Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/23/2009 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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090544 1 Revising Board of Appeals SurchargesOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Section 10G.1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code to adjust the surcharges on permit fees, license fees, permit review fees and permit and license renewal fees imposed by the Department of Building Inspection, the Planning Commission, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, the Police Department, the Department of Public Works, the Entertainment Commission, the Department of Public Health and the Arts Commission for permits and licenses that may be appealed to the Board of Appeals, and making environmental findings.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090588 1 Building Code - fee adjustmentOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Building Code to amend various sections and fee schedule tables concerning fees, permits requirements and terms, inspections, and other actions; and adopting environmental findings.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090589 1 Electrical Code - permit expirationOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Electrical Code Section 89.1.22 concerning permit expiration and partial refund of fees.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090590 1 Plumbing Code - permit expirationOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Plumbing Code Section 103.3.4.1 concerning permit expiration and partial refund of fees.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090639 1 MOU, Amendment #2 - Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 11-AA)OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #2 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 11-AA) by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090640 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Multiple Unions (Crafts Coalition)OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Bricklayers and Allied Crafts, Local 3; Hod Carriers, Local 166; Building Inspectors' Association; The Northern California Carpenters Regional Council, Local 22; Carpet, Linoleum and Soft Tile Workers, Local 12; Cement Masons, Local 300; Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers, Local Union No. 718; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artist and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, Local 16; International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, Reinforcing Iron Workers, Riggers and Machinery Movers, Local 377; Auto, Marine and Specialty Painters, Local Union No. 1176; Pile Drivers, Divers, Carpenters, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local Union No. 34; Plasterers and Shophands, Local 66; United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, Local 40; Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104; Teamsters, Local 853, by extending the term of FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090641 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - San Francisco Institutional Police Officers' AssociationOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Institutional Police Officers' Association, by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal year 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090642 1 MOU - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 6, AFL-CIOOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 6, AFL-CIO, to be effective July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090643 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Municipal Executives' Association FireOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives' Association Fire by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090644 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Municipal Executives' Association PoliceOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives' Association Police by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2012, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090647 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Non-MTA 7410)OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the modified arbitration award that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Non-MTA 7410), by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090648 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Multi-Unit)OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the modified arbitration award that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 250-A (Multi-Unit), by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090649 1 MOU, Amendment #3 - Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 8-CC)OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #3 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Unit 8-CC) by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090650 1 Unrepresented EmployeesOrdinancePassedOrdinance fixing compensation for persons employed by the City and County of San Francisco whose compensations are subject to the provisions of Section A8.409 of the Charter, in job codes not represented by an employee organization, and establishing working schedules and conditions of employment and, methods of payment, effective July 1, 2009.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090673 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 200OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 200, by extending the terms of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal year 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090674 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - San Francisco Deputy Probation Officers' AssociationOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Deputy Probation Officers’ Association, by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal year 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090675 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, Supervising Probation OfficersOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, Supervising Probation Officers, by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2010, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal year 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090676 1 MOU, Amendment #3 - Service Employee International Union, Local 1021OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #3 to the 2006-2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090677 