Board of Supervisors : April 24, 2000

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Board of Supervisors

City and County of San Francisco

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City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

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AGENDA
Monday, April 24, 2000
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting

TOM AMMIANO, PRESIDENT
ALICIA BECERRIL, SUE BIERMAN, AMOS BROWN, LESLIE KATZ, BARBARA KAUFMAN, MARK LENO, GAVIN EWSOM,
MABEL TENG, MICHAEL YAKI, LELAND Y. YEE

Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Motion to APPROVE the March 27, 2000 Meeting Minutes.

AGENDA CHANGES

COMMUNICATIONS
Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents:
1) Legislation
2) Budget Analyst report
3) Legislative Analyst report
4) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report
5) Public correspondence
These items will be available for review at City Hall, Room 244, Reception Desk.

CONSENT AGENDA All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board of Supervisors and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Board. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Board so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.

Items 1 through 8

Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee




		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

1. 000484 [Lease - Hotel Le Nain] Supervisor Newsom Resolution authorizing and approving the master lease by and between the City and County of San Francisco, for the Department of Public Health, as tenant and Hotel Le Nain, LLC, as landlord, for the "Hotel Le Nain" located at 730 Eddy Street.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

2. 000568 [Lease of PUC land to Koret Foundation at an annual rental of $13,211.00] Resolution authorizing a 20-year lease of Public Utilities Commission land between the City and County of San Francisco and Koret Foundation, in San Mateo County. (Public Utilities Commission)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of Public Health and Environment Committee


		Present: Supervisors Bierman, Yaki

3. 000453 [Grant funds to enable the Metropolitan Medical Response System to address chemical and biological threats or attacks more effectively] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, Community Health and Safety Services, to accept and expend a grant of $23,210 from the State Department of Health Services for the public health preparedness and response to bioterrorism grant and to enter into an agreement which does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses; waiving indirect costs. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

4. 000454 [Grant funds to increase detoxification capacity from a current total of 10 beds to 22 beds to meet high demands for substance abuse services] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, Community Substance Abuse Services, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $475,000 from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the Community Based Medically Managed Detoxification Program pursuant to the terms and conditions of the grant award. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


		Present: Supervisors Bierman, Brown, Yaki

5. 000526 [Grant for the HIV/AIDS intervention prevention and care services for three State Department of Corrections facilities and the San Francisco City and County jail system] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, HIV Health Services, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $1,099,869 from the California HIV Education and Prevention Services Branch, Office of AIDS, for demonstration project for incarcerated individuals within correctional settings and the community to enter into an agreement which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Rules Committee


		Present: Supervisors Leno, Kaufman

6. 981965 [Appointments] Resolution appointing Linda Salas and Neil Gendel, for a four year term ending December 22, 2003, to the Lead Hazard Reduction Citizens Advisory Committee. (Clerk of the Board) Linda Salas, Seat 6, succeeding Catherine Drayton, must represent the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, new 4-year term ending December 22, 2003;
Neil Gendel, Seat 8, succeeding himself, must represent a public interest organization, new 4-year term ending December 22, 2003.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

7. 000570 [Appointment] Resolution appointing Steve Gold to the Long Term Care Pilot Project Task Force; residency waived. Steve Gold(residency requirement waived), Seat 2, succeeding Joanne Handy, must represent long term care services.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

8. 992145 [Appointments] Resolution appointing Suresh Patel and Deborah Raucher, with waiver of residency, for one year terms ending October 8, 2000, to the SRO Hotel Safety and Stabilization Task Force. Suresh Patel, Seat 10, must be SRO Hotel Owner or Manager; new one-year term ending October 8, 2000;
Deborah Raucher, Seat 15, must be Tenderloin SRO Tenant or representative from a community based organization with a significant focus on educating SRO tenants about the risk of fire, waiver of residency.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


		Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, or adoption, as indicated: ________________________________________

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Recommendation of the Finance and Labor Committee


		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

9. 992317 [Establishing Courthouse Children’s Waiting Rooms Fund] Supervisors Katz, Teng Ordinance amending Administrative Code by adding Section 10.117-125 to impose a surcharge of four dollars for the filing in Superior Court of specified initial pleadings and to appropriate the surcharge to pay costs, excluding capital outlay, related to the maintenance of children’s waiting rooms at the Hall of Justice and Civic Center Courthouse. (Adds Section 10.117-125.)


