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| 2 | | Notice to Recycling Companies | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending Building Code Section 106.3.2.3.2 to provide notice of applications for and issuance of demolition permits to recycling companies upon their payment of a specified fee. | FINALLY PASSED | Pass |
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992195
| 2 | | Anticipated Litigation | Report | Killed | Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding anticipated litigation (City anticipated to be a defendant) which may be filed as a result of the decision of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Lindsay v. Tacoma Pierce County, No. 98-35416, which concluded that the regulation of outdoor tobacco advertising by the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department Board of Health is preempted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. The City and County of San Francisco has local laws regulating certain tobacco advertising. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(b). | MOTION | Pass |
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992266
| 2 | | Potential Litigation | Report | Filed | Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding anticipated litigation (City anticipated to be a plaintiff) which may be filed for the purpose of halting the sale of the San Francisco Chronicle to the Hearst Corporation. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(c). | MOTION | Pass |
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992266
| 2 | | Potential Litigation | Report | Filed | Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding anticipated litigation (City anticipated to be a plaintiff) which may be filed for the purpose of halting the sale of the San Francisco Chronicle to the Hearst Corporation. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(c). | HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION | |
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000044
| 1 | | Existing Litigation | Report | Filed | Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding the following existing litigation in which the City, as a plaintiff, is attempting, in sum, to have major manufacturers and distributors of handguns, and their trade associations, determined to be knowingly and recklessly marketing and selling a dangerous product, thereby creating a public nuisance: People of the State of California, by and through San Francisco City Attorney Louise H. Renne, et al. v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, Inc., et al. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(a). | MOTION | Pass |
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000044
| 1 | | Existing Litigation | Report | Filed | Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding the following existing litigation in which the City, as a plaintiff, is attempting, in sum, to have major manufacturers and distributors of handguns, and their trade associations, determined to be knowingly and recklessly marketing and selling a dangerous product, thereby creating a public nuisance: People of the State of California, by and through San Francisco City Attorney Louise H. Renne, et al. v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, Inc., et al. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(a). | HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION | |
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992337
| 2 | | Litigation | Report | Filed | Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding the following existing litigation in which the plaintiffs and claimants, various businesses, are, in sum, challenging the constitutionality of the City’s business taxing system. These plaintiffs and claimants are also seeking reimbursement of tax payments made to the City: General Motors Corporation v. San Francisco, and related cases and claims. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(a). | MOTION | Pass |
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992337
| 2 | | Litigation | Report | Filed | Motion that the Board of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City Attorney regarding the following existing litigation in which the plaintiffs and claimants, various businesses, are, in sum, challenging the constitutionality of the City’s business taxing system. These plaintiffs and claimants are also seeking reimbursement of tax payments made to the City: General Motors Corporation v. San Francisco, and related cases and claims. This closed session would be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(a). | HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION | |
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000016
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending Police Chief Fred Lau, Sergeant Dan Linehan (officer in charge of preparing for the event) and the Police Department for their diligent efforts in providing a safe New Year's Eve for San Franciscans. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000022
| 1 | | Used Computer and Electronic Equipment Collection Pilot Project | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the City's Solid Waste Management Program to study the San Jose Collection Program and to develop a used computer and electronic equipment collection pilot project in the City and County of San Francisco. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000024
| 1 | | Octavia Boulevard/Central Freeway Replacement Project | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the California Department of Transportation to complete its review of the reevaluation of the environmental assessment of the Octavia Boulevard/Central Freeway Replacement Project, to forward its review to the Federal Highway Administration with a favorable recommendation, to transfer the emergency relief funds designated for the project to the City and County of San Francisco, and to develop a work plan with the City and County of San Francisco as quickly and expeditiously as possible. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000025
| 1 | | Code System Reporting of HIV Cases | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging Governor Gray Davis and the California State Legislature to approve legislation requiring report of HIV cases using a unique code system. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000026
| 1 | | Ballot Argument Form and Fee Schedule Review and Update | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the Department of Elections to review and update its local ballot argument form and fee schedule and requesting the department to report back to the Board of Supervisors within ninety days. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000027
| 1 | | Proclamation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commemorating the Year of the Dragon, extending its heartfelt wishes for a prosperous New Year, inviting all of San Francisco to join in the New Year Festivities and declaring February 5, 2000 to be "Celebrating the Year of the Dragon Day" in San Francisco. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000028
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for their extension of the lease for the Giant Camera Obscura and urging the GGNRA to continue to pursue designation in the National Register of Historic Places to preserve the Giant Camera Obscura in its present structure and location as part of the Sutro Historic District. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000029
