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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
191137
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit - Academy of Art University -
City to Receive $57,960,000
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
11/19/2019
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
11/19/2019
1/17/2020
Enactment date:
1/17/2020
004-20
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco and the
People of the State of California against the Stephens Institute and 23 of its affiliated limited liability
companies (collectively “Academy”) that owned properties in San Francisco, in People v. Stephens
Institute, et. al, San Francisco Superior Court Number CGC-16-551832; the lawsuit alleged that the
Academy had violated the City’s Administrative Code, Planning Code, and Building Code, and the
State Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professions Code, Section 17200 et seq.; under the
settlement, the Academy agrees to: bring its existing uses into compliance with the Planning Code;
relocate existing uses or change uses in buildings in accordance with applicable laws in those limited
instances where the Planning Department has determined that legalization is not appropriate;
compensate the People and the City for alleged past violations by paying approximately $58,000,000
including providing affordable housing public benefits to the City in the amount of $37,600,000 and a
payment of approximately $8,200,000 to the City’s Small Sites Fund; and work cooperatively with the
City in planning for future growth in a manner that accounts for the urban nature of the Academy’s
campus, without adversely impacting the City’s affordable or rent-controlled housing stock, or
burdening its transportation system, including, as a part of that plan, building new housing, or
converting existing buildings, for its students on property that is zoned for such use.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Comm Pkt 120519, 3. Board Pkt 010720, 4. Board Pkt 011420, 5. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
11/8/2019
1
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
11/19/2019
1
REFERRED WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION
Government Audit and Oversight
Committee
12/5/2019
1
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
1/7/2020
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
1/14/2020
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
1/17/2020
1