City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
January 27, 2004
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
Ordinances
| 040092 |
[Grading of food preparation and service establishments by Department of Public Health and posting of letter grade and inspection score cards at food preparation and service establishments] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding a new section 456 et seq. to establish letter grading system by Department of Public Health for inspection of food preparation and service establishments, requiring posting of letter grade and inspection score cards by food preparation and service establishments, and providing penalties for lack of compliance. Supervisors Daly, Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Services Committee. Refer to Small Business Commission. |
| 040099 |
[Dept. of Administrative Services to provide services to public entities] |
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Ordinance authorizing the Department of Administrative Services to enter into written agreements with other public entities to provide the public entities with publishing, copying, printing and/or mail services, and ratifying and approving any actions heretofore taken by the Department of Administrative Services to provide such services to public entities. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 040100 |
[Process for Sale of Real Property] |
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Ordinance authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to solicit proposals and bids for the sale of certain real properties with development potential that are not needed for utility purposes, subject to the review and approval by the Board of Supervisors, by resolution, of any final sale of such properties. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 040101 |
[Interest on Residential Rental Security Deposits: interest calculated according to 6-Month Certificate of Deposit rate published on Federal Reserve Statistical Release internet site] |
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Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 49 “Security Deposits for Residential Rental Property,” at Section 49.2 “Payment of Interest on Security Deposits,” to provide that the required interest on security deposits be calculated according to the 6-Month Certificate of Deposit rate as posted by the Federal Reserve on the Federal Reserve Statistical Release internet site (instead of on the basis of the Federal Reserve’s singular Federal Discount Rate, which has been discontinued). Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 040102 |
[Amending fees County Clerk may charge for Declarations of Domestic Partnership and Amendments to such Declarations; adding fee for souvenir marriage certificates] |
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Ordinance amending Administrative Code Sections 8.33.1, 62.8 and 62.9 to provide that the County Clerk may impose a $40 filing fee for all Declarations of Domestic Partnership and all Amendments to a Declaration of Domestic Partnership, and to provide for annual adjustment of those fees and of the fees for domestic partnership ceremonies to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index; and amending Administrative Code Section 8.33.1 to provide that the County Clerk may charge $5 for ceremonial souvenir marriage certificates. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. |
| 031501 |
[Findings for the need to regulate formula retail uses; enacting regulations for the Hayes-Gough NCD, and the Neighborhood Commercial Cluster Districts at Cole and Carl and Parnassus and Stanyan; related regulations] |
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Ordinance to amend the Planning Code by adding section 703.3 and by amending section 182, and section 303 to make findings as to the need to regulate formula retail uses, to define formula retail uses, prohibit formula retail uses in the Hayes-Gough Neighborhood Commercial District, designate formula retail uses as a conditional use in the Neighborhood Commercial Cluster Districts at Cole and Carl Streets and Parnassus and Stanyan Streets, to require any building permit application for a formula retail use to comply with the notice and design review procedures of section 312 of the Planning Code, to require adoption by the Planning Commission of discretionary review guidelines for evaluating proposed formula retail uses, to provide additional conditional use criteria for evaluating proposed formula retail uses, to provide that the burden to prove that a use is not a formula retail use rests with the building permit applicant or holder, and to provide that nonconforming uses in Residential Districts which are seeking to change in use to retail sales activity or retail sales establishment which is also a formula retail use must comply with the provisions of Section 703.3, and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Transmitted to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Gonzalez submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Transmitted to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. RESPONSE RECEIVED. Certificate of Determination of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental Review, dated December 23, 2003. REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Gonzalez submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. Refer to Small Business Commission. |
Resolutions
| 040057 |
[State law change related to alcohol closing hours] |
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Resolution urging the California State Legislature to pass legislation to modernize laws related to alcohol closing hours. Supervisor Peskin presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 1/27/04 - Received response from the S.F. Youth Commission. REFERRED to City Services Committee. Supervisor Maxwell requested that this matter be referred to Committee. |
| 040063 |
[Renaming SBC Park playing grounds as "Mays Field"] |
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Resolution urging the San Francisco Giants Baseball Club and SBC Communications, Inc. to rename the team’s playing grounds “Mays Field at SBC Park” in honor of America’s greatest living ballplayer, Willie Mays. Supervisors Daly, Gonzalez presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. REFERRED to Rules Committee. Supervisor Daly requested that this matter be referred to Committee. |
| 040089 |
[Board of Supervisors - Meeting Schedule] |
