City and County of San Francisco

October 22, 2009

City and County of San Francisco

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

MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, October 22, 2009
1:00 PM
City Hall, Legislative Chamber, Room 250
Regular Meeting


Government Audit and Oversight Committee


Members: Ross Mirkarimi, Eric Mar, Sophie Maxwell

Clerk: Alisa Somera (415) 554-4447


Members Present: Ross Mirkarimi, Eric Mar, Sophie Maxwell.
Members Excused: None.
Members Absent: None.


MEETING CONVENED
The meeting convened at 1:06 p.m.

REGULAR AGENDA

091112 [Finding of Fiscal Feasibility; Retention and Expansion of the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market] Mayor, Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty, Mirkarimi, Mar
Resolution adopting finding that the retention and expansion of the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market are fiscally feasible pursuant to Administrative Code Chapter 29.

(Fiscal Impact.)
9/15/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
9/23/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to the Small Business Commission for review and recommendation.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: John Harris, Office of Economic and Workforce Development; Michael Janis, General Manager, SF Wholesale Produce Market; Severin Campbell, Budget Analyst's Office; Amy Brown, Director, Department of Real Estate; John Monfredini, President, SF Wholesale Produce Market Board; Claro Mistica, Washington Vegetable Co.; Richard Robinson, Community Outreach Program; Amy Richardson, John DeMartini Co.; Kayren Hudiburgh, Good Life Grocery.

10/22/09 - Supervisors Mirkarimi and Mar requested to be added as co-sponsors.
RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

091157 [Budget Analyst Management Audit of the San Francisco First Offender Prostitution Program] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Hearing before the Government Audit and Oversight Committee to receive and hear the Management Audit report prepared by the Budget Analyst of the San Francisco First Offender Prostitution Program.
10/6/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
10/20/09, ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
10/20/09, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Mirkarimi submitted a substitute hearing bearing new title.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Severin Campbell, Budget Analyst's Office; Paul Henderson, District Attorney's Office; Richard Robinson, Community Outreach Program; Walter Paulson.
FILED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

090781 [2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report - Continuity Report]
Hearing on the recently published 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury report regarding "Continuity Report, What Has Happened to Recomendations Made by Prior Juries?"
6/2/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; Leonard Kully, Foreperson, SF Civil Grand Jury; Frances Taylor, Civil Grand Jury; Orla O'Keefe, Chief Administrative Officer, SFUSD; Angela Miller, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SFUSD; Abraham Simmons, SF Civil Grand Jury; David Goldin, Chief Facilities Officer, Chris Armentrout, Director, Development & Local Government Relations, and Nancy Waymack, Director of Policy & Operations, SFUSD; Dennis MacKenzie; Karen Cassino.
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

090782 [2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report - Use it or Lose it]
Hearing on the recently published 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury report regarding Use it or Lose it: A Report on the Surplus Real Property owned by the San Francisco Unified School District. (Clerk of the Board)
6/8/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; Leonard Kully, Foreperson, SF Civil Grand Jury; Frances Taylor, Civil Grand Jury; Orla O'Keefe, Chief Administrative Officer, SFUSD; Angela Miller, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SFUSD; Abraham Simmons, SF Civil Grand Jury; David Goldin, Chief Facilities Officer, Chris Armentrout, Director, Development & Local Government Relations, and Nancy Waymack, Director of Policy & Operations, SFUSD; Dennis MacKenzie; Karen Cassino.
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

091118 [Board response to the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "USE IT OR LOSE IT: a Report on the Surplus Real Property Owned by the San Francisco Unified School District"] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "USE IT OR LOSE IT: A Report on the Surplus Real Property Owned by the San Francisco Unified School District," and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through department heads and through the development of the annual budget.
10/6/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; Leonard Kully, Foreperson, SF Civil Grand Jury; Frances Taylor, Civil Grand Jury; Orla O'Keefe, Chief Administrative Officer, SFUSD; Angela Miller, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SFUSD; Abraham Simmons, SF Civil Grand Jury; David Goldin, Chief Facilities Officer, Chris Armentrout, Director, Development & Local Government Relations, and Nancy Waymack, Director of Policy & Operations, SFUSD; Dennis MacKenzie; Karen Cassino.
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.

Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "USE IT OR LOSE IT: A Report on the Surplus Real Property Owned by the San Francisco Unified School District.
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

090920 [2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report - Truants Can Be "Joyful Learners," Too: Unless Racism, Classism and/or Systematic Ineffectiveness Prevent Future Progress]
Hearing on the recently published 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report regarding Truants Can Be "Joyful Learners," Too: Unless Racism, Classism and/or Systematic Ineffectiveness Prevent Future Progress.
7/27/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; Leonard Kully, Foreperson, SF Civil Grand Jury; Frances Taylor, Civil Grand Jury; Orla O'Keefe, Chief Administrative Officer, SFUSD; Angela Miller, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SFUSD; Abraham Simmons, SF Civil Grand Jury; David Goldin, Chief Facilities Officer, Chris Armentrout, Director, Development & Local Government Relations, and Nancy Waymack, Director of Policy & Operations, SFUSD; Dennis MacKenzie; Karen Cassino.
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

091160 [Board response to the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "TRUANTS CAN BE 'JOYFUL LEARNERS,' TOO: Unless Racism, Classism and/or Systematic Ineffectiveness Prevent Future Progress"] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "TRUANTS CAN BE `JOYFUL LEARNERS,' TOO: Unless Racism, Classism and/or Systematic Ineffectiveness Prevent Future Progress," and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through department heads and through the development of the annual budget.
10/6/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; Leonard Kully, Foreperson, SF Civil Grand Jury; Frances Taylor, Civil Grand Jury; Orla O'Keefe, Chief Administrative Officer, SFUSD; Angela Miller, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SFUSD; Abraham Simmons, SF Civil Grand Jury; David Goldin, Chief Facilities Officer, Chris Armentrout, Director, Development & Local Government Relations, and Nancy Waymack, Director of Policy & Operations, SFUSD; Dennis MacKenzie; Karen Cassino.
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

090849 [2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "Being Propositioned By The San Francisco Unified School District"]
Hearing on the recently published 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "Being Propositioned By The San Francisco Unified School District." (Clerk of the Board)
6/30/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; Leonard Kully, Foreperson, SF Civil Grand Jury; Frances Taylor, Civil Grand Jury; Orla O'Keefe, Chief Administrative Officer, SFUSD; Angela Miller, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SFUSD; Abraham Simmons, SF Civil Grand Jury; David Goldin, Chief Facilities Officer, Chris Armentrout, Director, Development & Local Government Relations, and Nancy Waymack, Director of Policy & Operations, SFUSD; Dennis MacKenzie; Karen Cassino.
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

091119 [Board response to the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "Being Propositioned by the San Francisco Unified School District"] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "Being Propositioned by the San Francisco Unified School District," and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through department heads and through the development of the annual budget.
10/6/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst; Leonard Kully, Foreperson, SF Civil Grand Jury; Frances Taylor, Civil Grand Jury; Orla O'Keefe, Chief Administrative Officer, SFUSD; Angela Miller, Senior Deputy General Counsel, SFUSD; Abraham Simmons, SF Civil Grand Jury; David Goldin, Chief Facilities Officer, Chris Armentrout, Director, Development & Local Government Relations, and Nancy Waymack, Director of Policy & Operations, SFUSD; Dennis MacKenzie; Karen Cassino.
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.

Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury Report entitled "Being Propositioned By The San Francisco Unified School District," and urging the SFUSD to cause the implementation of accepted recommendations.
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Mirkarimi, Mar, Maxwell

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 4:24 p.m.

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