Meeting Name: Government Audit and Oversight Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/30/2020 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location:
Special Meeting
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200688 1 Hearing - Current Hiring and Recruitment Processes for First RespondersHearingFiledHearing on the current hiring and recruitment practices and review of detailed plans and practices related to first responders of the Police, Sheriff, and Fire Departments, with a special emphasis and focus on strategies to diversify the make-up of the respective workforces, including statistics and demographics regarding how each Department staffs their respective recruitment team; and requesting the Police Department, Sheriff’s Department, Fire Department, Human Resource Department, Human Rights Commission, and Office of Racial Equity to report.CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIRPass Action details Video Video
200661 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - David Timothy Rudolf - $120,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by David Timothy Rudolf against the City and County of San Francisco for $120,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 15, 2019, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-19-572800; entitled David Timothy Rudolf v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury on a City street.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200662 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Jonathan Garcia Valle - $850,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Jonathan Garcia Valle against the City and County of San Francisco for $850,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 19, 2017, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-17-563210; entitled Jonathan Garcia Valle v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury from vehicle collision.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200663 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Anthony Economus - $275,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Anthony Economus against the City and County of San Francisco for $275,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 2, 2019, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-19-575669; entitled Anthony Economus v. Flint Paul; the lawsuit involves an alleged civil rights violation.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200664 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Oliver Barcenas, Sofia Barcenas - $180,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Oliver Barcenas and Sofia Barcenas against the City and County of San Francisco for $180,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 10, 2019, in San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-19-575896; entitled Oliver Barcenas, et. al v. City and County of San Francisco, et. al; the lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200692 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Lina Lu, Alexandra Anderson, and Stella Osborne - $49,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Lina Lu, Alexandra Anderson, and Stella Osborne against the City and County of San Francisco for $49,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 6, 2019, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CPF-19-516659; entitled Lina Lu et al. v. City and County of San Francisco et al.; the lawsuit involves a challenge to the San Francisco Police Department’s procedures for producing incident reports in domestic violence cases; other material terms of the settlement are the adoption of changes in City protocols for producing domestic violence incident reports.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200693 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Erin Sheeran, as Conservator for Cara Sheeran - $97,500OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Erin Sheeran, as Conservator for Cara Sheeran, against the City and County of San Francisco for $97,500; the lawsuit was filed on July 25, 2018, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-18-568392; entitled Erin Sheeran, as Conservator for Cara Sheeran v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury by San Francisco Fire Department employees.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200694 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yerba Buena Arts & Events - City to Receive $1,200,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit brought by the City and County of San Francisco against San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Yerba Buena Arts & Events for $1,200,000; the lawsuit was filed on April 27, 2017, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-17-558438; entitled Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco, commonly known as the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) v. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Arts & Events, and Does 1-20; the lawsuit involves damage to the Crescent Pool at the Yerba Buena Gardens Plaza allegedly caused by an SFMOMA fundraiser.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200695 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Rashad Abdullah, Individually and as the Guardian for Minor T.A.; and T.A., a Minor, By and Through Her Guardian - $150,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Rashad Abdullah, individually and as the guardian for minor T.A.; and T.A., a minor, by and through her guardian against the City and County of San Francisco for $150,000; the lawsuit was filed on September 3, 2019, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 19-cv-05526-LB; entitled Rashad Abdullah, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200726 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Christian Miller - $750,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Christian Miller against the City and County of San Francisco for $750,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 28, 2018, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-18-572391; entitled Christian Miller v. Juan Francisco Ceballos, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury from a vehicle collision.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200727 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Christopher Kurrle - $50,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Christopher Kurrle against the City and County of San Francisco for $50,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 11, 2018, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-18-566499; entitled Christopher Kurrle v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury in connection with a bicycle collision.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200758 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Hastings College of the Law - $0OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Hastings College of the Law against the City and County of San Francisco for $0 and a Stipulated Injunction; the lawsuit was filed on May 4, 2020, in United States District Court, Case No. 20-cv-3033; entitled Hastings College of the Law, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations, Federal Americans with Disabilities and California Disabled Persons Act violations, Negligence; Public Nuisance; Private Nuisance and Inverse Condemnation.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200665 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Chez Maman West - $36,664.99ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Chez Maman West against the City and County of San Francisco for $36,664.99; the claim was filed on January 8, 2020; the claim involves alleged property damage due to sewer flooding.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200666 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Francisco Rivero - $39,700ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Francisco Rivero against the City and County of San Francisco for $39,700; the claim was filed on January 7, 2020; the claim involves property damage arising from sewer main pipe overflow as a result of heavy rain.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200696 1 Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - GSW Arena LLC - $440,318ResolutionPassedResolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by GSW Arena LLC against the City and County of San Francisco for $440,318; the claim seeks a refund of stadium operator admission tax (“Tax”) paid for events occurring in September and October 2019; additional material terms of the settlement are an agreement by GSW Arena LLC to file and pay the Tax for all events on or after November 1, 2019, and a waiver of penalties and a portion of the interest for late-filed returns for events in November 2019 through March 2020.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200697 1 Settlement of Grievance - San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 - $68,420.98ResolutionPassedResolution approving settlement of the grievance by the San Francisco Fire Fighters, Local 798, against the City and County of San Francisco for $68,420.98; the grievance was filed on August 27, 2017; the grievance involves a compensation dispute under the Memorandum of Understanding.RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Not available