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City and County of San Francisco

April 12, 2006

City and County of San Francisco

Budget and Finance Committee

Legislative Chamber, 2nd Floor, Room 250

seal of the city and county of sf

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting

Members: Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Aaron Peskin, Ross Mirkarimi, Sean Elsbernd

Clerk: Victor Young

Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report
If a quorum of the Board of Supervisors members is present, Supervisor Daly will hold a Special Board of Supervisors meeting to discuss items on the April 12, 2006 Budget and Finance Committee Agenda.


AGENDA CHANGES


REGULAR AGENDA

1. 060247 [Minimum Wage Implementation and Enforcement] Supervisors Maxwell, Ammiano, Daly, Mirkarimi, McGoldrick
Ordinance expanding the powers and duties of the Office of Labor Standard Enforcement to implement and enforce the Minimum Wage Ordinance.
2/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
3/3/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department and Small Business Commission.
3/7/06, TRANSFERRED to Budget and Finance Committee. 03/30/06 - Fee ad placed for the 4/12/06 meeting.
3/10/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA guidelines 15273(a).

2. 060412 [Appropriating $6,371,327 to fund violence prevention programs in communities disproportionately impacted by violence at various departments for Fiscal Year 2005-2006] Supervisors Daly, Mirkarimi
Ordinance appropriating $6,371,327 to fund violence prevention programming and investments in the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, Public Defender, Juvenile Probation, Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, Mayor's Office of Community Development, Sheriff's Department, and Department on the Status of Women. Sources of funds include $4,200,000 from the Unappropriated General Fund Balance, $991,327 from the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Children's Baseline Growth, $1,180,000 from the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Children's Baseline Reserve. Uses of funds includes $1,731,327 for Children, Youth and Their Families, $200,000 for the Public Defender, $1,390,000 for the Juvenile Probation Department, $1,300,000 for the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, $100,000 for the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, $450,000 for the Mayor's Office of Community Development, $400,000 for the Sheriff's Department, and $800,000 for the Department on the Status of Women; and reserving $931,327 appropriated to the Department of Children, Youth and their Families for community outreach and street level intervention and $1,300,000 appropriated to the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
3/22/06, DIVIDED. Divided from File 060225.
3/22/06, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Divided from File No. 060225.
4/5/06, DIVIDED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Fiona Ma; Carrie Sulman; Monique Zmuda, Controllers Office; Harvey Rose, Budget Analyst; female speaker; Becky Masaki; Jennifer Grant, Rilely Center; Amber Lacross; Kiye Fiore; Sister Stephanie Hughes; Karen Ames; Ana Guiterez; Greg Doxey; Mitchell Salazar, Street Intervension Planning Coalition; Minister Renaldo Woods; Helen Barnes; Maxine Ellis; Tony Hight; Theron Jones; Omar Gutter; Mike Allen; John Nauer; Joseph Balls; Rudy Valitino; Francis Chan; Shannel Williams; Janet Upadhye; Jeff Jones; Matie Scott; male speaker; Ray; Anetta Shawkin; Jazzie Collins; Ben Batista; male speaker; Kevin Jefferson; Hugh Gregory; Debra Walker, Chair, Arts Task Force; Nicole Jersey; Esther Morales; male speaker; Molay Forester; male speaker; Carolyn Tran; J. Jeffries; Ms. Cooper; Valarie Adams; Sherry Woods; female speaker; female speaker; Allen Anns, Mayor's Office, Noelle Simmons, Mayor's Budget Office; Mr. Jones, Mayor's Office; Gene Maryanne, Sheriff's Office; Chief Sifferman, Juvenile Probation; Jesse Blan, Mayor's Office of Economic Development;Ken Bucaski Department of Children Youth and Their Families; Wade Crowfoot, Mayor's Office; Rick Newall, Arts Task Force.
4/5/06, CONTINUED. Continued to April 12, 2006.

3. 060365 [Proposition J Certification, Bad Checks Restitution Program Services] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution concurring with the Controller's certification that the Bad Checks Restitution Program can be practically performed by a private contractor for a lower cost than similar services performed by city and county employees.