| 1 | | State Legislation, AB 1028, Mental Health Services | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the California Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 1028 which would amend the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act) relating to mental health services. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000030
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending Soka Gakkai International-USA on its 25th Anniversary. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000038
| 1 | | Blocking the Box | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the Judicial Council to increase the fines for those "Blocking the Box" impeding traffic. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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000023
| 1 | | Chinatown Area Plan | Resolution | Killed | Resolution urging the Planning Department to review and update the Chinatown Area Plan of the Master Plan of the City and County of San Francisco. | SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA | |
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000023
| 1 | | Chinatown Area Plan | Resolution | Killed | Resolution urging the Planning Department to review and update the Chinatown Area Plan of the Master Plan of the City and County of San Francisco. | TABLED | Pass |
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992245
| 1 | | Urging City Attorney to Evaluate Litigation Against Merger of Chronicle and Examiner | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the Office of the City Attorney, based upon testimony by the general public and the District Attorney's Office as well as the precedent established in Honolulu, Hawaii, to evaluate the appropriateness of litigation of the proposed sale of the San Francisco Chronicle to the Hearst Corporation and further urging the City Attorney to report back to the Board of Supervisors in a timely manner. | SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA | |
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992245
| 1 | | Urging City Attorney to Evaluate Litigation Against Merger of Chronicle and Examiner | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the Office of the City Attorney, based upon testimony by the general public and the District Attorney's Office as well as the precedent established in Honolulu, Hawaii, to evaluate the appropriateness of litigation of the proposed sale of the San Francisco Chronicle to the Hearst Corporation and further urging the City Attorney to report back to the Board of Supervisors in a timely manner. | AMENDED | Pass |
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992245
| 2 | | Urging City Attorney to Evaluate Litigation Against Merger of Chronicle and Examiner | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the Office of the City Attorney, based upon testimony by the general public and the District Attorney's Office as well as the precedent established in Honolulu, Hawaii, to evaluate the appropriateness of litigation of the proposed sale of the San Francisco Chronicle to the Hearst Corporation and further urging the City Attorney to report back to the Board of Supervisors in a timely manner. | ADOPTED AS AMENDED | Pass |
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000047
| 1 | | Revenue Bonds Public Hearing Approval for Drew College Preparatory School | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of revenue bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $8,000,000 for Drew College Preparatory School. | | |
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000048
| 1 | | State Legislation, AB 1607, Handgun Licensing and Registration | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the California State Legislature and Governor Davis to approve Assembly Bill 1607 regarding handgun licensing and registration. | | |
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000049
| 1 | | U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Congress to create new blood donor guidelines | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Nancy Pelosi to work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Congress to create new blood donor guidelines that allow HIV-negative gay men to donate blood and help alleviate the nation's chronic blood shortage. | | |
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000050
| 1 | | Tracking criminal misconduct in the City's shelters | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the Mayor's Office on Homelessness and the Department of Human Services to create a system for tracking criminal misconduct in the City's shelter system. | | |
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000051
| 1 | | Contract to complete an accurate count for the Census 2000 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the Department of Administrative Services to enter into an agreement with the State of California and to accept $114,447 from the State of California to implement a plan to achieve a complete and accurate count for the Census 2000. | | |
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000052
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending Richard A. Sullivan upon his retirement as Tax Collector and for his outstanding contribution and dedicated service to the City and County of San Francisco. | | |
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000053
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending and congratulating the Pittman & Davis Company of Harlingen, Texas, for its conscientious effort to spare the environment by using 100% recycled paper as its packaging material. | | |
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000054
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution congratulating Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, San Francisco City College, Manpower, Inc. and Mission College for launching Glidetech. | | |
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000055
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending Department of Parking and Traffic Senior Parking Control Officer Ella Mueller. | | |
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000056
| 1 | | Commendation | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending the Holocaust Center of Northern California upon its 20th Anniversary. | | |
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000057
| 1 | | District Supervisors offices at different school sites | Hearing | Filed | Hearing to consider the possibility of setting up District Supervisors offices at different school sites. | | |
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000058
| 1 | | Conditional use authorization and building permits for antennae placed on Sutro Tower | Hearing | Filed | Hearing to consider the conditional use authorization and building permits for antennae placed on Sutro Tower, the Zoning Administrator's December ruling regarding conditional use authorization for such antennae, the revocation of the Zoning Administrator's ruling, potential appeals of the revocation and related matters. | | |
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000059
| 1 | | Alternatives to institutional care for Seniors/people with disabilities progress report | Hearing | Filed | Hearing to follow Resolution No. 336-99, alternatives to institutional care for Seniors/people with disabilities, to consider progress made by City Departments in developing supportive housing alternatives to institutional care. | | |