4/17/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Committee




		Present: Supervisors Brown, Newsom, Leno

10. 981556 [Park Code] Supervisor Brown Ordinance amending Park Code Section 4.12 to correct erroneous reference and to clarify that park employees and police officers may exclude persons from parks who are consuming alcohol in certain parks and areas of parks in violation of the code. (Amends Section 4.12.)


4/17/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Small Business, Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee




		Present: Supervisors Newsom, Leno

11. 000390 [Use of calls for emergency medical services in suspension hearings for place of entertainment and extended hours premises permits] Supervisors Leno, Bierman Ordinance amending Police Code Article 15.1, Section 1060.20 and Article 15.2 Section 1070.17 to prohibit the Chief of Police from using calls for ambulances or other emergency medical services in permit suspension hearings for places of entertainment and extended hours premises. (Amends Article 15.1, Section 1060.20 and Article 15.2 Section 1070.17.)


4/17/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

Recommendation of the Transportation and Land Use Committee




		Present: Supervisors Katz, Yaki, Yee

12. 000532 [Public Works Code - Banners on Market Street] Supervisor Katz Ordinance amending Part II, Chapter X of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Public Works Code) by amending Article 5.7, Section 184.78 to recognize that banners may be posted, subject to specified conditions, on the historic lamp posts lining Market Street, an area known as the "Path of Gold."


4/17/2000, PASSED ON FIRST READING.


		Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Finance and Labor Committee




		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

13. 000328 [Public Financing and Disclosure for Campaigns] Supervisor Ammiano Ordinance amending Administrative Code by adding Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549.18 to provide for public financing of election campaigns and to add Sections 16.550.1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550-10, to provide for increased disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures. (Fiscal impact; Adds Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549.18;and Sections 16.550-1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550.10.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

14. 000685 [Public Financing of Election Campaigns] Supervisor Ammiano Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549-18 to provide for public financing of election campaigns. (Fiscal Impact; Adds Section 16.549-1 through 16.549-18)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

15. 000687 [Public Matching Funds and Disclosure of Campaigns] Supervisor Ammiano Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to add Sections 16.549-1 through 16.549-18 to provide for public matching funds to candidates for local office who are targeted by large independent expenditure campaigns and to add Sections 16.550.1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550-10, to provide for increased disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures. (Fiscal Impact; Adds Section 16.549-1 through 16.549-18 and adds Section 16.550.1 through 16.550-6; 16.550-8 through 16.550-10)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?


		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman

16. 000424 [Food Service - Application and Permit Fees] Ordinance amending Part III of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Business and Tax Regulation Code) by amending Section 249.11 to revise permit fees for temporary food operations at special events; amending Part II of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Traffic Code) by amending Section 806 to revise Department of Public Health permit fees for food operations at street fairs; amending Part II of the Municipal Code (Health Code) by amending Sections 451 and 452, to reorganize the section on applying for permits to operate a food establishment, modify the definition of "special events," change the deadline for applications for temporary food permits for special events; and impose an extra fee for late applications for temporary permits. (Public Health Department) (Amends Business and Tax Regulation Code Section 249.11; amends Traffic Code Section 806; amends Health Code Sections 451 and 452.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?


		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

17. 000565 [Fixing compensation for unrepresented employees, fiscal year 2000-2001.] Ordinance fixing compensation for persons employed by the City and County of San Francisco whose compensations are subject to the provisions of Section A8.409 of the Charter, in classes not represented by an employee organization and establishing working schedules and conditions of employment and methods of payment, effective July 1, 2000. (Human Resources Department) (Fiscal impact.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

18. 000576 [Appropriating funds for landscape improvements to the Mid-Embarcadero Music Concourse located south of Justin Herman Plaza] Supervisors Newsom, Bierman Ordinance appropriating $981,553 of the Downtown Park Fund balance to fund the proposed Mid-Embarcadero Music Concourse, for the Department of Recreation and Park for fiscal year 1999-2000; placing $309,000 on reserve. (Fiscal impact.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?


