Details Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/29/2003 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Legislative Chamber - Second Floor City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 Regular Meeting Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (112) 112 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Name Type Status Title Action Result Action Details Video 030504 1   Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Project Sentry Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the Department of the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $400,000 through the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for a project entitled "Project Sentry", and waiving indirect costs due to funding constraints. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030507 1   AIDS Prevention Studies in Africa Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office, (SFDPH, AIDS) to enter retroactively into an agreement with the Regents of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the primary contractor, to accept and expend funds in the amount of $11,652 to participate in AIDS prevention studies in Africa, for the period of January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030512 1   Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Department of Children, Youth and Their Families Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $300,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that targets Vietnamese and Central American newcomer girls between the ages of 0 to 18 in the Tenderloin and Mission neighborhoods. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030513 1   Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Department of Children, Youth and Their Families Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a grant in the amount of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Office for Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Program. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030515 1   Accept-Expend State Grant Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Library to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $20,840 from the California State Library for continuing family literacy programming as part of Project Read. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030534 1   Used Oil Recycling Block Grant, 9th Cycle, Fiscal Year 2003/2004 Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $244,619.00 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the purpose of increasing Used Motor Oil Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Management. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030392 1   Settlement of Legal Proceeding on Underground Construction Co., Inc. and Qwest Communications Corporation Ordinance Passed Ordinance authorizing settlement of administrative penalties conditionally imposed by the Department of Public Works on Underground Construction Co., Inc. and Qwest Communications Corporation. FINALLY PASSED Pass Action details Not available 030393 1   Settlement of Lawsuit - Huey, et al. v. CCSF, et al. Ordinance Passed Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by seven plaintiffs, in a lawsuit known as Huey, et al. against the City and County of San Francisco for $250,000 as follows: $87,500 in back overtime wages, $87,500 in liquidated damages and $75,000 in attorney's fees and costs; the lawsuit was filed on July 9, 2001 in the United States District Court, Case No. C01-4337 SBA; entitled Huey, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. FINALLY PASSED Pass Action details Not available 022055 2   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Matthew Juhl-Darlington, term ending September 6, 2005 to the Skateboarding Task Force. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030474 2   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Pawan Mehra and Marjorie Ann Williams, term ending April 27, 2004 to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force 2000. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030557 2   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Andrew Thornley, Dianna Waggoner, Michael Rauner, Jerry Ervin, Cynthia Powell, Rufus Davis, and Casey Allen, term expiration date to be determined, to the Bicycle Advisory Committee. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030558 2   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Dr. Raymond Weisberg, Cheryl Polk, Ph.D., and Dr. Lucy Crain term ending April 29, 2007 to the Children and Families Trust Fund and Commission. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030559 2   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Brian Browne and David Sutter, for a term to be determined, to the Public Utilities Revenue Bond Oversight Committee. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030561 3   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Karin Jensen (residency requirement waived), term ending August 20, 2005 and Christine Luong, term ending August 20, 2003 to the Lead Poisoning Prevention Citizens Advisory Committee. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030291 2   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Donna Crowder, term ending September 1, 2003, to the Assessment Appeals Board 2.     Action details Not available 030565 2   MOU - Supervising Probation Officers, Local 3 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Operating Engineers, Local 3 (for Supervising Probation Officers) to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030291 2   Appointment Resolution Passed Resolution appointing Donna Crowder, term ending September 1, 2003, to the Assessment Appeals Board 2. