning Commission review - Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District]
Resolution extending by 30 days the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on a proposed Ordinance that would amend Planning Code Sections 725.1 and 725.42 of the Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District to provide for a limited number of new full service restaurants that satisfy specific requirements and obtain conditional use authorization; and making environmental findings of consistence with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
080073 [Urging the California State University system to develop uniform hiring policies to ensure workforce diversity]
Resolution urging the California State University system to develop uniform hiring policies to ensure workforce diversity. Supervisor Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
080074 [Approval of a second 90 day extension for Planning Commission review - adoption or expenditure of neighborhood impact fees]
Resolution extending by an additional 90 days the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on a proposed Ordinance that would add Planning Code Section 320, 320.1, 320.2 and 320.3 establishing a process to permit the adoption or expenditure of neighborhood impact fees as defined in the ordinance only after the Planning Department has conducted or caused to be conducted an impact study supporting the imposition of such a fee and making environmental findings and findings of consistence with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Hearings
080026 [Hearing - Mayor's budget instructions for the FY2008-09 budget]
Hearing on the Mayor's budget instructions for the Fiscal Year 2008-09 budget. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
080029 [Problems faced by those living with HIV/AIDS]
Hearing request on the problems faced by those living with HIV/AIDS as they get older. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
080030 [San Francisco's homicide rate]
Hearing on why San Francisco's homicide rate is higher than that of Los Angeles. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080031 [Zoo Incident]
Hearing to consider the Zoo Incident on Christmas Day. Supervisors Elsbernd, Alioto-Pier, Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080032 [Pedestrian Safety]
Hearing with the Municipal Transportation Agency, Department of Public Health, and Police Department before the Public Safety Committee regarding pedestrian safety issues. The hearing will include data on pedestrian safety incidents in the last several years, locations with an especially high incident rate, and current as well as potential future efforts to address pedestrian safety issues. Supervisors Chu, Dufty, Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
080033 [Bayview Waterfront Development Project]
Hearing on the status of the Bayview Waterfront Development Project. Informational hearing, which will include presentations by the Mayor's Office staff and project sponsors, as to the status of the joint development program for the Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard areas. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be scheduled at the Land Use Committee meeting of January 14, 2008.
080034 [Worker's Comp Clinic at SF General Hospital]
Hearing regarding the closure of the Worker's Comp Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.

Motions
080036 [Adopting the Planning Department's report on File 071534 - Interim Moratorium on Institutional Uses in the Western SoMa]
Motion adopting the Planning Department's report on File No. 071534 – an interim zoning moratorium to prohibit the establishment of new institutional uses in the Western SoMa Planning Area Special Use District for 45 Days. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
080062 [Regulating the permitted locations of new liquor stores and their conditions of operation]
Motion ordering submitted to the voters an Ordinance authorizing amendment of the Planning Code by adding Section 226.5 to impose a distance requirement of 1,000 feet or more between new off-sale liquor stores and existing liquor stores, schools, public libraries and recreation centers and establishing conditions for operation of liquor stores at an election to be held on June 3, 2008. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
080069 [Concurring in January 4, 2008 Proclamation of Local Emergency]
Motion concurring in the Mayor's January 4, 2008 Proclamation of Local Emergency, and in the actions taken to meet the emergency. Mayor, Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES
080002 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Daniel Worrell]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Daniel Worrell against the City and County of San Francisco for $585,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 25, 2006 in San Francisco Superior, Case No. 455-569; entitled Daniel Worrell v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
080015 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Francis Kelly et al.]
Ordinance authorizing the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Francis Kelly et al., acting for themselves and others similarly situated, against the City and County of San Francisco for $755,000.00 plus accrued interest; the lawsuit was filed on February 25, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Northern District, Case No. C05-1287, entitled Francis Kelly, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
080019 [Implementing the Controller's Whistleblower Program]
Ordinance amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by amending Sections 4.100 and 4.115 and adding Sections 4.107 and 4.123 to implement the provisions of Charter Appendix F1.107 for the operation of the Controller's Whistleblower Program, to protect the confidentiality of whistleblowers and the investigation of complaints, and to provide protection from retaliation, and repealing Section 4.125 and adding a new Section 4.125 to prohibit the furnishing of false information in, and require cooperation with, whistleblower investigations conducted by the Controller or any other officer or department. (Controller) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION
080018 [Public Auction]
Resolution authorizing Tax Collector to sell at public auction certain parcels of tax-defaulted real property. (Treasurer-Tax Collector) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

Clerk to Act – January 8, 2008

Board Minutes for November 20, 2007, December 4, 2007, and December 11, 2007 approved.

Requests Granted

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Inquiring into any plans, either current of contemplated, for the development of that portion of Fulton Street between Larkin St. and Hyde St.

From: Supervisor McGoldrick
To: Budget Analyst (Harvey Rose)
To: Mayor's Budget Director (Nani Coloretti)

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Budget Analyst to give a thorough analysis of the TOTAL budgetary impact of all of the Mayor's staff changes announced on Friday, January 4 (including the eight previous changes), including salary increases/decreases, severance packages etc. Also, please include the approximate 1600 jobs the Mayor has included in the hiring freeze, to see how many of those jobs are actually active and effective, as well as the public safety and health positions affected by the directive.

