Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/22/2005 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
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050197 1 Contract funds to evaluate the impact of a resource center for drug users, Year 2ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services (SFDPH, CBHS), to enter retroactively into Year 2 of an agreement with the University of California San Francisco (USCSF), the primary contractor, and expend funds in the amount of $11,836 to provide evaluation services; for the period of July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050096 1 Accept-Expend Federal/State Pass Through GrantResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Department of Public Library to accept and expend an augmentation grant in the amount of $5,405 from the California State Library as part of the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for reimbursing tuition expenses of library employees pursuing a degree or certificate in library science at an institution of higher education.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050092 2 Designating 351-9th Avenue, the Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch Library, as a Landmark under Planning Code Article 10OrdinancePassedOrdinance designating 351-9th Avenue, the Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch Library, as Landmark No. 247 pursuant to Article 10, Sections 1004 and 1004.4 of the Planning Code.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
050187 1 Changing Official Width of SidewalkOrdinancePassedOrdinance Amending Ordinance No. 1061 entitled "Regulating the Width of Sidewalks" by adding thereto Section No. 1565 to change the official sidewalk widths on the easterly side of Waverly Place; making findings pursuant to the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1; and requiring relocation, modification, or both of facilities affected by the sidewalk widths changes.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
050134 1 Requiring City offices to display signs, brochures, and forms for the San Francisco Working Families Credit ProgramOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 12S.2, to require City offices to display signs, brochures and forms for the San Francisco Working Families Credit Program.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
050045 1 Sale of City PropertyOrdinancePassedOrdinance ordering the sale at public auction of City-owned property located at 1648 Pacific Avenue and 2350 19th Avenue; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; 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 other actions in furtherance of this ordinance.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Not available
050045 2 Sale of City PropertyOrdinancePassedOrdinance ordering the sale at public auction of City-owned property located at 1648 Pacific Avenue and 2350 19th Avenue; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; 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 other actions in furtherance of this ordinance.PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
041732 1 Settlement of Grievance - United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 38ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the grievance (ERD No. 40-03-1142) filed by United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 38 ("Union") on behalf of Grievants, as identified in Exhibit A attached hereto, against the City and County of San Francisco for $109,270.76. Other material term of said settlement is that Grievants and Union shall release all claims relating to the aforementioned grievance (ERD No. 40-03-1142).ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050081 1 Public AuctionResolutionPassedResolution authorizing Tax Collector to sell at public auction certain parcels of tax-defaulted real property.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050082 1 Exchange of real property within the Japan Center Garage (Lot 34, 35, Assessor's Block 700)ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the exchange of certain City-owned real property generally known as a portion of Lot 35, Assessor’s Block 700 for certain property owned by Dae Woong Kim, et al generally known as a portion of Lot 34, Assessor’s Block 700; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the exchange is consistent with the City’s general plan and eight priority policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050097 2 Extending Provisional AppointmentsResolutionPassedResolution approving, retroactively, extension to June 30, 2005 of provisional appointments of employees in classifications H-30 Captain (Fire Department), 0922 Manager I, 0923 Manager II, 0931 Manager III, 0932 Manager IV, 0933 Manager V, 0941 Manager VI, 0943 Manager VIII, 1952 Purchaser, 5212 Principal Engineer, 7328 Operating Engineer, Universal, and 8216 Senior Parking Control Officer.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