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030482 3   Administrative Penalties for Littering and Specified Nuisance Violations Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending Sections 37, 38, and 63 of the Police Code, Sections 41.13, 283.1, 287 and 600 of the Health Code and Sections 170, 173, 174, 174.2, 184.63, and 724.5 of the Public Works Code to authorize the assessment of administrative penalties as an alternative to infractions for littering and specified nuisance violations; amending the Police Code by adding a new Section 39-1 to establish procedures for the imposition, review and collection of administrative penalties. FINALLY PASSED Pass Action details Not available 030354 4   Public Education Special Fund Ordinance Passed Ordinance adding Administrative Code Section 10.100-367 to establish the "Public Education Special Fund." FINALLY PASSED Pass Action details Not available 021642 2   Zoning Map amendment extending the existing RM-1 district in Assessor's Block 6501 to include Lot 042 Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending Zoning Map Sheet 7 of the City and County of San Francisco to extend the existing RM-1 district in Assessor's Block 6501 to include Lot 042; and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan and finding that the Ordinance is exempt/excluded from environmental review. PASSED ON FIRST READING Pass Action details Not available 030221 1   Residential Rentals Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 49 "Security Deposits for Residential Rental Property," by amending Section 49.2 to provide that the annual landlord interest payments on security deposits shall be calculated at the interest rate in effect when an annual interest payment is due, and that any required pro rata interest payment shall be calculated at the interest rate in effect when that pro rata payment is due. PASSED ON FIRST READING Pass Action details Not available 030325 1   Residential Rent Ordinance: conform to State Ellis Act amendments Ordinance Passed Ordinance (1) conforming the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37) to State law amendments to the Ellis Act (California Government Code Sections 7060 et seq.), by amending Section 37.9A to provide that, for new tenancies established after December 31, 2002, the same rent control restrictions that were in effect for the unit at the time a notice of intent to withdraw the unit from the rental or leased housing market was filed with the Rent Board remain in effect for any and all new or subsequent tenancies established during the five year period after filing the notice of intent, and for the five year period following actual withdrawal of the unit from the rental or leased housing market; (2) amending Section 37.9A to provide that half of the required relocation payment due to low-income, elderly or disabled tenants is due within fifteen (15) days of the landlord's receipt of the tenant's notice of entitlement, and the remaining half is due when the tenant vacates the unit; (3) amending Section 37.9A to require that an owner notify PASSED ON FIRST READING Pass Action details Not available 030495 1   Prohibiting Motor Vehicle on Brant Alley Resolution Passed Resolution prohibiting motor vehicle traffic on Brant Alley. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 020938 5   Charter Amendment - Retirement Benefits for Miscellaneous Safety Employees Charter Amendment Passed Charter Amendment (Seventh Draft) to amend Appendix A8.506-2 thereto, relating to retirement benefits for miscellaneous safety employees. CONTINUED Pass Action details Not available 030599 1   Appointment, Entertainment Commission Motion Passed Motion approving the Mayor's nomination for appointment of Jordan Shlain to the Entertainment Commission, term to be determined. APPROVED Pass Action details Not available 030601 1   Appointment, Entertainment Commission Motion Passed Motion approving the Mayor's nomination for appointment of Bowman Leong to the Entertainment Commission, term to be determined. APPROVED Pass Action details Not available 030603 1   Appointment, Entertainment Commission Motion Passed Motion approving the Mayor's nomination for appointment of Bruce G. Lorin to the Entertainment Commission, term to be determined. APPROVED Pass Action details Not available 030550 1   Appointment, Entertainment Commission Motion Passed Motion approving the Mayor's nomination for appointment of Audrey Joseph to the Entertainment Commission, term to be determined. APPROVED Pass Action details Not available 030674 1   Closed Session - Existing Litigation, City as Plaintiff Motion Litigation-Attorney 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 alleges, in sum, that manufacturers, distributors and dealers of handguns have created a public nuisance and engaged in unfair and unlawful business practices by distributing guns in ways that enable criminals and juveniles to acquire them. Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d)(1) permit this closed session. Discussion in open session concerning these matters would likely and unavoidably prejudice the position of the City in the pending lawsuit listed below. People of the State of California v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, Inc., et al. J. C. C. P. No. 4095 (originally S. F. Superior Court No. 303-753 (filed May 25, 1999), pending before the Hon. Vincent P. DiFiglia in San Diego Superior Court. MOTION Pass Action details Not available 030694 1   Commend Saint Anthony Foundation Resolution Passed Resolution commending the Saint Anthony Dining Room for serving their 30 millionth meal on April 30, 2003. