# Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 22, 2015 - Meeting date: 2015-09-22 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 18 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/296/2015-09-22-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=434339&GUID=F48A591D-3463-45CB-87D5-FB3FF765D111) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 150644: Land Transfer, Street Vacation, Gift Acceptance, Encroachment Permit, and Related Actions - Archstone Daggett Place, LLC - Daggett Street Between 16th and 7th Streets - Pages: 6-7 - Sponsors: Cohen - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: of the vacation area from Public Works to the Real Estate Division of the Office of the City Administrator for public open space; modifying the official public right-of-way width, changing the official sidewalk width, and changing the official grade on the remaining portion of Daggett Street and portions of 16th and 7th Streets; accepting a gift from Archstone Daggett Place, LLC, for certain open space improvements on the portion of Daggett Street to be vacated and their maintenance; approving a street encroachment permit for the shared public way improvements on the remaining southerly portion of Daggett Street; delegating to the Director of Public Works the authority to accept other required public improvements associated with the adjacent development project; authorizing the Director of Property to execute a license agreement for the maintenance of the vacation area; affirming the Planning Commission’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, for the actions contemplated in this Ordinance. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 150646: Administrative Code - Amendments to Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Kim, Campos, Mar and Avalos - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: s to state in notices to vacate for certain good cause evictions the lawful rent for the unit at the time the notice is served; 9) require the Rent Board to prepare a form in English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Russian stating that a notice to vacate may lead to a lawsuit to evict and stating that advice regarding notices to vacate is available from the Rent Board; 10) require landlords to attach a copy of the Rent Board form in the primary language of the tenant to each notice to vacate; and 11) require landlords to plead and prove in any action to recover possession that at least one of the grounds of Administrative Code, Section 37.9(a)-(b) stated in the notice to vacate is the dominant motive for recovering possession. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Delene Wolf, Executive Director (Rent Board), who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Wiener requested the question be DIVIDED to consider separately Page 8, Line 9, through Page 9, Line 19, regarding the maximum number of roommates permitted. The divided question relating to the maximum number of roommates permitted was PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Kim, Mar - Noes: Farrell, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: The remaining balance of the Ordinance was PASSED ON FIRST READING AS DIVIDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 150841: Appointment, Successor Agency Commission (Commonly Known as Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure) - Leah Pimentel - Pages: 8 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 150841 [Appointment, Successor Agency Commission (Commonly Known as Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure) - Leah Pimentel] Sponsor: Mayor Motion confirming the Mayor’s appointment of Leah Pimentel to the Successor Agency Commission (commonly known as the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure), for a term ending November 3, 2016. (Ordinance No. 215-12, Section 6(b), provides that this member shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the majority of the Board of Supervisors. There is no deadline for confirmation and the appointment is not effective until the Board takes action.) Motion No. M15-140 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Noes: Campos - Vote 2: other - Action: Supervisor Kim Excused from Voting Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Avalos, moved that Supervisor Kim be excused from voting on File No. 150850. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Kim ### File 150850: Appointment, Reentry Council - Supervisor Jane Kim - Pages: 8-9 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 150850 [Appointment, Reentry Council - Supervisor Jane Kim] Motion appointing Supervisor Jane Kim, term ending June 1, 2016, to the Reentry Council. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M15-141 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Excused: Kim ## Extracted text ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/296/2015-09-22-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 9/22/2015 150646 [Administrative Code - Amendments to Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance] Sponsors: Kim, Campos, Mar and Avalos Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to: 1) prohibit, with certain exceptions, rent increases based on the addition of occupants even where a pre-existing rental agreement or lease permits such an increase; 2) prevent evictions based on the addition of occupants if the landlord has unreasonably refused the tenant’s written request, including a refusal based on the amount of occupants allowed by the rental agreement or lease; 3) require landlords, after certain vacancies, to set the new base rent, for the next five years, as the lawful rent in effect at the time of the vacancy; 4) require that there be a substantial violation of a lawful obligation or covenant of tenancy as a basis for the recovery of possession; 5) require a landlord, prior to seeking recovery of possession, to provide tenants an opportunity to cure the unauthorized addition of the tenant’s family members to the tenant’s unit; 6) require that if a landlord seeks to recover possession based on a nuisance, substantial damage, or substantial interference with comfort, safety or enjoyment, the nuisance, substantial damage, or substantial interference be severe, continuing or recurring in nature; 7) prevent a landlord from seeking recovery of possession solely because the tenant is occupying a unit not authorized for residency; 8) require landlords to state in notices to vacate for certain good cause evictions the lawful rent for the unit at the time the notice is served; 9) require the Rent Board to prepare a form in English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Russian stating that a notice to vacate may lead to a lawsuit to evict and stating that advice regarding notices to vacate is available from the Rent Board; 10) require landlords to attach a copy of the Rent Board form in the primary language of the tenant to each notice to vacate; and 11) require landlords to plead and prove in any action to recover possession that at least one of the grounds of Administrative Code, Section 37.9(a)-(b) stated in the notice to vacate is the dominant motive for recovering possession. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Delene Wolf, Executive Director (Rent Board), who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Wiener requested the question be DIVIDED to consider separately Page 8, Line 9, through Page 9, Line 19, regarding the maximum number of roommates permitted. The divided question relating to the maximum number of roommates permitted was PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 7 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Kim, Mar Noes: 4 - Farrell, Tang, Wiener, Yee The remaining balance of the Ordinance was PASSED ON FIRST READING AS DIVIDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Upon passage of both the divided portion and the remaining balance of the Ordinance, the Ordinance was moved forward as a whole. City and County of San Francisco Page 640 Printed at 10:24 am on 10/28/15 ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/296/2015-09-22-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 9/22/2015 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 150841 [Appointment, Successor Agency Commission (Commonly Known as Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure) - Leah Pimentel] Sponsor: Mayor Motion confirming the Mayor’s appointment of Leah Pimentel to the Successor Agency Commission (commonly known as the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure), for a term ending November 3, 2016. (Ordinance No. 215-12, Section 6(b), provides that this member shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the majority of the Board of Supervisors. There is no deadline for confirmation and the appointment is not effective until the Board takes action.) Motion No. M15-140 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Breed, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Noes: 1 - Campos Supervisor Kim Excused from Voting Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Avalos, moved that Supervisor Kim be excused from voting on File No. 150850. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Kim 150850 [Appointment, Reentry Council - Supervisor Jane Kim] Motion appointing Supervisor Jane Kim, term ending June 1, 2016, to the Reentry Council. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M15-141 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Excused: 1 - Kim City and County of San Francisco Page 641 Printed at 10:24 am on 10/28/15