Legislation Details

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San Francisco, CA 94102-
4689 City and County of San Francisco Legislation Details File #: Version: 2 190494 Name: General Obligation Bond Election - Earthquake
Safety and Emergency Response - Not to Exceed
$628,500,000 Status: Type: Ordinance Passed File created: In control: 5/7/2019 Clerk of the Board On agenda: Final action: 7/11/2019 Enactment date: 7/11/2019 159-19 Enactment #: Title: Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, for the purpose of submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: $628,500,000 to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, and seismic retrofitting of the Emergency Firefighting Water System, firefighting facilities and infrastructure, police facilities and infrastructure, facilities for the Department of Emergency Management’s 911 Call Center, and other disaster response facilities and infrastructure for earthquake and public safety 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 Administrative Code, Chapter 37; 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 the maximum rate of interest on such bonds and providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b), and is consistent with the General Plan; consolidating the special election with the general election; establishing the election precincts, voting places, and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by Municipal Elections Code, Section 510; complying with the restrictions on the use of bond proceeds specified in California Government Code, Section 53410; incorporating the provisions of Administrative Code, Sections 5.30- 5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Administrative Code, Section 2.34. Sponsors: Mayor, Sandra Lee Fewer, Catherine Stefani, Gordon Mar, Ahsha Safai, Vallie Brown Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CA CEQA 052119, 4. Referral CA PLN 052119, 5. Referral
CA CON 052119, 6. Referral CA Mandated 052119, 7. GP Determination 053019, 8. CEQA
Determination 053019, 9. Budget Analysts Rpt 060619, 10. Comm Pkt 060619, 11. CON RPT 060519,
12. Leg Ver2, 13. Leg Dig Ver2, 14. Budget Analysts Rpt 061319, 15. Comm Pkt 061319, 16. Board
Pkt 062519, 17. Board Pkt 070919, 18. Leg Final, 19. Transmittal Elections 071219

Action By Date Action Result Ver. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE President 5/7/2019 1 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 5/21/2019 1 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Department 5/30/2019 1 AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Budget and Finance Committee 6/6/2019 1 Pass CONTINUED AS AMENDED Budget and Finance Committee 6/6/2019 2 Pass RECOMMENDED Budget and Finance Committee 6/13/2019 1 Pass PASSED ON FIRST READING Board of Supervisors 6/25/2019 2 Pass FINALLY PASSED Board of Supervisors 7/9/2019 2 Pass APPROVED Mayor 7/11/2019 2