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000060
| 1 | | Independent auditors' management letters and comments | Hearing | Filed | Hearing to consider the Independent auditors' management letters and comments related to the June 30, 1999 audit of the City. | | |
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000061
| 1 | | San Francisco Public Library | Hearing | Filed | Hearing to consider the Post Occupancy Evaluation Report of the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. | | |
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000062
| 1 | | Needle Exchange Emergency | Motion | Passed | Motion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program. | | |
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000007
| 1 | | Appropriation for the 700 Pennsylvania facility to house MUNI staff and shops that provide power/special machine maintenance (previously performed at 24th and Utah site) to insure safe transit service for 700,000 daily riders | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance appropriating $2,918,024 of Safe Harbor Lease Revenue to provide funds for the completion of the 700 Pennsylvania facility capital project of the San Francisco Municipal Railways for fiscal year 1999-2000. | | |
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000008
| 1 | | Amending Traffic Code 3.6.1 regarding San Francisco Downtown Core, the area surrounded by and including Washington, Stockton, 4th, and King Streets and The Embarcadero | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending Traffic Code by amending Section 3.6.1, regarding the Downtown Core boundaries. | | |
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000017
| 1 | | Tour Bus Loading Zones | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending Article 3, Chapter XI, Part II of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Traffic Code) by adding Section 66, regarding tour bus loading zones, and amending Section 71b, regarding towing of vehicles obstructing the normal flow of traffic. | | |
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000043
| 1 | | Revised patient rates for home health services provided by Department of Public Health for fiscal year 1999-2000 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending Health Code by amending Section 128, to fix patient rates for services furnished by Department of Public Health, retroactively to December 1, 1999. | | |
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000003
| 1 | | Grant funds to be used by the Public Library to participate in the State's 150th anniversary celebration by providing free programming and multimedia materials on California history | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend retroactively $1,200 awarded by the California Council for Humanities, to participate in the History Alive! Chautauqua Program, a part of California Sesquicentennial Project. | | |
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000004
| 1 | | Grant funds from MTC for "FASTFerry" project to provide public information services that will maintain and enhance ridership during the Downtown Ferry Terminal construction | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the Executive Director of the Port of San Francisco to accept and expend $40,000 of State funds from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for a public information program for the Downtown Ferry Terminal Project; and foregoing reimbursement of indirect costs. | | |
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000005
| 1 | | Grant funds to reimburse tuition expenses of non-professional library employees pursuing a degree or certificate in library science at an institution of higher education | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend $6,546 to be awarded by the California State Library, Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Public Library Staff Education Program as part of the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Funds will be used to reimburse tuition expenses of library employees pursuing a degree or certificate in library science at an institution of higher education. Employees participating in the program applied to, and were selected by, the California State Library. | | |
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000006
| 1 | | Grant funds to purchase English and Chinese language books and library materials for young adults in the North Beach and Chinatown branch libraries | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing San Francisco Public Library to retroactively accept and expend $10,000 to be awarded by the California State Library, Youth Services Materials Grant, a part of the Federal Library Services and Technology Act, to purchase books in English and Chinese languages for young adult collections to be located in the North Beach and Chinatown Neighborhood branch libraries. | | |
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000014
| 1 | | Proposed expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for fiscal year 1999-2000 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing adoption of the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) funds for fiscal year 1999-2000 and that the President or duly authorized representative of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco can certify the County Description of Proposed Expenditure of CHIP funds for fiscal year 1999-2000. | | |
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000015
| 1 | | Grant funds for HIV/AIDS study designed to determine whether immunization with HIV vaccine protects at-risk persons from acquiring HIV infection | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Population Health and Prevention Division, HIV Research Section, to accept retroactively and expend a grant in the amount of $211,587 from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. on the conduct and evaluation of ongoing Phase III HIV vaccine efficacy trials and to enter into an agreement which includes an indemnification clause and which does not include patent infringement indemnification and false claims clauses; providing for ratification of action previously taken. | | |
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000018
| 1 | | Authorizing the Airport Commission to enter into a contract with the Regents of the University of California to perform studies on the habitats of herring and oysters during the Runway Reconfiguration Program | Resolution | Passed | Resolution concurring with the action of the Airport Commission to enter into a professional services contract with the University of California to perform herring and oyster habitat studies notwithstanding deletion of indemnification requirement for patent rights, copyright or trademark infringement. | | |
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000045
| 1 | | Authorizing the PTC General Manager to execute an agreement with Intelitran as a new paratransit broker to perform many important functions and to act as the principal customer service representative for paratransit services on behalf of PTC | Resolution | Passed | Resolution approving a Paratransit Broker Agreement with Comsis Mobility Services, Inc., dba Intelitran for an amount not to exceed $66,333,277 for a term of five years. | | |
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