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Resolution revising the regular meeting schedule of the Board of Supervisors by canceling the November 30, and the December 28, 2004 meetings and by canceling all Board and Committee meetings from August 18 through September 6, 2004. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040091 |
[Lease of Real Property - 1315 and 1319 Evans Avenue] |
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Resolution authorizing a lease of approximately 1,128 square feet of space at 1315 and 1319 Evans Avenue for the Department of Child Support Services for a term of five years. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 040096 |
[San Francisco City Employees' Retirement System Annual Report] |
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Resolution approving the printing of not more than 100 hard copies of the San Francisco City Employees’ Retirement System Annual Report on an annual basis as well as posting it on the web. Supervisor Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040103 |
[Grant Application - Dept. of the Environment Grant] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to apply for a grant in the amount of $261,961 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for enforcing proper disposal of waste tires. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 040104 |
[Potrero Power Plant Citizens Advisory Task Force] |
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Resolution modifying the Potrero Power Plant Citizens Advisory Task Force by specifying the appointment process for Task Force membership and extending the expiration date of the Task Force from November 1, 2003 to November 1, 2005. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 040110 |
[AIDS Quilt] |
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Resolution urging the Names Project Foundation to return the AIDS Quilt to San Francisco and urging the Department of Real Estate to identify City-owned property that may be suitable to house the Quilt. Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040111 |
[Recognizing Nora Casta¤eda, President of the Women's Development Bank in Venezuela] |
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Resolution recognizing the central role of Nora Castañeda, President of the Women’s Development Bank of Venezuela (Banmujer). Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040112 |
[2004 Prevent Childhood Exposure to Violence Month] |
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Resolution ratifying that the Board of Supervisors declares the month of February 2004 as “Prevent Childhood Exposure to Violence Month” in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040113 |
[Urging Comcast to advertise in support of medical marijuana] |
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Resolution urging Comcast to accept political advertising in support of medical marijuana. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040114 |
[Urging the Governor to consider postponing further Central Freeway touchdown ramp construction] |
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Resolution urging the Governor to consider postponing further construction work on the Central Freeway touchdown ramp, to allow the City and State to study alternative Central Freeway configurations that may better serve traffic flow and lessen the negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhoods. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040115 |
[San Francisco Chinese American Veterans Recognition Day] |
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Resolution declaring February 16, 2004 to be “San Francisco Chinese American Veterans Recognition Day”. Supervisors Ma, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040116 |
[Lenard D. Louie Day] |
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Resolution recognizing Lenard D. Louie’s contributions to the community and declaring January 28, 2004 to be “Lenard D. Louie Day “ in San Francisco. Supervisors Ma, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040118 |
[Lunar New Year 2004] |
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Resolution celebrating the Lunar New Year and proclaiming January 22, 2004, the first day of the Year of the Monkey. Supervisors Ma, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040121 |
[Hospital and Nursing Home Discharge Planning Task Force] |
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Resolution adopting the findings in the Hospital and Nursing Home Discharge Planning Task Force’s Final Report as submitted. Supervisor Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040122 |
[Commending the "Earn It! Keep It! Save It! San Francisco Initiative" for their efforts] |
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Resolution commending the “Earn It! Keep It! Save It! San Francisco Initiative” for their efforts to increase the claiming of EITC, Child Tax Credit and other state and federal tax credits through free tax preparation assistance, as well as to link low-income families to financial education, asset development and other benefit programs Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040123 |
[Black History Month] |
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Resolution recognizing the month of February as Black History Month. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040124 |
[Dear Diva] |
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Resolution bestowing the title of San Francisco Emissary to AIDS Orphans to Dear Diva and recognizing her past, present and future work on behalf of those orphaned by AIDS worldwide. Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 040054 |
[Redevelopment of San Francisco Airport Plot 9] |
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Resolution urging San Francisco Airport Commission to undertake a comparative financial analysis of the costs and benefits of the Airport redeveloping Plot 9 using its own financing versus redevelopment by an outside developer under a Lease Disposition and Development Agreement and Lease of Plot 9; further urging the Commission to present its comparative financial analysis to the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors; and further urging the commission to undertake a new Request for Qualifications/Proposals process for redevelopment of Plot 9 that will assure City residents that the selection process truly serves the best financial interests of the Airport and of the City. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute resolution bearing same title. ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
