# Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 25, 2017 - Meeting date: 2017-04-25 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 12 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/434/2017-04-25-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=545134&GUID=F8B5928A-AC7F-4F6E-9BAB-05238C38BE3F) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 170453: National Donate Life Month - April - Pages: 10-11 - Sponsors: Tang and Sheehy - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 170453 [National Donate Life Month - April] Sponsors: Tang and Sheehy Resolution recognizing April as National Donate Life Month in the City and County of San Francisco and urging all San Franciscans to register as organ and tissue donors; committing to providing education to City and County of San Francisco employees about the need for and benefits of organ and tissue donation; and recognizing the partnership between the San Francisco Unified School District, Department of Public Health, and Donor Network West to implement California State Assembly Bill 1967, authored by former Speaker of the California Assembly, John A. Pérez, to provide education to students and staff about the need for and benefits of organ and tissue donation. ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee ### File 170448: Urging the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector to Convene a Municipal Public Bank Task Force - Pages: 11 - Sponsors: Cohen; Fewer, Sheehy and Ronen - Vote 1: amendment - Action: that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 3, Line 21-22, by striking ‘Treasury employee representing the Banking Services unit’ and adding ‘Senior employee of the Office of the Treasurer, who can represent the interests of the Banking Services unit, the Investment Services Unit, and the Office of Financial Empowerment’, Lines 22-23, by striking ‘a Treasury employee representing the Investment Services unit; (3) a Treasury employee representing the Office of Financial Empowerment; (4)’; Page 3, Line 22, through Page 4, Line 2, by changing ‘(5)’ to ‘(3)’, ‘(6)’ to ‘(4)’, ‘(7)’ to ‘(5)’, ‘(8)’ to ‘(6)’, and ‘(9)’ to ‘(7)’; and Page 4, Line 3, by adding ‘(8) an advocate for and expert of public banking, either endorsed by or an affiliate of a recognized advocacy group supporting transparent financial systems; (9) a representative of a local economic development group, particularly one familiar with issues of financial justice in the banking or credit systems; and (10) an expert in financial technology, to encourage the task force to seek out innovation in credit systems or cost saving technologies’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee - Absent: Peskin ## Extracted text ### [Page 11](https://sfbos.info/documents/434/2017-04-25-minutes#page-11) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 4/25/2017 Severed from the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda Supervisor Cohen requested that File No. 170448 be severed so that it may be considered separately. Supervisor Peskin was noted absent at 5:11 p.m. 170448 [Urging the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector to Convene a Municipal Public Bank Task Force] Sponsors: Cohen; Fewer, Sheehy and Ronen Resolution urging the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector to convene a Municipal Public Bank Task Force to increase transparency and equity across the City’s financial functions. Supervisors Fewer, Sheehy, and Ronen requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Cohen, seconded by Supervisor Sheehy, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 3, Line 21-22, by striking ‘Treasury employee representing the Banking Services unit’ and adding ‘Senior employee of the Office of the Treasurer, who can represent the interests of the Banking Services unit, the Investment Services Unit, and the Office of Financial Empowerment’, Lines 22-23, by striking ‘a Treasury employee representing the Investment Services unit; (3) a Treasury employee representing the Office of Financial Empowerment; (4)’; Page 3, Line 22, through Page 4, Line 2, by changing ‘(5)’ to ‘(3)’, ‘(6)’ to ‘(4)’, ‘(7)’ to ‘(5)’, ‘(8)’ to ‘(6)’, and ‘(9)’ to ‘(7)’; and Page 4, Line 3, by adding ‘(8) an advocate for and expert of public banking, either endorsed by or an affiliate of a recognized advocacy group supporting transparent financial systems; (9) a representative of a local economic development group, particularly one familiar with issues of financial justice in the banking or credit systems; and (10) an expert in financial technology, to encourage the task force to seek out innovation in credit systems or cost saving technologies’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee Absent: 1 - Peskin IMPERATIVE AGENDA There were no imperative agenda items. LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL Introduced by a Supervisor or the Mayor Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.105, an Ordinance or Resolution may be introduced before the Board of Supervisors by a Member of the Board, a Committee of the Board, or the Mayor and shall be referred to and reported upon by an appropriate Committee of the Board. Legislation Introduced will appear on the Final Minutes for this meeting. Once the Legislation Introduced is approved, it will be available on http://www.sfbos.org/legislation_introduced. City and County of San Francisco Page 10 Printed at 3:42 pm on 4/26/17