# Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 8, 2011

- Meeting date: 2011-03-08
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 26
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## Structured legislative records

### File 110211: Appointments, Citizen's Committee on Community Development - Utuma Belfrey, Peter Cohen, and Charlie Sciammas

- Pages: 11-12
- Vote 1: amendment
  - Action: ion appointing Utuma Belfrey, Peter Cohen, terms ending February 23, 2013, and Nicole Rivera, term ending February 23, 2012, to the Citizen's Committee on Community Development. (Clerk of the Board) Utuma Belfrey, seat 1, succeeding Charlie Sciammas, term expired, should reflect and advance the concerns and needs of low-income neighborhoods and/or communities in the City, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending date February 23, 2013. Peter Cohen, seat 2, succeeding Rene Cazenave, term expired, should reflect and advance the concerns and needs of low-income neighborhoods and/or communities in the City, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending date February 23, 2013. Nicole Rivera, seat 4, succeeding Gaylen Mohre, resigned, should reflect and advance the concerns and needs of low-income neighborhoods and/or communities in the City, for the expired portion of a two-year term ending February 23, 2012. Supervisor Avalos, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved that this Motion be AMENDED on Page 1, Line 4, by replacing 'Nicole Rivera' with 'Charlie Sciammas'; and on Line 17, by replacing 'Nicole Rivera' with 'Charlie Sciammas'. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi
  - Noes: Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Wiener
- Vote 2: approval, likely final
  - Action: Motion appointing Utuma Belfrey, Peter Cohen, terms ending February 23, 2013, and Charlie Sciammas, term ending February 23, 2012, to the Citizen's Committee on Community Development. (Clerk of the Board) Utuma Belfrey, seat 1, succeeding Charlie Sciammas, term expired, should reflect and advance the concerns and needs of low-income neighborhoods and/or communities in the City, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending date February 23, 2013. Peter Cohen, seat 2, succeeding Rene Cazenave, term expired, should reflect and advance the concerns and needs of low-income neighborhoods and/or communities in the City, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending date February 23, 2013. Charlie Sciammas, seat 4, succeeding Gaylen Mohre, resigned, should reflect and advance the concerns and needs of low-income neighborhoods and/or communities in the City, for the expired portion of a two-year term ending February 23, 2012. Motion No. M11-33 APPROVED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi
  - Noes: Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Wiener

### File 110245: Closed Session - Pension, Health Care, and Retiree Health Care Reform

- Pages: 12-14
- Sponsors: Elsbernd
- Vote 1: approval, likely final
  - Action: ministrative Code Section 67.10(e). (Employee Organizations: Automotive Machinists, Local 1414; Committee on Interns and Residents; Crafts Coalition; District Attorney Investigators Association; Deputy Probation Officers' Assoc.; District Attorneys' Investigators Assoc.; Deputy Sheriffs Association; Electricians, Local 6; Fire Fighters, Local 798; International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21; Institutional Probation Officers' Assoc.; Laborers, Local 261; Local 1414; Local 21; Municipal Attorneys' Association; Municipal Executives' Association; Operating Engineers Local 3; Plumbers, Local 38; Police Officers' Association; Service Employees International Union, Local 1021; Stationary Engineers, Local 39; Supervising Probation Officers' Assoc.; Supervising Registered Nurses; Teamsters Local 350; Teamsters Local 856; Union of American Physician and Dentists.) These organizations represent police officers, firefighters, airport police, transit workers, nurses, miscellaneous employees, and other City employees. Motion No. M11-32 Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Farrell, moved that this Motion be APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Absent: Kim
- Vote 2: other
  - Action: as noted present at 2:13 p.m. Persons in attendance: Mayor Edwin M. Lee Steve Kawa, Mayor's Chief of Staff Greg Wagner, Mayor's Budget Director Greg Wilson, Mayor's Budget Office Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney Micki Callahan, Director of Department of Human Resources Martin Gran, Director of Employee Relations Ben Rosenfield, Controller Monique Zmuda, Deputy Controller Leo Levinson, Budget and Analysis Director, Controller's Office Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board Rick Caldeira, Legislative Deputy Director Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Steve Kawa, Mayor's Chief of Staff, left the Board Chamber at 3:07 p.m. Matter was heard in Closed Session and Filed. RECONVENING OF THE BOARD The Board at the hour of 3:34 p.m. reconvened. The following Supervisors were noted present: Supervisors Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener [Elect Not to Disclose] Motion that the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time not to disclose its closed session deliberations. Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved to NOT DISCLOSE its Closed Session deliberations. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

### File 110248: Celebrating Governor Brown’s Appointment of Julie Su, California Labor Commission

- Pages: 14
- Sponsors: Campos; Mar and Chiu

### File 110249: Accept and Expend Grant - PSI/Myanmar Collaborative Impact Study Planning - $25,578

- Pages: 14
- Sponsors: Campos

### File 110250: Supporting Governor Brown’s Proposal to Eliminate the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities

- Pages: 14
- Sponsors: Campos; Kim, Mar and Avalos

### File 110251: Accept and Expend Grant - Program Collaboration and Service Integration - $72,962

- Pages: 14-15
- Sponsors: Campos

## Extracted text

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Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/8/2011

