Meeting Name: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/1/2020 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location:
Regular Meeting
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200854 1 Settlement of Lawsuit - Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility - City to Receive $2,161,773OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed on behalf of the State of California, the City and County of San Francisco, and 189 other California governmental entities against Verizon Wireless for $839,356 and against AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC for $1,322,417 for a total settlement of $2,161,773; the lawsuit was filed on July 5, 2012, in Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. 34-2012-00127517; entitled State of California et al., ex rel. OnTheGo Wireless , LLC v. Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC; the lawsuit involves alleged violations of the California False Claims Act.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
200672 2 Administrative Code - Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Member NominationsMotionPassedOrdinance amending the Administrative Code to designate the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as the nominating body with authority to recommend nominees to the Board of Supervisors to hold the seat on the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force designated for a journalist from a racial/ethnic-minority-owned news organization, and to modify the qualifications for that seat.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Not available
200765 2 Emergency Ordinance - COVID-Related Employment ProtectionsOrdinancePassedEmergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers from adverse action if they test positive for COVID-19, are isolating or quarantining, or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to COVID-19 symptoms or exposure; and to protect applicants from discrimination if they test positive for COVID-19, are isolating or quarantining, or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to COVID-19 symptoms or exposure.FINALLY PASSEDPass Action details Video Video
200800 1 Hearing - Appeal of Revised Final Mitigated Negative Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street ProjectHearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to the approval of a Revised Final Mitigated Negative Declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act for the 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street Project, identified in Planning Case No. 2013.1383ENV, and issued by the Planning Department on March 25, 2020. (District 9) (Appellant: Kathleen Angus, on behalf of the Bernal Heights South Slope Organization) (Filed April 24, 2020)CONTINUEDPass Action details Video Video
200801 1 Affirming the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street ProjectMotionPassedMotion affirming the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared by the Planning Department under the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed project located at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street.CONTINUEDPass Action details Video Video
200802 1 Conditionally Reversing the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street ProjectMotionKilledMotion conditionally reversing the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared by the Planning Department under the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed project located at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street, subject to the adoption of written findings of the Board in support of this determination.CONTINUEDPass Action details Video Video
200803 1 Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Revised Final Mitigated Negative Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street ProjectMotionKilledMotion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings reversing the Planning Department’s preparation of a Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed project located at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street.CONTINUEDPass Action details Video Video
200883 1 Hearing - Appeal of Statutory Exemption From Environmental Review - MTA - Slow Streets, Phase 1HearingFiledHearing of persons interested in or objecting to the determination of statutory exemption from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, by the Planning Department on April 21, 2020, for the proposed Municipal Transportation Agency’s Slow Streets, Phase 1 project. (Appellants: Mary Miles, on behalf of Coalition for Adequate Review) (Filed: May 21, 2020)HEARD AND FILED  Action details Video Video
200884 1 Affirming the Statutory Exemption From Environmental Review - MTA - Slow Streets, Phase 1MotionPassedMotion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the proposed Municipal Transportation Agency's Slow Streets, Phase 1 project is statutorily exempt from environmental review.APPROVEDPass Action details Video Video
200885 1 Conditionally Reversing the Statutory Exemption From Environmental Review - MTA - Slow Streets, Phase 1MotionKilledMotion conditionally reversing the determination by the Planning Department that the proposed Municipal Transportation Agency's Slow Streets, Phase 1 project is statutorily exempt from environmental review, subject to the adoption of written findings of the Board in support of this determination.TABLEDPass Action details Video Video
200886 1 Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Statutory Exemption From Environmental Review - MTA - Slow Streets, Phase 1MotionKilledMotion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings reversing the determination by the Planning Department that the proposed Municipal Transportation Agency's Slow Streets, Phase 1 project is statutorily exempt from environmental review.TABLEDPass Action details Video Video
200762 2 Emergency Ordinance - Protections for Occupants of Residential Hotels During COVID-19 PandemicOrdinancePassedReenactment of emergency ordinance (Ordinance No. 84-20) to establish protections for occupants of residential hotels (“SRO Residents”) during the COVID-19 pandemic by, among other things: making it City policy to place in solitary hotel rooms SRO residents who meet the criteria for isolation or quarantine established by the County Health Officer, and requiring the Department of Public Health to: develop a protocol to assist health care providers to identify SRO Residents who may require protection against or treatment for COVID-19; notify the operator of a residential hotel when an SRO Resident has tested positive for COVID-19, to facilitate contract tracing, testing for COVID-19, and cleaning; establish a telephone hotline for SRO Residents, to respond to questions about accessing COVID-19 health screenings, testing, and solitary hotel rooms; provide face coverings to SRO Residents and workers in residential hotels; and provide daily aggregate data concerning the incidence of COVID-19 among SRO Residents, access to quarantine rooms by such residents, and the number of such residentAMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Video Video
