City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
November 6, 2007
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
| 071518 |
[Standards of Care for City Shelters] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding a new Article 13 to Chapter 20 to require the City to: 1) include in all contracts for City-funded shelter services provisions relating to the standards of operation of the shelters and the contractual remedies for shelter operators' failure to comply with those standards, and 2) take corrective enforcement measures including seeking remedies for breach of contract against City-funded shelter operators that fail to comply with contractual provisions that this Article requires. Supervisor Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 071519 |
[Giving the Entertainment Commission and its Executive Director the new duties and responsibilities] |
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Ordinance giving the Entertainment Commission and its Executive Director the following new duties and responsibilities: facilitating special events by coordinating permitting and other City support for such events; maintaining a master calendar of special events; creating a web site for special events; providing guidelines to other City departments on appropriate special event policies; working with the Entertainment Commission, Grants for the Arts, the Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Mayor's Office of Protocol to support existing special events and attract new special events. Supervisors Dufty, Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 071520 |
[Creates a Mayor's Office of Special Events to attract, create and promote special events] |
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Ordinance creating a Mayor's Office of Special Events with responsibility for organizing major special events, like Halloween, that have no private sponsor, facilitating privately-sponsored special events by coordinating permitting and other City support for such events, maintaining a master calendar of special events, creating a web site for special events, providing guidelines to other City departments on appropriate special event policies, working with the Entertainment Commission, Grants for the Arts, the Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Mayor's Office of Protocol to support existing special events and attract new special events, and issue a report to the Board of Supervisors on the effectiveness of this Ordinance within a year of its effective date, and removing from the Entertainment Commission responsibility for organizing major special events like Halloween, helping event organizers obtain permits from other City departments, and mediating disputes between organizers of special event and people affected by those events. Supervisors Dufty, Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 071521 |
[Public Works Code - caf tables and chairs permit fee] |
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Ordinance amending Public Works Code Sections 2.1.1 to update the café tables and chairs permit fee and making environmental findings. Supervisor Chu presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 071522 |
[Residential Rent Ordinance: Sellers and Purchasers to Give Tenants Written Disclosure of Rights Before and After Sale of the Rental Property] |
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Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance" by adding subsection (j) to Section 37.9, to provide that tenants in units subject to Section 37.9 be given written disclosure of specified rights by sellers and purchasers before and after the sale of such property. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 071526 |
[Public Employment - Mayor's Office for the Office of Special Events] |
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Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 175-07 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY 2007-2008) to reflect the addition of one position (.5 FTE) Class 0902 - Mayoral Staff XIV in the Mayor's Office for the Office of Special Events. Supervisors Dufty, Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 071528 |
[Administrative Code - Amendment to Tourist Hotel Conversion Ordinance] |
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Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to add Section 41F to prohibit conversion of Large Tourist Hotels into condominium projects, allowing the Planning Commission to issue exemptions for conversion of up to 500 units in the following two years, listing criteria for additional conversions as determined by the Planning Commission, requiring applicants for exemptions to provide the Planning Department with certain information regarding the conversion, creating a 120-month sunset period, and making environmental findings. Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano, Daly, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 071534 |
[Zoning - Interim Moratorium on institutional uses in the Western SoMa] |
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Urgency Ordinance approving an interim zoning moratorium to prohibit the establishment of new institutional uses in the Western SoMa Planning Area Special Use District for 45 days and making required findings, including findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and environmental findings. Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano, Daly, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 071536 |
[Access to and retention of community safety camera recordings] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 19.3 to allow the Public Defender and other criminal defense attorneys and investigators to obtain community safety camera recordings for particular purposes; and amending Section 19.6 to specify the procedures for the Public Defender and other criminal defense attorneys and investigators to request community safety camera recordings and to require that the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services retain the recordings for at least 14 days but not more than 21 days. Supervisor Sandoval presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Public Safety Committee. |
| 071540 |
[Prohibiting the Feeding of Birds or Wild Animals] |
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Ordinance amending section 486 of the Police Code to specify that the feeding of any bird or wild animal is prohibited in any park of the City and County. Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 071541 |
[Appropriating $8,890,628, of additional Proposition 1B State Funds revenue for street resurfacing projects purpose in the Department of Public Works for Fiscal Year 2007-2008] |
