Board of Supervisors : May 13, 2003

City and County of San Francisco

Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
May 13, 2003

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor

Ordinances

030845	[Appropriation - $2,416,160, Department of Elections]
	Ordinance appropriating $2,416,160 from the General Fund Reserve to implement the ranked-choice voting public education plan for the Department of Elections for fiscal year 2002-03. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.

030848

[General Assistance-In-kind Assistance]

Ordinance modifying the City's General Assistance (GA) Program by amending San Francisco Administrative Code Sec. 20.57 to reflect the current grant amount; amending Administrative Code Sec. 20.59.3 to provide in-kind housing, utilities and meals to homeless applicants and recipients; amending Administrative Code Sec. 20.57.1 to value housing, utilities and meals provided to homeless recipients as in-kind assistance; adding Administrative Code Sec. 20.57.6A. to provide a special needs allowance to homeless recipients; adding Administrative Code Sec. 20.60.12 to establish a baseline GA budget; adding Administrative Code Sec. 20.60.13 to require a Controller's evaluation; adding Administrative Code Sec. 20.60.14 to establish an operative date for these amendments of on or before July 1, 2003. Supervisors Newsom, Dufty, Sandoval, McGoldrick, Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

030849	[Setting Administrative Fee for Tow of Vehicles]
	Ordinance approving administrative fee of $200 pursuant to Traffic Code Section 170.2-A for police costs for towing of vehicles. (Mayor) Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget Committee.

030862

[Restricted Traffic Streets]

Ordinance adding Traffic Code Sections 28.1.107, 28.1.108, and 28.1.109 to restrict any person from operating a vehicle with gross weight in excess of 6,000 pounds on Claremont Boulevard between Portola Drive and Taraval Street, Dewey Boulevard between Laguna Honda Boulevard and Taraval Street, and Taraval Street between 14th Avenue and Dewey Boulevard. Supervisor Hall presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.

030868	[Elimination of Paid Ballot Arguments]
	Ordinance amending the Municipal Elections Code to amend Sections 500, 530, 535 and 585 and deleting Sections 555, 560, 565, 570 and 830 to eliminate paid ballot arguments from the Voter Information Pamphlet. (Mayor) Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee. Sponsor requests this item be calendared as soon as possible.

030869	[Tobacco Sales Permit]
	Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding Article 19H to require a permit for tobacco sales and amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code by adding section 249.16 to set the fee for the tobacco sales permit. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.

030870	[Repealing Airport Commission authority to approve counsel assigned to the Airport]
	Ordinance repealing Administrative Code Section 2A.172 to eliminate the Airport Commission's authority to approve counsel assigned to the Airport by the City Attorney. Supervisor Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.

030871	[General Assistance - In-Kind Assistance]
	Ordinance amending Administrative Code sections 20.57, 20.59.3, and 20.57.1; adding Administrative Code sections 20.57.6A., 20.60.12, Sec. 20.60.13, and 20.60.14. Supervisors Daly, Ma, Maxwell presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

Resolutions

030847	[Designating Fire Stations as Permissible Locations to Safely Surrender a Child 72 Hours Old or Less Without Criminal Prosecution for Child Abandonment]
	Resolution designating San Francisco Fire Stations as permissible locations for a parent or any adult with legal custody of a child to safely surrender that child without criminal prosecution for child abandonment. Supervisor Hall presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030851	[Contract - Department of the Environment and PG&E]
	Resolution pursuant to Charter section 9.118(a) authorizing the Department of the Environment to enter into a contract for up to $1,550,000.00 with Pacific, Gas and Electric Company ("PG&E") to implement a Demand Reduction Through Energy Efficiency Pilot Program in the City and County of San Francisco. Mayor, Supervisor Gonzalez presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.

030860	[AAA School Safety Patrol's 80th Anniversary]
	Resolution recognizing and honoring the members of the AAA School Safety Patrol on the Patrol's 80th Anniversary. Supervisor Dufty presented.ADOPTED.

030861	[AcroSports Day]
	Resolution declaring May 18, 2003 AcroSports Day. Supervisors McGoldrick, Dufty presented.ADOPTED.

030875	[Commend Armando Miranda]
	Resolution commending Armando Miranda for his extraordinarily considerate, compassionate and thorough work as deputy public defender for the San Francisco Drug Court. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030876	[Commend Francis Scott Key Elementary School]
	Resolution commending Francis Scott Key Elementary School's achievement as a recipient of the 2003 No Child Left Behind Title I Achieving Schools Award. Supervisor Ma presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030877	[PUC Project Labor Agreement]
	Resolution urging the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to include social justice components in its Project Labor Agreement for the Hetch Hetchy Water System Capital Improvement Program. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030878	[Asthma Training]
	Resolution to support an Initiative for Asthma Training and Posting of Asthma Emergency Protocols at City-Funded Childcare Facilities. Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty, Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030879	[Senate Bill 60]
	Resolution in support of SB 60 regarding the use of federal tax ID numbers instead of social security numbers when applying for driver's licenses. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030891	[Emergency Medical Services Week]
	Resolution commending all providers of Emergency Medical Services for their contributions to the citizens and visitors of San Francisco and proclaiming the week of May 18-24, 2003 as Emergency Medical Services Week in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisors Newsom, Dufty presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030892	[Clean Energy Exchange with India]
	Resolution supporting efforts to curb global warming and to develop partnerships with communities in India that allow for the sharing of information on emission reduction programs. Supervisors Peskin, Daly, Ma presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030893	[Union Janitors]
	Resolution urging the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to make janitorial custodians in-house employees and corporate citizens of the City and County of San Francisco to utilize union janitorial services. Supervisor Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Charter Amendments