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030695 1   Commend Laura Ware Resolution Passed Resolution commending Laura Ware for fourteen years of leadership, commitment, and dedicated service to improving the lives of homeless people in San Francisco. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030696 1   Re-creation of Community Land Trust Task Force Resolution Passed Resolution re-creating the Community Land Trust Task Force and re-appointing Peter Doty, Marianne Love, Lotus Yee Fong, Ada Chan, Lisa Feldstein, Rene Cazenave, Marc Solomon, James Tracy, Rick Lewis, Ash Kumar Gujral, Philip Williams, and Mark Wilson, for the purpose of adopting a draft report, reporting back to the Board and sunset its operations within two months of the adoption of this resolution. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030697 1   Full Citizenship for members of the Armed Forces Resolution Passed Resolution urging the President of the United States of America to take actions necessary to guarantee the awarding of full American citizenship to every man and woman serving in the United States Armed Forces in the War in Iraq or upon their favorable discharge from the Armed Forces. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030698 1   San Francisco Medical Society Resolution Passed Resolution commending the San Francisco Medical Society for its 135 years as a professional association representing physicians in the City and County of San Francisco. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030699 1   Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Resolution Passed Resolution declaring May 2003 as "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month" in the City and County of San Francisco. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030700 1   Commend Department of the Environment Resolution Passed Resolution commending the Department of the Environment for their continuing support of A Living Library Project. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030701 1   Commend Education Not Incarceration Resolution Passed Resolution commending the Education Not Incarceration coalition for holding a statewide rally in Sacramento on May 8, 2003 to protest Governor Gray Davis' decision to cut education spending while increasing prison spending. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030702 1   Assembly Bill 1006 Resolution Passed Resolution urging the California State Legislature to pass AB 1006: Healthy Schools Bill of 2003 to prohibit the use of the most highly toxic pesticides on school property. ADOPTED Pass Action details Not available 030673 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. APPROVED Pass Action details Not available 030689 1   Pass through to residential tenants 50% of water bill charges attributable to water rate increases resulting from issuance of PUC water system revenue bonds Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 (Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance) by amending Sections 37.2, 37.3, and 37.8, to provide that landlords may pass through to residential tenants fifty percent (50%) of water bill charges attributable to water rate increases resulting from the issuance of any PUC water system revenue bonds authorized at the November 5, 2002 election, where a unit is in compliance with any applicable laws requiring water conservation devices; to provide that landlords give tenants notice of any such passthrough on a Rent Board form, and that a tenant is entitled to a copy of the water bill from the landlord upon request; to provide for a line item on each water bill showing the charge per unit of water that is attributable to water rate increases resulting from issuance of such bonds, multiplied by the total units of water used by that customer during the billing cycle; to provide that where one water bill covers multiple units, the permissible passthrough per unit is calculated by dividing 50% of that line item amount by the tota     Action details Not available 030565 2   MOU - Supervising Probation Officers, Local 3 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Operating Engineers, Local 3 (for Supervising Probation Officers) to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030566 2   MOU - Operating Engineers, Local 3 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Operating Engineers, Local 3, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030567 2   MOU - Plasterers and Shophands, Local 66 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Plasterers and Shophands, Local 66, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030568 2   MOU - Bricklayers, Stone Masons, Terrazzo Mechanics, Marble Masons, Pointers, Caulkers and Cleaners, Local 3, and Hod Carriers, Local 36 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Bricklayers, Stone Masons, Terrazzo Mechanics, Marble Masons, Pointers, Caulkers and Cleaners, Local 3, and Hod Carriers, Local 36, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030569 2   MOU - Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030570 2   MOU - Deputy Sheriffs' Association Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Deputy Sheriffs' Association to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030572 2   MOU - MEA Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives' Association to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030623 2   Amending Section 106 of the San Francisco Fire Code to Increase Fees For Services Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending Section 106 of the San Francisco Fire Code to increase fees for Fire Department services, to become operative on its effective date or on July 1, 2003 whichever is later.     