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City and County of San Francisco

September 23, 2003

City and County of San Francisco

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Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
September 23, 2003

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor

Ordinances
030667 [Amending Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance]
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance" by amending Sections 37.3 and 37.9: to prohibit rent increases solely for the addition of occupants, even where a pre-existing rental agreement or lease specifically permits a rent increase for additional occupants, except that the landlord may petition the Rent Board for a rent increase under Section 37.8(e)(4) based on the increased cost for an additional occupant [Section 37.3(a)(11)]; and to prohibit evictions solely for the addition of occupants, up to a maximum of two occupants per habitable sleeping room, even where a pre-existing rental agreement or lease prohibits additional occupants, except where this total would exceed the number of occupants permitted under other applicable state law and/or other local codes or otherwise fail to comply with such other applicable state law and/or local codes (e.g., Planning, Housing and Building Codes) [Section 37.9(a)(2)]. Supervisors Gonzalez, Daly presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Divided from File No. 021096. ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Gonzalez submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
031603 [Generation Solar: Residential and Commercial Solar Program]
Ordinance requiring the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of the Environment in consultation with other City departments to implement Generation Solar, a solar program for the residential and commercial sectors. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
031607 [Appropriate funding from the General Reserve for Fire Engine 33]
Ordinance appropriating $1,600,000 from the General Fund Reserve for uniform salaries, premium pay, uniform overtime, fringe benefits, and materials and supplies and utilities to fund Fire Engine 33 for fiscal year 2003-2004. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.
031608 [Taxicab Gate Fees]
Ordinance amending Section 1135.1 of the Police Code to provide for extending from November 1, 2003 to January 1, 2004 the time for sunsetting the higher cap on taxicab gate fees if the City fails to enact an ordinance prescribing a long-term lease fee cap covering long-term lease drivers; and to authorize the Board of Supervisors by resolution to extend the times provided for Supervisor Hall presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
031609 [Authorizing an alternative procedure for establishing property and business improvement districts]
Ordinance amending Article 15 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code by amending Sections 1510 and 1511 to authorize the Board of Supervisors to initiate proceedings to establish property and business improvement districts upon receipt of a petition signed by property owners responsible for 30 percent of the proposed assessment; authorizing such districts to be formed for a term of up to 20 years; authorizing such districts to encompass and assess residential property, and repealing Sections 1513 through 1591. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.
031610 [Adding San Francisco Fire Department to those Departments that are allowed to authorize employees to drive department vehicles to and from their residences]
Ordinance amending San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 4 Section 4.11 to add the San Francisco Fire Department to those Departments that are allowed to authorize employees to drive department vehicles to and from their residences and to authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to use 10 vehicles in that manner. Supervisor Sandoval presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.

Resolutions
031611 [Review of Concession Opportunity]
Draft Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Administrative Services to review the benefits of and to solicit bids for the award of an agreement for use of sites owned or occupied by the City and County of San Francisco for beverage vending services. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee.
031612 [Commending Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory new Student Life Center]
Resolution commending the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School on its 150th Anniversary, celebrating its legacy of graduating more than 80,000 high school students in the City and County of San Francisco and in celebrating the Grand Opening of the Daughters of Charity Foundation, Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Student Life Center. Supervisor Newsom presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031613 [Commending Japanese Community Youth Council]
Resolution commending the Mayor’s YouthWorks Program and the Mayor’s Education and Employment Program on having been selected as recipients of the prestigious PEPNET Award and commending the Japanese Community Youth Council for serving as the lead agency of these two youth employment programs. Supervisors Newsom, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031614 [Commending Starting Points Initiative]
Resolution commending Starting Points for the completion of its San Francisco Citywide Strategic Plan for Supporting Families and its recent formation of a Family Support Council. Supervisors Newsom, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031615 [Establishing City Planning Audit Select Committee]
Motion creating a City Planning Audit Select Committee. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031616 [Reappointment of Mark Dunlop to the S.F. HIV Health Services Planning Council]
Resolution urging Mayor Willie L. Brown to re-appoint Mark Dunlop to the San Francisco HIV Health Services Planning Council. Supervisor Ammiano presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031617 [Senate Bill 774]
Resolution urging Governor Gray Davis to sign Senate Bill 774, Pharmacy Syringe Sale and Disease Prevention Act. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031618 [Commend Anne Stanton]
Resolution commending Anne Stanton for her decade of work and leadership for homeless youth in San Francisco as the esteemed Executive Director of the Larkin Street Youth Services. Supervisors Daly, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031619 [Commendation for Linnea Klee]
Resolution commending Linnea Klee for her ten years of service as Executive Director of the Children’s Council of San Francisco. Supervisors Daly, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031620 [Halloween in the Castro - Extended BART Service]
Resolution urging the Bay Area Rapid Transit District to provide late night BART Service for the “Halloween in the Castro” event. Service would be extended from Midnight on October 31st until 2 a.m. on November 1st, 2003. Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano, Daly, Gonzalez, Hall, Ma, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Newsom, Peskin, Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031621 [Selective purchasing of oil from companies purchase leases or develop oil fields in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]
Resolution urging the City of San Francisco to refrain from purchasing oil from companies that purchase leases or develop oil fields in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031622 [Commending attorneys Elliot Peters, Ethan Balogh, Dan Purcell, and Stacey Wexler for their work on the John Tennison case]
Resolution commending attorneys Elliot Peters, Ethan Balogh, Dan Purcell, and Stacey Wexler for their tireless efforts to ensure that the wrongful conviction of John “J.J.” Tennison was overturned. Supervisors Gonzalez, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031623 [African American Cultural and Entertainment Center]
Resolution welcoming the African American Cultural and Entertainment Center (AACEC) to San Francisco and urging the San Francisco Port Commission to negotiate with the AACEC development team. Supervisors Maxwell, Daly, Ma, Newsom, Sandoval presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031624 [Commending Jack Moerschbaecher]
Resolution commending Jack Moerschbaecher, Director of the San Francisco Convention Facilities, for 20 years of outstanding service to the City and County of San Francisco and for receiving the 2003 Unsung Hero/Heroine Award from the Yerba Buena Alliance. Supervisors Maxwell, Daly, Dufty, Ma presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
031635 [Healthy Kids Program Expansion]
Resolution urging the Department of Public Health to advance universal health care coverage in the City and County of San Francisco by extending health insurance coverage to the uninsured young adults ages 19 to 24 through the City’s Healthy Kids Program. Supervisors Newsom, Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

