City and County of San Francisco
Rules Committee
Legislative Chamber, Room 250, City Hall
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, July 5, 2007
1:00 PM
Rescheduled Meeting
Members: Tom Ammiano, Sean Elsbernd, Aaron Peskin
Clerk: Gail Johnson (415) 554-4445
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MEETING CONVENED |
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Rules Committee on Thursday, July 5, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO Thursday, July 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m, and will be held in the Legislative Chamber, Room 250, City Hall. |
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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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070964 |
[Appointment - Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board] |
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Resolution appointing Supervisor Chris Daly and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, terms ending June 30, 2009, to the Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board.
Supervisor Chris Daly, succeeding himself, term expired, seat 1, must be a member of the Board of Supervisors, for a new two-year term ending June 30, 2009.
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, succeeding himself, term expired, seat 2, must be a member of the Board of Supervisors, for a new two-year term ending June 30, 2009.
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6/26/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
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2 seats/2 applicants
Supervisor Chris Daly, seat 1
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, seat 2 |
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070730 |
[Charter Amendment - Renewal of Library Preservation Fund for fifteen-year term and authorization to issue debt for Library purposes secured by and/or repaid from the Fund] |
Supervisors Peskin, Maxwell, Elsbernd, Alioto-Pier, Mirkarimi, McGoldrick, Dufty, Ammiano, Sandoval |
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to repeal the existing Section 16.109 and to add a new Section 16.109, to renew the Library Preservation Fund for fifteen years and to authorize the City and County of San Francisco to issue debt for Library purposes secured by and/or repaid from the Fund.
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5/22/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/21/2007. |
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6/22/07, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Ann O'Leary, Deputy City Attorney; Luis Herrera, City Librarian; Francesca Gessner, Deputy City Attorney; Mike Martin, Deputy City Attorney; Denise D'Anne, San Francisco Tomorrow; Male Speaker; James Chaffee; T. Diamond; Camille She, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library; Ellen Egbert; Dan Weaver, Library Citizens Advisory Committee; Silvia Johnson; Beatrice Krivetsky; Catherine Brimmer, SEIU, Local 1021;Steve Martinez, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library; Chet Roaman; Marian Chatfield-Taylor, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library; Kimo Crossman; Female Speaker; Mark Vogel; Commissioner Larry Kane, Library Commission; Commissioner Steve Coulter, Vice President, Library Commission; Peter Warfield, Library Users Association; Sue Cauthen, Library Citizens Advisory Committee; Male Speaker, Finance Director, San Francisco Public Library; Anne Wintroub, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library; Female Speaker, Library Citizens Advisory Committee. Continued to Rescheduled Meeting on July 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. |
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6/22/07, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. |
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070728 |
[Charter Amendment - To provide retirement benefits for police department employees who were also airport police officers prior to December 27, 1997, as if they had been members of the |
Supervisor McGoldrick |
Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Section A8.506-2 to authorize the Board of Supervisors to amend a contract with the Public Employees Retirement System in order to transfer to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System the assets and liabilities of certain airport police officers, and by adding Section A8.597-10(d) to include time worked as an airport police officer in the calculation for retirement benefits for police department employees.
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5/22/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/21/2007. |
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6/26/07, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor McGoldrick; Ann O'Leary, Deputy City Attorney; John Tennant, General Counsel, San Francisco Police Officers Association; Robert Maerz, Airport General Counsel. Question divided. See File 070938. Continued to Rescheduled Meeting on July 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. |
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070938 |
[Charter Amendment - To provide retirement benefits for police department employees who were also airport police officers prior to December 27, 1997, as if they had been members of the |
Supervisor McGoldrick |
Charter amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend Sections A8.506-2 and A8.597-11(a) to authorize the Board of Supervisors to amend a contract with the Public Employees Retirement System in order to transfer to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System the assets and liabilities of certain airport police officers, and by adding Section A8.597-10(d) to include time worked as an airport police officer in the calculation for retirement benefits for police department employees.
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6/26/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. |
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6/26/07, CONTINUED. Divided from File 070728. Continued to Rescheduled Meeting on July 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. |
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061466 |
[Charter Amendment - Authorizing the Chief of Police to Suspend Police Officers for Up to 45 Days] |
Supervisor Elsbernd |
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Section A8.343 to increase the number of days that the Chief of Police may suspend police officers from 10 to 45, and making other non-substantive amendments.
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10/24/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 11/23/2006. |
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6/14/07, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Speakers: None. Amendment of the Whole prepared in Committee. (Amended on page 2, third line from the bottom, by replacing "Commission" with "Commissions.") Continued to June 22, 2007, Special Meeting of the Rules Committee, at 1:00 p.m. |
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6/14/07, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. |
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6/22/07, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to Rescheduled Meeting on July 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. |
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070726 |
[Charter Amendment - Requiring the Mayor to appear personally at one regularly-scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors each month to engage in formal policy discussions with members of |
Supervisor Daly |
Charter amendment (First Draft) to amend Sections 2.103 and 3.100 to require the Mayor to appear personally at one regularly-scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors each month to engage in formal policy discussions with members of the Board and to authorize the Board to adopt rules and guidelines.
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5/22/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/21/2007. |
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070724 |
[Charter Amendment - San Francisco Affordable Housing Fund] |
Supervisors Daly, Ammiano |
Charter amendment (Third Draft) to add Section 16.127 to: establish a baseline appropriation and set aside the equivalent of an annual tax of two and one-half cents [$0.025] on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed property tax valuation for the next fifteen (15) years to support affordable housing programs; require the Mayor to prepare an affordable housing plan every three (3) years; affirm City policy urging the Redevelopment Agency to use at least fifty percent (50%) of its tax increment funds for low and moderate income housing; and setting an expiration date of July 1, 2023.
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5/22/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/21/2007. |
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6/26/07, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speaker: John Avalos, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Daly. Continued to Rescheduled Meeting on July 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. |
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070731 |
[Charter Amendment - Emissions Reduction and Transit Reform] |
Supervisor Peskin |
Charter amendment (Third Draft) to amend Sections 8A.100 through 8A.106, 8A.108 through 8A.110, 8A.112 through 8A.113, and A8.404; repealing Section 16.110; re-numbering Sections 16.100 and 16.102 as 8A.114 and 8A.115, respectively and amending Section 8A.115; and requiring the Board of Supervisors to adopt an ordinance amending the Traffic Code to repeal any provision in conflict with this measure and convert such provisions to rules and regulations of the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, all to increase the efficiency, effectiveness and autonomy of the Municipal Transportation Agency and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from San Francisco's transportation sector.
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5/22/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/21/2007. |
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070727 |
[Ability of Mayor and Board to amend MTA budget and regulate MTA operations; Controller to administer MTA quality review; MTA Director as ex officio Parking Authority Director; transit |
Supervisors McGoldrick, Sandoval |
Charter amendment (Second Draft) to amend Sections 8A.102, 8A.106, 8A.107, 8A.112, and A8.404, to provide that: the Municipal Transportation Agency's budget shall be subject to the City's normal budget process; the Municipal Transportation Agency shall be subject to regulation by the Board of Supervisors; the Municipal Transportation Agency must comply with voter-approved ordinances; the Controller, rather than the Agency, shall administer the biennial municipal transportation quality review survey and study; the Director of Transportation may serve ex officio as the Parking Authority Executive Director; and, the salaries of platform employees and coach or bus operators shall be no less than, rather than no more than, the average of the two highest wage schedules for the same job classes in comparable transit systems.
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5/22/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 6/21/2007. |
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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 Rules 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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There are no items currently pending under the 30 day rule. |
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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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