041611 2 Authorization for a Local Disease Prevention Demonstration ProjectOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Health Code to add Section 31 authorizing the Department of Public Health to create and operate a Disease Prevention Demonstration Project to register pharmacies to sell or furnish hypodermic needles without a prescription as allowed under State law, such registration to consist of the department maintaining a list of participating pharmacies, providing such pharmacies with written information for customers on how to access drug treatment, HIV and Hepatitis C testing and treatment, and safe disposal of sharps waste.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
050037 1 Public Hearing - Appeal of Categorical Exemption for 837-847 Montgomery StreetHearingKilledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated December 13, 2004, Case No. 2004.0924E, approving the proposed conversion of an existing office use in two adjoining three-story-over-basement masonry buildings to 13-residential units with basement parking for up to 9 cars; construction of two-additional floors and a stair penthouse, and removal of alterations made to the ground-floor façade and replacement with a new storefront design. The project site is a 6,800 sq. ft. parcel located at 837-847 Montgomery Street, Assessor’s Block 176, Lots 3 and 3A, within the C-2 (Community Business) zoning district and a 65A height and bulk district. The existing buildings are within the Jackson Square Historic District. (Appellant: San Francisco Architectural Heritage represented by their Attorney, Susan Brandt-Hawley, Brandt-Hawley Law Group.)TABLEDPass Action details Not available
050038 1 Affirming the categorical exemption issued for 837-847 Montgomery StreetMotionKilledMotion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the 837-847 Montgomery Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.TABLEDPass Action details Not available
050039 1 Disapproving the categorical exemption issued for 837-847 Montgomery StreetMotionKilledMotion disapproving the determination by the Planning Department that the 837-847 Montgomery Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.TABLEDPass Action details Not available
050040 1 Preparation of findings related to the categorical exemption issued for 837-847 Montgomery StreetMotionKilledMotion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings related to the appeal of the determination by the Planning Department that the 837-847 Montgomery Street project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.TABLEDPass Action details Not available
050257 1 Supporting California Health Care Coalition of California WorksResolutionPassedResolution supporting the California Health Care Coalition of the California Works Foundation and participating with other public and private purchasers determined to bring significantly greater performance accountability and transparency to the healthcare industry.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050258 1 Amending the terms of all Board of Supervisors' appointees to the Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island Citizens Advisory BoardResolutionPassedResolution amending the terms of all Board of Supervisors' appointees to the Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island Citizens Advisory Board (the "TICAB") to be consistent with the Bylaws of the TICAB.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050259 1 Urging the United States Government to comply with international law regarding the use of tortureResolutionPassedResolution urging the United States Government to comply with international law regarding the use of torture.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050261 1 Accept-Expend Grant from National Endowment for the Arts for Arts CommissionResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the San Francisco Arts Commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for the advancement of arts education in the San Francisco Unified School District through the efforts and administration of the Arts Education Program.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050262 1 Honoring and commending Community Housing PartnershipResolutionPassedResolution honoring and commending Community Housing Partnership for fifteen years of providing an alternative approach to the crisis of homelessness in San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050263 1 Commending International Women's DayResolutionPassedResolution commending International Women’s Day.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050264 1 Arts Education MonthResolutionPassedResolution declaring March 2005 to be “Arts Education Month” in the City and County of San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050265 1 Bill Price DayResolutionPassedResolution declaring “Bill Price Day” in San Francisco on February 24th 2005 on the occasion of his 90th birthday.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050267 1 Proclaiming March 2005 as Social Worker Month in San FranciscoResolutionPassedResolution proclaiming March 2005 as Social Worker Month in San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050268 1 Commending Dale HessResolutionPassedResolution commending Dale Hess for his years of contribution to the City and County of San Francisco and proclaiming March 2, 2005 as Dale Hess Day in San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050269 1 Commending the San Francisco Independent Living Resource CenterResolutionPassedResolution commending the San Francisco Independent Living Resource Center and their partners of the “San Francisco Cross Agency Training on Health, Benefits, Work and Disability” for their efforts to provide workers and job seekers with disabilities accurate information and access to their rights at the workplace.