080477
| 1 | | Waiver of temporary street space occupancy fee on May 17, 2008 for Small Business Week Sidewalk Sale | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance waiving the fee in Public Works Code Section 724.1(b) for temporary street space occupancy in certain sections of the City on Saturday, May 17, 2008 as part of Small Business Week. | FINALLY PASSED | Pass |
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080560
| 1 | | Grant to support the International Mobility of HIV study - $119,181 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $119,181 from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to support a study entitled “International Mobility of HIV,” for the period of September 30, 2007 through August 31, 2008. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080561
| 1 | | Funds to support HIV vaccine research - $139,432 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $139,432 from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises (PHFE); for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080562
| 1 | | Grant to support the Safe Routes to School Project - $500,000 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend funds from the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) in the amount of $500,000 to support the Safe Routes to School Project, including one educational services consultant contract in the total amount of $135,541 for the period of September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2010; and to delegate authorization to execute these agreements and any amendments thereto to the Director of Public Health. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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071669
| 1 | | Planning - Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District - Full-Service Restaurants | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 719.1 and 781.9 concerning the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District to provide for up to four new full-service restaurant uses that satisfy specific requirements and obtain conditional use authorization, making environmental findings, and making findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. | FINALLY PASSED | Pass |
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080509
| 1 | | Settlement of Lawsuit - Debra Denise Reed - $65,000 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Debra Denise Reed against the City and County of San Francisco for $65,000; the lawsuit was filed on November 22, 2006 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 458-146; entitled Debra Denise Reed, et al., v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.. | PASSED, ON FIRST READING | Pass |
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080510
| 2 | | Settlement of Lawsuit - Jail No. 3 Replacement Project Cases, San Mateo County, JCCP Case No: 4422 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance authorizing settlement of the coordinated lawsuits, entitled Jail No. 3 Replacement Project Cases, San Mateo County, JCCP Case No: 4422, filed by AMEC Construction Management, Inc. ("ACMI") against the City and County of San Francisco, and filed by the City and County of San Francisco and the People of the State of California ("San Francisco") against ACMI, its parent and sister companies, its Surety companies, and its bond broker. | PASSED, ON FIRST READING | Pass |
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080546
| 2 | | Appointment - Western SOMA Citizens Planning Task Force - John Thomas Braun and Robert Knigge | Motion | Passed | Motion appointing John Thomas Braun and Robert Knigge, terms ending June 30, 2010, to the Western SOMA Citizens Planning Task Force. | APPROVED | Pass |
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080554
| 2 | | Appointment - Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - Erica Craven, Richerd Knee, Sue Cauthen, Ketaki Gokhale, Allyson Washburn, Kristin Chu, Hanley Chan and Nicholas Goldman | Motion | Passed | Motion appointing Ketaki Gokhale, term ending April 27, 2009, Erica Craven, Richard Knee, Sue Cauthen, Allyson Washburn, Kristin Chu, Hanley Chan and Nicholas Goldman, terms ending April 27, 2010, to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, residency requirement waived. | APPROVED | Pass |
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080555
| 2 | | Appointment - Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force - Cal Simone | Motion | Passed | Motion appointing Cal Simone, term ending October 5, 2008, to the Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force, residency requirement waived. | APPROVED | Pass |
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071596
| 2 | | Audio or video recording of public meetings held in City Hall hearing rooms | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending Section 67.14 of the Administrative Code to require that any public meeting held in a City Hall hearing room that is equipped with audio or video recording facilities be audio or video recorded and to further require that such audio or video recording be made available for review on the City’s web site. | APPROVED OVER THE MAYOR'S VETO | Pass |
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080232
| 2 | | Planning Code - Deadline Extension for Medical Cannabis Dispensary Permitting | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 209.3, 217, 790.141, and 890.133 to extend the time period for certain Medical Cannabis Dispensaries to obtain a permit from March 1, 2008 to January 21, 2009; and making findings, including General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and environmental findings. | FINALLY PASSED | Pass |
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080464
| 2 | | Implementing a Deferred Retirement Option Program for certain members of the Police Department | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance adding Sections 16.63 through 16.63-10 to the Administrative Code to implement the Deferred Retirement Option Program approved by the San Francisco voters. | PASSED ON FIRST READING | Pass |
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080565
| 1 | | Accept-Expend Federal Grant and Amend Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008 - $307,375 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance authorizing the Department of Economic and Workforce Development to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $307,375 from the California Employment Development Department for workforce development activities, and amending the Annual Salary Ordinance to provide for the creation of certain grant-funded positions. | PASSED ON FIRST READING | Pass |