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Service Employee International Union, Staff Per Diem Nurses, Local 1021OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 Staff & Per Diem Nurses by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal year 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090680 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - District Attorney Investigators' AssociationOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco District Attorney Investigators’ Association, by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090681 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - Committee of Interns and Residents, Service Employee International Union, Local 1021OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the mediated settlement that establishes Amendment #1 to the 2006-2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the California Association of Interns and Residents/Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU, by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090683 1 MOU, Stationary Engineers, Local 39OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Union of Operating and Stationary Engineers, Local 39, to be effective July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090685 1 MOU, Amendment #3 - San Francisco Municipal Attorneys' AssociationOrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #3 to the 2006-2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Attorneys’ Association by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090686 1 MOU, Amendment #2 - Machinists Union, Local 1414, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, Machinists Automotive Trades District Lodge 190OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #2 to the 2006-2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Automotive Machinists Union, Local 1414, Machinists Automotive Trades District 190, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090688 1 MOU, Amendment #2 - United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 38OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #2 to the 2006-2010 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 by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090689 1 MOU, Amendment #2 - International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 21OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the Amendment #2 to the 2006-2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 21, by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090402 2 Zoning - New Controls for Massage EstablishmentsOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Planning Code Sections 790.60, 890.60 and 218.1 to restrict permitted accessory massage uses and to make all other massage establishments, as defined, except chair massage in plain view of the public, subject to a conditional use permit; amending Planning Code Section 303 to list additional criteria for the Planning Commission to consider when analyzing conditional use applications for massage establishments; amending the tables at Sections 218.1, 714.1, 715.1, 810.1, 811.1, and 812.1, to change massage establishments from a permitted use to a conditional use in the PDR 1, or Light Industrial Buffer, and PDR 2, or Production, Distribution, and Repair Districts, and in the Broadway Neighborhood Commercial District, the Castro Neighborhood Commercial District, and the Chinatown Mixed Use Districts; amending Planning Code Sections 790.114 and 890.114, to add massage establishments that employ only state-certified massage practitioners to the definitions of Medical Services in the Neighborhood Commercial Districts and Mixed Use Districts, respectively; and adopting finFINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090420 1 India Basin Industrial Park, Special Use District AmendmentOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 249.42 to exempt the India Basin Industrial Park Special Use District from minimum off-street parking requirements; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090501 1 Settlement of Lawsuits - Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture totaling $5,923,143.27OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of lawsuits filed by Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture ("Joint Venture") against the City and County of San Francisco (the "City") seeking an unspecified amount of damages; the first lawsuit was filed by JMB Construction, Inc. against the Joint Venture on May 28, 2003, as JMB Construction, Inc. v. Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture et al. Various cross-actions were filed, including an action filed by the Joint Venture against the City. The actions were coordinated as the SCADA cases in Alameda County Superior Court, JCCP 004364. The action between the Joint Venture and the City went to trial. The jury awarded a net judgment to the Joint Venture, and the trial court entered judgment (including costs) against the City in the amount of $4,874,200.16. Cross-appeals were filed by both the Joint Venture and the City. The material terms of this settlement are: 1) The City will pay a total of $4,973,143.27 to the Joint Venture for the judgment and interest on the judgment; and 2) The City will pay $950,000 to settle all remaining issues, including the Joint VeFINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090595 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Daniel Alvarenga - $82,500OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Daniel Alvarenga against the City and County of San Francisco for $82,500; the lawsuit was filed on May 11, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Case No. C07-02526 MEJ, entitled Daniel Alvarenga v. City and County of San Francisco et al.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090596 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Vivian Ross - $50,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Vivian Ross against the City and County of San Francisco for $50,000; the lawsuit was filed on September 7, 2007, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 466-977; entitled Vivian Ross, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090597 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - U.S. Filter, Inc. (Siemens Water Technology Corp.) - $30,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City and County of San Francisco against U.S. Filter, Inc. (Siemens Water Technology Corp.) by accepting the payment of $30,000 to the City and County of San Francisco from U.S. Filter, Inc. (Siemens Water Technology Corp.); the lawsuit was filed on July 11, 2007, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-07-465059; entitled City and County of San Francisco, et al. v. U.S. Filter, Inc. (Siemens Water Technology Corp.), et al.