		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman

19. 000486 [Grant - Emergency Shelter Grant Program] Mayor Resolution approving the 2000 Emergency Shelter Grants Program and Expenditure Schedule and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco to apply for, accept, and expend a $890,000 entitlement under the Emergency Shelter Grants Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; placing $113,700 on reserve.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

20. 000487 [Grant - HOME Program] Mayor Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco to apply for, accept and administer a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a total amount not to exceed $7,115,000 for the HOME Program authorized under Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, Public Law Number 101-625, and approving the HOME program description as described in the 2000 action plan for San Francisco’s consolidated plan. Indirect costs associated with the acceptance of these grant funds will be paid by Community Development Block Grant funds.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

21. 000488 [Grant - 2000 CDBG] Mayor Resolution approving the 2000 Community Development Program authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to accept and expend the City’s 2000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and program income generated by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency up to $33,734,275 which include indirect costs of $160,000; and approving expenditure schedules for recipient departments and agencies for indirect costs; placing $533,581 on reserve.



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?


		Present: Supervisors Yee, Bierman, Ammiano

22. 000186 [Annual Joint Fundraising Drive] Resolution designating those agencies qualified to participate in the 2000 Annual Joint Fundraising Drive for officers and employees of the City and County of San Francisco. (Finance and Labor Committee)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendation of the Housing and Social Policy Committee


		Present: Supervisors Bierman, Becerril

23. 000611 [Grant funds to prevent and mitigate the impact of violence on young children] Resolution authorizing the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a planning grant in the amount of $250,000 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop a demonstration initiative that prevents and reduces the impact of family and community violence on young children (primarily from birth to 6 years of age). (Mayor)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

Recommendations of the Public Health and Environment Committee


		Present: Supervisors Bierman, Brown, Yaki

24. 000392 [Resource Conservation and Recycling Practices] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman Ordinance amending Administrative Code by adding Chapter 21A, imposing requirements on City departments to plan for and improve resource conservation and recycling practices. (Adds Chapter 21A.)



		Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?

25. 000520 [Authorizing DPH to enter into an agreement with UCSF to evaluate treatment on demand for substance abuse and to support the research activities of this project] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Community Substance Abuse Services, to enter into a subcontract with the University of California San Francisco Institute of Health Policy Studies, the primary contractor, in the amount of $246,500 to evaluate treatment on demand policies which includes rights in data clauses and does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses; retroactive to September 28, 1999. (Public Health Department)



		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.

26. 000577 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 2361 Lombard Street] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 15001 dated March 2, 2000, approving Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C authorizing the demolition of an existing motel (the Lanai Motel) and the construction of a four-story, approximately 80,000 square feet, 40 feet tall, tourist hotel containing 128 guest rooms, approximately 2,800 square feet of retail/commercial space on the ground floor, and 102 parking spaces. Parking for the 102 spaces would be at the basement level and at the ground level. The vehicular entrance to the hotel would be from Lombard Street while exiting would occur on Scott Street. Landscaping and street trees would be planted along both street frontages, per Sections 121.1, 121.2, 303 and 712.55 of the Planning Code, in an NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk District, on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets;
Lots 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26 and 30, Assessor’s Block 512. (Appeal filed April 3, 2000; a Preliminary Negative Declaration for the project was published on February 20, 1999. The Planning Commission upheld the Negative Declaration finding of the Planning Department and the document became final on March 2, 2000; companion measure to Files 000578, 000579, 000580, 000616.)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, notice is hereby given: If you challenge the above matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described above, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors, (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244; San Francisco, CA 94102-4689) at, or prior to, the public hearing.

27. 000616 [Environmental Review - 2361 Lombard Street] Motion certifying review of Final Negative Declaration relating to proposed Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

From the Clerk

(Only one of the following two motions should be adopted.)

28. 000578 [Appeal, Conditional Use, 2361 Lombard Street] Motion approving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 15001 approving Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

29. 000579 [Appeal, Conditional, 2361 Lombard Street] Motion disapproving decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 15001 approving Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, and adopting findings pursuant to Planning Code Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

30. 000580 [Findings - 2361 Lombard Street] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings relating to proposed Conditional Use Application No. 98.599C on property located at 2361 Lombard Street, south side between Scott and Pierce Streets, for action by the Board at its next meeting. (Clerk of the Board)



		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

31. ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters of inquiry, and letters of request to the City Attorney.

32. PUBLIC COMMENT An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, including items being considered today which have not been considered by a Board committee and excluding items which have been considered by a Board committee. Members of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes. Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak. The President or the Board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.

FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE These measures are introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is required for adoption of a resolution today. Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee.

