November 1, 2007

City and County of San Francisco

Rules Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Thursday, November 1, 2007
10:00 AM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Tom Ammiano, Sean Elsbernd, Aaron Peskin

Clerk: Gail Johnson (415) 554-4445

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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

		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.

	MEETING CONVENED

	REGULAR AGENDA

1.	071496	[Appointment - Local Homeless Coordinating Board]
		Resolution appointing Laura Guzman, term ending October 21, 2009, to the Local Homeless Coordinating Board, residency requirement waived. Laura Guzman (residency requirement waived), succeeding herself, term expired, seat 1, must be a member of the disabled community, for a two-year term ending October 21, 2009.
		10/25/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
		1 Seat/1 Applicant Laura Guzman, Seat 1 (Residency Waiver Required)

2.	071497	[Appointment - Child Care Planning and Advisory Council]
		Resolution appointing Natalie Brutto, term ending December 31, 2009, and Noushin Mofakham, term ending December 31, 2010, to the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council; residency requirement waived. Natalie Brutto, succeeding herself, term expired, seat 5, must be a nominee of District 5 Supervisor selected from: parent advisory councils of public and private child care programs; associations of child care centers, family day care providers and Head Start; public interest organizations including but not limited to the Child Care Law Center; community organizations; the Bay Area Employer Work and Family Coalition; and members of labor organizations and local organizations that fall within the definition of "Community representative," for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending December 31, 2009. Noushin Mofakham (residency requirement waived), succeeding Chris Cleary, term expired, seat 6, must be a nominee of District 6 Supervisor selected from: parent advisory councils of public and private child care programs; associations of child care centers, family day care providers and Head Start; public interest organizations including but not limited to the Child Care Law Center; community organizations; the Bay Area Employer Work and Family Coalition; and members of labor organizations and local organizations that fall within the definition of "Community representative," for a new three-year term ending December 31, 2010.
		10/25/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
		2 Seats/2 Applicants Natalie Brutto, Seat 5 Noushin Mofakham, Seat 6 (Residency Waiver Required)

3.	071494	[Appointment - Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force]
		Resolution appointing Jason Mark, Marya Stark and Patricia Gerber to the Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force, terms ending October 5, 2008. Jason Mark, new appointment, seat 5, must represent the public at-large, for a one-year term ending October 5, 2008. Marya Start, new appointment, seat 6, must represent the public at-large, for a one-year term ending October 5, 2008. Patricia Gerber, new appointment, seat 7, must represent the public at-large, for a one-year term ending October 5, 2008.
		10/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
		3 Seats/8 Applicants Walker E. Cunningham, Seats 5-7 Jason Mark, Seats 5-7 Rick Galbreath, Seats 5-7 Eric H. Wason, Seats 5-7 Nick Parsons, Seats 5-7 Cal Simone, Seats 5-7 (Residency Waiver Required) Marya Stark, Seats 5-7 Patricia Gerber, Seats 5-7

4.	071468	[Confirmation - San Francisco Redevelopment Agency]	Mayor
		Resolution confirming the appointment of Richard Swig by the Mayor to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
		10/23/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.