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090667 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - King, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco - $63,500OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the class action lawsuit entitled King v. City and County of San Francisco, filed on January 4, 2007, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Case No. 459-278. Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the City will spend a minimum of $4 million annually to install and upgrade curb ramps in the City's pedestrian rights of way, and the City will pay an aggregate of $63,500 to plaintiffs and their counsel for damages and attorneys' fees.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090682 1 MOU, Laborers International Union, Local 261OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Laborers International Union, Local No. 261, to be effective July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090687 1 MOU, Amendment #3 - Municipal Executives' Association, Misc.OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #3 to the 2006-2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives' Association by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2011, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090403 1 Penalties for violation of Massage Practitioner Licensing and Regulation OrdinanceOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Health Code Sections 1918 and 1928 to change the hours of permitted operation for massage establishments and to revise the penalties for violating Health Code Sections 1900 et seq., adding Health Code Section 1928.1 to provide for payment of the costs of administrative and other proceedings, and adding Health Code Section 1928.2 to provide for criminal penalties.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090691 2 Interim Consolidated Budget and Annual Appropriation Ordinance, Fiscal Year 2009-2010OrdinancePassedInterim Consolidated Budget and Annual Appropriation Ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year June 30, 2010.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090692 2 Interim Annual Salary Ordinance, Fiscal Year 2009-2010OrdinancePassedInterim Annual Salary Ordinance enumerating positions in the Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2010, continuing, creating or establishing these positions; enumerating and including therein all positions created by Charter or State law for which compensations are paid from City and County funds and appropriated in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance; authorizing appointments or continuation of appointments thereto; specifying and fixing the compensations and work schedules thereof; and authorizing appointments to temporary positions and fixing compensations therefor.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090645 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P1 and P2A)OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P1 and P2A) by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2012, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090646 1 MOU, Amendment #1 - San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P2-B)OrdinancePassedOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #1 to the 2007-2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Officers' Association (P2-B) by extending the term of the parties’ Agreement through June 30, 2012, and by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090684 1 MOU, Amendment #2 - Operating Engineers, Local 3OrdinanceKilledOrdinance adopting and implementing Amendment #2 to the 2006-2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO by implementing specified terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.TABLEDPass Action details Not available
090392 1 Zoning - Ordinance amending Planning Code Section 309.1OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Section 309.1 to the Planning Code to allow a design review exception for Downtown Residential districts permitting minor height measurement modifications that could otherwise be modified as a Planned Unit Development pursuant to Section 304.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
090007 3 Charter Amendment - Requiring that one-time revenues be spent only for one-time uses, unless otherwise authorized by the Board of SupervisorsCharter AmendmentKilledCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 9.119 to limit the expenditure of one-time revenues to one-time uses, unless the Board of Supervisors waives the limitation for a specific expenditure by a two-thirds' vote, and setting an operative date and an expiration date.CONTINUEDFail Action details Not available
090007 3 Charter Amendment - Requiring that one-time revenues be spent only for one-time uses, unless otherwise authorized by the Board of SupervisorsCharter AmendmentKilledCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 9.119 to limit the expenditure of one-time revenues to one-time uses, unless the Board of Supervisors waives the limitation for a specific expenditure by a two-thirds' vote, and setting an operative date and an expiration date.RE-REFERREDPass Action details Not available
090723 1 Budget Savings Incentive FundOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 10.20 to permit the suspension of appropriations from the Budget Savings Incentive Fund for any single fiscal year and to deposit the amounts in the Fund as of June 30, 2009, into the General Fund to assist in balancing the FY 2009-2010 budget.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