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080519
| 1 | | Accept-Expend Sidney E. Frank Foundation Grant and Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008 - $200,000 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the Sidney E. Frank Foundation to carry out the critical task of engaging key stakeholders and interest groups to solicit input for a wave energy project and amending Ordinance Number 175-07 to reflect the addition of one (1) grant-funded position at the Department of the Environment. | PASSED ON FIRST READING | Pass |
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080404
| 2 | | Appropriating $593,490,962 of proceeds from the sale of bonds for capital improvement projects at the San Francisco International Airport for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance appropriating $593,490,962 of proceeds from the sale of bonds for capital improvement projects at the San Francisco International Airport for Fiscal Year 2007-2008. Place total appropriation of $593,490,962 on Controller ’s Reserve pending sale of the bonds. | PASSED ON FIRST READING | Pass |
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080590
| 1 | | Airport Capital Plan Bonds - not to exceed $718,000,000 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution approving the issuance of not to exceed $718,000,000 aggregate principal amount of San Francisco International Airport Second Series Revenue Bonds for the purpose of financing and refinancing the construction, acquisition, equipping and development of capital projects undertaken by the Airport constituting part of the Airport’s capital plan. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080569
| 1 | | Memorandum of Agreement between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority relating to Yerba Buena Island Ramps - not to exceed $3,000,000 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing a Memorandum of Agreement between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority for project management services and consultant services for the preparation of a Project Report and Environmental Document for the Yerba Buena Island Ramps in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080325
| 1 | | Contract between the Department of Health and the California Department of Health Care Services for the Health Care Coverage Initiative in the amount of $73.1 million over a three-year period in support of the Healthy San Francisco program | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the Director of Health to enter into a contract with the California Department of Health Care Services to provide reimbursement for health services costs incurred in providing services to specified Healthy San Francisco participants under the Health Care Coverage Initiative in the amount of $73.1 million. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080592
| 1 | | Appropriating $272,515,000 of COP Revenue for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Electrical Reliability Power Project for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 | Ordinance | Filed | Ordinance appropriating $272,515,000 of San Francisco Certificates of Participation 2008 Series B and 2008 Series C to fund the San Francisco Electrical Reliability Project also referred to as the Combustion Turbine projects in the Public Utilities Commission for FY 2007-2008. | CONTINUED | Pass |
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080523
| 2 | | Approving agreements for the development of the City Combustion Turbine Projects at San Francisco International Airport and at 25th and Maryland Streets | Ordinance | Filed | Ordinance approving agreements necessary for the development of the City Combustion Turbine Projects to be located at North Access Road and Clearwater Drive, San Francisco International Airport, and at Property Adjacent to the MTA Metro East Facility at 25th and Maryland Streets in
San Francisco including a turbine upgrade agreement and electric and gas interconnection agreements and granting specified exceptions to the Administrative Code, and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning
Code Section. 101.1. | CONTINUED | Pass |
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080577
| 1 | | Approving agreements for the development of the City Combustion Turbine Projects at San Francisco International Airport and at 25th and Maryland Streets and adopting environmental findings | Resolution | Filed | Resolution approving agreements necessary for the development of the City Combustion Turbine Projects to be located at North Access Road and Clearwater Drive, San Francisco International Airport, and at Property Adjacent to the MTA Metro East Facility at 25th and Maryland Streets in San Francisco, including a design-build agreement and a power purchase agreement; and approving property agreements, including a jurisdictional transfer of property to accommodate the proposed projects, subject to further agreements among the affected City departments; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. | CONTINUED | Pass |
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080524
| 1 | | Authorizing the execution and delivery of certificates of participation to finance the San Francisco Combustion Turbine Projects and approving property leases, project leases and a trust agreement in connection therewith | Resolution | Filed | Resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of certificates of participation to finance the acquisition, construction, installation and equipping of natural gas-fired combustion turbine generation facilities on City-owned property located at 25th and Maryland Street in the Potrero neighborhood and at the San Francisco International Airport at the corner of North Access Road and Clearwater Drive; approving the form of a trust agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and a trustee (including certain indemnities contained therein); authorizing the selection of a trustee; approving the forms of property leases between the City and the trustee relating to the Potrero site and to the San Francisco International Airport site; approving the forms of project leases between the trustee and the City (including certain indemnities contained therein) relating to each of the two Projects; approving the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the City; approving the form of an official notice of sale and notice of intention | CONTINUED | Pass |
