City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Introduced
Including All Off-Calendar Items
February 3, 2009
OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION
Introduced by Supervisors or Mayor
| 090130 |
[Health Care Accountability Components] |
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Ordinance amending Health Code Section 12Q.3 on the calculation of the health care accountability fee for covered contracting parties and increasing the existing fee and amending Section 12Q.2.9 to increase the number of hours an employee must work to be considered a covered employee. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090131 |
[Appropriating 17,000,000 of State Loans for West Marina Yacht Harbor Renovations in the Recreation and Park Department for Fiscal Year 2008-2009] |
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Ordinance appropriating $17,000,000 of loan funding from the California Department of Boating and Waterways for renovations of the West Harbor of the Marina Yacht Harbor in the Recreation and Park Department for Fiscal Year 2008-2009, and placing $15,500,000 on Controller's Reserve pending receipt of the funds from the State. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090133 |
[Gross Receipts Tax] |
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Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to: (1) enact a new Article 12-A-1 (Gross Receipts Tax Ordinance), Sections 951 through 958, to impose a gross receipts tax on persons engaging in business activities in San Francisco; (2) amend Article 12 (Business Registration Ordinance) to conform business registration requirements with the enactment of Article 12-A-1 (Gross Receipts Tax Ordinance); and (3) amend Article 6 (Common Administrative Provisions) to conform them with the enactment of Article 12-A-1 (Gross Receipts Tax Ordinance); and (4) amend Article 12-A (Payroll Expense Tax Ordinance) to conform it with the enactment of Article 12-A-1 (Gross Receipts Tax Ordinance). Supervisor Avalos presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090134 |
[0.50% Sales Tax Increase for Emergency Health and Human Services and Public Protection] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code to add Article 16-A to provide additional support for emergency health and human services and public protection to residents of the City and County of San Francisco by imposing a transactions (sales) and use tax at the rate of one-half of one percent (0.50%) for a period of three (3) years, to be administered by the State Board of Equalization in accordance with Parts 1.6 and 1.7 of Division 2 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code; adopting an expenditure plan; and directing submission of the tax for voter approval at the June 2, 2009 election. Supervisor Avalos presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090135 |
[Payroll Expense Tax] |
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Ordinance amending (1) Section 903.1 to reduce the Payroll Expense Tax rate from 1.5% to 1.0%, for business whose taxable payroll expense exceeds $300,000, but is less than or equal to $400,000, beginning with the 2010 tax year; and (2) Section 905-A to increase the Small Business Tax Exemption to include all taxpayers whose taxable payroll expense is $300,000 or less, beginning with the 2010 tax year. Supervisor Chiu presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090136 |
[Measure adopting and submitting to the voters an ordinance imposing a local assessment on all vehicles in San Francisco that are subject to Department of Motor Vehicle registration] |
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Ordinance adopting and submitting to the voters the ordinance amending the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code to add Article 8 imposing a voter-approved local assessment on the privilege of a resident of the City and County to operate upon the public highways in the City and County a vehicle or trailer coach, the registrant of which is subject to tax under Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, at a rate not to exceed the difference between two percent of the market value of the vehicle or trailer coach and the rate imposed by the State of California pursuant to Section 10751 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, administered by the State Department of Motor Vehicles; acknowledging that state law has not yet been enacted authorizing the imposition of the assessment but approving imposition of such a charge at the specified rate when and if state law authorizes the City to impose it and directing submission of the measure for voter approval at the June 2, 2009 special election. Supervisors Chiu, Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090137 |
[Landmark Tree Designation of California Buckeye, Aesculus Californica, located behind 757 Pennsylvania Street] |
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Ordinance designating the California Buckeye (Aesculus Californica) located behind 757 Pennsylvania Street (Assessor's Block 4168, Lot 011) as a landmark tree pursuant to Public Works Code Section 810, making findings supporting the designation, and requesting official acts in furtherance of the landmark tree designation. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 090140 |
[De-appropriating $1,000,000 of Power for Resale for use with the Solar Incentive Program at the Public Utilities Commission for Fiscal Year 2008-2009] |
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Ordinance de-appropriating $1,000,000 of Power for Resale expenses and appropriating $1,000,000 for the Solar Incentive Program at the Public Utilities Commission for Fiscal Year 2008-2009, allowing $500,000 of low income/nonprofit funding to be utilized for the general GoSolarSF program, and amending San Francisco Environmental Code section 18.7-5 Mayor, Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090141 |
[Zoning - Ordinance Making Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments a Non-Permitted Use in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District and in the newly created Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use District] |
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Ordinance amending the Planning Code to amend Section 227(v), to create a special definition for Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments applicable in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District and in the Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use District, as defined; amending Section 790.123 to refer to this special definition; amending Section 719.1 and the Table at Section 719, to make Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments, as defined, not permitted in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District; adding new Section 786, to create the Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use Subdistrict; amending Section 186.1, to change the period of non use for a non conforming Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishment use to be deemed discontinued in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District and in the newly created Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use Subdistrict from three years to eighteen months; amending Special Use District Map SU 07 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, to reflect the new Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use Subdistrict, and making findings, including findings of consistency with the Priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and environmental findings. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
