City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
June 23, 2009
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
Ordinances
| 090833 |
[Lobbyist Ordinance Amendments] |
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Ordinance amending Chapter I of Article II of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by amending sections 2.100, 2.105, 2.110, 2.115, 2.117, 2.130, 2.135, 2.140, 2.145 and 2.150, adding section 2.116, and deleting sections 2.125 and 2.160, to simplify registration requirements, adopt a more equitable fee structure, ease electronic filing of lobbyist disclosures, and establish an effective date for these amendments. Supervisor Chiu presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. |
| 090835 |
[Residential Rent Ordinance: Prohibiting owner move-in evictions of families with children; and changing the definition of "disabled" tenants protected from owner move-in evictions] |
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Draft ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance" by amending Section 37.9(i) to prohibit owner move-in evictions of families with children, where a member of the household is under the age of 18 and a member of a household which has resided in the unit for at least 12 months; and changing the definition of "disabled" tenants protected from owner move-in evictions to be the definition in Government Code Section 12955.3, in place of the current definition that is tied to federal Supplemental Security Income and California State Supplemental Program (SSI/SSP) definitions. Supervisor Mar presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 090698 |
[Planning Fee Procedures and Adjustments] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Article 3.5 to increase fees to recover costs for monitoring conditions of approval, code violation abatement, and the General Advertising Sign Program; establish a fee for Department facilitated pre-application meetings; modify refund procedures; modify the indigent fee waiver provision; clarify phased collections and payment deferment; establish a new processing fee for phased payments; and adopting Section 302 and environmental findings. Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Mayor Newsom submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. |
| 090699 |
[Code Enforcement Fund; Fees] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 10.100-166 to expand the Planning Department's Code Enforcement Fund beyond general advertising signs and authorize the Fund to receive revenues from all types of code enforcement activities, including monetary judgments, and authorize expenditure of the funds for administration and enforcement of all Planning Code violations; amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 303(l) and 358 to clarify that wall signs are included in the requirements; amending Sections 303(l) and 604.2 to delete the requirement to submit a site map, amending Section 358 to increase the annual inventory maintenance fee, clarify use of the general advertising sign inventory fees and to make technical changes to the language of the section; amending Section 604.2 to provide that violation of the Code's general advertising sign inventory requirements is a public nuisance, to clarify that the definition of the term "general advertising sign company" includes the operator of the sign, to modify language required to be in the affidavit submitted with the sign inventory, to conform the penalty and appeal procedure with Section 610, and to make other clarifying and technical changes to the language of the section; adopting CEQA and Planning Code Section 302 findings. Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Mayor Newsom submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090837 |
[Penalty for alcohol content testing in Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 8.14-1, to impose an additional $50 penalty for violation of certain Vehicle Code sections to pay for alcohol testing by the Medical Examiner. Mayor presented.RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Resolutions
| 090827 |
[Commending Dan McKenna of the Bureau of Street Use and Mapping on his retirement] |
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Resolution commending Dan McKenna of the Bureau of Street Use and Mapping on the occasion of his retirement. Supervisor Dufty presented.ADOPTED. |
| 090834 |
[California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Contract Amendment] |
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Resolution of intention to approve an amendment to contract between the Board of Administration, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), and the Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090836 |
[Lease of concession properties within the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park] |
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Resolution authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of a Lease for the management and operation of the concessions associated with the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Mar presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090838 |
[Fair and balanced State budget] |
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Resolution urging California's elected leaders to use a fair and balanced approach to solving the State's budget crisis. Supervisor Avalos presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090839 |
[Accept and Expend State Grant - Recreation and Park Department - $68,250] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $68,250 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the purchase of tire derived products for the Crocker Amazon Soccer Complex Project. Supervisor Avalos presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090840 |
[Urging California State Legislature to reject the passage of Assembly Bill 746 (Conflicts of Interest)] |
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Resolution urging the California State Legislature to reject the passage of Assembly Bill 746, relating to conflicts of interest. Supervisors Chiu, Campos presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090841 |
[Commending Shanghai Pride Week as China's first gay pride festival, and recognizing its organizers and the Chinese government] |
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Resolution commending Shanghai Pride Week as China's first gay pride festival, and recognizing its organizers and the Chinese government for their role in its actualization. Supervisors Dufty, Campos presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090842 |
[Commending Carri Lucas for 29 years of dedicated service in the San Francisco Police Department] |