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080447
| 2 | | Adopting the State of California's Energy Priorities | Resolution | Passed | Resolution adopting the State of California’s Energy Priorities as stated in the Energy Action Plan of 2003 and Energy Action Plan II of 2005 which are, in the following order, energy efficiency and demand response, renewable energy and lastly, clean fossil generation. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080601
| 1 | | Waiver of temporary street space occupancy fee on May 17, 2008 for Small Business Week Sidewalk Sale | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance waiving the fee in Public Works Code Section 724.1(b) for temporary street space occupancy in certain sections of the City on Saturday, May 17, 2008 as part of Small Business Week. | PASSED ON FIRST READING | Pass |
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080515
| 1 | | Lease of Real Property at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, North Light Court | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the lease of 2,400 square feet of space to Juma Ventures, Inc., a California non-profit corporation, in City Hall located at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080622
| 1 | | Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds - 149 Mason Street Apartments - not to exceed $15,275,000 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the issuance and delivery of multifamily housing revenue bonds (as defined herein) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,275,000 for the purpose of providing financing for a multifamily rental housing project to be known as 149 Mason Street Apartments; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a trust indenture providing the terms and conditions of the bonds; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a regulatory agreement and declaration of restrictive covenants; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a loan agreement; ratifying and approving any action heretofore taken in connection with the bonds and the project; granting general authority to City officials to take actions necessary to implement this resolution; and related matters. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080623
| 1 | | Grant funds to support the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act program - $63,567.48 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Environmental Health Section (DPH-EHS) to enter into an agreement with the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and to designate a representative to sign the agreement and any amendments thereto for implementation of the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA) and to accept and expend retroactively a new grant in the amount of $63,567.48 from CEPA to support the “Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act Program;” for the period of January 1, 2008 through March 1, 2010. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080624
| 1 | | Proclaiming June, July and August of 2008 as "Soda Free Summer" | Resolution | Passed | Resolution proclaiming June, July and August of 2008 as “Soda Free Summer” in the City and County of San Francisco, and urging all San Franciscans to join Shape Up SF to “Rethink Your Drink” and go Soda Free this summer. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080625
| 1 | | Commending Mimi Silbert and declaring May 15, 2008 to be Mimi Silbert Day | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending Mimi Silbert for more than 36 years of leadership as the President and CEO of Delancey Street and her steadfast commitment to the rehabilitation and reintegration of more than 14,000 people nationwide, and declaring May 15, 2008 to be Mimi Silbert Day, on the occasion of her recognition by the Women Defenders at their 2008 Spring Event. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080626
| 1 | | Public Works Week - May 18 - 24, 2008 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution declaring May 18 through May 24, 2008 as Public Works Week. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080627
| 1 | | Commending AcroSports | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending AcroSports on their 15 years of service to the community. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080598
| 1 | | Urging the California State Assembly to support the passage of Assembly Bill 2153 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution urging the California State Assembly to support the passage of Assembly Bill 2153 and directing the City’s lobbyist to work towards this end. | ADOPTED | Pass |
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080630
| 1 | | Solar Energy Incentive Pilot Program | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance creating a Solar Energy Incentive Pilot Program; establishing limits on the incentive payments; providing eligibility criteria for the incentive payments; establishing limits on the amount of assistance available; allocating program funding among types of buildings; imposing duties and responsibilities on the program administrator; and establishing requirements applicable to the long-term solar incentive program. | | |
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080652
| 1 | | Rental Subsidy Program for Low-Income Families | Ordinance | Filed | Ordinance adding Sections 48.1 through 48.7 to the San Francisco Administrative Code creating the Rental Subsidy Program for Low-Income Families that establishes a need-based local housing subsidy for homeless families subject to the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the Charter. | | |
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080656
| 1 | | Public Employment and Accept-Expend Federal Grant - Amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2008-2009. Mayor's Summer Food Service Program and After School Snack Program - 2008 - $950,710 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 141-08 (Annual Salary Ordinance 2008-2009) to reflect the addition of one position (0.40 FTE) 9774 Sr. Community Development Specialist, one position (0.40 FTE) 1840 Jr. Management Assistant, and thirteen positions (1.04 FTE) 9910 Public Service Trainee in the Department of Children, Youth and Families (CHF), and authorizing the department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $950,710, currently and retroactively, if necessary, from the United States Department of Agriculture to sponsor the 2008 Mayor’s Summer Food Program and the After School Snack Program. | | |
