Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 16, 2014

140873 [Setting Property Tax Rate and Establishing Pass-Through Rate for Residential Tenants - FY2014-2015] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance levying property taxes at a combined rate of $1.1743 on each $100 valuation of taxable property for the City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco Community College District, Bay Area Rapid Transit District, and Bay Area Air Quality Management District and establishing a pass-through rate of $0.0880 per $100 of assessed value for residential tenants pursuant to Administrative Code, Chapter 37, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 200-14 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140918 [Appropriation - Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children and Families - Mayor’s Office of Housing - $2,127,600 - FYs 2014-2015 and 2015-2016] Sponsors: Campos; Avalos, Yee and Mar Ordinance appropriating $2,127,600 from the General Fund Reserve to the Mayor’s Office of Housing, $1,063,800 in FY2014-2015 and $1,063,800 in FY2015-2016, for legal services for unaccompanied children and families on the San Francisco Immigration Court's expedited removal docket. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140754 [Sublease and Property Management Agreement - John Stewart Company - Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands Market Rate Rental Housing - $632,806 Yearly Base Rent] Resolution approving a Sublease and Property Management Agreement for Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands market rate rental housing between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the John Stewart Company, with a yearly base rent of $632,806 for a seven-year term, to commence following Board approval, with a three-year option to extend. (Treasure Island Development Authority) Resolution No. 340-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140921 [Revolving Fund Agreement - California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board - Burial or Emergency Relocation of Homicide Victims - $75,000] Sponsor: Breed Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to renew its current agreement with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, an agent of the State of California, for a revolving fund in the amount of $75,000 to be used to pay for verified funeral/burial, relocation, crime scene clean-up, and other emergency loss expenses for eligible homicide victims for the period of July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2017. Resolution No. 341-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140922 [Accept In-Kind Gift - Vera Institute of Justice - Prosecution and Racial Justice Program Technical Assistance - $408,654] Sponsor: Breed Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept an in-kind gift of Prosecution and Racial Justice Program technical assistance valued at $408,654 from the Vera Institute of Justice for the grant period of January 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. Resolution No. 342-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140931 [Accept and Expend Grant - Vera Institute of Justice - Preventing Crime and Victimization - $228,283] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend a technical assistance grant valued at $228,283 from the Vera Institute of Justice, funded by the Foundation to Promote Open Society, for the grant period of June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2016, to enhance the Office’s Community Safety and Performance Strategy, to prevent crime and victimization by improving operational performance through research and data-driven approaches to prosecution. Resolution No. 343-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140120 [Building Code - Earthquake Performance Evaluation of Private School Structures] Sponsors: Mayor; Breed, Campos, Chiu, Farrell, Mar, Tang, Wiener and Yee Ordinance amending the Building Code to 1) require that existing private elementary and secondary schools obtain an evaluation by a licensed structural engineer for performance during a future earthquake, 2) assess a fee for Building Department review and related evaluation processing, 3) exempt certain buildings from the evaluation requirements, 4) provide that buildings where voluntary seismic retrofit work is done to specified standards shall not be identified as a seismic hazard under later-enacted local building standards, and 5) require that a building changing to a school occupancy classification comply with the evaluation requirements; making environmental findings and findings under the California Health and Safety Code; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward this ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140939 [Board Response - Civil Grand Jury - The Port of San Francisco, Caught Between Public Trust and Private Dollars] Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2013-2014 Civil Grand Jury Report, entitled “The Port of San Francisco, Caught Between Public Trust and Private Dollars;” and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through his/her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. (Government Audit and Oversight Committee) Resolution No. 344-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140940 [Board Response - Civil Grand Jury - Rising Sea Levels...At Our Doorstep] Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2013-2014 Civil Grand Jury Report, entitled “Rising Sea Levels…At Our Doorstep;” and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through his/her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. (Government Audit and Oversight Committee) Resolution No. 345-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140941 [Board Response - Civil Grand Jury - Ethics in the City: Promise, Practice or Pretense] Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2013-2014 Civil Grand Jury Report, entitled “Ethics in the City: Promise, Practice or Pretense;” and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through his/her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. (Government Audit and Oversight Committee) Resolution No. 346-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140960 [Cost of Living Adjustment to the Contract for Budget and Legislative Analyst Services - FYs 2014-2015 and 2015-2016] Motion to enact a 3.00 percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) to the current $2,000,000 contract for Budget and Legislative Analyst Services, to be effectuated no earlier than October 1, 2014, resulting in a 2.25 percent, or $45,000, increase to the contract in FY2014-2015 and directing the Clerk of the Board to take all necessary administrative action to amend the contract accordingly and further directing the Clerk of the Board to include the annualized cost of the 3.00 percent COLA in the Department of the Board of Supervisors’ FY2015-2016 proposed budget. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M14-154 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140956 [Recognizing San Francisco’s Camp Mather and Commending Those Who Helped Save it from the Rim Fire of 2013] Sponsors: Avalos; Tang, Kim and Farrell Resolution recognizing the 90th Anniversary of San Francisco’s Camp Mather, and commending those who helped save Camp Mather, located in the Stanislaus National Forest, from the devastating Rim Fire of August 17, 2013, through October 25, 2013. Supervisors Tang, Kim, and Farrell requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Avalos, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Resolution No. 347-14 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

140959 [Opposing Sex-Selective Abortion Bans] Sponsors: Chiu; Kim, Tang, Breed, Cohen and Mar Resolution affirming San Francisco’s opposition to “Sex-Selective Abortion Bans” that perpetuate racial stereotypes. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 349-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee