City and County of San Francisco
City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
City Hall, Room 263
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, January 24, 2008
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting
Members: Jake McGoldrick, Michela Alioto-Pier, Carmen Chu
Clerk: Annette Lonich (415) 554-7706
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Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report |
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Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the Chair at the beginning of each item, excluding City representatives, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. |
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CONSENT AGENDA |
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All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Committee. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Committee or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. |
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| 1. |
071512 |
[Juvenile Probation & Camps Funding Program Agreement-Juvenile Probation Department] |
Supervisor Dufty |
Resolution authorizing the Juvenile Probation Department to participate in the Juvenile Probation & Camps Funding Program used to pay for direct services to children.
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11/13/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080037 |
[Grant to support vocational services to mentally ill individuals] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services to accept and expend retroactively a grant from the California Department of Rehabilitation in the total amount of $3,310,497, with a cooperative CBHS match of $895,980, for a budget total of $4,206,477, to provide vocational rehabilitation services to clients through a cooperative contract agreement for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010, waiving indirect costs.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080038 |
[Funding modification to support HIV vaccine and prevention research] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a subcontract modification from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (PHFE) to support the research of the San Francisco Vaccine and Prevention Unit (SFVPU) in the amount of $325,239; for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080043 |
[Endorsing the recommendations of the Healthcare Action Team regarding the discharge of homeless patients in San Francisco] |
Supervisors Ammiano, Daly, Mirkarimi |
Resolution endorsing the Healthcare Action Team's recommendations for procedures on homeless patients hospital discharge, including more respite beds, a streamlined discharge process, distribution of information sheets, utilization of transitional care programs, expansion of the Ombudsman office and providing written discharge verification.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080044 |
[Grant funding for a drug court in the San Francisco Dependency Court] |
Supervisor Chu |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to retroactively accept and expend a grant increase in the amount of $287,177, with a local general fund match of $28,718, for a budget total of $315,895, from the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs' (DADP) Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation (CDCI) to provide funding for a drug court in the San Francisco Dependency Court; for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080045 |
[Grant funds to improve and expand substance abuse treatment services] |
Supervisor Chu |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to retroactively accept and expend a grant from the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs' (DADP) Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation (CDCI) in the total amount of $713,132, with a local general fund match of $142,627, for a budget total of $855,759 to improve and expand substance abuse treatment services for adult felon drug court clients; for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080046 |
[Accept and Expend CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant Funds] |
Supervisor Chu |
Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to retroactively accept and expend a CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant in the amount of $200,000 through the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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080047 |
[Continuum of Care: Five-Year Strategic Plan of the San Francisco Local Homeless Coordinating Board 2008-2013] |
Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Mirkarimi |
Resolution declaring the policy that the Five-Year Strategic Plan of the San Francisco Local Homeless Board titled Toward Ending Homelessness in San Francisco: A Five Year Strategic Plan of the San Francisco Local Homeless Coordinating Board is the City and County of San Francisco's official homeless policy document and governs the development of an integrated, effective and coordinated system of housing, health care, employment and support services to end homelessness.
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1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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SEVERED FROM CONSENT AGENDA |
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071556 |
[St. Luke's Hospital - Current Closures and Staffing Changes] |
Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Sandoval, Ammiano |
Hearing to consider the current closures and staffing changes at St. Luke's Hospital. This hearing will explore whether the closure of the tenth floor is putting patient care at risk; whether the closure of the tenth floor medical/surgical unit is justified given the demand for beds; and whether CPMC is required to give notice pursuant to Proposition Q (The Community Health Planning Ordinance) of its intent to close this medical/surgical unit.
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11/13/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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11/29/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Hearing held. Speakers: Supervisor Alioto-Pier, Joseph Flanagan, President, SF People First; Leslie Landeros; Mary Micheluci; Jane Sandoval; Bonita Palmer; Jose Morales; Jane Martin; Jason Fried. |
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071489 |
[Opposing closure of St. Luke's Hospital] |
Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ammiano, Maxwell |
Resolution opposing the plans of Sutter Health to cease operations at St. Luke's Hospital, requesting City Departments to identify pending applications sought in furtherance of such closure and report such applications; and requesting the City Attorney to investigate the actions taken by Sutter Health and initiate proceedings, if warranted, under relevant statutes.
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10/30/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION |
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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 City Operations and Neighborhood Services 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. |
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LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE |
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(Not to be considered at this meeting) |
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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. |
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080089 |
[Suspending Health Code Sections 34.4 and 34.6 of the Healthy Products, Healthy Children Ordinance] |
Supervisor Alioto-Pier |
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding Section 34.10, to suspend Sections 34.4 and 34.6 of the Healthy Products, Healthy Children Ordinance.
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1/15/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 2/14/2008. |
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080094 |
[Banning use of gas-powered leaf blowers] |
Supervisor Mirkarimi |
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by adding Section 65, to prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers within the City and County.
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1/15/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, expires on 2/14/2008. |
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| Meeting Procedures |
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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.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Committee meetings and to write letters to the Clerk of a Committee or to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.
USING LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR PRESENTATIONS: Please contact City Hall Media Services at (415) 554-4933 to coordinate the use of laptop computers for presentations at the meeting. Computers to be used are required to be tested in advance. The presenter should arrive 30 minutes prior to the meeting to connect and test their computer.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Agendas are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/site/bos_meetings
Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 554-4188.
Requests for language interpreters at a meeting must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to help ensure availability. Contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722.
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. |
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| Disability Access |
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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.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to perfumes and various other chemical-based scented products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals. |
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| Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance |
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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 |
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| Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements |
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| 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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