200762 3 Emergency Ordinance - Protections for Occupants of Residential Hotels During COVID-19 PandemicOrdinancePassedReenactment of emergency ordinance (Ordinance No. 84-20) to establish protections for occupants of residential hotels (“SRO Residents”) during the COVID-19 pandemic by, among other things: making it City policy to place in solitary hotel rooms SRO residents who meet the criteria for isolation or quarantine established by the County Health Officer, and requiring the Department of Public Health to: develop a protocol to assist health care providers to identify SRO Residents who may require protection against or treatment for COVID-19; notify the operator of a residential hotel when an SRO Resident has tested positive for COVID-19, to facilitate contract tracing, testing for COVID-19, and cleaning; establish a telephone hotline for SRO Residents, to respond to questions about accessing COVID-19 health screenings, testing, and solitary hotel rooms; provide face coverings to SRO Residents and workers in residential hotels; and provide daily aggregate data concerning the incidence of COVID-19 among SRO Residents, access to quarantine rooms by such residents, and the number of such residentFINALLY PASSED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200764 1 Health Code - Cleaning and Disease Prevention Standards in Tourist Hotels and Large Commercial Office BuildingsOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Health Code to establish cleaning and disease prevention standards and practices in tourist hotels and large commercial office buildings to help contain COVID-19, or other contagious public health threats; to require training related to these standards for employees, provide certain protections to employees as they perform cleaning duties, and prohibit retaliation against employees for refusing to perform work under conditions they believe may be unsafe or for reporting such conditions or exercising rights protected by the Ordinance; authorizing the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to enforce the employee rights and protections under the Ordinance; and to provide for administrative enforcement by the Department of Public Health, and for financial penalties and civil actions as authorized by City and state law.   Action details Video Video
200983 1 Affordable Housing Week - September 15 through 22, 2020ResolutionPassedResolution proclaiming September 15, 2020, through September 22, 2020, as the Fifth Annual San Francisco Affordable Housing Week in the City and County of San Francisco.ADOPTEDPass Action details Not available
200955 1 Urging the Association of Bay Area Governments in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process to Focus on Unmet Needs for Affordable HousingResolutionPassedResolution urging the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) in its upcoming Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Process to focus on San Francisco’s unmet needs for housing affordable to low- and moderate-income residents, counteract the displacement of low- and moderate-income communities of color in core urban cities like San Francisco and Oakland, prioritize increases to the region’s above-moderate RHNA allocation in high resource and high opportunity jurisdictions, and limit increases in above-moderate RHNA allocations to Bay Area cities with concentrations of Sensitive Communities.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Video Video
200955 2 Urging the Association of Bay Area Governments in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process to Focus on Unmet Needs for Affordable HousingResolutionPassedResolution urging the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) in its upcoming Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Process to focus on San Francisco’s unmet needs for housing affordable to low- and moderate-income residents, counteract the displacement of low- and moderate-income communities of color in core urban cities like San Francisco and Oakland, prioritize increases to the region’s above-moderate RHNA allocation in high resource and high opportunity jurisdictions, and limit increases in above-moderate RHNA allocations to Bay Area cities with concentrations of Sensitive Communities.RE-REFERRED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200981 1 Condemning the Arrests of Peaceful Protesters in Belarus and Declaring Solidarity With the Bay Area’s Belarusian CommunityResolutionPassedResolution condemning the arrests of peaceful protesters in Belarus prior to and following the August 9, 2020, presidential election, which has been widely decried as rigged and illegitimate; and declaring support for the Belarusian community across the San Francisco Bay Area.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Video Video
200981 2 Condemning the Arrests of Peaceful Protesters in Belarus and Declaring Solidarity With the Bay Area’s Belarusian CommunityResolutionPassedResolution condemning the arrests of peaceful protesters in Belarus prior to and following the August 9, 2020, presidential election, which has been widely decried as rigged and illegitimate; and declaring support for the Belarusian community across the San Francisco Bay Area.ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
200984 1 Urging to Not Apply for Any State Waivers That Grant a Reduction in Existing Patient-to-Nurse RatiosResolutionPassedResolution urging the Department of Public Health and San Francisco-based public and private hospitals to not apply for any State waivers granting a reduction in existing patient-to-nurse ratios.ADOPTEDPass Action details Video Video
201005 1 Administrative Code - Amending Regional Disaster Employee Support ProgramOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Administrative Code to amend the Regional Disaster Employee Support Program to cover employees regularly assigned to work at City facilities located in Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties.   Action details Not available
201006 1 Appropriation - Certificates of Participation to Department of Public Health - 101 Grove Exit Project and San Francisco General Hospital Chiller and Cooling Tower Replacement Project - $149,750,000 - FY2020-2021OrdinancePassedOrdinance appropriating $149,750,000 of Certificates of Participation proceeds for Department of Public Health to fund improvements to facilities for the 101 Grove Exit Project and the San Francisco General Hospital Chiller and Cooling Tower Replacement Project in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021; and placing these funds on Controller’s Reserve pending the sale of the Certificates of Participation.   Action details Not available