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080657
| 1 | | Priorities for Public Utilities Commission's expenditures from Sustainable Energy Account Funds | Ordinance | Failed | Ordinance establishing priorities for expenditures by the Public Utilities Commission from the Sustainable Energy Account. | | |
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080658
| 1 | | General advertising on City buildings and street furniture | Ordinance | Failed | Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 4.20-1 to prohibit any
new general advertising signs on street furniture over the number authorized as of January 1, 2008
and to prohibit new general advertising signs visible to the public on the exterior of City-owned
buildings as of March 5, 2002; adopting environmental and other findings. | | |
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080660
| 1 | | Zoning - Urgency Ordinance Extending An Interim Zoning Moratorium On Enterprises That Sell Tobacco Paraphernalia | Ordinance | Passed | Urgency Ordinance extending an interim zoning moratorium for six (6) months, to temporarily prohibit the establishment of new enterprises, subject to specified exceptions, that sell Tobacco Paraphernalia, as defined, in all Commercial, Mixed Use and Industrial districts, and making findings, including findings of consistency with the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and environmental findings. | | |
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080661
| 1 | | Waiver process for garbage receptacle enclosure requirements on residential property | Ordinance | Filed | Ordinance amending San Francisco Public Works Code Section 170 concerning garbage receptacles to authorize a waiver process to the enclosure requirements for residential properties. | | |
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080662
| 1 | | Fees for Processing a Redemption of Tax Defaulted Property or a Secured Property Tax Second Installment Delinquency Notice | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 8.34.1, to authorize the Tax Collector to charge a fee of $55.00 to cover the cost of processing a redemption of property that is in default due to the failure to pay property tax and a fee of $45.00 to cover the cost of processing a delinquency notice on the second installment of each separate valuation on the secured property tax roll, and to provide for an automatic adjustment of the fees for inflation. | | |
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080663
| 1 | | SFGH Trauma Center General Obligation Bond Election - $887,400,000 | Ordinance | Passed | Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, November 4th 2008, for the purpose of submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: $887,400,000 for the building and/or rebuilding and improving of the earthquake safety of the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants in accordance with Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code; finding that the estimated cost of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed project; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition; fixing | | |
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080653
| 1 | | Accept-Expend Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act Grant - $4,758,228 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend retroactively a one-time funding award of Ryan White Part A (RWPA) funds for the San Francisco Eligible Metropolitan Area (SF EMA) in the amount of $4,758,228 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support HIV Health Services; for the period of July 1, 2007 through February 29, 2008. | | |
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080654
| 1 | | Grant funds to support HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services - $1,244,866 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expend a new grant in the amount of $1,244,866 from the Department of Health & Human Services - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (DHHS-CMS) to support a project entitled “Improving HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention Services, for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. | | |
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080667
| 1 | | 90 day extension for Planning Commission review - Liquor Stores | Resolution | Passed | Resolution extending by 90 days the prescribed time within which the Planning Commission may render its decision on a proposed Ordinance that would amend the Planning Code by adding Section 226.5 to impose a distance requirement of 500 feet or more between new off-sale liquor stores and existing liquor stores, schools, public libraries, and recreation centers and establishing conditions for operation of liquor stores. | | |
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080664
| 1 | | SFGH Trauma Center General Obligation Bonds - $887,400,000 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the building and/or rebuilding and improving of the earthquake safety of the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; finding that the estimated cost of $887,400,000 for such improvements is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require incurring bonded indebtedness; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, ("CEQA"), CEQA Guidelines and San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 31, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations; finding the proposed project is in conformity with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and with the General Plan consistency requirement of Charter Section 4.105 and Administrative Code Section 2A.53; and waiving the time limits set forth in Administrative Code section 2.34. | | |
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080668
| 1 | | Commending Theresa Sparks, Joan Benoit, Joey Cain, Julius Turman, Marvin Burrows, Erick Arguello, Evan Low, and the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance on their selection as grand marshals for the 38th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending Theresa Sparks, Joan Benoit, Joey Cain, Julius Turman, Marvin Burrows, Erick Arguello, Evan Low, and the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance on their selection as grand marshals for the 38th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade. | | |
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080669