Action details Not available 030624 2   Setting fees for emergency medical services provided by the Fire Department, granting authority to Fire Department to bill for such costs, and setting forth procedures Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending San Francisco Health Code by repealing Section 117 as obsolete; amending San Francisco Health Code Sections 119, 120, 123, 124.1 and 124.5 to: (1) delete reference to Section 117 and add reference to Sections 128 and 128.1, (2) authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to bill for fees for emergency medical services, (3) authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to investigate the ability of patients to pay for the costs of emergency medical services, (4) include the San Francisco Fire Department as a Department for which it is a crime to conceal the ability to pay, (5) include reference to the San Francisco Fire Department in section regarding prima facie evidence of reasonableness of the fees, and (6) provide for a lien on third-party proceeds for costs of San Francisco Fire Department emergency medical services; and amend San Francisco Health Code by adding Section 128.1 to set fees for emergency medical services and supplies provided by the San Francisco Fire Department and to provide for annual increase in fees based on Medical Consumer Price Index.     Action details Not available 030709 1   MOU - Transport Workers Union, Local 250-A (7410) Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union, Local 250-A (7410), to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030710 1   MOU - Building Inspectors' Association (for Class 6334, Chief Building Inspector] Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Building Inspectors' Association (for Class 6334, Chief Building Inspector) to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030711 1   MOU - Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030712 1   MOU - (I.A.T.S.E.), Local 16 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.), Local 16, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030713 1   MOU - Carpenters, Local 22 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Carpenters, Local 22, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030714 1   MOU - Laborers International Union, Local 261 Ordinance Filed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Laborers International Union, Local 261, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030715 1   MOU - Pile Drivers, Divers, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local 34 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Pile Drivers, Divers, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local 34, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030717 1   MOU - Ironworkers, Local 377 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Ironworkers, Local 377, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030718 1   MOU - United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 38 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 38, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030719 1   MOU - Stationary Engineers, Local 39 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Stationary Engineers, Local 39, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030720 1   MOU - Roofers, Local 40 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Roofers, Local 40, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030721 1   MOU - Painter's Local Union No. 4 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Painter's Local Union No. 4, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030722 1   MOU - Cement Masons, Local 580 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Cement Masons, Local 580, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030724 1   MOU - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 6 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 6, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030725 1   MOU - Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers Union, Local 718 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers Union, Local 718, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030726 1   MOU - Teamsters, Local 853 Ordinance Filed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Teamsters, Local 853, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030727 1   MOU - Teamsters, Local 856 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Teamsters, Local 856, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030731 1   MOU - Teamsters, Local 350 Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Teamsters, Local 350, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030732 1   MOU - Transport Workers Union, Local 250-A Multi-Unit Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union, Local 250-A Multi-Unit, to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030733 1   MOU - Transport Workers Union, Local 200 (SEAM) Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union, Local 200 (SEAM), to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030734 1   MOU - Building Inspectors' Association (for Class 6331, Building Inspector and Class 6333, Senior Building Inspector) Ordinance Passed Ordinance adopting and implementing the mediated agreement establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Building Inspectors' Association (for Class 6331, Building Inspector and Class 6333, Senior Building Inspector) to be effective July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.     