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Ordinance appropriating $8,890,628 of additional Proposition 1B State Funds for street resurfacing projects in the Department of Public Works for Fiscal Year 2007-2008. The department will use the accelerated appropriations of bond funds from the state to fund projects for which design money has already been appropriated and were included in the City's FY 2008-09 capital program. The total list of projects to be funded by the bond funds are as follows:
DPW Bureau or Street and Sewer Repair - Various Locations
North University Mound (Joint PUC Project)
Laguna Street - Geary Blvd to Sutter St (Joint PUC Water Contract Phase I)
SOMA West Alley Paving
SOMA Pavement Renovation
Taylor Street - Market to Ellis
Sansome Street - Sutter to California
Folsom Street - 10th to 19th, Powhattan to Alemany
11th Street - Mission to Harrison
Various Locations #13 Pavement Renovation
Lincoln Way - 3rd Avenue/Kezar to 36th Avenue
FY 08-09 Intersection Paving
Various Locations #12 Pavement Renovation Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Resolutions
| 071515 |
[Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the election of Harvey Milk to the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco] |
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Resolution commemorating the 30th anniversary of the election of Harvey Milk to the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano presented. ADOPTED. |
| 071516 |
[Grant to support the Healthcare Facilities Partnership Program through the San Francisco Department of Public Health] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $787,659 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, for year 1 of the Healthcare Facilities Partnership Program, for the period of September 1, 2007, through August 8, 2008. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 071517 |
[Grant to support the SF Child Injury Prevention Program] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), to retroactively accept and expend funds from the Kids' Plates Program, San Diego State University Research Foundation in the amount of $54,000 in support of SF Child Injury Prevention Program, for the period of October 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 071523 |
[Accept-Expend Federal Pass Through Grant - Department of Emergency Management, Division of Emergency Services] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of Emergency Management, Division of Emergency Services, to accept and expend a Federal pass through grant in the amount of $1,723,887 from the Governor's Office of Homeland Security for three grant programs: the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP), and the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee. |
| 071524 |
[Retroactive Accept and Expend State Grant - Department of the Environment] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $11,175 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the purpose of increasing proper disposal of Household Hazardous Waste and supporting San Francisco's involvement in the California Product Stewardship Council. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 071525 |
[Accept and Expend State Grant - Department of the Environment] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $11,002 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the purpose of increasing proper disposal of Household Hazardous Waste and supporting San Francisco's involvement in the California Product Stewardship Council. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 071527 |
[Accept-Expend Federal Grants - Municipal Transportation Agency] |
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Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $478,000 from 2006 Regional Transportation Improvement funds for the Transportation for Livable Communities - Inner Sunset Traffic Calming and Transit Enhancements Project. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 071533 |
[Issuance and Sale of Tax-Exempt Bonds - San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association] |
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Resolution approving the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $7,000,000 to finance and refinance the acquisition and construction of capital facilities owned by San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association or an affiliate. Supervisors Peskin, Dufty presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 071535 |
[Appointment - Urban Counties Caucus] |
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Resolution appointing Supervisor Carmen Chu, term ending December 31, 2008 to the Urban Counties Caucus. Supervisor Peskin presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 071537 |
[Grant of Regional Funds.- San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend $200,000 of Regional Measure 2 - Safe Routes to Transit funding to conduct a study analyzing how to improve traffic patterns on the southern side of the Balboa Park BART station. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 071539 |
[Authorizing the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to provide clerical, administrative and logistical assistance to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission] |
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Resolution authorizing the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to provide clerical, administrative and logistical assistance to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission for the purpose of instituting its Advice and Monitoring Project with respect to CCA Program Implementation as requested by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and for the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to seek reimbursement from LAFCo therefor. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 071542 |
[Accept-Expend Federal Grants - Municipal Transportation Agency] |
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Resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $2,740,000 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Program for various transportation projects. Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
Motion
| 071538 |
[Imposing a suppression order upon the Board of Supervisors] |
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Motion self-imposing a suppression order upon members of the Board of Supervisors and its staff after the Ethics Commission has forwarded to the Board a recommendation in the official misconduct proceedings against Supervisor Edmund Jew. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
Charter Amendment
| 071218 |
[Charter Amendment - San Francisco Affordable Housing Fund and Public Accountability] |