Requests for Hearing
031604 [Status of PUC Revenue Bond Oversight Committee]
Hearing regarding status of November 2002 Proposition P - PUC Revenue Bond Oversight Committee. Supervisors Hall, Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
031605 [Aggressive Panhandling]
Hearing on the legality of Section 120-1 of the Municipal Police Code, prohibiting aggressive panhandling. Supervisor Gonzalez presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
031606 [Passthrough Procedure for Utility Cost Increases]
Hearing to review passthrough procedure for utility cost increases. The hearing will cover the methodologies available in the Rules and Regulations for calculating passthroughs, including how to ensure landlord costs and incomes are properly accounted for in a passthrough so that landlords are not unfairly compensated and that tenants are charged only for those true costs associated with tenant usage. Supervisor Peskin presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.

Charter Amendments
031560 [Charter Amendment - appointment of a City Engineer responsible for the design and construction management of all public buildings and public works]
Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Section 4.130 to provide for appointment of a City Engineer responsible for the design and construction management of all public buildings and public works. Supervisor Ammiano presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ammiano submitted a substitute Charter amendment bearing new title. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.
031567 [Charter Amendment - San Francisco Department of Public Health]
Charter amendment (First Draft) to repeal Section 4.110 regarding the Health Commission and adding Article VIIIC, to provide additional increase the autonomy and fiscal authority to of the Health Commission and require greater change the qualifications of Health Commissioners, establish a stable baseline funding level for the Department of Public Health, streamline administrative operations and reduce contracting bureaucracy, ensure the continued operation of County hospitals and,clinics, and programs for the chronically ill, designate universal healthcare as one of the Department’s top advocacy priorityies, establish a baseline funding level for the Department of Public Health and for programs helping San Franciscans with chronic illnesses, guarantee the operation of county hospitals and clinics, establish create enhanced coordination levels for of trauma care, guarantee culturally competent care through community-based primary care clinics, require maintain operation of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility, and establish as a goal, pay equity for nonprofit and City workers performing similar jobs for the Department of Public Health. Supervisors Daly, Gonzalez presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. SUBSTITUTED to Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute Charter amendment bearing new title. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
031526 [Airport Concession Lease]
Resolution approving Amendment No. 3 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.
031527 [Accept-Expend Regional Grant]
Resolution authorizing the Director of Transportation or his designee to accept and expend $157,000 in FY 03/04 Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) to stripe and sign bike lanes and purchase and install bicycle racks and to execute any and all associated documents. (Parking and Traffic Department) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
031528 [Street Artist Hyde Street Spaces]
Resolution re-designating seven (7) permanent selling spaces on Hyde Street, west side, Beach to Jefferson Streets; deleting seven (7) permanent selling spaces on Hyde Street, east side, Beach to Jefferson Streets; re-designating fourteen (14) selling spaces on Hyde Street, east side, Beach to Jefferson Streets; designating two (2) additional selling spaces on Hyde Street, east side, Beach to Jefferson Streets, for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco; and exempting said seven spaces on Hyde Street, west side, Beach to Jefferson Streets, from Police Code Section 2405(c)(16) requiring street artists to maintain a minimum of eight feet of passageway for pedestrians. (Arts Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
031530 [Grant to improve traffic and pedestrian safety in San Francisco]
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $439,455 from the California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency Office of Traffic Safety (CBTHAOTS) to prevent DUI and resultant traffic injuries and to enter into an agreement for the use of these funds; for the period of October 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005. (Public Health Department) Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Services Committee.
031538 [Contracting out Airport Employee Parking Services]
Resolution approving the Controller's certification that Employee Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost than if work were performed by city employees at budgeted levels. (Airport Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.
031539 [Contracting out Airport Public Parking Management Services]
Resolution approving the Controller's certification that Airport Public Parking Management Services for San Francisco International Airport can practically be performed by private contractor at a lower cost than if work were performed by city employees at budgeted levels. (Airport Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Audits Committee.
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