Action details Not available 030735 1   Appropriation, $714,075 - Environmental evaluation of various city projects Ordinance Passed Ordinance appropriating $714,075 of surplus City Planning Commission Fees for professional services for preparation of Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) related to community planning for San Francisco's eastern neighborhoods (Mission, South of Market, Showplace Square/Potrero Hill, Visitaction Valley and Bayview/Hunter's Point) and salary and fringe benefits for existing unfunded positions involved in Contract supervision of the EIRs and to address backlogs in environmental evaluation of various city projects for fiscal year 2002-03, placing $400,000 in Controller's reserve and $127,000 in a fiscal committee reserve.     Action details Not available 030736 1   Appropriation, $3,974,184 - Police Department Ordinance Passed Ordinance appropriating a total of $3,974,184 from the General Reserve for the Police Department to cover over-expenditures in overtime, fringe benefits, workers compensation and non-personal services for fiscal year 2002-03.     Action details Not available 030737 1   Preservation of Emergency Nature of Shelter; Prevention of Displacement, Prioritization, or Set-Asides of Shelter Beds Based Solely on Income Ordinance Passed Ordinance adding Article II to Chapter 20 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to preserve the emergency nature of the City's shelter system; to prevent displacement of an individual from a shelter bed based solely on that individual's income, and to prohibit prioritization or set-asides of shelter beds based on income.     Action details Not available 030738 1   Residential Permit Parking Exemption - Itinerant Teachers Ordinance Filed Ordinance authorizing the Department of Parking and Traffic to issue city-wide permits to exempt San Francisco Unified School District itinerant teachers and designated school administrators from Residential Permit Parking regulations.     Action details Not available 030739 1   Requiring for certain public work involving asphalt that the contractor use asphalt from the City asphalt plant Ordinance Filed Ordinance adopting new Section 6.9 of Administrative Code Chapter 6, Article I, requiring that for certain public work involving asphalt that public work contractors use asphalt from the City asphalt plant.     Action details Not available 030742 1   Appropriation, $1,600,000 - Department of Elections Ordinance Passed Ordinance appropriating funding not to exceed $1,600,000 from the General Fund Reserve for professional services to implement a ranked-choice voting system for the Department of Elections for fiscal year 2002-03.     Action details Not available 030716 1   Confirming the appointment of Sue Bierman to the San Francisco Port Commission Resolution Passed Resolution confirming the appointment of Sue Bierman to the San Francisco Port Commission, to serve the remaining four-year term, ending May 1, 2006.     Action details Not available 030723 1   Confirming the appointment of Michela Alioto-Pier to the San Francisco Port Commission Resolution Passed Resolution confirming the appointment of Michela Alioto-Pier to the San Francisco Port Commission, to serve the remaining four-year term, ending May 1, 2004.     Action details Not available 030728 1   Confirming the appointment of Wilfred Hsu to the San Francisco Port Commission Resolution Passed Resolution confirming the appointment of Wilfred Hsu to the San Francisco Port Commission, to serve the remaining four-year term, ending May 1, 2006.     Action details Not available 030729 1   Use of Former Embarcadero Freeway Parcel on Broadway Street Resolution Filed Resolution adopting a City policy regarding the use of the former Embarcadero Freeway right-of-way parcel known as Broadway Parcel I, on Broadway between Sansome and Battery Streets, Assessor Block 165, Lot 21, and the application of proceeds generated from its sale or other transfer.     Action details Not available 030730 1   Sale of Assessor's Block 3740, Lot 27 to Redevelopment Agency for $10,034,140 Resolution Passed Resolution approving the sale of real property commonly known as Assessor's Block 3740, Lot 27 (consisting of approximately 34,057 square feet and located along the west side of Spear Street between Folsom and Howard Streets) to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency for $10,034,140.     Action details Not available 030743 1   Lease, Parking Agreement and Negative Declaration for Piers 1½, 3 and 5 Resolution Passed Resolution approving and authorizing a 66-year Lease with San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC for Piers 1½, 3 and 5, Approving Related Parking Agreement, and Adopting Findings of Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act.     Action details Not available 030752 1   Purchase of Real Property at 1298 Ocean Avenue for the Public Library Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the execution and performance of an Agreement of Purchase and Sale for Real Estate between the City and County of San Francisco and George Yasbek, a single man (the "Seller"), for the purchase of real property and improvements located at 1298 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco, for use as the Ingleside Branch Library of the San Francisco Public Library; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting the findings that the conveyance is consistent with the City's General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1.     Action details Not available 030757 1   Extension of Planning Commission Review Period Resolution Passed Resolution extending the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on a proposed ordinance to amend the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 311 and 312 to require expanded public notice of exterior alteration projects and requiring the Building and Planning Departments to issue implementing regulations within 90 days and report to the Board on the effectiveness of the ordinance no later than nine months thereafter.     