201007 1 Authorizing Taxable and/or Tax-Exempt Certificates of Participation (Multiple Capital Projects) - Not to Exceed $157,000,000OrdinancePassedOrdinance authorizing the execution and delivery of Certificates of Participation, in one or more series on a tax-exempt and/or taxable basis and from time to time, evidencing and representing an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $157,000,000 to finance and refinance certain capital improvement projects, including but not limited to certain projects generally known as the Homeless Services Center, Laguna Honda Hospital Wings Reuse Project, AITC Immunization and Travel Clinic Relocation, and San Francisco General Hospital Chiller and Cooling Tower Replacement Project, approving the form of a Supplement to Trust Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (“Trustee”) (including certain indemnities contained therein); approving respective forms of a Supplement to Property Lease and a Supplement to Project Lease, each between the City and the Trustee for the lease and lease back of certain real property and improvements located at 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard and 1 Moreland Drive, San Bruno, or other property as determined   Action details Not available
201008 1 Planning Code - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit ControlsOrdinanceFiledOrdinance amending the Planning Code to clarify the ministerial approval process for certain Accessory Dwelling Units meeting certain requirements in single-family and multifamily buildings; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.   Action details Not available
201009 1 Business and Tax Regulations Code - Temporary Suspension of Cannabis Business Tax, and Tax ReductionOrdinancePassedOrdinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to suspend the imposition of the Cannabis Business Tax through December 31, 2021; beginning January 1, 2022, to increase the exemption of gross receipts attributable to the City from cannabis business activities, from the first $500,000 to the first $1,000,000; and also beginning January 1, 2022, to increase the upper range of gross receipts attributable to the City from cannabis business activities subject to the 2.5% tax rate on gross receipts from retail sales and the 1% tax rate on gross receipts from other than retail sales, from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.   Action details Not available
201010 1 Certificates of Participation - Animal Care & Control Project - Official StatementResolutionPassedResolution approving the form of and authorizing the distribution of a preliminary Official Statement relating to the execution and delivery of City and County of San Francisco Certificates of Participation for the Animal Care & Control Project, and authorizing the preparation, execution and delivery of a final Official Statement; and modifying and ratifying the approvals and terms and conditions of a previous Resolution, and related matters, as defined herein.   Action details Not available
201011 1 Setting Property Tax Rate and Establishing Pass-Through Rate for Residential Tenants - FY2020-2021ResolutionPassedResolution levying property taxes at a combined rate of $1.19846368 on each $100 valuation of taxable property for the City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco County Office of Education, San Francisco Community College District, Bay Area Rapid Transit District, and Bay Area Air Quality Management District; and establishing a pass-through rate of $0.0756 per $100 of assessed value for residential tenants pursuant to Administrative Code, Chapter 37, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.   Action details Not available
201012 1 Supporting Guaranteed Income and Direct Cash PaymentsResolutionPassedResolution supporting ongoing, direct cash payments to residents throughout the pandemic and until our economy recovers, and for the Board of Supervisors to support launching local guaranteed income programs.   Action details Not available
201013 1 Issuance and Sale of Revenue Obligations - California Enterprise Development Authority - San Francisco Day School - Not to Exceed $20,000,000ResolutionPassedResolution approving for purposes of Internal Revenue Code, Section 147(f), the Issuance and Sale of Revenue Obligations by the California Enterprise Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 to finance the acquisition, construction, renovation, rehabilitation, improvement and/or equipping of educational and related facilities to be owned and operated by San Francisco Day School, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation.   Action details Not available
201014 1 Supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 1185 (McCarty) - Sheriff OversightResolutionPassedResolution supporting California State Assembly Bill No. (AB) 1185, authored by Assembly Member Kevin McCarty, and co-authored by Senator Holly Mitchell, Assembly Members Autumn Burke, Mike Gipson, and Christopher Holden, to authorize each county to establish a sheriff oversight board and urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign AB 1185.   Action details Not available
201015 1 Supporting the Creation of a K-12 Black Studies CurriculumResolutionPassedResolution supporting the creation of a K-12 Black Studies curriculum that honors Black lives, fully represents the contributions of Black people in the global society, and advances the ideology of Black liberation for Black scholars in the San Francisco Unified School District.   Action details Not available
201018 1 Concurring in Actions to Meet Local Emergency - Coronavirus Response - Twenty-Sixth SupplementMotionPassedMotion concurring in actions taken by the Mayor in the Twenty-Sixth Supplement to the Proclamation of Emergency to meet the ongoing local emergency related to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.   Action details Not available
201019 1 Findings Reversing the Community Plan Evaluation - 2300 Harrison StreetMotionPassedMotion adopting findings to reverse the determination by the Planning Department that a proposed project at 2300 Harrison Street is exempt from further environmental review under a Community Plan Evaluation.   Action details Not available
191156 2 Hearing - Mental Health Resources for Children and YouthHearingFiledHearing on the current services, programs, and accessibility of mental health care for children and youth; and requesting the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, San Francisco Unified School District, Department of Public Health, Human Services Agency, and City College of San Francisco to report.   Action details Not available