Meeting Name: Government Audit and Oversight Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/21/2017 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall, Committee Room 263
Regular Meeting
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170465 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - T-Mobile West, LLC - $500,000ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by T-Mobile West, LLC against the City and County of San Francisco for $500,000; the claim was filed on August 7, 2015; the claim involves a refund of utility users taxes (telephone users taxes) and access line taxes.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170582 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Peter Cuddihy and Joan Cuddihy - $43,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Peter Cuddihy and Joan Cuddihy against the City and County of San Francisco for $43,000; the lawsuit was filed on July 1, 2016, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-16-552818; entitled Peter Cuddihy and Joan Cuddihy v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves widespread flooding to the area surrounding the intersection of 15th Avenue and Wawona Street due to heavy rains on December 3, 2014.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170583 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Raymond Choy - $30,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Raymond Choy against the City and County of San Francisco for $30,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 28, 2015, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-15-546044; entitled Raymond Choy v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves an alleged civil rights violation.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170584 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Jason Douglas and Carol Grindley - $60,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Jason Douglas and Carol Grindley against the City and County of San Francisco for $60,000; the lawsuit was filed on April 27, 2016, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-16-551699; entitled Jason Douglas, Carol Grindley v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury from a motorcycle collision with a Police Department patrol car.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170585 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Devaughn Frierson - $29,500OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Devaughn Frierson against the City and County of San Francisco for $29,500; the lawsuit was filed on June 9, 2015, in the United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-02573; entitled Devaughn Frierson v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations; other material terms of the settlement are the dismissal of all defendants.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170588 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Jessica Kennedy - $375,000ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Jessica Kennedy against the City and County of San Francisco for $375,000; the claim was filed on June 16, 2016; the claim involves an employment dispute.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170644 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Ambac Assurance Corp. and Ambac Financial Group Inc. - City to Receive $679,202OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing a settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against Ambac Assurance Corp. and its affiliate, Ambac Financial Group Inc. for $679,202; the lawsuit was filed on October 8, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-08-480708; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. Ambac Financial Group Inc., et al.; the lawsuit involves breach of contract, fraud and antitrust claims against bond insurance companies; this partial settlement applies only to claims against the two Ambac entities.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170645 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - United Airlines, Inc. - City to Receive $165,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against United Airlines, Inc. for $165,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 2, 2016, in San Mateo County Superior Court, Case No. 16CIV00748, entitled City and County of San Francisco v. United Airlines, Inc., and removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on September 13, 2016, Case No. 3:16-cv-05234-MEJ; the lawsuit involves claims against United Airlines, Inc. for negligence and breach of contract for causing damage to City-owned computer equipment; other material terms of the settlement are each side to bear its own fees and costs, the City will dismiss its complaint with prejudice, and the parties will enter into mutual releases.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
170350 2 Police, Administrative Codes - Employer Consideration of Applicant’s Salary HistoryOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Police and Administrative Codes to ban employers, including City contractors and subcontractors, from considering current or past salary of an applicant in determining whether to hire an applicant or what salary to offer the applicant, and from asking applicants about their current or past salary; to prohibit employers, including City contractors and subcontractors, from disclosing a current or former employee’s salary history without that employee’s authorization unless the salary history is publicly available; authorizing the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to implement and enforce these provisions; and authorizing the City to bring a civil action against an employer for violations.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Video Video
170350 3 Police, Administrative Codes - Employer Consideration of Applicant’s Salary HistoryOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Police and Administrative Codes to ban employers, including City contractors and subcontractors, from considering current or past salary of an applicant in determining whether to hire an applicant or what salary to offer the applicant, and from asking applicants about their current or past salary; to prohibit employers, including City contractors and subcontractors, from disclosing a current or former employee’s salary history without that employee’s authorization unless the salary history is publicly available; authorizing the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to implement and enforce these provisions; and authorizing the City to bring a civil action against an employer for violations.RECOMMENDED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
170705 1 Assessment Ballot for a City-Owned Parcel - Japantown Community Benefit DistrictResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to cast an assessment ballot in the affirmative on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, as the owner of one parcel of real property over which the Board of Supervisors has jurisdiction that would be subject to assessment in the proposed property and business improvement district to be named the Japantown Community Benefit District.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video