Action details Not available 030758 1   Commend Gateway High School Resolution Passed Resolution commending Gateway High School and Principal Peter Thorp for being recognized as a California Distinguished School.     Action details Not available 030759 1   Mount Davidson Commendation Resolution Passed Resolution commending The City Attorney's Office, including Deputy City Attorneys Teresa Stricker, Ellen Forman, Kate Stacy and Mariam Morley, Former Deputy City Attorneys Mara Rosales, Peter Obstler and Elizabeth Dietrich for their successful efforts to defend the sale of the cross on Mount Davidson and the Council of Armenian American Organizations of Northern California for their successful efforts to preserve the cross on Mount Davidson as a memorial to the Armenian Genocide.     Action details Not available 030760 1   Jackson Square Special Use District Resolution Passed Resolution extending the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on a proposed ordinance to amend the Planning Code with respect to creation of the Jackson Square Special Use District.     Action details Not available 030761 1   US Senator Rick Santorum Resolution Passed Resolution urging Senator Rick Santorum to step down from his leadership position in the Republican Party and to apologize for his comments made on April 7th, 2003 to the Associated Press.     Action details Not available 030762 1   Fish Alley Resolution Passed Resolution urging the San Francisco Port and the Port Commission to continue its discussion with the tenants of the building located at Wharf J10, specifically to seek options other than demolition of the building and structure at Wharf J10 in Fish Alley.     Action details Not available 030763 1   Declare May 2003 Safe Jobs for Youth Month Resolution Passed Resolution declaring May 2003 as "Safe Jobs for Youth Month" in the City and County of San Francisco.     Action details Not available 030764 1   Preserve and Expand Summer Programming Resolution Passed Resolution supporting efforts to preserve and expand summer programming and urging City departments and the San Francisco Unified School District to identify ways to keep school buildings open for community-based organizations' usage.     Action details Not available 030765 1   Commend Chen Yi Resolution Passed Resolution honoring the works and contributions of composer Chen Yi for the occasion on Dr. Chen's 50th birthday.     Action details Not available 030766 1   Supporting Senate Bill 848 Resolution Passed Resolution urging the support of Senate Bill 848, which would double or increase the fines for specified traffic violations cited in school zones in any city or county that approves a required local implementing ordinance and authorize the use of these enhanced fine revenues for pedestrian and bicycle safety programs.     Action details Not available 030767 1   Declare May 6, 2003 as World Asthma Day in SF Resolution Passed Resolution declaring May 6th, 2003 as World Asthma Day in San Francisco.     Action details Not available 030768 1   Proud Young Women's Day Resolution Passed Resolution commending Martin Luther King Middle School for their efforts to empower and develop leadership in their young women and proclaiming May 14, 2003 as "Proud Young Women's Day in the City and County of San Francisco.     Action details Not available 030769 1   Proclaim May 19-25, 2003, as Public Works Week in SF Resolution Passed Resolution proclaiming May 19 through 25, 2003, as Public Works Week in San Francisco.     Action details Not available 030770 1   Supporting California Bicycle Commute Week Resolution Passed Resolution supporting California Bicycle Commute Week May 12-16, 2003.     Action details Not available 030751 1   SF Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility Hearing Filed Hearing to consider the proposed plan to relicense the San Francisco Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility as a residential board and care facility and potential alternatives to this plan.     Action details Not available 030753 1   Asthma Task Force's Strategic Plan Hearing Filed Hearing to consider the Asthma Task Force's Strategic Plan.     Action details Not available 030754 1   Police accountability, oversight options, and appointment of the Police Commission Hearing Filed Hearing concerning reports from the Office of the Controller, Office of Citizen's Complaints, City Attorney's Office, and the San Francisco Police Department regarding police accountability and oversight options, including composition and appointment of the Police Commission.     Action details Not available 030756 1   Committee of the Whole Hearing Passed Motion scheduling a Committee of the Whole to consider health service reductions (Bielenson Hearing), to be held on June 10, 2003 at 3:00 PM.     Action details Not available 030740 1   Amending Rule 4.29 at Board of Supervisors meetings Motion Passed Motion amending Rule 4.29 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to provide that at meetings of the Board of Supervisors the recognition of public dignitaries may occur at anytime, and the recognition of commendations shall occur at 3:30 p.m.     Action details Not available 030755 1   Amend Rule 3.9 - Board of Supervisors Meetings Motion Filed Motion amending Rule 3.9 of the Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors to provide that Public Announcements regarding the business of the City may be made during Roll Call for Introductions at meetings of the Board of Supervisors.     