Items 33 through 48

33. 000700 [Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000] Supervisor Becerril Resolution endorsing the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, a California voter initiative for the November 2000 ballot.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

34. 000701 [Commendation] Supervisors Bierman, Kaufman, Leno, Newsom Resolution commending Carmen Clark, departing Executive Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

35. 000702 [Commendation] Supervisor Brown Resolution commending the African American Community Entrustment for honoring local grandmothers.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

36. 000703 [Commendation] Supervisor Brown Resolution commending Evelina Carolina Campbell on her 100th birthday and declaring Wednesday, April 19, 2000, "Evelina Carolina Campbell Day" in San Francisco.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

37. 000704 [Urging Amicable Resolution of Teamsters Local 890 Strike] Supervisors Katz, Leno, Bierman Resolution urging Basic Vegetable and Teamsters Local 890 to work quickly and collaboratively to come to an amicable resolution of the current strike at Basic’s King City, California Plant.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

38. 000705 [Urging $1.5 Million in State Funding for UCSF] Supervisors Leno, Bierman Resolution urging Governor Davis to allocate $1.5 million in the May revise of the state budget for eight critical initiatives that will help the UCSF AIDS Research Institute meet its strategic scientific and community objectives.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

39. 000706 [Urging Reauthorization of Ryan White CARE Act] Supervisors Leno, Ammiano, Katz, Bierman Resolution urging Congress and President Clinton to swiftly reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act and support the passage of U.S. Senate Bill 2311.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

40. 000707 [Commendation] Supervisor Leno Resolution commending San Francisco Muralist Tom Mogensen for his extraordinary work on the large murals displayed at Pacific Bell Park and on other murals throughout the state.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

41. 000708 [Joe DiMaggio North Beach Playground] Supervisors Newsom, Yaki, Brown, Becerril, Bierman Resolution changing the name of North Beach Playground to Joe DiMaggio North Beach Playground.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

42. 000709 [Supporting AB 2070 - Teachers Homebuying Assistance] Supervisors Newsom, Becerril, Bierman Resolution supporting AB 2070, which enacts the Teachers Homebuyer Assistance Program to provide home loan assistance for teachers employed in low performing challenged schools and would enact provisions known as the reinvesting in our communities through Housing Development Homebuyer Assistance Program.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

43. 000710 [Supporting Clinton Initiative for Public Awareness of Japanese Internment] Supervisors Yaki, Bierman Resolution in support of the White House initiative to increase public awareness of the incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and to preserve the internment camps of World War II.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

44. 000711 [Vanpools and Shuttle Buses to the Airport Expansion Job Fair] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman Resolution urging the San Francisco Airport Commission to consider providing vanpools and shuttle buses from the Bayview Hunter’s Point District in San Francisco to the San Francisco International Airport expansion job fair.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

45. 000712 [Supporting Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi in Maintaining Ryan White Funding] Supervisors Ammiano, Bierman Resolution supporting Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s efforts to maintain current levels of Ryan White funding to the City and County of San Francisco and further supporting Congresswoman Pelosi’s proposal to introduce amendments to freeze the revenue stream of Ryan White funds to San Francisco at within two percent of the current $3.3 Million and further opposing Oklahoma Congressman Tom Coburn’s amendment to revise the funding formula for the disbursement of Ryan White funds to state and local county governments because of the potentially severe disruption of services to HIV/AIDS patients.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

46. 000726 [A 3-year grant , renewable annually, for an attorney to represent serious felony defendants in a limited number of cases] Supervisor Yee Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office to accept and expend $98,857 awarded by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) as part of the ongoing Vertical Defense of Indigents Program to help create a separate unit to handle major felony cases in San Francisco.


4/19/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?

47. 000720 [Finance and Labor Committee Closed Session] Motion to convene a special closed session hearing in the Finance and Labor Committee to hear litigation between the City and County of San Francisco and Hubert, Hunt and Nichols and further requesting the Clerk of the board notify, by letter, the Office of the City Attorney.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?

48. 000721 [Needle Exchange Emergency] Supervisors Bierman, Teng, Ammiano, Yaki, Kaufman, Katz, Brown, Newsom, Yee, Leno, Becerril Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program.


4/17/2000, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.


		Question: Shall this Motion be ADOPTED?




		Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda:_________________________________________

49. IMPERATIVE AGENDA Resolution(s), if any, to be adopted within limits imposed by the Sunshine Ordinance and the Ralph M. Brown Act, introduced today, not on the printed agenda. For such resolutions to be considered, the Board must first adopt the Serious Injury Finding or the Purely Commendatory Finding and the Brown Act Finding. Each motion requires 8 votes or a unanimous 6 or 7. A unanimous vote is required for the resolution(s).