(Supervisors Daly and Mirkarimi dissented in committee.)
3/21/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

4. 060209 [2006 Annual Fundraising Drive]
Resolution designating those agencies qualified to participate in the 2006 Annual Joint Fundraising Drive for officers and employees of the City and County of San Francisco.
2/16/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 2/13/06 - From United Way of the Bay Area 2/22/06 - From Bay Area Black United Fund, Inc. (BABUF) 2/28/05 - From Local Independent Charities of America (LIC) 2/28/06 - From Community Health Charities 3/01/06 - From Earth Share of California 3/01/06 - From Global Impact

5. 060401 [Board review and approval of 2006 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Programs Application] Supervisor Dufty
Resolution approving the City and County of San Francisco 2006 grant application for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Programs and fulfilling the San Francisco Board of Supervisors review and approval process for all annual or otherwise recurring grants of $5,000,000 or more. (Human Services Department)
3/27/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Department requests this item be scheduled for consideration at the April 12, 2006 meeting.

6. 051919 [San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance] Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Mirkarimi, Dufty, Ma, McGoldrick, Maxwell, Peskin
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Chapter 14, Sections 14.1 through 14.8, to provide health care security for San Francisco residents by creating a public health access program for the uninsured, requiring employer paid health expenditures, identifying options for how an employer may make such expenditures, creating an advisory health access working group, and setting an operative date.

(Economic Impact)
11/22/05, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 12/22/2005. 06/23/06 - Economic Impact Report received.
12/22/05, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
2/1/06, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Ammiano; Dr. Mitch Katz, Director, Public Health; Jean Fraiser, SF Health Authority; Tim Paulson, SF Labor Council; Paul Sonn; Mike Casey, Local 2; Steve Faulk, SF Chamber of Commerce; Kevin Westlye, Golden Gate Restaurant Association; Michael O'Conner; David Grant, Senior Action Network; Ken Jacobs; Nathan Nayman; male speaker; Scott Ahi; Mira, Young Workers United; female speaker, Young Workers United, Jenne Stella, Young Workers United; Jason Lockwood, Young Workers United; Daniel Chan, Young Worker United; Bruce Livingston; Dr. Christine Dehlendorf, Chief of Family Practice at SF General; male speaker; Craig Stole; Richard Rosen; Karen Lindsay; Dr. Ted Winn; Bill Sable, UFCW 648; Michael Lyon; Ron Silverstein; Andrew Gillian; Helen Hobbs; Connie Ford, Local 3; Jessica Rosegarden; Lourie Thomas; Ken Zenkell; male speaker; Linda McGellen; Greg Harris; Susan Lieger; Mark Pastore; Amanda Chapor; Don Bestier; Ms. Zmada; Patricia Rosen; Ronald Timberlake; Robert Haaland, Local 790; Karl Kramer, Living Wage Coalition; Richard Ow; Denise D'Anne; Rosabella Safont; Mark Klaiman; Michael Nulty; Zandra Elezanto; Evan Martinez; Bruce Allison; Andrew Bennett; male speaker.
2/1/06, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to February 15, 2006.
2/15/06, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Ammiano; Tim Paulson; Debbie Lerman; John Becker; Andrew Gillan; Karen Goore; Bruce Livingston; Arti Smitt; female speaker; Mary Ruth-Gross, United Health Care Workers West; Dan Schrouder; Sharron Long; Cindy Fasler; Kevin Westlye; Connie Ford, Local 3; male speaker; Kelley Clements; Decel Desada; Steve Falk, President, Chamber of Commerce; Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney. 02/15/06 - Amendment of the whole as further amended bearing a new title.
2/15/06, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to March 1, 2006.
3/1/06, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Ammiano; female speaker; Tim Paulson; Dan Schrouder; Kevin Lesley; Mary Lou Gross. Continued to March 15, 2006.
3/1/06, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued as amended to March 15, 2006.
3/15/06, CONTINUED. Continued to March 29, 2006.
3/29/06, CONTINUED. Continued to April 12, 2006.