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050270 1 Opposing President Bush's Proposed Cuts in Community Development FundingResolutionPassedResolution opposing President Bush’s proposed cuts in community development funding.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050271 1 Urging State to adopt Ten Year Plan to End Chronic HomelessnessResolutionPassedResolution urging the State of California to adopt a Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness by 2006.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050272 1 Urging Congress to approve funding for housing and supportive services for the chronically homelessResolutionPassedResolution urging Congress to approve $200 million for the Samaritan Initiative to implement housing and supportive services strategies to end chronic homelessness.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050252 1 Needle Exchange EmergencyMotionPassedMotion concurring in the determination of the Mayor for the continued need for the declaration of emergency in connection with the needle exchange program.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
050260 1 Open Government: Reinstating CityWatch TelecastsResolutionPassedResolution to protect open government by re-instating cable programming for the Police and Planning Commissions on San Francisco Government Television, CityWatch.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
050297 1 Zoning Map Amendment and Repeal of Planning Code Section 263.1OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by repealing Section 263.1, which allows the Planning Commission to approve height up to 200 feet in the 65D-2 Height and Bulk District, and by amending the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Sheet 1H, to change the height and bulk designation of Assessor's Block 0195, Lots 4, 5, 12, 14, 15 and 16 from 65D-2 to 40-X and to change the height and bulk designation of the remaining assessor's blocks and lots within the 65D-2 Height and Bulk District from 65D-2 to 65-A; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1.   Action details Not available
050298 1 Repealing Ordinance Number 72-04 Conditionally Designating 690 Market as a LandmarkOrdinancePassedOrdinance Repealing Ordinance Number 72-04 Conditionally Designating 690 Market, the Chronicle Building, As Landmark No. 243 under Article 10 of the Planning Code.   Action details Not available
050299 1 Zoning Map AmendmentOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Sheet 1H, to change the height and bulk designation of Assessor's Block 0139 from 84-E to 40-X and to change the height and bulk designation of Assessor's Blocks 0140 and 0141 from 84-E to 65-X; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1.   Action details Not available
050300 1 Neighborhood Sanitation and Housing Habitability OrdinanceOrdinanceFiledOrdinance amending Article 11 of the San Francisco Health Code to change the title from "Nuisance" to "Neighborhood Sanitation and Housing Habitability," amending the definition of nuisance in Section 581 of the San Francisco Health Code to include asbestos hazards and violations of Section 583, adding Section 583 to the San Francisco Health Code to prevent vermin and insect disease vector harborage and infestation in residential units and to improve the health, safety and general welfare of occupants, adding potential attorneys' fees recovery for those cases in which the City elects to recover attorneys' fees to Sections 596 and 609, adding lien recovery for attorneys' fees for Section 599 and 609, adding civil penalties to Section 600, authorizing recovery of all costs and fees, including attorneys' fees, incurred in enforcement under Section 609, extending the notice and hearing provisions for lien collections under Sections 609.1 and 609.2 to include the additional costs and fees that may be recovered under the amended Section 609, and increasing reinspection fees to $75 per half   Action details Not available
041071 1 Amending Planning Code Section 703.3 to prohibit formula retail uses in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial DistrictOrdinancePassedOrdinance to amend the Planning Code by amending section 703.3 to prohibit formula retail uses in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.   Action details Not available
050301 1 Elimination of San Francisco LAFCOResolutionFiledResolution urging the California Legislature to eliminate the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (“SFLAFCO”).   Action details Not available
050240 1 Endorsing Community Choice Aggregation Bill of RightsResolutionPassedResolution endorsing Local Power’s Community Choice Aggregation Bill of Rights, to clarify and expand the authorities of Cities and Counties such as San Francisco with respect to large scale solar energy, efficiency and other conservation technologies and further urging California Senator Migden and California Assembly member Mark Leno to jointly file aforementioned Community Choice Aggregation Bill of Rights by the legislative deadline.   Action details Not available