[Serious Injury Finding]
Motion that the Board find that for the resolution(s) being considered at this time "the need to take action is so imperative as to threaten serious injury to the public interest if action is deferred to a later meeting."

[Purely Commendatory Finding]
Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this time are purely commendatory.

[Brown Act Finding]
Motion that the Board find by roll call vote that for the resolutions being considered at this time there is a need to take immediate action and the need to take action came to the attention of the City and County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted.

[Imperative Resolutions, if any]

OFF-AGENDA LEGISLATION

PROPOSED ORDINANCES




		Proposed ordinances received from April 13 through noon on April 19, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 24, 2000.

000669 [Taxi Industry Fund] Ordinance amending Article XIII of Chapter 10 of Part I of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Administrative Code) by adding Section 10.117-28, to create a Taxi Industry Fund. (Taxi Commission) (Adds Section 10.117-28.)


4/12/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

4/18/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Substituted by City Attorney 4/18/00, bearing new title.

4/18/2000, ASSIGNED to Finance and Labor Committee.

000732 [Medical Cannabis Identification Cards] Ordinance amending Article 28, Part II, Chapter V, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Health Code), which authorized the Department of Public Health to issue medical cannabis identification cards, by amending Section 1805 to fix rates for identification cards furnished by the Department of Public Health, effective upon approval. (Public Health Department) (Amends Article 28, Section 1805.)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee.

000733 [Settlement of Lawsuit, Amending Ordinance 262-98] Ordinance amending Ordinance 262-98 which approved a settlement of the lawsuit in Commercial Interiors Construction, Inc., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al., San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 990-209, relating to the Chinatown Branch Library Project for $285,016.13 and release of the City’s claims to contract retention conditioned on T.E. Joo’s approval of the settlement agreement, by approving modifications to the settlement that will delete the condition that T.E. Joo must approve the settlement. (City Attorney) (Filed on October 9, 1997.)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee. Confidential letter dated April 5, 2000 is on file with the Clerk of the Board.

000736 [Golden Gate Family Residence] Ordinance exempting the 260 Golden Gate Family Residence from competitive bidding requirements of the San Francisco Administrative Code. (Human Services Department)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS




		Proposed resolutions received from April 13 through April 19, for reference by President to appropriate committee on April 24, 2000.

000511 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations:

ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH
Bayshore Boulevard, west side, between Cortland Avenue and Alemany Boulevard

TWO-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, 7 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY; 9 AM TO 6 PM, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY - RESCIND
ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER, 9 AM TO 10 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY; 9 AM TO 6 PM, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY - ESTABLISH
ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT, NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH, 7 AM TO 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY - ESTABLISH
3rd Street, east side, between Townsend and King Streets

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "C" - ESTABLISH
513 Bush Street, west side, between Grant Avenue and Stockton Street (adds specified address only)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 7 AM - 7 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Clayton Street, both sides, between Frederick and Waller Streets (700 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "J" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 5 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Kirkham Street, both sides, 8th and 9th Avenues (400 block)
Lawton Street, both sides, between 10th and 11th Avenues (400 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "P" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Pierce Street, east side, between Ellis and O’Farrell Streets (1300 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 8 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Hayes Street, both sides, between Buchanan and Laguna Streets (600 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "S" - ESTABLISH
Hayes Street, both sides, between Laguna and Octavia Streets (500 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "W" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
23rd Street, south side, between Potrero Avenue and Utah Street (2600 block)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "W" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) - ESTABLISH
Utah Street, west side, between 16th and 17th Streets (300 block, even-numbered addresses only)
Utah Street, both sides, between 17th and 18th Streets (400 and 500 blocks)

PERPENDICULAR (90-DEGREE ANGLE) PARKING - ESTABLISH
Utah Street, west side, between 16th and 18th Streets (300, 400, and 500 blocks) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1955)


3/21/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

4/19/2000, SUBSTITUTED. Substituted by Parking and Traffic Department 4/19/00, bearing same title.

4/19/2000, ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000692 [Grant funds to be used in collecting data to develop a State policy that will be distributed to medical care providers working with survivors of sexual assault] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Urban Community Health, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $30,000 from the State Office of AIDS, for the HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Project and to enter into an agreement which includes an indemnification clause and does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses. (Public Health Department)


4/14/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee.