From: Supervisor Elsbernd
To: Controller
To: Retirement System

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Controller and the Retirement System to analyze the recommendations in the recently issued Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission report and determine which of the relevant recommendations the City has implemented, and which could be implemented.

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of removing the graffiti from mailboxes at the following locations:

Mailboxes

  • Northwest corner of Kirkham and 6th Avenue
  • Southwest corner of 10th Avenue and Judah
  • Northeast corner of 12th Avenue and Judah
  • Southwest corner of 17th Avenue and Irving
  • Southwest corner of 16th Avenue and Irving
  • Northeast corner of 11th Avenue and Irving
  • Southeast corner of 19th Avenue and Lincoln
  • Southeast corner of 15th Avenue and Lincoln
  • Southwest corner of Funston and Lincoln
  • Southeast corner of 10th Avenue and Lincoln
  • Southwest corner of Hayes and Laguna

Garbage Cans

  • Northwest corner 18th Avenue and Irving
  • Southeast corner of 19th Avenue and Lincoln
  • Northeast corner of Scott and Turk

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: District Attorney

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the District Attorney to respond to the following questions:

  1. Under what conditions does your office prosecute infractions against homeless persons? Does the decision to prosecute depend on whether or not a homeless person has counsel or, if represented, by whom the representation is provided?
  2. If the rationale of and justification for specifically prosecuting infractions against homeless is to provide social services, how the District Attorney's office help defendants provide such services or otherwise get housing so that they do not become recidivists?
  3. How much does it cost the District Attorney's office to prosecute quality-of-life infraction cases and are these prosecutions acting as a deterrent resulting in a declining number of citations?
  4. How do these prosecutions improve public safety?
  5. What meetings have you had with the Mayor's Office, or other City departments about this prosecution? Please list the date of each meeting and who was present. Please provide any notes made in these meetings.
  6. It has come to my attention that there have been wholesale dismissals of quality of life citations. Please define "wholesale dismissal" During what period was there "wholesale dismissal" of citations given to homeless people? How many tickets were given? When were they dismissed? Why were they dismissed? What is the process by which tickets are dismissed? Has that process or policy of dismissal changed now that Assistant District Attorneys have been assigned to prosecute these cases?
  7. How many of the quality of life citations issued since July 2007were dismissed? How many people were offered and accepted services? What services? Were any of these new services or programs residents would otherwise not have been able to access? Were others denied access as a result of offering services exclusively to Golden Gate Park residents? How many refused services? How many accepted? How many tickets?
  8. Was anyone, for any reason, incarcerated as a result of the Golden Gate Park sweeps? What is the current status of those cases? How many were charged? How many have been released?

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Chief of Police

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Chief of Police to respond to the following questions:

  1. How citations for camping have been issued on a monthly basis since July, How many people were offered and accepted services in lieu of receiving a citation? What services were they offered? How many refused services and were cited?
  2. Were officers assigned to Golden Gate Park homeless outreach diverted from regular patrols elsewhere? How many? From which assignments were they diverted?
  3. Are social workers present when citations are issued? How many people got both a social service referral and a ticket?
  4. Are officers other than those trained to do homeless used to interact with homeless people in Golden Gate Park? If so, Why are untrained officers assigned this duty?
  5. What is the total cost in police time for the Golden Gate Park sweeps, including overtime?

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Sheriff

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Sheriff to respond to the following questions:

  1. How many people in jail have been identified as mentally ill?
  2. How many were homeless when they were brought to the jail?
  3. Of the people processed through behavioral health court, how long has each individual been waiting for treatment?
  4. What is the ratio of psychiatric staff to mentally ill clients in the jail?
  5. What is the screening process for jail psychiatric services staff?
  6. What is the current capacity of San Francisco jails? How often are they full or over capacity?
  7. Are inmates under the care of psychiatric services released early to alleviate overcrowding?

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Superior Court

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Superior Court to respond to the following questions:

  1. What meetings have court staff had with other city departments regarding infraction citations given to homeless people? Please provide a list of people attending any such meeting, the dates of such meetings, and any handwritten or typed notes, e-mail from such meetings.
  2. How many Quality of Life Citations were adjudicated in 2007? How many have been dismissed? Has a practice of  wholesale dismissal' been used for any of these citations?

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Health

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Health to respond to the following questions:

  1. From which neighborhoods have HO Team been drawn to conduct the "sweeps" in Golden Gate Park?
  2. How many referrals were given? How many of the people who received referrals had additional contact from a HO Team member. Where were people referred?
  3. How many supportive housing beds were available?
  4. How many treatment beds were available?
  5. How long is the wait list for supportive housing beds for the homeless people that want them?
  6. How does the HO Team decide which people receive stabilization beds? Where were stabilization beds drawn from? Did this decrease access for non-Golden Gate park HO Team clients?

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Human Services Agency

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Human Services Agency to respond to the following questions.