| 1 | | Commending Kelly McMenimen, Elizabeth Rutzick, and Ian Tuller for their efforts to stop the proposed spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth | Resolution | Passed | Resolution commending Kelly McMenimen, Elizabeth Rutzick, and Ian Tuller for their efforts to stop the proposed spraying to eradicate the Light Brown Apple Moth and for their Stop the Spray Town Hall Meeting, which took place on Thursday, May 8, 2008. | | |
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080670
| 1 | | Urging Governor Schwarzenegger and the State Legislature to restore funding for public higher education | Resolution | Passed | Resolution expressing deep concern over the proposed budget cuts to the CSU and CCC systems and urging our Governor and Legislature to restore and reinvigorate funding for public higher education in California. | | |
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080671
| 1 | | Peace Officers' Memorial Day and National Police Week | Resolution | Passed | Resolution declaring May 15 Peace Officers’ Memorial Day and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police week. | | |
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080672
| 1 | | Funds to support HIV rapid testing and counseling in drug abuse treatment programs - $18,676 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $18,676 from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), the primary contractor, with funds from the National Institutes of Health, to support a study of HIV rapid testing and counseling in drug abuse treatment programs, for the period of September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008. | | |
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080655
| 1 | | Directing the Budget Analyst to identify funding sources and funding milestones in connection with the implementation of the San Francisco Police Department Information Technology Strategic Plan | Motion | Filed | Motion directing the Budget Analyst to identify funding sources and funding milestones in connection with the implementation of the San Francisco Police Department Information Technology (IT) Strategic Plan. | | |
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080659
| 1 | | Appointment, Board of Appeals - Kendall Goh | Motion | Filed | Motion approving the Board of Supervisors President Peskin’s appointment of Kendall Goh to the Board of Appeals for the term ending July 1, 2008. | | |
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080665
| 1 | | Waiver permitting City employees to assist the Department of Elections with the June 3, 2008 election | Motion | Passed | Motion granting a waiver from the prohibition imposed by Charter Section 13.104.5, to permit City employees to assist the Department of Elections with the June 3, 2008 election. | | |
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080666
| 1 | | Adopting the Planning Department's report on the Interim Moratorium on Tobacco Paraphernalia Retail Stores | Motion | Passed | Motion adopting the Planning Department’s report on the interim zoning moratorium to prohibit the establishment of new Tobacco Paraphernalia Retail Stores for 45 days. | | |
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080618
| 1 | | Charter Amendment - Board of Supervisors Aides, November 2009 Election | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 2.117, to eliminate the reference to the number of staff members provided for members of the Board of Supervisors. | | |
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080638
| 1 | | Creating an Independent Ratepayer Advocate to review and recommend utility service rates proposed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 8B.128, to create an Office of the Independent Ratepayer Advocate to evaluate, analyze, provide comments and make recommendations on the efficiency, equity, and fiscal feasibility, from the ratepayers' perspective, of utility rate proposals prepared by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission under Charter section 8B.125; to require the City Administrator to appoint an Independent Ratepayer Advocate;and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of the Office of the Independent Ratepayer Advocate. | | |
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080639
| 1 | | Retirement system credit for unpaid parental leave | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by: adding Sections A8.523 through A8.523-7, to allow retirement system credit for eligible members who have taken unpaid parental leave while employed with the City and County; amending Sections A8.509, A8.559-10, A8.585-10, A8.586-10, A8.587-7, A8.588-10, A8.595-10, A8.596-10, A8.597-10, and A8.598-10, relating to computation of service credit for a period of unpaid parental leave; and amending Sections A8.509, A8.559-11, A8.585-11, A8.586-11, A8.587-8, A8.588-11, A8.595-11, A8.596-11, A8.597-11, and A8.598-11, relating to the source of funds for eligible members who elect to purchase service credit for a period of unpaid parental leave. | | |
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080640
| 1 | | Ordinances and Resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors under the Community Redevelopment Law | Charter Amendment | Filed | Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 2.15 and 3.103, to modify the procedures for adoption of ordinances and resolutions when the Board of Supervisors acts as the local legislative body under the Community Redevelopment Law. | | |
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080641
| 1 | | Pier 70 plan and lease approvals; General Fund financing for Pier 70 waterfront improvements; transfer of funds according to agreements between the Port Commission and other departments; priorities for use of Port funds | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Sections B7.310 and B7.320, and amending Section B6.406, to: authorize the Board of Supervisors to approve a Pier 70 financial and land use plan; authorize a mechanism for the City to appropriate General Fund revenues in an amount up to 75% of the projected hotel and payroll taxes attributable to new development at Pier 70 to finance waterfront improvements; waive Board approval of leases consistent with the approved Pier 70 plan; require the City to appropriate funds for certain Board-approved agreements between City departments and the Port Commission; and, updating the priorities for use of Port revenues. | | |
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080642
| 1 | | Number of signatures required to qualify a recall petition | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 14.103, to adopt State law regarding the number of signatures required to qualify a recall petition for local officers. | | |