000693 [Grant funds to support the Transitions Program which will prepare 5th grader students for multiple transitions to adolescence] Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, Community Health Promotion and Prevention, to accept retroactively and expend grant funds of $25,000 from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund to provide the transitions program and to enter into an agreement which does not include intellectual property indemnification and false claims clauses. (Public Health Department)


4/14/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee. Department requests this matter be calendared at the April 27, 2000 meeting.

000724 [Establishing a revolving loan fund to pay for verified funeral/burial expenses and emergency relocation for victims of domestic violence] Resolution authorizing the District Attorney to retroactively accept and expend funds in the amount of $30,000 which have been allocated from the State Board of Control Victims of Crime Program, an agent of the State of California, for a revolving loan to be used to pay for verified funeral/burial expenses and emergency relocation for victims of domestic violence. (District Attorney)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Housing and Social Policy Committee.

000725 [Grant funds to be used to increase beverage container recycling] Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept and expend a $231,063 payment from the Department of Conservation (DOC) for fiscal year 1999/2000 and continue to accept and expend similar annually recurring payments. (City Administrator)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Health and Environment Committee.

000727 [Stop Intersections] Resolution designating certain intersections as "STOP" intersections:

STOP SIGNS - ESTABLISH
17th and Mississippi Streets, northwest and southeast corners, stopping Mississippi Street (makes this an all-way STOP)
18th and York Streets, northeast and southwest corners, stopping 18th Street (makes this an all-way STOP)
20th Avenue and Anza Street, northwest and southeast corners, stopping 20th Avenue (makes this an all-way STOP)
26th Avenue and Taraval Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Taraval Street (makes this an all-way STOP)
26th Street and San Jose Avenue, northwest corner, stopping southbound San Jose Avenue (stops the stem of this uncontrolled T-intersection)
Joost Avenue and Congo Street, northeast and southwest corners, stopping Joost Avenue (makes this an all-way STOP) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1973.)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000728 [Parking Regulations, Various Locations] Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations:

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "I" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - RESCIND
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "I" (1-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
20th Street, both sides, between Folsom and Shotwell Streets (3300 block, change in effective hours only)

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA "R" (2-HOUR TIME LIMIT, 9 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) - ESTABLISH
Laguna Street, east side, between Eddy and Ellis Streets (even-numbered side of 1200 block) (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1973.)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000734 [Settlement of Lawsuit] Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Ann Sekulich against San Francisco for $50,000; claim was filed on 09-03-99; additional material terms of said settlement is the signing of a release of liability against the City and County of San Francisco. (City Attorney) (Unlitigated Claim No. 98T1355-1.)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Audit and Government Efficiency Committee. Confidential letter dated April 5, 2000 is on file with the Clerk of the Board.

000729 [Traffic Regulations, Various Streets] Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets:

NO LEFT TURNS AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH
4th Street, southbound, at 3rd Street

NO RIGHT TURNS AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS, EXCEPT BUSES - ESTABLISH
Terry Francois Boulevard, southbound, at Mission Rock Street

TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER BALLPARK EVENTS - ESTABLISH
Berry Street, both sides, between 4th and 5th Streets (Parking and Traffic Department) (DPT Order No. 1973.)


4/19/2000, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Transportation and Land Use Committee.

000737 [Petitions and Communications] Petitions and Communications received from April 13 through noon on April 19, for reference by the President to the Committee considering related matters or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on April 24, 2000.

From Office of the Controller Audits Division, submitting report concerning the concession audit of US Airways. (1)

From various city departments, regarding the accessibility of the Department websites for people with disabilities. Copy: Supervisor Yaki (2)
Office of the Controller, (Reference No. 20000327-023);
Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, (Reference No. 20000327-029);
Superior Court, (Reference No. 20000327-004);
Department of the Environment, (Reference No. 20000327-025);
Department of Consumer Assurance, (Reference No. 20000327-055).