Resolutions
| 090132 |
[Accept and expend grant funds for children's dental disease prevention services] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SF DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a three-year grant from the California Department of Public Health (CA DPH), to fund the California Dental Disease Prevention Program (CCDDPP), for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010; and authorizing SF DPH to execute all documents and subsequent amendments related to this contract. Supervisor Avalos presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 090138 |
[Accept and expend grant funds to support the 3rd Street Clinic expansion - $115,191] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and retroactively expend grant funds in the amount of $115,191 for a three-year project from the 3rd Street Youth Center to expand clinic hours at the 3rd Street Clinic from 12 hours per week to 20 hours per week; for the period of February 1, 2009 through January 31, 2012. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 090142 |
[Accept and expend grant - Funding a Healthy San Francisco program evaluation - $300,000] |
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Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $300,000 from the Blue Shield of California Foundation to fund a Healthy San Francisco program evaluation; for the period of January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. Mayor presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
| 090143 |
[Extending the Library Citizens Advisory Committee] |
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Resolution extending the operation of the Library Citizens Advisory Committee to March 1, 2011. Supervisor Daly presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090144 |
[Commending Margaret Brodkin on over 30 years of service on behalf of San Francisco children and families] |
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Resolution commending Margaret Brodkin on over 30 years of service on behalf of San Francisco children and families. Supervisors Dufty, Maxwell, Avalos, Campos, Mirkarimi, Chiu presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090145 |
[Commending David H. Williams and his 19 years of dedicated work to the Human Services Agency for the City and County of San Francisco since 1990] |
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Resolution commending David H. Williams and his dedication to the Human Services Agency for the City and County of San Francisco since 1990. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090146 |
[Commending Richard Rothman for 25 years of dedicated service to the City and County of San Francisco] |
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Resolution commending Richard Rothman for 25 years of dedicated service to the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Dufty presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090147 |
[Commending Senator Dianne Feinstein for her successful chairing of the 2009 Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies] |
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Resolution commending Senator Dianne Feinstein for her successful chairing of the 2009 Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Supervisors Dufty, Maxwell, Alioto-Pier presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090148 |
[Supporting Earth Hour 2009 - March 28, 2009] |
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Resolution declaring March 28, 2009 between 8:30-9:30PM as Earth Hour in San Francisco and urging all city government buildings, public schools and public landmarks to turn off non-essential lighting on this date and time. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
| 090149 |
[Celebrating the centennial of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)] |
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Resolution celebrating the centennial of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Requests for Hearing
| 090121 |
[Controller's 6 Month Report] |
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Hearing on the Controller's 6 Month Report. Supervisor Avalos presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090122 |
[Update from Mayor's Office and the Department of Human Resources with Labor Unions] |
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Hearing regarding update from Mayor's Office and the Department of Human Resources with Labor Unions representing City Workers. Supervisor Avalos presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. |
| 090123 |
[School Admissions Process] |
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Hearing to receive an update from the San Francisco Unified School District on reform of the student assignment system. Supervisors Chu, Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 090124 |
[Status of City support of programs for mothers and expectant mothers at Hilltop High School] |
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Hearing to learn what support the City, through Department of Children, Youth and their Families (DCYF) or other agencies, provides to Hilltop High School's program for mothers and expectant mothers. Supervisor Dufty presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 090125 |
[Department of Children, Youth and their Families/San Francisco Unified School District collaboration to develop a shared understanding of how public school facilities are public assets] |
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Hearing to highlight a new collaboration between the Department of Children, Youth, and their Families (DCYF) and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to develop a shared understanding among school, city, and community partners of how public school facilities are public assets, and to recommend joint use policy changes needed to implement this shared understanding. Supervisor Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City and School District Select Committee. |
| 090126 |
[Visitacion Valley Redevelopment Plan] |
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Hearing on the status of the proposed Visitacion Valley Redevelopment Plan, including informational presentations by Planning and Redevelopment Staff. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 090127 |