5.	071056	[Centralization of Workforce Development Efforts Under the Department of Economic and Workforce Development]	Supervisors Mirkarimi, Peskin, Ammiano, Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding a new Chapter 30, Sections 30.1 through 30.8, to: 1) centralize the City's workforce development policy and oversight under the Department of Economic and Workforce Development (DEWD), or successor department; 2) require the Director of Economic and Workforce Development to manage all general fund expenditures on workforce development, create City-wide workforce development policy, develop a Funding Allocation Plan for workforce development funds and annually report on workforce development policies to the Board of Supervisors; 3) require City departments to enter into Memoranda of Understanding with DEWD as a condition of administering workforce development dollars; 4) require the Mayor to submit the names of prospective appointees to the Local Work Force Investment Board to the Board of Supervisors for approval or to appoint two members of the Board of Supervisors to the Local Workforce Investment Board; 5) create a community advisory committee to the Local Workforce Investment Board; and, 6) require that the Workforce Investment Act Local Plan be submitted for review and comment to the Board of Supervisors, and by amending Administrative Code Section 83.6 to place the administration of the First Source Hiring Program under the DEWD.
		7/17/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 8/16/2007. (Referred to Small Business Commission)
		8/14/07, ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.
		8/14/07, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Mirkarimi submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
		10/18/07, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Mirkarimi; Virginia Elizondo, Deputy City Attorney; Rhonda Simmons, Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development; Joe Ramirez-Forcier, Positive Resource Center; Julian Davis, Tenderloin Economic Development Project; Homer Teng, Chinatown Families Economic Self-Sufficiency Coalition; Stephanie Allan, Stationary Engineers, Local 39 (Retired); Kevin O'Hair, Business Representative, Stationary Engineers, Local 39; Jesse Mason, Arc Ecology's Window; Don Marcos, Executive Director, Mission Hiring Hall; Terry Anders, Anders & Anders; William "Bill" Wong, Carpenters Union; Michael Theriault, San Francisco Building Trades; Conny Ford, San Francisco Labor Council, OPEIU, Local 3; Stephen Bingham, Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid; Francisco Da Costa, Director, Environmental Justice Advocacy; Rosalie Bulack, Name-Finders List Inc.; Sharon Hewitt, Executive Director, CLAER Project; Abner J. Boles, Chief Executive Officer, Human Services Network/Westside Community Services; Dr. Laura Luster, L. Luster & Associates; Jim Lazarus, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; Abby Snay, Executive Director, Jewish Vocational Service; Gwen Henry, Associate Director, Florence Crittenton Services;
		10/18/07, CONTINUED AS AMENDED.

6.	071495	[Consolidating the Public Campaign Financing Programs for Mayor and Board of Supervisors]	Supervisor Daly
		Ordinance amending Sections 1.104, 1.108, 1.130, 1.134, 1.134.5, 1.136, 1.138, 1.140, 1.142, 1.144, 1.146, 1.148, 1.150, 1.152, 1.154, 1.156 and 1.170 and repealing Sections 1.138.5, 1.140.5 and 1.144.5 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to combine the separate partial public financing programs for candidates for the Board of Supervisors and candidates for Mayor into one partial public financing program and raising the expenditure ceiling for candidates for the Board of Supervisors to $140,000.
		10/25/07, PREPARED IN COMMITTEE AS AN ORDINANCE. Continued to November 1, 2007.
		10/25/07, CONTINUED.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
		NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of the 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.

	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

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

7.	071426	[Fair Retail Pricing Ordinance]	Supervisor Ammiano
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code to add Article 42C, encompassing Sections 4200C.1 through 4200C.9, to require motor fuel refiners over a two year period to divest themselves of company operated service stations in the City and County of San Francisco and to preclude refiners from owning service stations in San Francisco in the future. Economic Impact
		10/16/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 11/15/2007. Referred to City Attorney for review and approval as to form.

8.	071427	[Alternative Fuels Access Ordinance]	Supervisor Ammiano
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code to add Article 42E, encompassing Sections 4200E.1 through 4200E.5, to prohibit motor fuel refiners and distributors from limiting the ability of service station dealers having franchise or supply agreements to purchase motor fuel from any location or through any vendor in the refiner's wholesale network and to purchase alternative motor fuel from any source other than the refiner or distributor if the refiner or distributor is unable to provide the alternative motor fuel.
		10/16/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee, expires on 11/15/2007. Referred to City Attorney for review and approval as to form.

Meeting Procedures

The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board has several standing Committees where ordinances and resolutions are the subject of hearings at which members of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee. Board procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience at a Committee meeting to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room. 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.

Disability Access

The Legislative Chamber (Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) in City Hall are wheelchair accessible. Meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SF Cable 26. Assistive listening devices for the Legislative Chamber are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244. Assistive listening devices for the Committee Room are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244 or in the Committee Room. To request sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722 or (415) 554-5227 (TTY). Requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure availability. The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, N, and T (Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 Van Ness, 9 San Bruno, and the 6, 7, 71 Haight/Noriega. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex. Accessible curbside parking is available on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street. 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.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102 by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements

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