From Office of the Controller Audits Division, submitting report concerning the concession audit of Sun Shade Holding Corporation. (3)

From Office of the Controller Audits Division, submitting report concerning the audit of the cash revolving fund of the Office of Citizen Complaints. (4)

From Daniel Reidy, regarding the proposed landmark designation of 700 Montgomery Street. File 000402 (5)

From Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley LLP, regarding zoning dispute at 101 Poppy Lane. File 000618, Transportation and Land Use Committee (6)

From Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association, regarding the Giants’ Ballpark lights. Copy: Each Supervisor (7)

From Public Utilities Commission, regarding limitations on health benefits available to Public Utilities Commission employees that live outside the bay area. (8)

From Airport, submitting request to Human Rights Commission for waiver of provisions of Chapter 12B of the Administrative Code for conference services at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. (9)

From Pacific Gas and Electric Company, submitting notice of changes in proposed gas rates. (10)

From Lloyd Schloegel, submitting opposition to moving city elections in odd-numbered years up one month to the first Tuesday in October. File 992336, Rules Committee (11)

From Department of Public Works, regarding decision on approval of tentative/parcel maps of 748, 750 and 758 North Point Street. 3 Letters (12)

From Department of Public Health, submitting Quarterly AIDS Surveillance Report for AIDS cases reported through March 2000. (13)

From Senate Rules Committee, submitting appointment of Mark Bosetti of Burney, and reappointment Robert Heald of Georgetown as members of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. (14)

From Office of the Controller, regarding review of the cash revolving fund held by the Police Department. (15)

From concerned citizens, submitting opposition to the proposal to locate a State Parole Office at 1970 Carroll Street. File 000657, Housing and Social Policy Committee, 47 Letters (16)

From Therese Koller, regarding Mayor Willie L. Brown. 5 Letters (17)

From Office of the City Attorney, regarding two matters related to litigation over Proposition 209. Copy: Each Supervisor (18)

From M. Brett Gladstone, transmitting additional documentation concerning appeal of Asia SF, 201 Ninth Street, to Board of Supervisors of Planning Commission decision. File 000296 (19)

From Department of Public Health, regarding staffing at Laguna Honda Hospital on unit 04 for 29 HIV/AIDS residents on the evening of February 28, 2000. (Reference No. 20000228-005) Copy: Supervisor Ammiano (20)

From Dave Busse, submitting information on parcels located in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District. (Reference No. 20000228-009) Copy: Supervisor Becerril (21)

From Fire Commission, regarding the department’s March 9th report on personal safety equipment. (22)

From Department of Human Resources, submitting Quarterly Report of Economic Settlements. (23)

From Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, submitting request for release of reserve funds in the amount of $1,342,659 for the development of the JUSTIS system, (this system is intended to replace the aging CABLE system that the criminal justice departments have been using for many years.) File 000691 (24)

From Chris Daly, regarding press conference on April 17th, opposing proposed amendment to Proposition M. File 000277, Finance and Labor Committee (25)

From Barry Mielich, submitting concerns over safety of workers being exposed to high concentrations of fireproofing materials at the San Francisco International Airport Terminal project. (26)

From John Carpenter, submitting request for transfer of Type 9, 17, and 20 liquor license for "Wine House Limited" at 129 Carolina Street. Small Business, Economic Vitality and Consumer Services (27)

From Zachary Eisenberg, submitting support to lower bus fares for students. File 992285 (28)

From Susan Munn, regarding the installation of San Francisco’s first "SmartCrosswalk" at 1563 Page Street between the Urban School’s academic building and athletic facilities. Copy: Each Supervisor (29)

From Department of Human Resources, submitting Administrative Change Nos. 26, 27, 28-99/00 to the Annual Salary Ordinance, fiscal year 1999/00. 3 Letters (30)

From Department of Public Health, submitting request to Human Rights Commission for waiver of provisions of Chapters 12B and 12C of the Administrative Code for CALA Foods and Safeway, Inc. (31)

From Department of Public Health, submitting request to Human Rights Commission for waiver of provisions of Chapters 12B and 12C of the Administrative Code for Fisher Scientific. (32)

From Rosalie Davis, regarding San Francisco Court Case No. 173829. (33)

From Donald Fitch, submitting request to make the restrooms at Rosa Parks Senior Center wheel chair accessible. (34)

From Office of the Controller, submitting a cost analysis of an ordinance
fixing compensation for unrepresented employees of the City and County of San Francisco. File 000565, Finance and Labor Committee (35)

From James Corrigan, submitting request that the Board request the Fire Departments Bi-Annual Overtime Report which was due on January 5, 2000. (36)

From Nancy Glenn, regarding lack of parking around the Moscone Convention Center. (37)

From Georgia Alward, requesting Municipal Railway (Muni) post a time schedule for commuters who ride the trolleys on the Embarcadero. (38)