030632

[Ballot Measures Submitted by the Board of Supervisors, Four or More of its Members, or the Mayor]

Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend 2.113 and 3.100 to provide that any proposed ordinance, bond measure, or declaration of policy submitted to the Director of Elections by the Board of Supervisors. by four or more of its members, or by the Mayor, must by submitted to the Board of Supervisors no later than 45 days before the deadline for submission of the measure to the Director of Elections, and to require that the Board of Supervisors hold a hearing on the proposed ordinance, bond measure, or declaration of policy and on any amendment thereto no later than 30 days before the deadline for submission of the measure to the Board of Directors, provided that failure of the Board of Supervisors to hold a hearing on a measure submitted by less than the full Board of Supervisors or by the Mayor shall not preclude submission of the measure to the voters. Supervisors Newsom, Peskin presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Newsom submitted a substitute Charter amendment bearing new title. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030682

[Charter Amendment - Conflict of Interest Law Amendments]

Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Sections 4.108, 4.109, 10.101, 15.100, 15.103, 15.105, 16.118 and Article XVII, deleting Sections 15.104, 15.106, 15.108, C8.105 and adding Sections 18.115, C9.101, C9.102, C9.103, C9.104, C9.105, C9.106, C9.107, C9.108, C9.109, C9.110, C9.111, C9.112, C9.113, C9.114, C9.115, C9.116, C9.117, C9.118, C9.119, C9.120, C9.121, C9.122, C9.123, C9.124, C9.125 and C9.126 to enact new conflict of interest provisions, to make technical changes, to move various provisions into ordinances, and to clarify existing provisions. .ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ammiano submitted a substitute Charter Amendment bearing new title. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030852	[Charter Amendment - District offices and staff members for members of the Board of Supervisors]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Section 2.117, to establish district offices for members of the Board of Supervisors and to eliminate the limit on the number of staff members. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030853

[Charter Amendment - Board of Supervisors Proceedings]

Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 2.103, 2.104, and Article XVII, to modify the provisions governing the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors by tolling deadlines for action by the Board when the Board is in recess, and by reducing the number of votes required at the Board of Supervisors for various actions when one or more Board members are disqualified from voting on a matter because of a conflict of interest. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030854

[Charter Amendment - Controller as the City Services Auditor]

Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Section 3.105 and adding Appendix F to designate the Controller as the City Services Auditor, establish duties for that function, make the Controller a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board of Supervisors and all City commissions, and set aside 0.2 percent of the City's annual budget for a Controller's Audit Fund. Supervisor Hall presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030855	[Charter Amendment - Early retirement benefits to employees in classifications identified for layoffs due to the City's fiscal crisis]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to add Sections A8.401 and A8.522 to provide early retirement benefits to eligible employees. (Mayor) Mayor presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030856	[Charter Amendment - Health Service System]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 10.102, 12.200, 12.202, 12.203, A8.421, A8.422, A8.423, A8.428, and A8.432 to the San Francisco Charter. Supervisor Peskin presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030857	[Charter Amendment - Retirement Benefits for District Attorneys, Public Defenders and Public Defender Investigators]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to add Appendix A8.583 relating to retirement benefits for attorneys in the District Attorney's and Public Defender's offices and Public Defender Investigators. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030858	[Charter Amendment - Rainy Day (Economic Stabilization) Reserve for City Government and SFUSD]
	Charter amendment (Second Draft) to add Section 9.113.5 and amend Section 9.113, to create a Rainy Day (Economic Stabilization) Reserve and clarify general rules for fiscal operations. Supervisor Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030859	[Charter Amendment - Police Commission; Office of Citizen Complaints; Police Misconduct]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County by amending Sections 4.109, 4.127, A8.343 and A8.344. Supervisor Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030864	[Charter Amendment - Municipal Railway Rates]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 8A.102, 8A.106, and 8A.108 to freeze Municipal Railway rates at their January 1, 2003 levels and to change the process for approving increases in Municipal Railway rates. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030865	[Charter Amendment - Police/Sheriff Merger]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to add Section 6.105 to establish a process for a Sheriff and Police Department merger. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030866	[Charter Amendment - Establishing an Elected Rent Board]
	Charter amendment (First Draft) to add a new Article VIA to establish an elected San Francisco Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board that would replace the existing appointed Rent Board. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

