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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
130129
Name:
Formal Policy Discussions - February 12, 2013
Status:
Type:
Hearing
Filed
File created:
In control:
2/8/2013
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
2/12/2013
2/12/2013
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Pursuant to Charter Sections 2.103 and 3.100(7), and Administrative Code Section 2.11, the Mayor
shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from Supervisors representing Districts 1, 3,
and 11. The Mayor may address the Board initially for up to five minutes. Discussion shall not
exceed five minutes per Supervisor.
1. The Municipal Transportation Agency recently released its Draft Bicycle Strategy, which lays out an
aggressive plan to upgrade San Francisco’s bicycle facilities. It supports biking for everyone, including
seniors, families, and persons with disabilities. However, I am hearing growing concerns both in my
district and city-wide about the mismatch between verbal commitments to better bicycling and budget
realities. Currently, bicycle projects account for just 0.46% of all MTA capital. This is not enough to get
us to the goals laid out in the Bicycle Strategy.
How will you fund the Bicycle Strategy to make San Francisco a national leader in bicycling safety and
use? (Supervisor Mar, District 1)
2. Mr. Mayor, the Board of Supervisors is considering legislation to allow existing owners of
Tenancies in Common (TICs) to bypass the condominium conversion lottery and be converted after
the payment of a fee. I recently asked supporters of the legislation and tenant advocates to engage in
negotiations, which Supervisor Farrell and I are hosting.
What is your position on this pending legislation? What protections would you support to prevent the
loss of rent-controlled housing in our increasingly unaffordable city? How would you address the
concern that if we allow the current generation of TIC owners to convert, we will replace them with a
new generation of TIC owners and additional real estate investments that will lead us right back to an
identical debate within a short time? (Supervisor Chiu, District 3)
3. Last Sunday, at his Inaugural Address, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía
encouraged the residents of San Francisco, including elected officials, to include more poetry in their
lives. In that spirit, I shall submit my question in the form of a haiku. Your response does not
necessarily need to follow the same format:
Murguía’s address
Citing arts deprivation
Springing forth new funding?
In simple prose - will we see a renewed financial commitment to the arts in your City budget?
(Supervisor Avalos, District 11)
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Board_Packet_021213
Action By
Date
Action
Result
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ASSIGNED
President
2/6/2013
1
HEARD AND FILED
Board of Supervisors
2/12/2013
1