050241 1 Congratulating The 15 Association on its twenty-fifth anniversaryResolutionPassedResolution congratulating The 15 Association on its twenty-fifth anniversary.   Action details Not available
050242 1 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)ResolutionPassedResolution repudiating the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, for deleting the words “gay,” “lesbian,” “bisexual” and transgender” from the title of an upcoming suicide prevention workshop.   Action details Not available
050243 1 School Breakfast WeekResolutionPassedResolution declaring March 7 – 11, 2005 as “School Breakfast Week” in the City and County of San Francisco.   Action details Not available
050278 1 National Black Family Technology Awareness WeekResolutionPassedResolution recognizing February 13-19, 2005 as National Black Family Technology Awareness Week and commending IBM, the Career Communications Group and its local partners at the San Francisco Unified School District in hosting a Family Technology Night to highlight this issue.   Action details Not available
050279 1 Landmarking of the Grid of Pollarded in the Music Concourse Bowl, Golden Gate ParkResolutionFiledResolution urging the Planning Commission, the Planning Department and the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board to landmark the Music Concourse and to include in the landmarking ordinance language protecting the historic grid of pollarded trees, and urging the Recreation and Park Commission, the Department of Recreation and Park, the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority and Music Concourse Community Partnership to protect the integrity of existing trees during construction.   Action details Not available
050280 1 Punch Gallery DayResolutionPassedResolution proclaiming February 25, 2005 as Punch Gallery Day.   Action details Not available
050281 1 Commending the Korean-American Community CenterResolutionPassedResolution commending Korean-American Community Center for its efforts in relief of tsunami victims.   Action details Not available
050282 1 Dr. Anita Friedman DayResolutionPassedResolution declaring March 19, 2005 Dr. Anita Friedman Day.   Action details Not available
050283 1 City Policy Regarding Contract ApprovalResolutionPassedResolution making it the policy of the City and County that the Board of Supervisors not approve the exercise of options to renew contracts and leases under Charter Section 9.118 where the initial term together with the extension would exceed ten years, if the original agreement was not brought to the Board for its information and review before the agreement was executed.   Action details Not available
050284 1 Assembly Bill 232ResolutionPassedResolution urging the California State Legislature to pass AB 232 which will increase state funding to community college nursing programs.   Action details Not available
050285 1 Assembly Bill 41ResolutionPassedResolution urging the California State Legislature to approve AB 41: Human Trafficking Act, which establishes the crime of trafficking of a person for forced labor or services and the crime of trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, providing various sentencing enhancements for these offenses. The bill would also impose state-mandated programs and require restitution to trafficking victims.   Action details Not available
050286 1 Urging Congress to retain funding for housing programs in the 2006 Department of Housing and Urban Development budgetResolutionPassedResolution expressing grave concern about President George W. Bush’s proposed budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2006 and urging Congress to retain funding for programs related to the development and preservation of affordable housing.   Action details Not available
050302 1 Hearing - Proposed motion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 5.1HearingFiledHearing to discuss the proposed motion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 5.1 to create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee.   Action details Not available
050304 1 SFUSDC's "Dream Schools" InitiativeHearingFiledHearing on the progress of the San Francisco Unified School District's "Dream Schools" initiative.   Action details Not available
050305 1 Mayor's Budget InstructionsHearingFiledHearing on the Mayor's Budget Instructions to the Departments.   Action details Not available
050306 1 City's Three-year Budget ProjectionHearingFiledHearing regarding the City's three-year budget projection and respectfully requests the Controller and the Mayor's Budget Director to brief the Budget Committee on this projection.   Action details Not available
050307 1 Budget UpdatesHearingFiledHearing to consider budget updates from the Mayor, Controller, Budget Analyst, Office of Legislative Analyst and City Departments.   Action details Not available
050308 1 State of California and Federal Budget Cuts Impact on CCSF's BudgetHearingFiledHearing on the Mayor's Budget Director's report on current information on the State of California and Federal budget cuts and their impact on the San Francisco City and County's budget.   Action details Not available
050309 1 Discrimination against practitioners of Falun GongHearingFiledHearing on discrimination against practitioners of Falun Gong by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco.   Action details Not available