[1250 Missouri Street Development] |
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Hearing regarding the development at 1250 Missouri Street and status of the City's enforcement actions on the property. Supervisor Maxwell presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
| 090128 |
[Budget Analyst's potential management audits in 2009] |
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Hearing before the Government Audit and Oversight Committee for the purpose of reviewing the Budget Analyst's list of potential management audits to recommend priorities for the performance of audits in 2009 to the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee. |
| 090129 |
[Mayor's Security Detail] |
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Hearing including possible closed session before the Public Safety Committee for the purposes of examining the expense incurred by the City for the Police Department's provision of security services for the Mayor. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee. |
Motion
| 090150 |
[Waiving Board Rule 4.19 regarding consideration of Mayoral veto] |
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Motion that the Board waives Board Rule 4.19 regarding consideration of a Mayoral veto. Supervisor Chiu presented. REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. |
Charter Amendments
| 090007 |
[Requiring that one-time revenues be spent only for one-time uses, unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Supervisors] |
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Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 9.119 to limit the expenditure of one-time revenues to one-time uses, unless the Board of Supervisors waives the limitation for a specific expenditure by a two-thirds' vote, and setting an operative date and an expiration date. Supervisors Elsbernd, Chu presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. 1/26/09, received legislative digest, 30-day Rule ends February 25, 2009. SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute Charter Amendment bearing new title. ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
| 090139 |
[Set-Asides] |
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Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 9.122, to set a dollar cap on all Charter set-asides, authorize reductions during fiscal shortfalls and waiver during emergencies, require the return of surplus balances, and establish City policies regarding future set-asides and non-binding measures. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Chiu, Elsbernd presented. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
| 090076 |
[Administrative Code - Establishing Fees under the Community Preservation and Blight Reduction Act] |
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Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 80, Section 80.4, to authorize the Department of Public Works to charge a fee of $250 to cover the cost of inspecting blighted properties and to charge an increased fee to recover additional inspection costs incurred in enforcement of the Community Preservation and Blight Reduction Act; and making environmental findings. (Public Works Department) . ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee. 02/03/09 - Referred to Planning for determination of environmental impact. |
| 090077 |
[Approving a Zoning Map Amendment in association with the proposed Project at 420 29th Avenue] |
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Ordinance amending Sheet ZN04 of the Zoning Maps of the City and County of San Francisco for the real property located at 420 29th Avenue (Assessor's Block 1460/Lot 015) and known as St. Peter's Church between Geary Boulevard and Clement Street, to reclassify the property from an RH-2 (Residential House, Two-Family) District to an RM-1 (Residential Mixed, Low Density) District, in order to permit the development of a proposed affordable housing project for developmentally disabled adults; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code, and environmental findings. (Planning Department) . ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
| 090052 |
[Settlement of Administrative Enforcement Action - $87,000] |
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Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated administrative enforcement action filed by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board against San Francisco imposing a penalty of $87,000. (Public Utilities Commission) . RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
Clerk to Act – February 3, 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 the graffiti from the following locations:
Garbage Cans
Northeast corner of Haight and Fillmore
Northeast corner Buena Vista West and Haight
Northwest corner Grove and Fillmore
Southwest corner Buena Vista East and Haight
Southwest corner of Divisadero and McAllister
Mailboxes
Southwest corner Central and Waller
Northeast corner Baker and Haight
Southwest corner Broderick and McAllister
Northwest corner Eddy and Buchanan
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:
Garbage Cans
Northwest corner Grove & Fillmore
Northwest corner of Frederick & Cole
Northeast corner Haight and Buchanan
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
Northeast corner Stanyan & Hayes
Bus Shelters
Southwest corner Buchanan & Haight
All bus shelters on Haight and Fillmore need power washing and Graffiti
Northeast Oak & Fillmore
Fire Hydrant
Northeast corner Steiner & Waller
Northeast corner Webster & Waller
Southeast corner Grove & Scott
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
In front of 1334 Fulton
In front of 678 Waller
Northeast corner Stanyan & Hayes
Wood Pole
Southwest side of Steiner & Germainia
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:
333 Cole
122 Webster
557 Ashbury
1425 Oak
428 Oak
421 Laguna
1601 Fulton
1435 Fulton
799 Haight
485 Scott
From: Supervisor Maxwell
To: Director, Planning Department
To: Director, Department of Building of Inspection
Requesting/Inquiring: Supervisor Maxwell inquires as to the status of enforcement actions on the development at 1250 Missouri Street.
From: Supervisor Dufty
To: Patrick Boyd, Adult Probation Department
To: Doug Shoemaker, Mayor's Office of Housing
To: Trent Rhorer, Human Services Administration
To: Marc Trotz, Department of Public Health
Requesting/Inquiring: Supervisor Dufty inquires about the feasibility of allocating housing and/or supportive housing units to Adult Probation Officer Darren Dill's Homeless Outreach Program.
In Memoriams
William J. Armanino – Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Steve Conley – Supervisors Chiu and Daly
Maitland "Sandy" Zane – Supervisor Chiu
Jim Lay Fown – Supervisor Chu
Paul Kantus – Supervisor Dufty
Lani Silver – Supervisor Mar