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Charter amendment (First Draft) to add Section 16.127 to: establish a baseline appropriation and set aside the equivalent of the available annual tax of two and one-half cents ($0.025) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed property tax valuation for the next fifteen (15) years to support affordable housing programs; require the Mayor's Office of Housing, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health and Department of Human Services, to prepare an affordable housing plan every three (3) years and an annual affordable housing budget; affirm City policy urging the Redevelopment Agency to use at least fifty percent (50%) of its tax increment funds for low and moderate income housing; and set an expiration date of July 1, 2024. Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Mirkarimi presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. (Referred to Departments) FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.37. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute Charter Amendment bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23. Supervisor Daly rquested this mattter be reactivated. ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. Supervisor Daly requested that the item be heard at the Rules Committee meeting on November 15, 2007. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 071480 |
[Re-Appointment - Local Homeless Coordinating Board] |
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Resolution re-appointing Christine Ma, M.D., for a term to be determined, to the Local Homeless Coordinating Board, residency requirement waived. (Controller) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 071483 |
[Settlement of Grievance - Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 790 ("Union")] |
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Resolution approving the settlement of the grievance (ERD No. 81-06-1465) filed by Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 790 ("Union") on behalf of Grievant Victoria Sargent against the City and County of San Francisco for $133,751.52. Other material terms of said settlement is that Grievant and Union shall release all claims relating to Grievant's employment with the City and that Grievant shall be restricted from any future employment with the City. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
Clerk to Act – November 6, 2007
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 at the following locations:
- Northwest corner of Pierce and Page (Sidewalk)
- Both sides of the Webster median between Ivy and Geary (Curbside)
- Curb cut areas at the intersection of Webster and Geary (Curbside)
- Northeast corner of Page and Buchanan (Emergency Box)
- Southeast corner of Page and Steiner (Emergency Box)
- Southwest corner of Oak and Broderick (Emergency Box)
- Southeast corner of Golden Gate and Steiner (Emergency Box)
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Public Works
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Public Works to report on the status of repainting the crosswalks:
- At the intersection of 5th Avenue and Lincoln Way crossing 5th Avenue on the south side of Lincoln
- The west crosswalk on Arguello Blvd. Crossing Lincoln Way (or Frederick)
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 properties:
- Southwest corner of Fulton and Laguna (Traffic Light Pole)
- "One-Way" at the northeast corner of Turk and Steiner (Signs)
- "STOP" sign at the southwest corner of Waller and Buchanan (Signs)
- "STOP" sign at the northwest corner of Grove and Octavia (Signs)
- Back of "STOP" sign at the northeast corner of McAllister and Laguna (Signs)
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 signs and poles at the following locations:
- Page between Laguna and Webster
- Page between Webster and Divisadero (poles only – are covered in stickers)
- Page between Divisadero and Broderick
- Pierce between Haight and Oak
- Scott between Haight and Oak
- Broderick between Page and Oak
- Steiner between Hayes and McAllister
- Turk between Ellis and Pierce
- Scott between McAllister and Golden Gate
- Laguna between McAllister and Hayes
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 location: The Southeast corner of Ivy and Octavia (Phone Switch Boxes).
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Department of Parking and Traffic
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Department of Parking and Traffic to report on the feasibility of adjusting the pedestrian count down signals at the intersection of 9th Avenue and Irving with a flashing red hand to stop pedestrians from crossing and allow motorist to turn left at the end of light cycle.
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:
- Southeast corner of Laguna and Page (Chronicle)
- Southeast corner of Laguna and Page (SF Weekly)
- Northwest corner of Page and Divisadero (SF Weekly)
From: Supervisor Sandoval
To: Clerk of the Board
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to write a letter to the State Attorney General's Office and the California League of Cities requesting that either the Attorney General of the City Attorney's Office of a California city provide outside counsel to the Board of Supervisors regarding the Official Misconduct Procedures against Supervisor Edmund Jew.
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:
- 200 Block of Haight Street (multiple holes)
- 559 Page
- 572 Grove
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:
- 55 Laguna
- 935-939 Page
- 799 Steiner
- 749 Laguna
From: Supervisor Mirkarimi
To: Director, Public Utilities Commission
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the Public Utilities Commission to report on the status of removing graffiti from utility poles at the following locations:
Wooden
- 425 Page
- 728 Page
- 939 Page
- 1193 Oak
- 1109 Oak
- Northwest corner of Broderick and Octavia
- Intersection of Waller and Webster, Stickers on the Metal Boxes on the wooden poles
Metal
- Near 185 Haight
- Southeast corner of Haight and Laguna
- Northeast corner of Pierce and Turk
- Northwest corner of Golden Gate and Scott
From: Supervisor Sandoval
To: City Attorney
To: Director, Department of Public Finance
Requesting/Inquiring: Requesting the City Attorney to collaborate with the Department of Public Finance to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for financing for the Affordable Solar for Homeowners program. Requesting that the City Attorney and Department of Public Financing investigate including the following elements in the RFP:
- Financing terms that include either a special assessment bond or a revolving line of credit.
- The feasibility and added cost of having the partnering financial institution administer the annual assessments for the City.
- Any other proposals that the departments determine may increase the program's financial competitiveness with the private lending market.
In Memoriams
Karen A. Robertson – Supervisor Elsbernd
Irene G. O'Neill – Supervisor Elsbernd
Max Lipkin – Supervisor Dufty
Bella Jung – Supervisor Dufty