090725 1 Proposition J Contract/Certification of Specified Contracted-Out Services Previously ApprovedResolutionPassedResolution concurring with the Controller's certification that services previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar work performed by City and County employees, for the following services: Budget Analyst (Board of Supervisors); LGBT Anti-violence Education and Outreach Program (District Attorney); body removal services–Medical Examiner, central shops security, convention facilities management, janitorial services, and security services (General Services Agency–City Administrator); security services–1680 Mission Street (General Services Agency–Public Works); mainframe system support (General Services Agency–Technology); absentee voter ballot distribution (Department of Elections); security services (Human Services Agency); Project S.A.F.E. (Police); and janitorial services (Sheriff).ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090776 1 Redevelopment Agency Interim BudgetResolutionPassedResolution approving an Interim Budget of the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year 2009-2010.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090598 2 Official Advertising for Fiscal Year 2009-2010ResolutionPassedResolution designating the Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle as the official newspapers of the City and County of San Francisco for the categories of Type 1 and Type 2 official advertising from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090599 3 Outreach Advertising for Fiscal Year 2009-2010ResolutionPassedResolution designating the San Francisco Bay View to be the outreach newspaper of the City and County for the African American community; the China Press, the Sing Tao Daily and the World Journal to be the outreach newspapers of the City and County for the Chinese community; the Bay Area Reporter and the Bay Times to be the outreach newspapers of the City and County for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual community, and El Mensajero and El Reportero to be the outreach newspapers of the City and County for the Hispanic community, to provide outreach advertising for Fiscal Year 2009-2010.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090276 1 Housing Code Section 503(d) "Housing Access" extend protections to all persons sharing housing by deleting references to "families" and technical correction to Section 503(b)OrdinanceKilledOrdinance amending the San Francisco Housing Code Chapter 5, by amending Section 503(d) "Housing Access" to promote affordable housing by extending the protections of that Section to all persons sharing housing by deleting the references to "families" and to specify that the both prospective and current tenants are protected; amending Section 503(b) "Superficial Floor Area" to make a technical correction.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
090277 1 Residential Rent Ordinance: Limit total amount of annual and banked rent increases imposed to 8% per year, written advance notice of basis for banked increases requiredOrdinanceKilledOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 “Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance” by amending Section 37.3 to limit the total amount of annual and banked rent increases that may be imposed in any one year to 8% of the tenant's base rent, and to provide that any remaining banked increase may be imposed in the following years, subject to this same 8% limit (Section 37.3(a)(2)); and to require that landlords provide written advance notice to tenants stating the dates upon which the banked increase is based (Section 37.3(b)(1)).PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
090278 2 Residential Rent Ordinance: Tenant financial hardship relief from Section 37.3 rent increases, when total rent would exceed 33% of tenant's gross income; multilingual outreachOrdinanceKilledOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance," by amending Section 37.3 to add Subsection (f) "Tenant Financial Hardship Applications" to provide tenant relief from Section 37.3 rent increases, with relief determined by whether (1) a tenant is unemployed or has had wages reduced by 20% or more, or only has income from government benefits such as Social Security and has not received a cost of living increase in the past 12 months, and (2) the rent including the increase comprises or will comprise 33% or more of tenant's gross income (including consideration of tenant assets); rent increase stayed pending determination of application; if application is granted, the rent increase will not be in effect for a period of time based on the tenant's circumstances, with a review scheduled at the end of that period; a delayed rent increase later allowed will be effective as of the date the tenant's income or assets changed to permit the increase; hardship applications to be available in multiple languages; multilingual notice of haAMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Not available
090278 3 Residential Rent Ordinance: Tenant financial hardship relief from Section 37.3 rent increases, when total rent would exceed 33% of tenant's gross income; multilingual outreachOrdinanceKilledOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance," by amending Section 37.3 to add Subsection (f) "Tenant Financial Hardship Applications" to provide tenant relief from Section 37.3 rent increases, with relief determined by whether (1) a tenant is unemployed or has had wages reduced by 20% or more, or only has income from government benefits such as Social Security and has not received a cost of living increase in the past 12 months, and (2) the rent including the increase comprises or will comprise 33% or more of tenant's gross income (including consideration of tenant assets); rent increase stayed pending determination of application; if application is granted, the rent increase will not be in effect for a period of time based on the tenant's circumstances, with a review scheduled at the end of that period; a delayed rent increase later allowed will be effective as of the date the tenant's income or assets changed to permit the increase; hardship applications to be available in multiple languages; multilingual notice of haPASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
090279 3 Residential Rent Ordinance: Prohibit rent increases and evictions based on additional occupants where total number is within Housing Code Section 503 occupancy limitsOrdinanceKilledOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 “Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance” by amending Sections 37.3 and 37.9 to prohibit rent increases based on the addition of occupants, even where a pre-existing rental agreement or lease otherwise permits a rent increase for additional occupants, except that a landlord may petition for and be granted a rent increase based on increased costs caused by the additional occupant(s), and except that rent increases otherwise permitted by California Civil Code Section 1954.53(d)(1) are not prohibited (Section 37.3(a)(11)); and to prohibit evictions based on the addition of occupants, so long as the total number of occupants does not exceed the maximum number of occupants per sleeping room set by San Francisco Housing Code Section 503(b) "superficial floor area" standards (Section 37.9(a)(2)).AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Not available