050310 1 311 Customer Service Call CenterHearingFiledHearing to review the City's efforts to improve customer service and establish a 311 Customer Service Call Center, a single-toll-free number for citizens, businesses and visitors wishing to contact the City. This hearing will also review the City's progress toward implementing a Customer Relationship Management Initiative to connect department services to customers using technology and improved processes.   Action details Not available
050311 1 Impacts in San Francisco of the drug-resistant HIV strain found in New YorkHearingFiledHearing to examine the impacts in San Francisco of the drug-resistant HIV strain found in New York, and to determine what steps the Board of Supervisors, the Department of Public Health, and local AIDS organizations can take to increase awareness of prevention efforts. This hearing will also focus on the link between crystal methamphetamine usage and HIv prevention efforts.   Action details Not available
050312 1 Community Needs Assessment Developed by DCYFHearingFiledHearing to review the draft Community Needs Assessment developed by the Department of Children, Youth and their Families (DCYF). This document, which is required by the Charter to be published by DCYF every three years, sets a framework for children's services in San Francisco for the coming three-year period. The hearing will review preliminary findings and recommendations contained in the current draft of the report and allow Supervisors to comment.   Action details Not available
050313 1 Hetch Hetchy Water SystemHearingFiledHearing to review the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's revised plan to fix the Hetch Hetchy water system, to look into the costs associated with the revised plan, and to determine how such revisions impact San Francisco water customers.   Action details Not available
050314 1 Cannabis Club RegulationHearingFiledHearing to discuss City issues and policies related to the distribution of medical cannabis as it relates to Proposition S, including the consideration of establishing licensing fees, the implementation of zoning requirements, regulating safe access guidelines, and the creation of consumer protection principles by the Department of Consumer Assurance.   Action details Not available
050315 1 Implementation of Senate Bill 1818HearingFiledHearing with the Planning Department and Mayor's Office of Housing on how the City intends to comply with the requirements of Senate Bill 1818, and what the Housing Element of the General Plan says about meeting the requirements of state law regarding density bonuses for affordable housing.   Action details Not available
050303 1 Creating a Subcommittee of the Budget and Finance CommitteeMotionPassedMotion amending the Rules of the Board of Supervisors by amending Rule 5.1 to create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee.   Action details Not available
050316 1 Appointment - Board of AppealsMotionPassedMotion approving the Mayor's appointment of Michael Garcia to the Board of Appeals for the term ending July 1, 2006.   Action details Not available
050317 1 Appointment - Board of AppealsMotionKilledMotion rejecting the Mayor’s appointment of Michael Garcia to the Board of Appeals.   Action details Not available
050318 1 Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Ann Moller CaenMotionPassedMotion approving the Mayor’s appointment of Ann Moller Caen to the Public Utilities Commission, for the term ending January 15, 2009.   Action details Not available
050319 1 Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Ann Moller CaenMotionKilledMotion rejecting the Mayor’s appointment of Ann Moller Caen to the Public Utilities Commission.   Action details Not available
050320 1 Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Ann Moller CaenMotionKilledMotion taking no position concerning the Mayor’s appointment of Ann Moller Caen to the Public Utilities Commission, for term ending January 15, 2009.   Action details Not available
050321 1 Board waiver of committee reference requirement and convening as a Committee of the Whole for purposes of considering an amendment to Board Rule 5.1, which would create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance CommitteeMotionPassedMotion suspending Rule 4.38 of the Rules of Order of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to consider, without reference to committee, an amendment to Board Rule 5.1 which would create a subcommittee of the Budget and Finance Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; motion that the Board sit as a Committee of the Whole on March 1, 2005, for the purpose of considering the proposed amendment to Rule 5.1.   Action details Not available
050239 1 Canceling March 8, 2005, Board of Supervisors meetingMotionPassedMotion canceling March 8, 2005, meeting of the Board of Supervisors.   Action details Not available
050237 1 Accept-Expend GrantResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the Public Library to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $23,400 from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library for a part-time, as needed, editor for the publication, At the Public Library.   Action details Not available