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Resolution commending Carri Lucas for 29 years of dedicated service in the San Francisco Police Department. Supervisor Dufty presented.REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090843 |
[California State Budget - Opposing the use of motor fuel tax and redevelopment tax increment funds] |
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Resolution urging the City Attorney and the General Counsel of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency to cooperate with the League of California Cities, the California Redevelopment Association, and other cities and counties in possible litigation challenging the constitutionality of any seizure by State government of the City's street maintenance and redevelopment funds. Supervisor Maxwell presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Motion
| 090794 |
[Submission of Parcel Tax to voters] |
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Motion ordering submitted to the voters an "Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code of the City and County by: (1) adding Article 18, Parcel Tax, (2) amending Section 6.1-1 of Article 6, Common Administrative Provisions, to include appropriate cross-reference to new Article 18, and (3) amending the Administrative Code by adding Section 10.100-248 (Recreation and Parks Parcel Tax Fund)," at an election to be held on November 3, 2009. Supervisors Avalos, Mirkarimi presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Avalos submitted a substitute motion bearing new title. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
| 090811 |
[Settlement of Lawsuit - Craig Yates and Richard Skaff - $312,000] |
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Ordinance authorizing settlement of multiple lawsuits filed by Craig Yates and Richard Skaff against the City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco Uptown Parking Corporation for $312,000; further authorizing settlement of San Francisco's cross-claims against San Francisco Parking, Inc., d/b/a City Park for $150,000 to be paid to the City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuits entitled: (1) Craig Yates v. Union Square, et al., Case No. C07-4087-JSW, filed August 9, 2007, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California; (2) Craig Yates v. Union Square, et al., Case No. CGC-08-473176, filed March 11, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court; (3) Richard Skaff v. Union Square, et al., Case No. 08-CV-2555-JSW, filed May 20, 2008, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California; and (4) Richard Skaff v. Union Square, et al., Case No. CGC-08-475516, filed May 20, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court. (City Attorney) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 090809 |
[Street Artist Spaces] |
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Resolution approving designation for six (6) months of eight (8) temporary selling spaces in "mini-plaza" on 17th Street at Castro and Market Streets for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco; exempting said spaces from the regulation of Police Code Section 2405(c)(11) relating to distance between street artists; said spaces subject to Board of Supervisors review. (Arts Commission) Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 090810 |
[Street Artist Spaces] |
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Resolution approving designation for six (6) months of four (4) temporary selling spaces on Hayes Street, north side, near Octavia Street for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco; said spaces subject to Board of Supervisors review. (Arts Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 090823 |
[Authorization for continued membership in 18 County CalWIN Consortium] |
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Resolution authorizing the Department of Human Services to continue its membership in the 18 County CalWIN Consortium and authorizing the Director of the Human Services Agency to execute the necessary agreements for participation in the consortium's continued development, implementation, maintenance and operation of a computer system for the administration of public benefit programs in accordance with state requirements for which San Francisco's portion of the cost will be $13,110,600 for the extended period of July 1, 2009, through July 31, 2013. Please note: State and Federal reimbursement is at 92% of $13,110,600. County general fund portion $1,048,848. (Human Services Department) .RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
Clerk to Act – June 23, 2009
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 from the public property at the following locations:
Utility Boxes
Southeast corner Steiner & Scott
Bus Shelters
Northeast corner Laguna & Mc Allister
Northeast corner Fillmore & Hermann (the canopy)
Fillmore & Haight (all 4 bus stops, graffiti and grime)
Emergency Boxes
Northeast corner Haight & Fillmore
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 following locations:
Alamo Square Bullentin Board
Garbage Cans
Southeast corner Fell & Fillmore
Northeast corner Grove & Fillmore
Northeast corner Golden Gate & Webster
Southeast corner Webster & Golden Gate
Northeast corner McAllister & Gough
Mailboxes
Northeast corner Fillmore & Haight
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:
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Southeast corner of Fillmore & Post
Southwest corner of Divisadero & Sutter
9th Avenue & Judah (near bus stops)
7th Avenue & Irving (near bus stops)
Northwest corner of Hayes & Fillmore
Southeast corner of Fillmore & Haight
San Francisco Chronicle
Northwest corner Fillmore & Hayes
Southeast corner Haight & Fillmore
Irving & 9th Avenue
Irving & 7th Avenue
Southwest corner of Haight & Clayton
Southeast corner of Haight & Masonic
Examiner
Northwest corner of Fillmore & Hayes
Southeast corner of Haight & Fillmroe
SF Daily
Northwest corner of Hayes & Gough
City Star
Northwest corner of Hayes & Gough
Southeast corner of Fillmore & Haight
SF Weekly
Southeast corner of Masonic & Haight & Southeast corner of Haight & Fillmore
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 Pole
Across the street from 660 Hayes
Wood Pole
Northwest corner Haight & Webster
Southeast corner Webster & Haight
Southeast corner Webster & Germania
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:
1151 Webster
1667 Oak
1301 Haight
998 Oak
745 Buchanan
565 Laguna
596 Page
600 Page
438 Buchanan
531 Haight
551 Haight
557 Haight
583 Haight
595 Haight
507 Haight
589 Haight
547 Haight
542 Haight
540 Haight
530 Haight
400 Haight
406 Haight
518 Haight
428 Haight
438 Haight
347 Haight
In Memoriams
Neda Agha-Soltan - Entire Board
Robert Derzon – Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Sister Mary Patrice Murray – Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Allen White – Supervisor Dufty