090279 4 Residential Rent Ordinance: Prohibit rent increases and evictions based on additional occupants where total number is within Housing Code Section 503 occupancy limitsOrdinanceKilledOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 “Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance” by amending Sections 37.3 and 37.9 to prohibit rent increases based on the addition of occupants, even where a pre-existing rental agreement or lease otherwise permits a rent increase for additional occupants, except that a landlord may petition for and be granted a rent increase based on increased costs caused by the additional occupant(s), and except that rent increases otherwise permitted by California Civil Code Section 1954.53(d)(1) are not prohibited (Section 37.3(a)(11)); and to prohibit evictions based on the addition of occupants, so long as the total number of occupants does not exceed the maximum number of occupants per sleeping room set by San Francisco Housing Code Section 503(b) "superficial floor area" standards (Section 37.9(a)(2)).PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
090734 1 Amending Ordinance 125-08, which approved an agreement with Cochran, Inc. to install shoreside power equipment at Piers 27 and 29 of the Port of San Francisco and waived requirements of the Administrative Code and Environment CodeOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Ordinance 125-08, which authorized the Executive Director of the Port to execute an agreement with Cochran, Inc., to install shoreside power equipment at Piers 27 and 29 of the Port of San Francisco and exempted the agreement from the contracting requirements of the Administrative Code and Environment Code, to increase the amount of the contract to design, purchase, and install the shoreside power equipment, and to allow the Port to contract with Cochran, Inc. to operate and maintain said equipment for a period of three (3) years, for a total amount not to exceed $5,198,000.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
090736 1 Approval of one-year extension of contract for the San Francisco Treasurer/Tax Collector for software maintenance, support and development for collection of revenue for various City and County departmentsResolutionPassedResolution approving one-year extension of software maintenance, license, support and development contract for the San Francisco Treasurer/Tax Collector for services to collect revenue for various City and County departments.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
081251 2 Planning Code-Appendix K to Article 10, Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic DistrictOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Appendix K to Article 10, "Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic District," by adding a new Section 7 to set forth additional requirement for Certificates of Appropriateness; and making findings, including findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and environmental findings.PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
090141 1 Zoning - Ordinance Making Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments a Non-Permitted Use in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District and in the newly created Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use DistrictOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Planning Code to amend Section 227(v), to create a special definition for Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments applicable in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District and in the Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use District, as defined; amending Section 790.123 to refer to this special definition; amending Section 719.1 and the Table at Section 719, to make Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments, as defined, not permitted in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District; adding new Section 786, to create the Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use Subdistrict; amending Section 186.1, to change the period of non use for a non conforming Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishment use to be deemed discontinued in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District and in the newly created Lower Haight Street Tobacco Paraphernalia Restricted Use Subdistrict from three years to eighteen months; amending Special Use District Map SU 07 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, to reflect the new Lower Haight StPASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
090327 1 First Source Hiring Program - expanding definitions of "entry level position" and "economically disadvantaged individual"OrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Section 83.4 of the San Francisco Administrative Code by expanding the definitions of "economically disadvantaged individual" and "entry level position."PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Not available
090574 2 Hunters View - Resolution of Intent for Street VacationResolutionPassedResolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to vacate portions of Fairfax Avenue and West Point Road and various public service easements in the Hunters View Project; setting a hearing date for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of said street areas.AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
090574 3 Hunters View - Resolution of Intent for Street VacationResolutionPassedResolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to vacate portions of Fairfax Avenue and West Point Road and various public service easements in the Hunters View Project; setting a hearing date for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of said street areas.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