  1. During the most recent Golden Gate Park sweeps, how many people were offered supportive housing? How many were turned down?
  2. How does your agency decide who gets the beds that are available? Is there an income requirement for stabilization beds? If so, what is it?
  3. How many people were referred to shelter during the recent Golden Gate Park sweeps? If people from were referred to shelter, were they provided with transportation? If so, what transportation?
  4. How are shelter beds accessed? Are there any shelter beds that are not made available to resource centers to give to clients?
  5. What is the justification for such stringent access to shelter beds through the resource centers when there are 237 vacancies per day?
  6. What was the emergency that required the reopening of 150 Otis the day after it was closed?
  7. From how many sites in Golden Gate Park was unattended property was confiscated? How many bags of property were put into storage? Where were they put into storage?
  8. From how many sites in Golden Gate Park was attended property confiscated?
  9. What notice was given to people whose property was confiscated? Please provide a copy of each notice.
  10. How many people are turned away from resource centers without receiving a shelter bed? If this information isn't tracked, why not?

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Public Defender's Office

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Public Defender's Office to respond to the following questions:

  1. Did you represent anyone who was arrested in Golden Gate Park between August 1, 2007 and the present? How many? What is the current status of those cases? How many people are still incarcerated?

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to respond to the following questions:

  1. From which neighborhoods have Department of Public Works personnel and equipment been drawn to assist the SFPD in conducting the sweeps and confiscation of property of homeless persons in Golden Gate Park?

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 the following DPT/MTA property:

Signs

  • "No Pedestrian Crossing" sign at the southwest corner of Fell and Gough
  • "No Pedestrian Crossing" sign at the southwest corner of 2nd Avenue and Lincoln.
  • "Stay to the Right" sign on the eastbound median at Arguello and Lincoln

Parking Meters

  • Gough between Grove and Fell
  • Fillmore between Post and Geary
  • Irving between 17th Avenue and 19th Avenue

Pedestrian Crossing Signal

  • All corner of 4th Avenue and Lincoln

Stop Signs

  • Northeast corner of Scott and McAllister

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 parking sings and poles at the following locations:

  • Belvedere between 17th Street and Parnassus
  • Stanyan between Alma and Parnassus
  • Woodland between Parnassus and Willard
  • Parnassus between Stanyan and Hillpoint
  • 9th Avenue between Kirkham and Lincoln
  • 8th Avenue between Kirkham and Judah
  • 5th Avenue between Irving and Hugo
  • Arguello between Frederick and Parnassus
  • Fell between Webster and Divisadero
  • Scott between Fell and Golden Gate
  • Pierce between O'Farrell and Turk
  • Hayes between Pierce and Scott
  • Hayes between Webster and Gough
  • Speed limit sign at the westbound intersection of 14th Avenue and Lincoln

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 the following locations:

Light Switch Boxes

  • Judah between 12th Avenue and 13th Avenue
  • Northwest corner of Judah and Funston
  • Southeast corner of Funston and Lincoln
  • Northeast corner of Fillmore and Geary

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 repair or replacing damaged residential parking signs:

  • 1311 – 14th Avenue (Bent Pole)
  • 1261 – 5th Avenue (Replace Parking Signs)

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 newsstands at the following locations:

  • Northeast corner of Judah and 9th Avenue (Chronicle)
  • Southwest corner of Scott and Hayes (Chronicle)
  • Southeast corner of 9th Avenue and Lincoln (Advertiser)

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of repairing potholes at the following locations:

  • Grove Street between Laguna and Gough (Multiple pot holes)
  • Intersection of Parnassus and Stanyan
  • 850 Judah
  • Intersection of California and Steiner

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 at the following private property locations:

  • 485 Scott
  • 500 Kirkham
  • 1400 9th Avenue
  • 1407 9th Avenue
  • 1414 9th Avenue
  • 1211 Arguello
  • 921-923 Oak
  • 929 Oak
  • 349-357 Pierce
  • 512-522 Laguna

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of trimming the tree covering the "STOP" sign at the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and Kirkham.

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 utility poles at the following locations:

Metal

  • Northeast corner of Irving and 15th Avenue
  • All poles on Webster between Grove and Fulton
  • All poles on Fulton between Fillmore and Webster

Wooden

  • 1217 18th Avenue
  • Southeast corner of 19th and Lincoln (Box on pole)
  • Southwest corner of 14th Avenue and Lincoln and Utility Box next to pole

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 public property at the following locations:

Emergency Boxes

  • Northeast corner of Grove and Laguna
  • Southeast corner of Funston and Lincoln
  • Southeast corner of Frederick and Cole

Fire Hydrant

  • Southeast corner of Irving and 18th Avenue

From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
To: Superintendent, SF Unified School District

Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the SF Unified School District and the Department of Public Works to report on the following:

  • Of removing graffiti from the wall of Ida B. Wells on Fell between Pierce and Steiner.
  • Of removing graffiti from the back gate of Jefferson Elementary on 19th Avenue between Judah and Irving.

In Memoriams

Nora Clifford – Supervisor Elsbernd
Allan Lemar Morrison – Supervisor Elsbernd
William M. Duffy – Supervisors Elsbernd and Dufty
Carlos Sousa, Jr. – Entire Board

Last updated: 9/10/2014 2:32:45 PM