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080643
| 1 | | City Elections In Even-Numbered Years | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 2.101 and 13.101 and Article XVII to change the election cycle for the offices of Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney and Treasurer so that these offices will be elected in even-numbered years; and to amend the definition of general municipal election so that such elections occur only in even-numbered years. | | |
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080644
| 1 | | Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors; Parking Authority Commission | Charter Amendment | Killed | Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 8A.102, 8A.112, and 15.105 to divide the power to nominate members of the Municipal Transportation Agency's Board of Directors between the Mayor, the President of the Board of Supervisors, and the Controller, subject to confirmation of all nominations by the Board of Supervisors, setting the compensation of members of the Board of Directors at $1,000 per month, and fixing the status of the Board of Directors as members of the Parking Authority Commission. | | |
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080645
| 1 | | Prohibition on City employees serving as members of Charter boards and commissions | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 4.101, to prohibit City employees from serving as members of boards and commissions created in the Charter. | | |
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080646
| 1 | | Eliminating the Police Department minimum staffing requirement | Charter Amendment | Filed | Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 4.127 and 16.123, to eliminate the Police Department minimum staffing requirement. | | |
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080647
| 1 | | Commission on the Environment | Charter Amendment | Failed | Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 4.118, to clarify the authority of the Commission on the Environment to consider and make recommendations regarding environmental justice issues, to authorize the Commission to review and make recommendations regarding City building and land use policies for environmental sustainability, to authorize the Commission to assist City representatives to regional bodies, and to update the list of operations and functions that the Commission shall investigate and make recommendations regarding. | | |
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080648
| 1 | | San Francisco Clean Energy Act | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County by amending Sections 8B.120, 8B.123, and 9.107, and adding Sections 8B.128 through 8B.131, to: (i) address the crisis of global climate change by moving San Francisco from fossil fuels to clean, sustainable energy production, (ii) ensure environmentally sustainable and affordable electric supplies for residents, businesses, and City departments, (iii) require the Public Utilities Commission to determine the most effective means of providing clean, sustainable, reliable and reasonably-priced electric service to San Francisco residents, businesses and City departments, and (iv) establish an Independent Ratepayer Advocate to represent the interests of San Franciscans that purchase utility services from the City by evaluating and making recommendations on utility rate proposals prepared by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission under Charter section 8B.125. | | |
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080649
| 1 | | Promoting and Sustaining Music and Culture in San Francisco | Charter Amendment | Failed | Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 16.128, which is designed to promote music and culture in San Francisco by establishing a music and culture sustainability policy implementing those principles in part through a process for reviewing and possibly revising City Codes, and incorporating those principles into the General Plan of the City and County; and amending Section 4.106 to provide that the Board of Appeals shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals of denials of entertainment-related permits and events under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Park Commission. | | |
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080650
| 1 | | Creating an Historic Preservation Commission | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Sixth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 4.105 and adding Section 4.135 to establish an Independent Historic Preservation Commission, appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors and meeting certain specified qualifications, with authority to recommend approval, disapproval or modification to the Board of Supervisors of landmark, and significant or contributory building designations under the Planning Code and historical property contracts under Chapter 71 of the Administrative Code without referral to the Planning Commission; recommend approval, disapproval or modification to the Board of Supervisors of historic district and conservation district designations under the Planning Code with comment by the Planning Commission; approve, disapprove, or modify certificates of appropriateness to landmarks buildings or historic districts; approve, disapprove, or modify permits for major and minor alterations to significant or contributory buildings or conservation districts; recommend a Pre | | |
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080651
| 1 | | Policy regarding budget set-asides | Charter Amendment | Killed | Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 9.119 to: (1) establish as official City policy that the voters will not approve new set-asides or other mandated levels of spending without identifying a new funding source for the program, and that the duration and any annual growth in the set-aside or mandated level of spending be limited; and (2) require that the voter information pamphlet include a specific Controller's analysis of the fiscal impact of a proposed new set-aside. | | |
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080570
| 1 | | Accepting gift to the Fire Department - $27,551 | Resolution | Passed | Resolution accepting a gift to the Fire Department from the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Heritage Program of equipment and materials for the Department’s Division of Training Resource Library valued at $27,551. | | |
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