090741 1 Authorizing City officials the ability to execute Homeland Security GrantsResolutionPassedResolution authorizing designated City and County officials to execute and file on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, a public entity established under the laws of the State of the California, any applications or agreements and to take any actions necessary to obtain federal financial assistance provided by the Federal Department of Homeland Security and sub-granted through the State of California, including the following grants: State Homeland Security Grant Program, Metropolitan Medical Response System and Citizen Corps Program.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090742 1 Homeland Security GrantsResolutionPassedResolution authorizing designated City and County officials to execute and file on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, a public entity established under the laws of the State of California, any actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining federal financial assistance provided by the federal Department of Homeland Security and sub-granted through the State of California under various grant programs, including: the FY 09 Homeland Security Grant Program for the FY 09 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grant, the FY 09 Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) grant, the FY 09 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), the FY 09 Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) and Public Law 110-329.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090821 1 Urging the United States Department of Justice to withdraw its support of the Defense of Marriage ActResolutionPassedResolution urging the United States Department of Justice to withdraw or amend its support of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and calling on President Barack Obama to act to repeal DOMA.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090047 1 Final Map - 1151 Sutter StreetMotionPassedMotion approving Final Map 5022, an Eight Residential Unit and One Commercial Unit Mixed-Use Condominium Project, located at 1151 Sutter Street being a subdivision of Lot 014 in Assessors Block No. 0692 and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan and City Planning Code Section 101.1.APPROVEDPass Action details Not available
090822 1 Expressing support for the people of Iran who act in good faith to secure their democratic rights to transparent self governanceResolutionPassedResolution expressing support for the people of Iran who act in good faith to secure their democratic rights to transparent self governance.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Not available
090822 2 Expressing support for the people of Iran who act in good faith to secure their democratic rights to transparent self governanceResolutionPassedResolution expressing support for the people of Iran who act in good faith to secure their democratic rights to transparent self governance.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
090824 1 Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant revenue funding prioritiesResolutionFiledResolution establishing funding priorities for revenue from the federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.RE-REFERRED  Action details Not available
090825 1 Opposing proposed California constitutional amendmentResolutionPassedResolution in opposition to the proposed California constitutional amendment ballot measure misleadingly referred to as the "Taxpayers Right to Vote Act."CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
090827 1 Commending Dan McKenna of the Bureau of Street Use and Mapping on his retirementResolutionPassedResolution commending Dan McKenna of the Bureau of Street Use and Mapping on the occasion of his retirement.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
090833 1 Lobbyist Ordinance AmendmentsOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Chapter I of Article II of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code by amending Sections 2.100, 2.105, 2.110, 2.115, 2.117, 2.130, 2.135, 2.140, 2.145 and 2.150, adding Section 2.116, and deleting Sections 2.125 and 2.160, to simplify registration requirements, adopt a more equitable fee structure, ease electronic filing of lobbyist disclosures, and establish an effective date for these amendments.   Action details Not available
090835 1 Residential Rent Ordinance Prohibiting Owner Move-In Evictions of Households with a Child Under the Age of 18, Except by an Owner Moving In with a Child and Except Where the Owner Only Owns One Unit in the BuildingOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance" by amending Section 37.9(j) to prohibit an owner move-in eviction during the school year where a child under the age of 18 resides in the unit with a tenant who has a custodial or family relationship with that child, and that tenant has resided in the unit for 12 months or more, except that this provision will not apply where there is only one unit owned by the landlord in the building or where the owner will move into the unit pursuant to a Section 37.9(a)(8) eviction has a custodial or family relationship with a child under the age of 18 who will reside in the unit with the owner; and renumbering current Section 37.9(j) as Section 37.9(k).   Action details Not available
090698 2 Planning Fee Procedures and AdjustmentsOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Article 3.5 to increase fees to recover costs for monitoring conditions of approval, code violation abatement, and the General Advertising Sign Program; establish a fee for department facilitated pre-application meetings; modify refund procedures; modify the indigent fee waiver provision; clarify phased collections and payment deferment; establish a new processing fee for phased payments; and adopting Section 302 and environmental findings.   Action details Not available
090699 2 Code Enforcement Fund; FeesOrdinanceFiledOrdinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 10.100-166 to expand the Planning Department's Code Enforcement Fund beyond general advertising signs and authorize the Fund to receive revenues from all types of code enforcement activities, including monetary judgments, and authorize expenditure of the funds for administration and enforcement of all Planning Code violations; amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 303(l) and 358 to clarify that wall signs are included in the requirements; amending Sections 303(l) and 604.2 to delete the requirement to submit a site map, amending Section 358 to increase the annual inventory maintenance fee, clarify use of the general advertising sign inventory fees and to make technical changes to the language of the section; amending Section 604.2 to provide that violation of the Code's general advertising sign inventory requirements is a public nuisance, to clarify that the definition of the term "general advertising sign company" includes the operator of the sign, to modify language required to be i   Action details Not available