Action details Not available 030741 1   Charter Amendment - Commission on the Environment Charter Amendment Killed Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend Section 4.118 to clarify the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Commission on the Environment.     Action details Not available 030652 1   Amendments to the Municipal Elections Code Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending the Municipal Elections Code to amend Sections 110, 200, 250, 260, 300, 360, 370, 500, 510, 530, 535, 550, 590, 595, and 800, add Sections 225 and 270, and delete Section 930 to: Conform the Municipal Elections Code to recent changes in the Charter; change the deadlines for submission of materials for publication in the Voter Information Pamphlet; specify the public examination periods for each category of material submitted for publication in the Voter Information Pamphlet; modify the deadlines for delivery of the Voter Information Pamphlet prior to each general and special election; specify language for inclusion in the Voter Information Pamphlet concerning ballot measures which concern the same subject matter and which may have conflicting provisions; explicitly incorporate the State law that applies to local ballot designations; explicitly state the rules concerning ballot printing after the death of a candidate; impose a 100-word limit on bond measure statements; add definitions; correct outdated code references; codify departmental practice; and clarify ambig     Action details Not available 030643 1   Street Vacation for Metro East Project Ordinance Passed Ordinance ordering the summary vacation of portions of 26th Street, Michigan Street, Georgia Street and Louisiana Street; making findings pursuant to the California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 4, Sections 8330 et seq.; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the vacation is consistent with the City's General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and ratifying acts and authorizing actions in furtherance of the ordinance.     Action details Not available 030034 2   Campaign Finance Reform Amendments of 2003 Ordinance Passed Ordinance amending Article I, Chapter 1 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by amending sections 1.104, 1.114, and 1.148 to clarify and consolidate definitions; amending section 1.106 to clarify that State law is incorporated; amending section 1.108 to clarify that it applies only to candidates; amending section 1.110 to provide the Ethics Commission discretion to provide additional office hours prior to an election and to conform to minimum state law record retention periods; amending section 1.114 to apply contribution limits to affiliated entity contributions, to authorize the Ethics Commission to determine when contributions must be returned and to reduce or waive forfeiture penalties, and to clarifiy that limits apply to special elections; amending section 1.116 to extend loan limitations to candidates for all City elective offices and to authorize the Commission to adjust these amounts; amending section 1.122 to clarify that campaign funds may be used for officeholder expenses, to provide that certain surplus funds may be donated to charity, and that contributions tra     Action details Not available 030345 1   Acceptance of Gift Resolution Passed Resolution accepting a gift of $55,000 from the Market Street Railway and authorizing said funds to be expended for the purchase of Historic Streetcar #162 from the Orange Empire Railway Museum.     Action details Not available 030371 1   Agreement to Sell approximately 22,600 sq. ft. of unimproved real property located at Beale and Bryant Streets and to Lease Piers 30-32 to San Francisco Cruise Terminal, LLC Resolution Passed Resolution approving and authorizing an Agreement with San Francisco Cruise Terminal, LLC for the Sale of approximately 22,600 square feet of real property located at the corner of Beale and Bryant Streets on Seawall Lot 330; approving and authorizing a 66-year Lease with San Francisco Cruise Terminal, LLC for Piers 30-32; adopting findings that the Sale is consistent with the City's General Plan and eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing the Port's Executive Director and the City's Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this Resolution.     Action details Not available 030379 1   CEQA Findings for Cruise Terminal Mixed-Use Project Resolution Passed Resolution adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines, including a statement of overriding considerations, in connection with the proposed mixed-use Cruise Terminal Project, located on Pier 30-32, a condominium tower on a portion of Seawall Lot 330, and a public open space project in the location of Pier 34 and 36, in the Port of San Francisco, City and County of San Francisco.     Action details Not available 030538 1   Professional Services Contract Resolution Passed Resolution approving the Public Utilities Commission's approval of Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. CS-524, Program Management Contract, changing the designated consultant's title, name references, and setting the criteria for the payment of performance fees; and approving the renewal of Contract No. CS-524, the Water Infrastructure Partners (WIP) for a third year; and approving the release of contract Year 3 reserved funds of $5.052M.     Action details Not available 030653 1   Mayor's Summer Food Service Program Resolution Passed Resolution authorizing the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $420,350 from the United States Department of Agriculture for Mayor's Summer Food Service Program.     Action details Not available