030867

[Charter Amendment - Planning and Economic Department Commission]

Charter amendment (First Draft) to delete Section 4.121 and Appendix D that establish the Building Inspection Commission, and to amend Section 4.105 to establish a Planning and Economic Development Commission consisting of the current members of the Planning Commission that would manage the Department of Planning and the Department of Building Inspection. Supervisor Peskin presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

Request for Hearing

030872	[Budget Analyst's performance audit of the San Francisco Zoo]
	Hearing to review and implement recommendations of the Budget Analyst's performance audit of the San Francisco Zoo prepared for the Board of Supervisors in January 2000. Supervisor Ma presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Zoo Audit Select Committee. Scheduled for consideration June 3, 2003.

030873

[Closed Session - Existing Litigation - Care Not Cash Initiative, City as Defendant (Respondent)]

Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding the following existing litigation in which the petitioners challenge the validity of Proposition N, "Care Not Cash Initiative," which was approved by the voters of San Francisco at the November 5, 2002, consolidated general election in San Francisco. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors.

Motions

030846	[Glocal Youth Parliament in Rome, Italy]
	Motion authorizing the attendance of two members of the San Francisco Youth Commission at the May 22-26, 2003, Glocal Youth Parliament in Rome, Italy. (Clerk of the Board) . REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030863	[Creating a Care Not Cash Select Committee.]
	Motion creating a Care Not Cash Select Committee. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

030850

[Board Off-site Meetings]

Motion ordering the City and School District Select Committee meeting of the Board of Supervisors be held at the Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room, Board of Education, 555 Franklin Street, First Floor, San Francisco, on June 16, 2003 at 4:00 P.M.; and directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare the proper notices and postings. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

030874	[Health Service Board]
	Motion amending the Schedule of Audits for the Budget Analyst and directing the Budget Analyst to conduct a management audit of the Health Service System on a priority basis. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

030773

[Settlement of Lawsuit - Loretta A. Bowie]

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the matter of Loretta A. Bowie v. City and County of San Francisco and Louise Statzer for $92,500. The lawsuit was filed on April 17, 2002, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 406-801, and was removed to United States District Court on June 26, 2002, Case No. C 02-3082 SI; entitled Loretta A. Bowie v. City and County of San Francisco and Louise Statzer. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

030774	[Settlement of Lawsuit - Derrell Neal]
	Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Derrell Neal against the City and County of San Francisco for $40,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 26, 2002 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 401-659; entitled Derrell Neal, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

030775	[Settlement of Lawsuit - YONG SHAO MA and PUI KAY CHAN]
	Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by YONG SHAO MA and PUI KAY CHAN against the City and County of San Francisco for $750,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 26, 1998 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 998-809; entitled Yong Shao Ma, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

030779	[Speed Limit - Fulton Street between Masonic Avenue and Stanyan Street]
	Ordinance adding Section 174.05 and amending Section 175.22 of the San Francisco Traffic Code to reduce the speed limit from 30-MPH to 25-MPH on Fulton Street between Masonic Avenue and Stanyan Street. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

030776

[STOP Intersections]

Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections.

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
Mangels Avenue at Gennessee Street, stopping Mangels Avenue at Gennessee Street, making this intersection an all-way STOP;
20th and Arkansas Streets, stopping 20th Street at Arkansas Street, making this intersection an all-way STOP;
26th and Tennessee Streets, stopping Tennessee at 26th Street, making this intersection a two-way STOP; and
12th Street at South Van Ness Avenue, stopping southbound 12th Street at South Van Ness Avenue. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.

030777

[Traffic Regulations, Various Streets]

Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets.

BICYCLE LANES (SIX MONTH TRIAL) - ESTABLISH
Fell Street, from Baker Street to Scott Street.

STREET CLOSURE (6:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND 11:00 AM TO MIDNIGHT, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) - ESTABLISH
De Boom Street, north side, from 2nd Street to 75 feet easterly (seven-foot closure for tables and chairs, retains 14-foot access lane). .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.

030778

[Parking Regulations, Various Locations]

Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations.

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, MONDAY-FRIDAY, 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM (SIX-MONTH TRIAL) - RESCIND
Fell Street, south side, from Baker Street to Scott Street (Fell Street bike lanes).

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, MONDAY-FRIDAY, 4:00 PM TO 7:00 PM (SIX-MONTH TRIAL) - ESTABLISH
Fell Street, south side, from Divisadero Street to 182 feet easterly (Fell Street bike lanes).

TOW-AWAY, LANE MUST TURN LEFT (SIX-MONTH TRIAL) - ESTABLISH
Fell Street, at Scott Street (Fell Street bike lanes). (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.

030780	[Lease of Real Property]
	Resolution authorizing a Sublease renewal of approximately 117,826 square feet of space at 1235 Mission Street for the Department of Human Services. (Real Estate Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.

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