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Meeting Name: Government Audit and Oversight Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/4/2025 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Hall, Legislative Chamber, Room 250
Regular Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
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250685 1 Behested Payment Waiver - Cancer ScreeningResolutionNew BusinessResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Mayor’s Chief of Staff, Chief of Public Safety, Assistant Chief of Public Safety, Policy Advisor, and the Chief of the Fire Department to solicit donations from various private entities and organizations to support the provision of cancer screening for eligible SFFD employees for six months from the effective date of this Resolution, notwithstanding the Behested Payment Ordinance.   Not available Not available
250576 2 Business and Tax Regulations Code - Tax Rate Changes for Telecommunications Business ActivitiesOrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to reduce the tax rates on gross receipts from telecommunications business activities by moving those activities from Category 5 to Category 4, beginning January 1, 2026, for purposes of the gross receipts tax and the homelessness gross receipts tax; and to retain taxpayers’ eligibility to take the tax credit for opening a physical location in designated areas of the City, as applied to gross receipts from telecommunications business activities.   Not available Not available
250765 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Jane Gazzola - $128,000OrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Jane Gazzola against the City and County of San Francisco for $128,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 1, 2023, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-23-610773; entitled Jane Gazzola v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk.   Not available Not available
250766 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Keith Baraka - $160,000OrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing settlement of two lawsuits filed by Keith Baraka against the City and County of San Francisco for $160,000; the first lawsuit was filed on November 20, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-587897; entitled Keith Baraka v. City and County of San Francisco; the first lawsuit involves an employment dispute; the second lawsuit was filed on June 13, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-24-615403; entitled Keith Baraka v. City and County of San Francisco; the second lawsuit involves an employment dispute.   Not available Not available
250767 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Coalition on Homelessness - $2,828,000OrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Coalition On Homelessness against the City and County of San Francisco for $2,828,000 and non-monetary terms; the lawsuit was filed on September 27, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 4:22-cv-05502-DMR; entitled Coalition on Homelessness, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves Plaintiff’s allegation that the City unlawfully seizes property of persons experiencing homelessness without adequate advanced notice, discards property the City should store under the terms of the City’s “bag and tag” policy, and fails to store property of persons experiencing homelessness in a way that allows retrieval of the property.   Not available Not available
250768 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Richard S. Sackler, et al. - City to Receive $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 Over 15 YearsOrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing the partial settlement of the lawsuit filed on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco and the People of the State of California against, inter alia, Richard S. Sackler, Jonathan D. Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Kathe A. Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, David A. Sackler, Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family (collectively, “Sacklers”) for abatement funds in the range of $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 to be paid over 15 years; the lawsuit was filed on December 18, 2018, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 3:18-cv-7591-CRB-JSC; entitled The City and County of San Francisco and the People of the State of California v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Richard S. Sackler, Jonathan D. Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Kathe A. Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, David A. Sackler, Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P., Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Teva Pharmaceutica   Not available Not available
250769 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - AT&T Corporation and Pacific Bell Telephone Company - City to Receive $15,400,000OrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco ex rel. Roger Schneider against AT&T Corp. and Pacific Bell Telephone Company (collectively, “AT&T”) for $15,400,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 29, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-582552; entitled City and County of San Francisco ex rel. Roger Schneider v. AT&T Corporation, et al.; the lawsuit involves allegations that AT&T and other telecommunications companies knowingly under-collected and under-remitted amounts due under the Access Line Tax Ordinance in violation of the California False Claims Act; other material terms of the settlement are that AT&T will collect and remit access line taxes in a certain manner in the future absent a material change in the law.   Not available Not available
250778 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - U.S. Telepacific Corp., dba TPx Communications - City to Receive $3,660,000OrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco ex rel. Roger Schneider against U.S. Telepacific Corp., dba TPx Communications (“TPx”) for $3,660,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 29, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-582552; entitled City and County of San Francisco ex rel. Roger Schneider v. AT&T Corporation, et al.; the lawsuit involves allegations that TPx and other telecommunications companies knowingly under-collected and under-remitted amounts due under the Access Line Tax Ordinance in violation of the California False Claims Act; other material terms of the settlement are that TPx will collect and remit access line taxes in a certain manner in the future absent a material change in the law.   Not available Not available
250710 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Katrina Baptiste - $125,000OrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Katrina Baptiste against the City and County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 23, 2023, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-23-608576; entitled Katrina Baptiste v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves an employment dispute.   Not available Not available
250711 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Alyonik Hrushow - $225,000OrdinanceFirst ReadingOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Alyonik Hrushow against the City and County of San Francisco for $225,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 29, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-24-617659; entitled Alyonik Hrushow v. City of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk.   Not available Not available
250770 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Farmers Insurance Exchange - $101,435ResolutionConsent AgendaResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Farmers Insurance Exchange against the City and County of San Francisco for $101,435; the claim was filed on December 11, 2024; the claim involves property damage arising from flooding alleged to be caused by a water main rupture.   Not available Not available
250771 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Hamza Alaudi - $90,000ResolutionConsent AgendaResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Hamza Alaudi against the City and County of San Francisco for $90,000; the claim was filed on November 7, 2024; the claim involves property damage arising from flooding alleged to be caused by a water main rupture.   Not available Not available
250772 1 Settlement of Grievance - Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 - $773,113.15ResolutionConsent AgendaResolution approving the settlement of a grievance filed by Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 against the City and County of San Francisco for $773,113.15; the grievance was filed on February 18, 2022; the grievance involves an employment dispute under the Memorandum of Understanding.   Not available Not available