From Lloyd Schloegel, submitting support to reduce double Decker sight seeing buses to a single level. (39)

From San Francisco Unified School District, regarding the types of food service provided in the San Francisco Schools. (Reference No. 20000222-010) Copy: Supervisor Brown (40)

From Department of Public Health, submitting appointment of Richard Lee, Senior Industrial Hygienist as representative of the Potrero Power Plant Citizens Advisory Task Force. Rules Committee (41)

From American Massage Therapy Association, Incorporated, regarding various organizations representing Massage Therapy. (42)

From Jim Wilson, submitting support to reform the current state of taxicab service in San Francisco. (43)

From Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, submitting the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue Quarterly Report for the period January 1, 2000 through March 31, 2000. (44)

From Sheila Hammond, submitting gratitude for supporting the SF C.A.R.E.S. Program. Finance and Labor Committee (45)

From concerned citizen, submitting support for proposed legislation regarding public financing and disclosure for campaigns. File 000328, Finance and Labor Committee (46)

From the Mental Health Board, submitting copy of annual report on the performance and needs of San Francisco’s Mental Health System for 1998 and 1999. 2 Reports (47)

From Youth Commission, submitting annual report for fiscal year 1998/99. (48)

From San Francisco Civil Grand Jury, submitting interim report entitled "Neglect of Reporting Requirements" for 1999-2000. Copy: Each Supervisor, Budget Analyst Harvey Rose (49)

From Chief Medical Examiner, submitting annual report for fiscal year 1998/99. (50)

From Morris Dragna, regarding renaming North Beach Playground "Joe DiMaggio Playground". File 000708 (51)

From Office of the Sheriff, submitting request to withdraw resolutions regarding professional services for evaluating the psychological suitability of applicants for deputy sheriff positions, and professional services to provide State-mandated training for the Sheriff’s Department for action by the Board of Supervisors. Files 000671, 000672, Housing and Social Policy Committee (52)

From Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, submitting notice that the Small Business Administration has declared San Mateo County and the contiguous counties of San Francisco, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz, as disaster areas, therefore eligible for low interest loans. Copy: Mayor (53)

From various signators, submitting Annual Economic Statement for Community Development Block Grant/Emergency Shelter Grant funding for 2000 Program. File 000488. Finance and Labor Committee (54)

Chinatown Community Development Center
Chinatown Youth Center
St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco
San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation/Bay Area Legal Aid
Tides Center/Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Visitacion Valley Community Center
Young Community Developers, Inc.

MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS

Small Business Commission
Marivic Bamba
Stephen Cornell
Gwen Kaplan
Dick Mak
Jose Najar
Lee Murphy Reed
Yasin "Sal" Salma

Commission on the Aging
Vera Haile

Human Rights Commission
Larry Lee

Citizens Advisory Committee on Elections
Laura Brainin-Rodriguez

Commission on the Status of Women
Andrea Shorter

Taxi Commission
Rachialle Franklin
Paul Gillespie

Commission on Aging
Arthur Jackson

Police Commission
Sidney Chan

Immigrant Rights
Isabelle Huie

Juvenile Probation
Timothy Dupre

Relocation Appeals
Harry Kim
Albert Seto

Citizens Advisory Committee on Elections
Susan Horsfall
Marcel Kapulica

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting Procedures

The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board considers ordinances and resolutions, most of which have been the subject of hearings before the standing committees of the board 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 persons in the audience to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying. Thus applause and booing are both contrary to Board requirements. The Board does not permit signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Board hearings and to write letters to the Board and to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Agenda are available on the internet at www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs.bos.htm.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK.
Board meetings are televised on channel 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 557-4293.
Results of each Board meeting can be obtained about a half hour after the end of the meeting by telephoning (415) 554-5555.
Requests for foreign language translation at a meeting must be received by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at least 48 hours before the meeting. For meetings on a Monday or a Tuesday, the request must be made by noon of the last business day of the preceding week.

Disability access

The Legislative Chamber of the Board of Supervisors is in Room 250 of City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. The Chamber is wheelchair accessible.
The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown Loop, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 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.
The following services are available when requests are made by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday before the Board meeting:
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting, or sound enhancement system, contact Violeta Mosuela at (415) 554-7704.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact Annette Lonich at (415) 554-7706.
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 various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.
For more 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 Donna Hall by mail to Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-5163 or by email at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us
Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm

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