7. 051917 [Amending Community Court Program Administrative Fee] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 10.183 to authorize the District Attorney to collect Administrative Fees from persons who are determined by the District Attorney to be eligible for the community courts program.
11/22/05, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.
12/22/05, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney for approval as to form.
3/28/06, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
3/28/06, ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. Supervisor Daly submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title, and approved as to form.

8. 060379 [Overview of Police Department, Fire Department, and Recreation and Parks Department policy objectives for FY 2006-2007] Supervisor Daly
Hearing to consider the overview of Police Department, Fire Department, and Recreation and Parks Department policy objectives for FY 2006-2007.
3/21/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

9. 060397 [Adopting Board of Supervisors' 2006 Budget Policy Priorities] Supervisor Daly
Resolution adopting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' 2006 Budget Policy Priorities.
3/28/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee.

ADJOURNMENT

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of the Budget and Finance Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102 by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. Comments which cannot be delivered to the committee clerk by that time may be taken directly to the hearing at the location above


LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE


(Not to be considered at this meeting)
Rule 5.40 provides that when an ordinance or resolution is introduced which would CREATE OR REVISE MAJOR CITY POLICY, the committee to which the legislation is assigned shall not consider the legislation until at least thirty days after the date of introduction. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the routine operations of the departments of the City or when a legal time limit controls the hearing timing. In general, the rule shall not apply to hearings to consider subject matter when no legislation has been presented, nor shall the rule apply to resolutions which simply URGE action to be taken.

10. 060077 [Adding a $1.00 fuel surcharge to taxi fares and eliminating the cap on taxicab gate fees] Supervisor Ma
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by amending Sections 1135 and 1137 to add a $1.00 fuel surcharge to the $2.85 taxi rate of fare for the first fifth of a mile, the surcharge to expire on November 1, 2008 unless renewed, and by repealing Section 1135.1 and further amending Section 1137 to eliminate the cap on taxi gate fees; fuel surcharge to supersede existing procedures for review of taxi rates of fare for 2006.
1/24/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 2/23/2006. 01/31/06 - Referred to Taxi Commission and Small Business Commission. Referred Planning for environmental review. 02/03/06 - Response received from Planning, exempt from CEQA, non-physical exemption.
3/14/06, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Ma submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
3/14/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 4/13/2006. 03/28/06 - Referred to the taxi Commissionand the Small Business Commission.

11. 060347 [Transbay Redevelopment Project -Tax Increment Allocation and Sales Proceeds Pledge Agreement and an Option Agreement] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance approving a Tax Increment Allocation and Sales Proceeds Pledge Agreement and an Option Agreement for the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area between the City and County of San Francisco, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority and the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco; making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the City's General Plan and the Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; authorizing other steps to implement the Transbay Redevelopment Plan; and adopting other findings pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law, including findings pursuant to Sections 33445 and 33679.

(Fiscal impact.)
3/14/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Budget and Finance Committee, expires on 4/13/2006. 4/14/06 - Ad placed in the SF Examiner on 4/18/06 and 4/26/06 for the May 2, 2006 Board of Supervisors Meeting on this item. 4/18/06 -Notice of public hearing on May 2, 2006 posted.

Meeting Procedures
The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board has several standing Committees where ordinances and resolutions are the subject of hearings at which members of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee.
Board procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience at a Committee meeting to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room.
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AVISO EN ESPA¥OL: La solicitud para un traductor en una reunion debe recibirse antes de mediodia de el viernes anterior a la reunion. Llame a Erasmo Vazquez (415) 554-4909.

Translation: request at least 48 hours before the meeting. Please call: (415) 554-7701

Disability Access
The Legislative Chamber (Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) in City Hall are wheelchair accessible.
Meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SF Cable 26. Assistive listening devices for the Legislative Chamber are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244. Assistive listening devices for the Committee Room are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244 or in the Committee Room. To request sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722 or (415) 554-5227 (TTY). Requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure availability.
The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, N, and T (Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 Van Ness, 9 San Bruno, and the 6, 7, 71 Haight/Noriega. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex. Accessible curbside parking is available on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street.
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Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance
Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102 by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code Sec. 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site www.sfgov.org/ethics
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