090837 1 Penalty for alcohol content testing in Driving Under the Influence casesOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending Administrative Code by adding Section 8.14-1, to impose an additional $50 penalty for violation of certain Vehicle Code sections to pay for alcohol testing by the Medical Examiner.   Action details Not available
090827 1 Commending Dan McKenna of the Bureau of Street Use and Mapping on his retirementResolutionPassedResolution commending Dan McKenna of the Bureau of Street Use and Mapping on the occasion of his retirement.   Action details Not available
090834 1 California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Contract AmendmentResolutionPassedResolution of intention to approve an amendment to contract between the Board of Administration, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), and the Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco.   Action details Not available
090836 1 Lease of concession properties within the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate ParkResolutionPassedResolution authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of a Lease for the management and operation of the concessions associated with the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.   Action details Not available
090838 1 Fair and balanced State budgetResolutionPassedResolution urging California’s elected leaders to use a fair and balanced approach to solving the State’s budget crisis.   Action details Not available
090839 1 Accept and Expend State Grant - Recreation and Park Department - $68,250ResolutionPassedResolution authorizing the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $68,250 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the purchase of tire derived products for the Crocker Amazon Soccer Complex Project.   Action details Not available
090840 1 Urging California State Legislature to reject the passage of Assembly Bill 746 (Conflicts of Interest)ResolutionPassedResolution urging the California State Legislature to reject the passage of Assembly Bill 746, relating to conflicts of interest.   Action details Not available
090841 1 Commending Shanghai Pride Week as China's first gay pride festival, and recognizing its organizers and the Chinese governmentResolutionPassedResolution commending Shanghai Pride Week as China's first gay pride festival, and recognizing its organizers and the Chinese government for their role in its actualization.   Action details Not available
090842 1 Commending Carri Lucas for 29 years of dedicated service in the San Francisco Police DepartmentResolutionPassedResolution commending Carri Lucas for 29 years of dedicated service in the San Francisco Police Department.   Action details Not available
090843 1 California State Budget - Opposing the use of motor fuel tax and redevelopment tax increment fundsResolutionPassedResolution urging the City Attorney and the General Counsel of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency to cooperate with the League of California Cities, the California Redevelopment Association, and other cities and counties in possible litigation challenging the constitutionality of any seizure by State government of the City’s street maintenance and redevelopment funds.   Action details Not available
090794 2 Submission of Parcel Tax to votersMotionFiledMotion ordering submitted to the voters an "Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code of the City and County by: (1) adding Article 18, Parcel Tax and (2) amending the Administrative Code by adding Section 10.100-248 (SFUSD Parcel Tax Fund)," at an election to be held on November 3, 2009.   Action details Not available
090811 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Craig Yates and Richard Skaff - $312,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of multiple lawsuits filed by Craig Yates and Richard Skaff against the City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco Uptown Parking Corporation for $312,000; further authorizing settlement of San Francisco's cross-claims against San Francisco Parking, Inc., d/b/a City Park for $150,000 to be paid to the City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuits entitled: (1) Craig Yates v. Union Square, et al., Case No. C07-4087-JSW, filed August 9, 2007, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California; (2) Craig Yates v. Union Square, et al., Case No. CGC-08-473176, filed March 11, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court; (3) Richard Skaff v. Union Square, et al., Case No. 08-CV-2555-JSW, filed May 20, 2008, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California; and (4) Richard Skaff v. Union Square, et al., Case No. CGC-08-475516, filed May 20, 2008, in San Francisco Superior Court.   Action details Not available
090809 1 Street Artist Spaces - 17th Street at Castro and Market StreetsResolutionPassedResolution approving designation for six (6) months of eight (8) temporary selling spaces in “mini-plaza” on 17th Street at Castro and Market Streets for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco; exempting said spaces from the regulation of Police Code Section 2405(c)(11) relating to distance between street artists; said spaces subject to Board of Supervisors review.   Action details Not available
090810 1 Street Artist Spaces - Hayes Street near OctaviaResolutionFiledResolution approving designation for six (6) months of four (4) temporary selling spaces on Hayes Street, north side, near Octavia Street for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco; said spaces subject to Board of Supervisors review.   Action details Not available
090823 1 Authorization for continued membership in 18 County CalWIN ConsortiumResolutionPassedResolution amending Resolution No. 1094-99 passed on December 6, 1999, to continue authority for the Department of Human Services to continue its membership in the 18 County CalWIN Consortium and authorizing the Director of the Human Services Agency to execute the necessary agreements for participation in the consortium’s continued development, implementation, maintenance and operation of a computer system for the administration of public benefit programs in accordance with State requirements. This resolution will expand the expenditure authority from $29,419,538 for an additional amount of $13,110,600 from July 1, 2010, through July 31, 2013. The total project budget including this extension is $42,530,138. Please note: State and Federal reimbursement is at 92% of $42,530,138. County general fund portion is $3,402,241 from 1999 through 2013. The County general fund portion for the extension period is $1,048,848.   Action details Not available