CLOSED SESSION

110245 [Closed Session - Pension, Health Care, and Retiree Health Care Reform]
 Sponsor: Elsbernd
 Motion for the Board of Supervisors to convene in closed session to consult with the City's Labor
 Relations Negotiators: Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Steve Kawa, Mayor's Chief of Staff, Micki Callahan,
 Director, Department of Human Resources, and Martin Gran, Director, Employee Relations
 Division, for the purpose of reviewing the City's positions and the Mayor's instructions to the
 Negotiators relating to: (a) pension, health care, and retiree health care reform proposals, and the
 meet and confer process regarding wages, hours, benefits, and working conditions currently
 underway between the City and City employee bargaining units to address the costs associated
 with providing these benefits; and (b) pending labor negotiations with organizations representing
 employees in the two MOUs expiring June 30, 2011 (e.g., District Attorney Investigators
 Association and Committee on Interns and Residents), as well as the Unrepresented Ordinance.

 This closed session is held pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6, and San Francisco
 Administrative Code Section 67.10(e).
 (Employee Organizations: Automotive Machinists, Local 1414; Committee on Interns and
 Residents; Crafts Coalition; District Attorney Investigators Association; Deputy Probation Officers'
 Assoc.; District Attorneys' Investigators Assoc.; Deputy Sheriffs Association; Electricians, Local 6;
 Fire Fighters, Local 798; International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local
 21; Institutional Probation Officers' Assoc.; Laborers, Local 261; Local 1414; Local 21; Municipal
 Attorneys' Association; Municipal Executives' Association; Operating Engineers Local 3; Plumbers,
 Local 38; Police Officers' Association; Service Employees International Union, Local 1021;
 Stationary Engineers, Local 39; Supervising Probation Officers' Assoc.; Supervising Registered
 Nurses; Teamsters Local 350; Teamsters Local 856; Union of American Physician and Dentists.)
 These organizations represent police officers, firefighters, airport police, transit workers, nurses,
 miscellaneous employees, and other City employees.
 Motion No. M11-32
 Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Farrell, moved that this Motion be APPROVED. The
 motion carried by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Absent: 1 - Kim

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 The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board
 regarding convening in closed session. There were no speakers. The President declared public
 comment closed.

 CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION

 The Board recessed at the hour of 2:08 p.m. to convene in closed session pursuant to the above
 motion.

 The following Supervisors were noted present: Supervisors Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen,
 Elsbernd, Farrell, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

 Supervisor Kim was noted present at 2:13 p.m.

 Persons in attendance:
 Mayor Edwin M. Lee
 Steve Kawa, Mayor's Chief of Staff
 Greg Wagner, Mayor's Budget Director
 Greg Wilson, Mayor's Budget Office
 Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney
 Micki Callahan, Director of Department of Human Resources
 Martin Gran, Director of Employee Relations
 Ben Rosenfield, Controller
 Monique Zmuda, Deputy Controller
 Leo Levinson, Budget and Analysis Director, Controller's Office
 Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board
 Rick Caldeira, Legislative Deputy Director

 Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Steve Kawa, Mayor's Chief of Staff, left the Board Chamber at 3:07 p.m.

 Matter was heard in Closed Session and Filed.

 RECONVENING OF THE BOARD

 The Board at the hour of 3:34 p.m. reconvened.

 The following Supervisors were noted present: Supervisors Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen,
 Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

 [Elect Not to Disclose]
 Motion that the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time not to
 disclose its closed session deliberations.
 Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved to NOT DISCLOSE its Closed Session
 deliberations. The motion carried by the following vote:
 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener

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FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE

110248 [Celebrating Governor Brown’s Appointment of Julie Su, California Labor
 Commission]
 Sponsors: Campos; Mar and Chiu
 Resolution commending Governor Brown for appointing Julie Su as Chief of the California Division
 of Labor Standards Enforcement, also known as the California Labor Commissioner, and
 encouraging San Francisco’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to collaborate with
 Commissioner Su to protect the labor and employment rights of low-wage workers in San
 Francisco.
 Supervisor Chiu requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
 Resolution No. 124-11
 ADOPTED

110249 [Accept and Expend Grant - PSI/Myanmar Collaborative Impact Study Planning -
 $25,578]
 Sponsor: Campos
 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to retroactively accept and expend a grant
 from the Regents of the University of California in the amount of $25,578 to participate in a
 program entitled “PSI/Myanmar Collaborative Impact Study Planning” for the period of July 1, 2010,
 through June 30, 2011.
 Resolution No. 120-11
 ADOPTED

110250 [Supporting Governor Brown’s Proposal to Eliminate the California Department of
 Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities]
 Sponsors: Campos; Kim, Mar and Avalos
 Resolution supporting Governor Brown’s proposal to eliminate the California Department of
 Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, and affirming San Francisco’s
 moratorium against sending youth to State run detention facilities for youth.
 Resolution No. 125-11
 ADOPTED

110251 [Accept and Expend Grant - Program Collaboration and Service Integration -
 $72,962]
 Sponsor: Campos
 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to retroactively accept and expend a grant
 from the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc., in the amount of $72,962 to participate in a
 program entitled “Addressing Syndemics through Program Collaboration and Service Integration”
 for the period of September 30, 2010, through September 29, 2011.
 Resolution No. 118-11
 ADOPTED

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