Requests for Hearing
| 040090 |
[Brooks Park Project] |
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Hearing to receive and consider a report from the Recreation and Park Department on the participation of SLUG and the Brooks Park Project. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 040097 |
[Hospital/nursing home discharge planning in the City and County of San Francisco] |
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Hearing to develop a plan of implementation to improve discharge planning in the City and County of San Francisco based upon the recommendations in the Hospital and Nursing Home Discharge Planning Task Force’s Final Report. Key departments including, but not limited to, Department of Aging and Adult Services, Department of Human Services and Department of Public Health in consultation with the Hospital and Nursing Home Discharge Planning Task Force, San Francisco Hospital Council and Healthcare action Team should be in attendance at this hearing to discuss an implementation plan. Supervisors Ma, Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 040098 |
[S.F. Employee Retirement System Investment Funds] |
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Hearing to inquire into the possibility that the City and County of San Francisco or the San Francisco Employee Retirement System invests funds in companies that are doing business with countries that sponsor or have sponsored terrorism, and to inquire into the potential risks caused to funds by such investments. Supervisor McGoldrick presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 040105 |
[Health Insurance Rates in the Bay Area.] |
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Hearing to consider rising health insurance rates in the Bay Area. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 040106 |
[Police Commissioners Selection Process] |
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Hearing to review the selection process for San Francisco Police Commissioners. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 040107 |
[Safeway Stores Labor Dispute] |
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Hearing to consider the labor dispute at Safeway stores regarding health insurance for employees. Supervisors Ammiano, Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. Sponsor requests an evening hearing for this item. |
| 040108 |
[CalWORKS] |
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Hearing on the City's programs for residents timing out from CalWORKS, including those residents who speak English as a second language. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. Sponsor requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the February 26, 2004 meeting. |
| 040109 |
[Recreation and Park Department Report on SLUG] |
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Hearing for the Recreation and Park Department to report on the participation of the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG) in all capital projects. Included in the report is a request for a review of all project finances, time lines, including start dates and completion dates of all projects and an analysis of any alternatives to the participation of SLUG in any and all present and future projects with the Recreation and Park Department. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
Motions
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[2003-2004 Fiscal Year Budget for Board of Supervisors/Clerk of the Board - 7.5% Contingency Reduction] |
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Motion approving a proposed 7.5% contingency plan for reducing the 2003-2004 fiscal year budget for the Board of Supervisors/Clerk of the Board, and directing that the contingency plan be filed with the Mayor. (Clerk of the Board) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. |
| 040088 |
[2004-2005 Fiscal Year Budget for the Board of Supervisors/Clerk of the Board] |
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Motion approving the fiscal year 2004-2005 proposed budget for the Board of Supervisors/Clerk of the Board, and directing that it be filed with the Mayor. (Clerk of the Board) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 040015 |
[Lease of Real Property - 70 Oak Grove Street] |
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Resolution authorizing the lease of 10,000 sq. ft. of space at 70 Oak Grove Street for the Sheriff's Department's Alternative Programs. (Real Estate Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 040017 |
[Accept-Expend State Grant] |
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Resolution authorizing the Office of Emergency Services to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $413,323 from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for emergency response equipment. . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee. |
| 040019 |
[Union Pacific Railroad track lease for Third St. and Carroll Avenue for the Third Street LRT Project] |
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Resolution authorizing the Director of Transportation to execute a track lease with the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) that leases approximately six hundred (600) feet of the Union Pacific Railroad’s track at Third Street and Carroll Avenue for a term of 25 years, rent of $10 per year, and a one-time administrative fee of $500 per lease, for a total cost of $750, and requires the City to maintain and repair the track and construct and maintain a railroad crossing signal system. (Municipal Transportation Agency) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. |
| 040020 |
[Airport Concession Lease] |
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Resolution approving Amendment No. 4 to the Post-Security Master Retail/Duty Free Concession in the New International Terminal Building Lease No. 99-0035 between DFS Group, L.P. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission. (Airport Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |
| 040023 |
[Public Auction of tax-defaulted real property] |
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Resolution authorizing Tax Collector to sell at public auction certain parcels of tax-defaulted real property. (Treasurer-Tax Collector) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. |